Persona 4 Arena Ultimax Finally Has Rollback Netcode on PS4

Now it's personal

by Robert Ramsey Sat 6th Aug 2022

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax was ported to PS4 back in March, but it's only just received its promised rollback netcode update. Official confirmation came from Atlus at Evo 2022, which is ongoing this weekend. You'll have to download a new update in order to make use of the much improved netcode.

It's safe to say many fighting game fans didn't really bother with Persona 4 Arena Ultimax's revival earlier in the year — most were waiting for this update to drop. But now that it's here, we can see the game's popularity spiking for the first time in years. Hopefully it's been worth the wait!

Will you be playing Persona 4 Arena Ultimax? Roll it back in the comments section below.

Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) is an assistant editor of Push Square, and has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Persona, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, Trails, Tales — he's played 'em all. A little too much, some might say.

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shonenjump86
Fri 5th Aug 2022

I think I should get back into the game.

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Korgon
Fri 5th Aug 2022

I tried to get into it but I don't know. I was pretty bad at it even just offline. I imagine I'd get absolutely destroyed online. Maybe if I get tired of MultiVersus at some point.

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RudeAnimat0r
Fri 5th Aug 2022

This is a super fun game. If it's ever cheap I'd buy it again to mess around with.

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Bagwag82
Sat 6th Aug 2022

What is rollback net code? 🤷

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rachetmarvel
Sat 6th Aug 2022

@Bagwag82 At netcode method that allows your online experience to be more stable against opponents to aren't that close to you.
Basically a better online experience.

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Voltan
Sat 6th Aug 2022

@Bagwag82 Traditionally fighting games would introduce a delay to inputs to make sure they're properly synced between the 2 players online. The worse the connection, the bigger the delay, meaning the game would feel much less responsive.

Without going into much detail, rollback allows to sync inputs without adding delay, which makes it feel almost as if you're playing offline. The are some drawbacks but most agree it's a much better experience in games that often require very precise timing.

It's been a thing in fighting games for a good while but only now it's becoming the standard, which is great.