The PC version of Ghost of Tsushima, Sucker Punch’s critically acclaimed 2020 action-adventure samurai game, will be the first PlayStation PC port to include support for PlayStation Trophies—the achievement system that Sony originally launched on PlayStation Network during the PS3 era, introduced following the success of Microsoft and Xbox’s own digital award system. Nixxes Software shared the news today in a blog post that contains new information about its latest port, including cross-play, system requirements, and the new PlayStation overlay, another first that is set to bring Friends lists, Trophies, Settings, and more to PC gamers at a glance.
Pre-purchase links and release date:
- May 16, 2024 (Thursday)
- Steam ($59.99)
- Epic Games Store ($59.99)
Newly unveiled features include:
- Support for PlayStation Trophies
- PlayStation overlay for PC (in-game menu, or SHIFT +F1)
- Cross-play support (PC/PS4/PS5)
A look at the new overlay:
Ghost of Tsushima PC requirements:
| Preset | Very Low | Medium | High | Very High |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg performance | 720P @ 30 FPS | 1080P @ 60 FPS | 1440P @ 60 FPS / 4K @ 30 FPS | 4K @ 60 FPS |
| Processor | Intel Core i3-7100AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | Intel Core i5-8600AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 5600 | Intel Core i5-11400AMD Ryzen 5 5600 |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT |
| Memory | 8 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 75 GB HDD space (SSD recommended) | 75 GB SSD space | 75 GB SSD space | 75 GB SSD space |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit |
A PC features trailer:
Nixxes on how this will be better than the PlayStation versions:
…Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut on PC is fully optimized for ultra-wide monitors, with support for 21:9 and 32:9 resolutions. Even 48:9 resolutions and triple monitor set-ups are supported.
You can boost your frame rates with NVIDIA DLSS 3, AMD FSR 3, or Intel XeSS, or further enhance image quality with NVIDIA DLAA or AMD FSR 3 Native AA. The game also features extensive controller support, including full support for the PlayStation DualSense controller with haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, while using a wired connection.
Discussion (2 replies)
Join Discussion →I never liked that Microsoft's achievement foolishness caught on with the other moron. I'm happy Nintendo didn't follow suit. That being said, I do think it's nice that for those who care, playing Microsoft games on Steam gives you both Steam achievements and Xbox achievements. I wonder how Sony will approach things.
Another f*cking overlay though, yeesh, I don't think all that sh1t is needed. Hahahahahaha I just thought about a hilarious scenario in which 4 f*cking overlays are available at once: a Sony game, played on a Microsft OS, running via Steam, on a system using an nVidia graphics card. If you don't turn all those things off, that means in such a game you could at any time bring up one of 4 different overlays. Ridiculous. What happens if you try to bring up an overlay on top of another overlay? Anyways, I don't think PC-only players are gonna be excited to have to log into yet another account. With Microsoft games on Steam you have to log into both your Steam account to use Steam, and your Microsoft account in-game. So I guess it's gonna be the same scenario with Steam and Sony. Although I did notice that Microsoft games on Steam don't actually require you to have a Microsoft account. I have friends who have both Steam and Microsoft/Xbox accounts who still only just use their Steam accounts on PC with Microsoft games, and don't log into their Microsoft accounts.
As for achievements/trophies/whatever-the-f*ck, I will admit that sometimes an achievement can point out something interesting in the game I didn't know about, or convey other sometimes useful information about the game. In general though I think video games would have been better off without this kind of stuff. Although I mostly take a stance that it hasn't caused any real harm either, unlike other trends in the modern era of gaming like microtransactions and paid DLC, so if people wanna feel special for earning "achievements", then sure, they can knock themselves out.
If you haven’t launched the Xbox app on Windows lately - it not only logs into your Xbox account, but also will launch both EA and Battle.net and ask you to log in there.
3 launchers for the price of one. It’s utterly retarded.