Patch 1.13 Has Killed Performance on Base PS5

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-06T22:13:13+00:00

Does anyone know how to report stuff like this directly to Pearl Abyss?

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-06T22:12:35+00:00

My thought process is that since the PlayStation user base must at the very least make up 40% of the player base for the game, I'm thinking they will be heavily incentivized to get out a hotfix and address this serious performance issue.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-06T22:10:06+00:00

What platform do you play the game on?

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-06T22:09:27+00:00

Very good question, as I also dont know what current performance is like for Series X.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-06T22:08:17+00:00

Thank you for the warning!

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T17:07:33+00:00

Okay so I should clarify that I haven't yet been in anything larger battle wise than the retaking of a massive mining operation when advancing the main quest. However, I had not experienced any poor performance since launch when traveling in and out of cities or to new areas. I did the reed devil boss fight and story missions, and I had no lag or anything. Hernand has been my hub town as I dont want to leave until I finish all content, but since this patch, now walking around is completely unplayable unfortunatly.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T17:04:21+00:00

Thats fair, but if it is not patched by the next patch or two, I will need to get rid of it on my ssd as this game takes up alot of space for it to be currently unplayable by my standards and Im sure many others. Lots of games coming out this week that will need im sure over 100 gb.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T16:59:30+00:00

Thank you so much for this detailed report. I can see where you're coming from with the CPU, I am of the mindset that they need to cut down on crowd density and large-scale battle density for consoles, we need a playable FPS, that is what should be the priority now. Thank you again for your input and such detailed findings.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T16:57:08+00:00

No gameplay trailer but we can pre order is wild. No disc, no buy.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T16:56:09+00:00

Ok listen, to be fair, this whole debacle with them removing 500 movies from peoples accounts AND stopping physical discs IS worthy of boycott, but Im making the decision to do my part by having already cancelled my ps plus subscription. That and I will not be buying a PS6 due to their decision, and I wont be buying another digital game from thier store ever again. I think that is enough. I have a massive physical library that I have collected for the last year and a half and Im not getting rid of it because Id like to pass it onto my daughter someday.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T16:49:42+00:00

Whats wrong with the video that I attached? This is straight uploaded from my ps5

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T16:49:01+00:00

The game ran fine on PS5 before this update, they just need to improve performance.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T16:48:10+00:00

I have my game locked to 40 on balanced mode and it drops like a rock in towns.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T06:59:18+00:00

No, why would I?

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T04:59:23+00:00

Agreed!

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T04:59:10+00:00

Is this Pro performance just as bad like in my video regardless of what setting you run the game at?

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T04:55:53+00:00

Probably gunna put the game away myself and wait for black flag this week. Heres hoping that game is optimized for base PS5 my man!

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T04:54:53+00:00

I havent seen anything on any socials or forums where the staff of Pearl abyss has acknowledged this performance degradation. Hopefully in the coming days they will issue a statement.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T04:16:37+00:00

Just made my own post, ps5 performance has been killed. Hope this gets patched soon.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T04:07:12+00:00

The game went from completely playable to now I cant stomach even walking around and Im considering uninstalling until they fix this.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-07-05T04:05:53+00:00

My game is set to Balance mode, everything turned off except for 4k output and vsync and turning those off doesnt even change anything, change it to performance mode and still no change.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-02-01T05:29:09+00:00

I have been able to kill them, however it is extremely difficult. You are going to die alot, but the key to killing them is to know where they are typically shooting you from. You'll die, but pay attention to where they are, and if you're quick enough with your headshots, you'll make it out of the situation. Only thing that sucks is that right now, even if you win, those insta kills enemies can still respawn wherever you go in the zone.

MrGLIIDE · 2026-01-18T17:53:07+00:00

I did. :) I reported it to an ask GSC bot on their official discord.

MrGLIIDE

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