The Outer Worlds on PS5 Might Work Now, More Patches Planned

For Witcher 3 I guess they definitely wanted to release it in 2022… it was ok but far away from being perfect.
The outer world is even worse

One of the only games upgraded for PS5/XSX to release in a perfectly acceptable state was Grand Theft Auto V. I’ve put over 50hrs into the PS5 version since launch and it’s so much better than the previous PS4 version via backwards compatibility.

Such a sad state of affairs when so many other seemingly simple new-gen rereleases are in such a poor state. It really shouldn’t be this difficult, right?

Yes if games continue to have these issues going forward even on patches of patches etc when original games didn't work properly ,then I personally think that there could become the slow demise of modern gaming as it is at present.

I've lost all faith in this now and am no longer interested in this game.
Publishers that release games in this state wont get my money or consideration in future and hopefully they eventually go bust.
Games are not cheap and customers deserve at least some level of accountability for what they are served up for their money...

Pillars of eternity dunks on outer worlds

I gotta say. I played the PS5 Version around the initial patch and had no problems. Played the DLC stuff too. It did crash once, but I played for almost 70 hours..

@PenguinLtd lack of testing and or ignoring known issues until it’s too late (I.e. bad management.) They likely look at a spec sheet for each new device and try to make the changes to the original game based on those specs rather than testing on the actual hardware throughout development.

Lets release a updated version that performs terrible seems the new rage. Now hope reviewers will stop saying that problems can be patched out. 😜

@PenguinLtd Laziness and a wish to cash in with minimal effort.

@Pompey71 Look, I’m not a developer, and I wasn’t at the studio where this update was developed. But I can almost guarantee that “laziness” or “minimal effort” were factors in this — or any other — case. The “cash in” part is correct.

It’s much more likely that the team of people that worked on this upgrade were crunching overtime trying to get this in some kind of release-worthy state. It was upper management and the publisher that were responsible for setting the release date and not delaying it. Management underestimated how much work and people it would take to complete the project. The publisher was only interested in money — how much money in resources and salaries it would take to actually complete the work, and what date they needed to release it on to better benefit the quarterly profits.

I highly doubt that any developer would want to release a shoddy product. Only the number-crunchers, more concerned with appeasing shareholders than setting realistic deadlines, are responsible for games releasing in this kind of state.