Poor Showing for DOOM: The Dark Ages on PS5 Pro

Frame rate drops and few improvements

Image: Digital FoundryTech experts Digital Foundry have shared their initial findings for DOOM: The Dark Ages, and it’s pretty disappointing for PS5 players – especially those with the more expensive PS5 Pro.

Both of Sony’s consoles suffer from frame rate dips, slumping below the target 60fps during busy sequences. To make matters worse, the Xbox Series X looks largely locked, so it’s perhaps a sign less care and attention has been invested into the PlayStation builds.

While the PS5 Pro does top out at higher resolutions, hitting pixel counts of as high as 1800p, it sees few other improvements compared to its base console counterpart. There’s not even any use of PSSR to upscale the image.

Digital Foundry describes this as “one of the less exciting PS5 Pro updates we’ve seen in recent AAA fare”, and it’s hard to argue with its findings. It strikes us that developer id Software has put all of its time and energy into the Xbox Series X version, with all the other console editions turning in competent but unremarkable results.

Let’s hope future patches refine the experience on PlayStation further, and do a little bit more to leverage the PS5 Pro’s superior horsepower.

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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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