Many PS5 Pro games are having performance issues, and there’s been no response from Sony, developers, or publishers.
Almost any product or service is expected to have some major setbacks or performance issues at launch, but the internet is always quick to pick up on it. The latest launch of Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro console saw various games expected to get a performance boost with the new console, such as God of War: Ragnarok and Baldur’s Gate 3. However, players have been quick to report many issues with the games supposed to be enhanced by the PS5 Pro.
Some of the most recent feedback from gamers has been on Bloober Team and Konami’s remake of the iconic survival horror game Silent Hill 2. As spotted by Eurogamer, fans have noticed numerous graphic issues along with a shimmering or flickering effect. “I immediately knew something was off without even seeing gameplay previously or even playing the game before this,” said Unlocky-Soil-2456 on Reddit. “That’s how bad this is. I can’t even bring myself to play it in this state because it’s so distracting.”
One of the major issues fans of the horror game are concerned about was that neither Bloober Team nor Konami have not formally addressed the issues. One fan posted a sad comment: “I can’t even bring myself to play it in this state because it’s so distracting. I feel like even if I did play the game in this state it would just get worse throughout the game and I would be even more pissed off. So 70 bucks down the drain because it still hasn’t been fixed yet. I feel like I am gonna get to play this game after the holidays at the rate Konami and Bloober are going at this point…”
Players are reporting issues from other games too, the likes of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. “I love my PS5 Pro for the most part, most games look wonderful, but there seems to be an issue with some games,” said Chaystic on ResetEra. “There’s this weird shimmering, aliasing, whatever you wanna call it. One big example is Black Ops 6, I thought my Pro was faulty or something, but it turns out I’m not the only one who noticed it. I’ve seen several social media posts who reported the same.”
The same trend on graphical problems trickled into other popular titles too. PS5 Pro gamers pointed out that Spider-Man 2, Stellar Blade, and Alan Wake 2 also had some graphic issues of their own on the new console. Digital Foundry discovered what it called “severe image quality problems” in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. “There are severe image quality concerns when elements like foliage interact with ray tracing,” it said. “The end result is a strobing image quality downgrade that makes this Pro patch difficult to recommend.”
While the PS5 Pro recently launched on November 7th, it still has some time to cook and come back with many patches and fixes. Just like many game launches, the rhetoric seems to be related to a couple of questions: why is an ‘enhanced’ console making games look worse, and why launch a console with a bunch of performance issues?
The main frustration from fans seems to be that Sony or other major devs and publishers have not addressed the issues yet. The lack of communication is what is driving gamers nuts, which is totally fair. If it is anything like the launch of games like Cyberpunk 2077 or No Man’s Sky, PS5 Pro owners will not be thinking about these issues about 6 months down the line from now…hopefully.
