TheGod of WarPC port has been highly anticipated since it was first announced, as many PC gamers were interested to see if the hype behind the game was justified.God of War’scurrent Steam player count shows that lots of PC players are delving into the game’s depiction of Norse mythology.
On January 16,God of Warhad over 73,000 active players. This is an impressive feat, with the game was sitting 13th in the Top Games by Current Players section on Steam Charts. The game had more active players than the popular multiplayer shooterTom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege,and the 4v1 hitDead by Daylight.God of Warwas only narrowly beaten out by Amazon’sNew World,which had 77,000 active players.
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These exceptional numbers will, hopefully,prompt Sony to port even more of its exclusivesto PC in the future. The company’s other former exclusives likeHorizon Zero Dawnexperienced similar levels of success on launch as well. The decision to begin porting PlayStation exclusive games to PC was seemingly brought on by pressure from developers at Sony who saw the potential profit in the idea. The idea has paid serious dividends for the company and one can’t help but wonder if this may encourage Sony to make nearly all of its games timed exclusives.
The game’s support from the PC community may also be the result ofGod of War’s director encouraging players to make modsfor the game. Cory Barlog, the game’s director, stated that there are plans to implement mod support in the future. Barlog did, however, state that this may take some time as the systems used to make the game were custom and complicated.
TheGod of WarPC port’s ultrawide monitor supportalso drew interest from the PC community. According to Matt Dewald,God of War’s senior manager of technical production, ultrawide support was difficult to implement because the developers had to go through the entire game and manually adapt anything that looked out of place.
God of War’ssuccess on PCis only the beginning for Playstation in 2022. The highly anticipated sequel toHorizon Zero Dawnis releasing in February as well as a sequel toGod of War, although a release date for the latter is yet to be announced. PlayStation gamers have a lot to look forward to this year and PC gamers have an exciting future ahead of them if Sony continues its trend of releasing its exclusives on PC.
God of Waris available now on PC and PS4.
