Cyberpunk 2077 launched at midnight last night, and now the console versions are out in the wild we’re getting our first proper look at the game running on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Early impressions are, unfortunately, not great.
I’ve been playing the PS4 version of CD Projekt’s sci-fi epic and can report poor performance, including low framerate and texture pop-in when the screen is busy. Even when it’s not, there is on occasion a low-res blur to the visuals. And I’ve encountered multiple characters locked in a T-pose, frozen in place or glitched into an object. You can still talk to these NPCs, but their mouths do not move.
I’ve had a chat with Digital Foundry’s Tom Morgan, who provided me with some screenshots of Cyberpunk 2077 running on a base PS4 alongside some analysis:
