One of my favourite PlayStation 3 games is definitely Journey ($4.99) from thatgamecompany. I played it quite a while after it released but was blown away by the visuals, music, and online system. I played it again when it arrived on PlayStation 4 and still consider it one of my favourite games. The exploration driven game with light puzzles is a game I recommend to all. When Annapurna Interactive brought thatgamecompany’s Flower to iOS, I was hoping Journey would follow but it seemed like that was not possible. Thankfully, they proved me wrong today. Watch the Journey PC trailer below:
Journey on iOS (as spotted by @mixtobin) brings the complete experience to mobile and a portable device for the first time. It even includes the matchmaking that plays a huge role in the game. Matchmaking is available through Game Center here. Austin Wintory’s score makes this worth the purchase already. It is one of the soundtracks I was hoping to see get put onto vinyl. Seven years after debuting on PlayStation 3 digitally, Journey is now available on the App Store for iOS. This is the fourth port for the game following the PlayStation 4 and more recently PC release. Annapurna Interactive has published the non PlayStation platform releases while Sony published the PS4 and PS3 versions.
Journey is available right now on the App Store from Annapurna Interactive. You can buy it for just $4.99. Journey requires iOS 12.2 or later and is a 1.1 GB download. It is going to be interesting seeing the response to Journey and to Sky now that both games are available on iOS. Check out the official website here. Have you played Journey before on PlayStation or PC before?
I wish this will include in Apple Arcade.
How come? Wouldn't you rather just buy it outright than have it in a subscription?
I can buy that afterwards, and I want to play some games on Apple Arcade.
The subscription thing needs to DIE!
It will! Can’t understand why anyone would want that! 🙄
Because some people can accept change, and can embrace it? 🤣
Personally, I’d MUCH rather buy a game I like outright on the spot if I want it than spend MORE money than I have to and be paying for other stuff I have no interest in and be locked-in to have to pay for that every month! It’s like cable TV! It’s simple economics! Now, I’m coming from the stance of a gamer-not as a developer here. Some folks might not care about throwing extra money around for no reason, but that really doesn’t make sense to me! This is not geared towards the consumer! It’s just the most recent ploy for developers to try to re-cop some of their losses at the user’s expense, and most people understand that. As a user, why would I want to embrace that?! 🙄 This, like other schemes in the past, will ultimately die, and it won’t be soon enough IMO! Not only that, but these subscription things are tricky to get rid of! Also, perhaps you might not have read the small print, only to find out the length of your subscription is way longer than you thought you signed-up for, now with no way to get rid of it! It’s nothing but another money-grab and me myself, I just say NO to that!
You may oppose to these subscription-based services, but for me personally, I think it is better way to get something that is really cheap way, for example, if you are really on heavy gaming and you want to complete some games in full month, that’s really a great way to get them in this service, than just collecting it with slight increased price (one game costs some few dollars). And also, having an option is better than just sticking what we used to. I still prefer the superior sound quality of FLAC from CDs than on Spotify and Apple Music, but for the sake of the convenience, these services are ease to use, and I don’t complain about it. I am open to changes, and if it’s not worth it, then just cancel it. :)
Whatever.... you must be pretty young, the way you think. Vinyl is also superior to FLAC when using high-end equipment, I might add..... Bottom line is the subscription marketing will go bye-bye, thankfully. 😉 You’ll see.
It may be gone, but at least some companies tried to offer something “different.” Oh, well. I was born when CDs, VHS, and DVDs, and film-projected cinemas are the mediums, I’ve seen vinyls and gramophones, but never owned one.
Locked in? You're never locked in, and you can manage all of your subscriptions from a single tab in the App Store. I usually subscribe to something, and then immediately cancel it, and it charges me just for one month. Then when that month is almost up I get an email right before the subscription is about to expire, and I can decide whether or not I want to resubscribe based on how much I used that service over the past month. It's literally nothing like cable TV which makes you sign like a two year contract or whatever. Subs on iOS are easy peasy.
The subscription thing is not for me at all, and we will surely see it die, as it should! It is like cable in that you end up paying and getting stuff you don’t even want or need along with the few things you do want. Also, these days, with cable, you don’t sign contracts anymore for the most part. That’s become a thing of the past! I’d much rather pay for something I want up front and be done with it. I don’t want to pay for anything I do not want. Eventually, cable companies will have to cater to the masses by giving them exactly what they want and nothing more. The cable companies obviously don’t want that to happen, because they make so much money doing business that way, but soon, you’ll see, they will be forced to give you just what you want and nothing more. They will lose money, but at that point it will be better for them than everyone cutting the cord all together and streaming their content for free or getting it elsewhere and bypassing them completely, effectively putting them out of business! Look, I don’t blame businesses for trying, but for me and a lot of other folks, I just say ‘Solly, Cholly’, and just say NO to it! 😉
You are delusional.
Seriously, Jared?!
You’re actually reducing yourself to name-calling here?! Because of something YOU disagree with?!
On a site you actually have a stake in?!
I’m really surprised at you!
That kind of attitude is not conducive to perpetuating a successful site and certainly isn’t very professional!
I’ve always thought you were a good guy—my favorite around here since you first came on!
Maybe the stress and pressure of heading TA is getting to you!
Regardless, when you don’t agree with someone and resort to name-calling, that’s not only unnecessary, but it’s really immature! I think you owe me an apology.🙄
Hey, I love you bud, you are old-school TA and I appreciate you a ton. I wasn't trying to name call, I just actually think that is delusional thinking! :P Sorry! Maybe subscriptions in gaming work out, maybe they don't, but thinking that all forms of subscriptions, especially in the world of cable, will go away is just… well, delusional, I think. And that is coming from a cord-cutter.
Anyway, obviously I don't agree with you but I also wasn't trying to name call or offend, so I do apologize.
Okay then! I appreciate that! Love you too, man! Apology accepted! I’ve always thought of you as a class act, Jared! Was disappointed to see you reduced to that. We will see whether the subscription model will stick or not for gaming. I never said all forms will go away. But as for cable especially, it will go away at some point in the future. Companies must give customers what they want or suffer those consequences considering the different choices of getting media these days! They’re struggling to stay viable, and they have to adjust to stay afloat! You’ll see it in your lifetime. I know a bit about this, as I have worked at a high level for the News/media for over 35 years and kind of have my finger on the pulse of these trends as they’ve evolved. One thing’s for sure! We will see what happens, right?! Disagreeing is always okay, man! Long as we keep it civil! I know we both agree on that! 😉
Yeah, I'm tired and fatigued by this excessive subscription generation. I'm almost 40, and I hope I live to see this trend eventually exhaust everyone and slowly fade back into more permanence.
Color me shocked, I did not expect this let alone without any fanfare or pre-release hype. What a nice surprise.
I've been waiting for this to come to iOS. I still haven't played it, but I've been wanting to! Gonna grab it right now.
In a couple of years of paying for PlayStation Plus for (my son more than anything else) this is the only one of the free PS+ games I actually play. Loved it.
The whole thing only lasts about 1.5-2 hours, so it was like watching a film. Great stuff.
FYI, they did make a vinyl release for the soundtrack. Out of print now, but I'm pretty sure you can find them on ebay.
Nice! I’m ON it!
Any word on an Android version?
No MFI support, apparently. Why is this not mentioned in the article?