The Monster Hunter Wilds beta was open to all over the weekend, attracting an awful lot of attention from old and new players alike. The test was hugely popular on PC — going by Steam user data — and so it's fair to assume that it was also a big hit on PS5, where it was available a few days earlier through PS Plus subscriptions.
However, opinions seem to be a little divided based on the impressions that we've read across the web. Without getting bogged down in too many details, it's abundantly clear that Capcom has work to do with regards to the game's performance. Frankly, the beta was a technical mess on Sony's base system.
But those who really invested in the beta obviously enjoyed it, despite some fairly controversial gameplay changes. It'll be very, very interesting to see how much the developer ends up tweaking ahead of Wild's next beta, which is currently unannounced, but feels like an inevitability.