Instead, Digital Foundry’s analysis revealed the opposite: Snake Eater runs better on the base PS5. They confirmed that the PS5 Pro “can run at a lower frame rate than base PS5.” In the game’s early jungle section, performance dipped below 60 FPS on the Pro, while the standard model held steady.

With higher quality shadows, foliage and level of detail on the PS5 Pro, even PlayStation’s higher-powered console fails to hit 60fps. In fact, sometimes the game runs even worse on the Pro machine than its cheaper counterpart.

August brings a host of major video game releases across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and the newly released Nintendo Switch 2. The hybrid console will get Kirby and the Forgotten Land + Star-Crossed World,