I thought making this thread was a good idea to answer these questions and inform people to not buy the PS5 disc release if they care about consistent performance.
PS4 Pro backwards compatibility version on PS5 gives you:
- slightly softer image quality (1800p checkerboarding)
- rock solid locked 60 fps (except maybe some later areas)
- less grass vegetation, but also less pop-in (next-gen grass fades in a few metres in front of the player)
- slightly lower shadow quality and ambient occlusion settings
- 10 second loading time instead of 7 seconds (from menu to in-game). See here for a comparison after death, only 1-2 seconds difference! (thanks, Knight in Shining Armani!)
- there is no DualSense haptic support in the PS5 version, so you are not missing any
- there is save transfer from PS4 to PS5, so you can switch later if VRR is implemented or game is patched. You cannot go back to PS4 from PS5!
PS4 version on PS5 is ONLY possible with digital version or PS4 disc, PS5 disc version is NOT supported!
There is only one digital version for both PS4 and PS5 on PSN, so it is not possible to buy the wrong digital version, don't worry!
Regarding future patches to improve the performance of the PS5 version: From Software has a very poor history of improving performance of their console games to locked 30/60 (see Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, Sekiro). It is thus very likely that you have to wait a few years until PS5 Pro or PS6 comes along. Maybe if the internet shitstorm is large enough this time, we are in luck…
Comparison thanks to Nooblet
PS5 in performance mode
PS4
For a loading time comparison and more screenshots, see here:
Loading time comparison
PS4 Pro backwards compatibility version on PS5 gives you:
- slightly softer image quality (1800p checkerboarding)
- rock solid locked 60 fps (except maybe some later areas)
- less grass vegetation, but also less pop-in (next-gen grass fades in a few metres in front of the player)
- slightly lower shadow quality and ambient occlusion settings
- 10 second loading time instead of 7 seconds (from menu to in-game). See here for a comparison after death, only 1-2 seconds difference! (thanks, Knight in Shining Armani!)
- there is no DualSense haptic support in the PS5 version, so you are not missing any
- there is save transfer from PS4 to PS5, so you can switch later if VRR is implemented or game is patched. You cannot go back to PS4 from PS5!
PS4 version on PS5 is ONLY possible with digital version or PS4 disc, PS5 disc version is NOT supported!
There is only one digital version for both PS4 and PS5 on PSN, so it is not possible to buy the wrong digital version, don't worry!
Regarding future patches to improve the performance of the PS5 version: From Software has a very poor history of improving performance of their console games to locked 30/60 (see Bloodborne, Dark Souls 3, Sekiro). It is thus very likely that you have to wait a few years until PS5 Pro or PS6 comes along. Maybe if the internet shitstorm is large enough this time, we are in luck…
Comparison thanks to Nooblet
PS5 in performance mode
PS4
For a loading time comparison and more screenshots, see here:
Loading time comparison
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