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They compare Elden Ring on Xbox Series X / S and PS5

Elden Ring It has been available worldwide for five days. From Software’s new open world game has unquestionably triumphed among specialized critics, settling on an average score of 96 in Opencritic. Unfortunately, the game has also received quite a few complaints from users due to to its poor performance on all platforms, especially in the case of PCbut also in the case of new generation consoles.

Now, Digital Foundry has shared through his YouTube channel a video in which compare Elden Ring on Xbox Series X/S and PS5.

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Although you can see the detailed analysis in the previous video, the main conclusions of the analysts are the following:

The game is unable to maintain a frame rate of 60 FPS on either platform in either of its two graphics modes. Also, since quality mode doesn’t have its FPS capped at 30, both graphics modes have nasty fluctuations in performance.
Despite all platforms exhibiting instability, PS5 generally maintains a slightly higher frame rate than Xbox platforms.
Loading screens are much longer on Xbox platforms compared to PS5, and can last more than three times as long. In the comparison used, Ps5 takes regarding 6 seconds to load the zone following using fast travel, while Xbox Series X and S take regarding 17 seconds.
Analysts recommend playing on Xbox Series X if we have a variable refresh rate screen, as it greatly smoothes out fluctuations in performance. Otherwise, they recommend the PS5 version for its higher FPS rate and faster loading screens.
The game performs slightly worse than in the November network test. In addition, the graphics have been downgraded from that version, which can be seen in the shadows of distant vegetation, which have completely disappeared.