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Ratchet & Clank are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year, and with it comes "Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart" as the next title to be part of the (previously) PlayStation exclusive games to be ported to PC, with the title coming on July 27th, 2023, after almost 2 years from the original release back in 2021.

Sony unveiled a new trailer focusing on some of the PC features which will be included in the game, like Ultrawide support (even for cutscenes), NVIDIA DLSS 3, AMD FSR 2, Intel XeSS, the option to unlock the framerate, raytracing features like reflections and shadows, special feedback when using the PlayStation's DualSense controller, and other features.

Ratchet & Clank will be available on both the Steam and Epic Games storefronts, and it can now be wishlisted and also pre-purchased, and doing so will unlock special items in-game, like the Pixelizer Weapon and the Carbonox Armor set.

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[tech3475]

Did this not sell well for ps5? can't think of any other reason why they'd port fairly new game to pc so fast

Rift apart has been out now for about 2 years and Sony has just a vague ‘at least 1 year policy’ for these types of games:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/sony-sa...ch-pc-unless-theyre-live-service-games.619908

 

[Kioku]

This will be one I play for sure. Ratchet and Clank titles have always been fun time wasters for me.

 

[ShadowOne333]

Did this not sell well for ps5? can't think of any other reason why they'd port fairly new game to pc so fast

The original was released on 2021, hardly new if it's already 2 years old.
Besides, Sony has been porting a lot of their exclusives to PC after a year has passed since the original release on a PlayStation console.
For as much I'd love to hate on Sony, I gotta say that them porting their exclusives to PC is a good call for everyone.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Nice.

I wonder if they'll port older games like MotorStorm. That'd be awesome if they would.

Now, the only console that still has exclusives is the Switch, and yes, you can emulate them on PC, but it's not an official port. Nintendo will eventually get there.

 

[AshuraZro]

I had a great time with this game and glad PC gamers can get it.

 

[Latiodile]

I'm now curious as to whether this will have SSD or high RAM requirements after how much they hyped the SSD storage prior to the games PS5 launch.

most games nowadays have an undocumented ssd requirement, i remember seeing someone deep into game dev a while ago saying this game could've been done on a ps4 anyway, irrelevant of ssd

 

[Mike_77712]

thanks for beta testing

 

[tech3475]

most games nowadays have an undocumented ssd requirement, i remember seeing someone deep into game dev a while ago saying this game could've been done on a ps4 anyway, irrelevant of ssd

I recall one of the Traveller’s Tales co-founders speculated that it was doable without the SSD given their experience, using a Lego Star Wars game as an example.

The R&C devs IIRC made it sound like they were reliant on relatively fast streaming from the SSD, similar to many games on old cart based systems like the Mega Genny Drive, so I’m curious as to how much truth there was to that.

 

[The Catboy]

Sony really is slowly giving no reason to own a PS5. Literally just wait a bit and you will get their first-party games on PC.
I am also not seeing many reasons to upgrade from the PS4, ngl

 

[eyeliner]

Guys, the convenience of having a console for 600 instead of a PeeCee upwards of 1000 isn't a reason to own the console?
Not everyone has the money for the latest graphics card that costs as much as the console.

 

[Latiodile]

Guys, the convenience of having a console for 600 instead of a PeeCee upwards of 1000 isn't a reason to own the console?
Not everyone has the money for the latest graphics card that costs as much as the console.

in some regions the console costs the same as a capable pc lol

 

[naddel81]

complete waste of time owning a ps5 now that was it's LAST exclusive

not true. Demon Souls Remastered.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Guys, the convenience of having a console for 600 instead of a PeeCee upwards of 1000 isn't a reason to own the console?
Not everyone has the money for the latest graphics card that costs as much as the console.

Convenience? Maybe due to the price, but the games have to be installed, download an update/patch, that's not what I'd call convenience.

And games are pretty damn big so space needs to be conserved otherwise delete a game to install a game.

 

[Sansgaming420]

Can't wait for there to be Rivet "enhancement" mods.

 

[nolimits59]

Less and less reasons to buy a PS5. I can wait PC port releases later. It's not like i lack of games to play anyway

if you are willing to wait 2-3 every time, because SONY announced that it's the minimum de wait before their next ports.

 

[raxadian]

I want the game but my PC is old and won't play it. I guess it will be one of those "forever in the wishlist" games for me until I can afford a better computer.

Also they should port the older Ratchet & Clank games to PC as they aren't playable in PS5 and the only one playable in PS4 is the remake of the first game.

 

[Viri]

Cool, I need to go find a 5400rpm mechanical laptop hard drive that I have laying around, and see how this game runs on it. lol

 

[urbanman2004]

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Is Coming to PC on July 26th; To Support NVIDIA DLSS 3, Reflex, DLAA, and More

Post automatically merged: May 31, 2023

I want the game but my PC is old and won't play it. I guess it will be one of those "forever in the wishlist" games for me until I can afford a better computer.

Also they should port the older Ratchet & Clank games to PC as they aren't playable in PS5 and the only one playable in PS4 is the remake of the first game.

There's emulation for that

 

[jpmasterflex]

Sooo what about the other Ratchet games...Are they just gonna be stuck on ps2 and ps3 forever? No Ratchet 2016 doesn't count that was only a remake of the first game...not necessarily done well but i digress.

 

[Darth Meteos]

Awesome, that was the only game I wanted on PS5.