Pentiment Runs At 120FPS On PS5, But Only 60FPS On Xbox

Here’s one thing odd: Pentiment, a beforehand Xbox-exclusive narrative-focused sport from Obsidian, at the moment runs higher on PlayStation 5 than it does on Xbox Series X/S. It’s apparently a bug that will probably be mounted, however the entire state of affairs has set off a firestorm within the endless console conflict.

For most of February, rumors have swirled within the Xbox group and on-line that Microsoft was planning to port huge video games to PS5 and Switch. This led to an entire meltdown and ultimately—on February 15—a podcast from Xbox confirming that, sure, some video games had been getting ported to different platforms. But it additionally denied that huge titles like Starfield would arrive on PS5 and confirmed that the corporate had plans for extra Xbox consoles sooner or later. On February 21, throughout a Nintendo Direct, Pentiment was introduced as one of many first Xbox-published video games arriving on Switch and PS5. It launched the subsequent day. And weirdly, on PS5 at the very least, the sport runs at a better framerate than it does on Microsoft’s console.

Pentiment on PS5 runs at 120FPS. Currently, on Xbox Series X/S, it runs at half that, or simply 60FPS. Now, to be clear, this isn’t a sport that must be working at 200+FPS or something like that. It’s a narrative-focused, text-heavy 2D sport. Still, a whole lot of already bent-out-of-shape Xbox diehards aren’t too eager on the sport enjoying higher on PS5.

According to Obsidian studio design director Josh Sawyer, the explanation for this discrepancy is a bug. On February 26, he tweeted: “120fps will be enabled for XBOX in the next patch. It being disabled is just a bug.”

This didn’t assist a lot although, as some Xbox followers requested why the sport—which was launched in November 2022—had by no means obtained this 120FPS-enabling patch sooner. It is a bit odd that Microsoft wouldn’t make sure that the Xbox port of the sport was working at 120FPS earlier than launching the PS5 model.

Kotaku has contacted Xbox concerning the state of affairs.

While this was only a unusual little quirk involving a bug in a virtually two-year-old sport, it should actually not assist alleviate fears among the many most devoted of Xbox prospects that Microsoft isn’t centered sufficient on the platform they love.