Get ready to bring your gacha adventures to the latest console generation, as MiHoYo is bringing the incredibly successful free-to-play game Genshin Impact to the PlayStation 5. The PS5 release will have faster load times, enhanced visuals, and support for the DualSense controller. That's all the details available for now, with no mention as to whether or not it'll let players use their PC or mobile account on Sony's platform this time around, or if there will be a performance mode. Currently available now on PlayStation 4, mobile, and PC, Genshin Impact will be hitting PlayStation 5 systems later this spring.

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[AmandaRose]

Still no date for the Switch version. I can see them cancelling it in the not too far distant future.

 

[Chary]

Still no date for the Switch version. I can see them cancelling it in the not too far distant future.

Or making it exclusive to the "switch pro"

 

[Ericzander]

This is what I was waiting for. Running out of excuses not to play it.

 

[AmandaRose]

Or making it exclusive to the "switch pro"

That a guess or insider knowledge

 

[GothicIII]

I can't imagine playing GI on a switch. The loading times would be rediculous. Today's mobile phones have fast UFS 2.0 as storage and ditched mSD long ago. The loading times are not long with about 10-20secs. On mSD it would take multiple minutes to load the game.

Also the game is huge. Atm mihoyo optimizes it heavily for mobile phones to cut storage requirements. For PC the game is already ~25GB in size and it is growing with every patch for a few GB. I do expect the same for other platforms.

They would be mad to bring it to the switch. It just asks for problems like low res textures while walking, popping in objects, etc.

 

[Himaku]

They need this game to be cross save with PC/Mobile players. Doubt that will happen anytime soon with Sony’s policy. I’m just using the PS4 version of it on the PS5 and it’s 60 fps so it’s not really a big deal for me.

I can see this game being on the Switch Pro hence why the game still hasn’t been released. Even on the base PS4 it drops below 30fps

 

[GoldenBullet]

Still no date for the Switch version. I can see them cancelling it in the not too far distant future.

The game is not that hard to run, especially if its probably going to be at 720p 30fps. The team probably just doesn't have much experience with the extensive amount of porting they are doing with this game.

 

[BitMasterPlus]

Another game I'd like to play in the maybe sometime future.

 

[ChaosEternal]

Ew. Sad to see this gambling garbage spreading farther. If only it were even half as original as it were predatory.

 

[LightBeam]

lmao multiple minutes to load ??? That's a stretch dude, it could obviously run at least alright

 

[TaruDev_]

REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, GeNsHiN TrASh, HaVn'T evEn TriEd iT bUt iT TraSH!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!!11!

 

[BitMasterPlus]

For all the people who hate Genshin Impact, I implore you to look on the bright side of things...



There has been some pretty good Genshin Impact porn that came out of this game.

 

[hyprskllz]

i just hope they give us the performance mode for this game. on PS4 GI plays on sub 30fps with occasional stutters.

 

[AkiraKurusu]

Who cares; shitty mobile game with shitty monetisation. Cancel it all. Do an Amazon's Crucible.

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

Ngl, this game is suprisingly fun

 

[Bladexdsl]

Gatcha trash about to infect the ps5

 

[Cyan]

I already see a load speed enhancement when playing on PS5 ssd, with load time around 8sec.
I guess a native PS5 version would have no load time at all ? well, at least that's what Sony made us believe when advertising their PS5.

I thought the backward compatible PS4 version already played at 60fps on PS5 with a patch. Maybe it was the update planed for november 2020 which has been postponed.

 

[SilverWah]

It's an okay Breath of the Wild clone at best but I deleted it because I hate the characters with their stereotypical Japanese cartoon writing. The game bored me out after a while but good thing I didn't spend a dime on it.
The game actually lets you play without paywalls so that's nice.

 

[Moon164]

I'm really curious to know what the differences will be from the native version for the PS5, because the game currently runs at 4K / 60fps in backwards compatibility mode.