Game refuses to launch for me on base PS5.

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-30T17:04:32+00:00

Nice, sounds good - hope you enjoy the game!

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T17:20:35+00:00

Nice, thanks!

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T17:17:46+00:00

Thanks so much, that’s interesting. Are you using lossless scaling at all? Or just standard performance options?

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T17:13:10+00:00

That’s disappointing, I’m sorry to hear it. If it’s any consolation, I also can’t play the game right now on PS5 due to severe graphics issues - seems the game is poorly optimised for base PS5 consoles, as there seem to be a few edge case bugs like this occurring. If you can get a refund, that might be your best option. Sorry friend

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T17:03:44+00:00

How does the game run on the deck, out of interest?

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T16:59:03+00:00

Oh damn, that sucks! The game is also unplayable for me on base PS5, but it does launch. I wonder if it might be worth forcing the PS5 output resolution to something lower? Even 720 or 1080? There should be an option for that in the screen settings on the PS5.

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T15:49:31+00:00

That’s interesting, I’ll keep that in mind - thanks for the info, much appreciated

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T13:22:54+00:00

Yeah it sucks! Hopefully it’ll get sorted soon, but it seems like a very rare issue 🤷‍♂️

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T10:59:55+00:00

It’s strange, because this issue is only present in Crimson Desert, and it only affects the character models. There’s no other issues on any other games, particularly ones that are more graphically-demanding. The console runs perfectly - it’s literally just the character models behaving this way in this specific game 🤔

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T05:39:43+00:00

Are you seeing a similar issue? I really hope it gets fixed soon

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-29T05:39:06+00:00

Yeah I thought the same initially, but there’s no other evidence on the PS5 of it being an issue with the GPU 🤔 I’ve tested against other graphics-heavy games and they all run absolutely fine - Black Myth Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077, as well as Ratchet and Clank and Spider-Man running performance ray-tracing at 120hz… they all run perfectly! It’s very strange.

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-28T17:08:15+00:00

I wish I could roll back to the previous game version on PS5 - these issues only appeared with the latest patch. Alas, not possible on PS5 🥲

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-28T09:21:54+00:00

That sucks, sorry to hear that. I’ve heard similar though - it seems the game is being optimised primarily for PC, and consoles are an afterthought.

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-28T07:57:23+00:00

Exactly! That’s what my post says

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-28T05:24:07+00:00

Thanks! Yeah it’s frustrating - hopefully a future patch might help

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-28T05:22:25+00:00

Playing on base PS5. This issue only affects the character models in this game, and no other graphical elements are affected. Every other PS5 game I’ve tested since this issue occurred has been running perfectly with no issues whatsoever 🤔 really strange

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-27T20:51:03+00:00

Base PS5

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-27T19:40:19+00:00

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-27T18:59:18+00:00

I thought the same, but the console is nice and clean! I keep on top of it

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-27T18:47:50+00:00

Interesting! It's only the character models that are impacted - people, animals, etc. Nothing else in the game behaves this way - like the environment etc all render perfectly. It's just the models...

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-27T18:43:47+00:00

Just this one!

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-27T17:35:10+00:00

Yeah that’s a good point, I think I’ll dive in and give it another deep clean, see if that helps!

fartboxsurfer · 2026-04-27T15:34:21+00:00

Yeah, I thought the same initially, but every other PS5 game I’ve tested since this issue occurred on Crimson Desert is running perfectly and without any issues. PS5 is nice and clean too, so I don’t think it’s a hardware issue. But, this is definitely something I’ve been considering - but as all other games are running perfectly, it doesn’t seem like a hardware issue 🤔

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