What should have been a public relations slam-dunk for Control publisher 505 Games is already turning sour, as fans ponder why they were encouraged to purchase the Ultimate Edition if it’s being given away day-and-date with PlayStation Plus next month.
You may recall a big brouhaha when the next-gen upgrade was announced, as it was only pledged to owners of the aforementioned Ultimate Edition. After a substantial backlash, a statement was released explaining that “as we are only doing additional development on Control: Ultimate Edition on the next-gen platforms, we are unfortunately unable to offer an upgrade path to all existing Control players”.
As you can imagine, this went down about as well as an ethically ambiguous science project at a shady, secretive organisation, but some fans had started to accept the news. As a result, when the PlayStation 5 version of the game was…
