The YouTube channel ElAnalistaDeBits has published a video analysis of some classic games from the catalog of the new PlayStation Plus subscription, discovering some truly disappointing, if not terrible, performance even on a console as powerful as PS5.
We are talking about some games dating back to the PSX and PS2 generations, therefore in theory easily manageable through emulation from the hardware of the latest Sony consoles.
The theory, however, collides with practice. PSX games run at a native resolution of 1440p on PS5 as well, but performance leaves a lot to be desired, with framerate drops and less-than-optimal fluidity. For example, some titles are shown running at a whopping 20fps, while others have a shaky framerate. PS2 games have a native 720p resolution across all platforms but generally perform better than PSX games.
Confirmed the fact that some games are in the PAL version and that for now there is only one PSP game available ( Echochrome ), which runs at 1080p. Also note that PSX and PSP games have distinct PS4 and PS5 versions, while PS2 games only have one version: the PS4 one. Of course, they also run on PS5, but in backward compatibility.
Of course, it’s not hard to notice that some free PC emulators manage to do incredibly better even on lower configurations than not only PS5 but PS4 as well, pushing games up to higher than 4K resolutions and applying filters that make them much better. beautiful to look at.