505 Games lies about charging for a next-gen upgrade for Control

With the impending launch of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X next-generation consoles, many video game publishers began offering upgrades of their games to next-gen consoles for free. Among these games there is the critically acclaimed Control, a third-person shooter developed by Remedy Entertainment (of Max Payne fame) and published by 505 Games. However, recently, 505 Games announced that Control would not receive an upgrade in its standard edition; rather, an "Ultimate Edition" would be released shortly, which would have been available to upgrade.

Fans were quick to call out 505 Games on this decision, which was clearly made with the sole reason of increasing profits by indirectly charging full price for the upgrade. 505 subsequently declared that the decision was made out of necessity, as "it was impossible to upgrade the original release of the game". However, shortly thereafter, players of the original Control stated that the Ultimate Edition's page on the PlayStation Store offered to directly download the game without the need to purchase it again, implying that the upgrade could be made available for free, and 505 simply opted not to and lied about it. In response, 505 stated that they "wanted everyone to have equal access to the upgrade" to justify their actions.

As of the time of writing, the controversy is still going on, and 505 is quickly gaining a reputation as a company guilty of milking the industry and the audiences with predatory practices.

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