Digital Foundry: Ghostwire Tokyo on Xbox Series X|S 'Runs Worse' Than PS5 Version - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 May 2023 / 3,818 Views
Digital Foundry's Oliver Mackenzie in the latest DF Direct podcast discussed the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S versions of Ghostwire Tokyo and testing the game has show it currently runs worse than the PlayStation 5 version.
Mackenzie did note the PlayStation 5 version when it released in March 2022 did have its own issues and he had hoped the developer would "fix some of the issues from PlayStation 5 that John [Linneman] and Alex [Battaglia] observed last year, and if anything it's gone in the opposite direction."
The Xbox Series X version "runs worse than PlayStation 5, and Series S is a bit of a mess," according to testing done by Mackenzie. "So it’s a really weird situation and not really what you would expect from what is now a Microsoft first-party development studio."
He added, "The ray traced reflections are somewhat lower quality, there are shadow alignment bugs with the ray traced shadows. Resolutions are pretty similar for the most part but the quality mode has a moderately lower resolution than PlayStation 5, it looks like, and performance is typically 5-10% lower than PlayStation 5 [when comparing] the same scene."
The Xbox Series S version has two modes - Performance and Quality - and neither support ray tracing. The Performance mode is also noted to run below 60 frames per second.
Thanks VideoGameChronicle.
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I'm playing it on the Series X now on performance mode. Besides one section during the beginning in the hospital, it's been a smooth experience. I tried the unlocked frame mode, can't remember the name, and it was awful with screen tearing everywhere and immediately switched back. Overall, I'm really enjoy the game. Easy recommendation.
Isn't this already old news? I heard about the Xbox version presenting issues and lower performance than PS like a week ago.
Yup
I never read it but I could have missed it. I just remember the news about Redfall last week.
Xbox just keep getting worse i guess
So many Xbox executives deserved to be sacked , & Booty & Greenberg are at the top of the list.
Spencer also deserves a lot of blame since he keeps those clowns on board because he’s friends with them.
Xbox needs a total overhaul.
Anyone saying Redfall and other Bethesda problems are not Xbox responsibility problem because they’re independent, is simply lying. Owners have primary responsibility. That’s a Legal and ethical fact.
You seem to have a lot of pent up anger around Xbox.
I don't blame him, if he's a legit xbox player
Then whats your excuse?
I haven't voiced my opinion on this matter, and I do game on xbox, about 4 to 5% of the time.
Owww but I have, including on why Redfall will release as 30fps and later patched as 60fps.
They are independent except on deciding where to release the game, so they may take all the blame instead of MS =p
