Why NCSOFT’s Horizon Steel Frontiers is skipping PlayStation — for now

NCSOFT’s upcoming mobile title Horizon Steel Frontiers (HSF) is drawing strong global interest, as the Korean game developer’s attempt to bring Sony’s Horizon franchise — a console megahit — into a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) format has fueled fan expectations following the release of its recent teaser video. Fans of the franchise are questioning why HSF is limited to mobile and PC platforms despite NCSOFT’s interests in developing a console version, expressing that they want to play HSF on the franchise’s strong home turf of PlayStation. NCSOFT premiered video footage of the pre-alpha version of HSF during the G-STAR 2025 game convention in Busan on Nov. 13, announcing that the game will likely debut as early as late 2026. Developed by Dutch-based Guerrilla Games, the Horizon franchise is one of the key titles for Sony’s PlayStation devices, gaining global popularity with its unique setting of tribal humans hunting advanced, animal-like machines. As of July 2025, it has sold more than 38 million copies worldwide. Building on the franchise’sWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times