Posted 2/26/2024, 10:15:00 PM
Pentiment Launches with Higher FPS on PS5 Due to Xbox Bug, Sparking Controversy
- Pentiment runs at 120FPS on PS5 but only 60FPS on Xbox due to a bug; this has sparked controversy among console fans
- Rumors circulated that Microsoft planned to port big Xbox games to PS5 and Switch, which Xbox later partially confirmed
- Pentiment was announced for Switch and PS5 in a Nintendo Direct on Feb 21 and launched the next day
- On PS5 Pentiment runs at 120FPS, whereas on Xbox Series X/S it runs at 60FPS
- The discrepancy is due to a bug according to the game's design director, but some Xbox fans asked why it hadn't been fixed sooner