US EditionStarfield on PS5 Is ‘Unplayable’ Complain Gamers Plagued by Bugs and Crashes
Fans say the PlayStation 5 version is unplayable, with posts reporting constant freezing and more than 20 crashes since launch.
- Starfield launched on PlayStation 5 on Tuesday last week, with players immediately reporting performance issues and frequent crashes, while Bethesda declined to provide review copies.
- Fans on Reddit labeled the game 'unplayable,' with reports of constant freezing and crashing during gameplay on the Base PS5, including claims of crashes occurring every two minutes.
- Testing at 30 and 60 fps failed to resolve freezing issues, while PS5 Pro users reported over 20 freezes and crashes during gameplay, forcing players to quit the game entirely.
- Despite widespread technical complaints, the PlayStation Store currently displays a 4.29/5 score. Jumpy-Web6641 stated, 'I must stress, I own multiple PlayStation 4/5 games and have never ever experienced crashes.'
- The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered suffered similar technical complaints but still achieved millions in sales, as Bethesda historically offered little acknowledgement of such problems, even with Code Violet.
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Bethesda acknowledges serious performance issues with Starfield on PlayStation 5
Late last week, {Starfield} was finally released for the PlayStation 5, allowing Sony players to venture into Bethesda's space universe and create their own adventures among the stars. But... as is often the case with Bethesda games, things didn't exactly go smoothly. It was reported that many users experienced major issues with the game, which crashed constantly and couldn't handle save files on the PlayStation 5. Bethesda has now addressed th…
After Starfield's PS5 launch, the joy is quickly turned into frustration for many fans: The sci-fi role-playing game fights on Sony's console with frequent, sometimes unpredictable crashes. Bethesda has now officially spoken out and announced a hotfix to fix the biggest crash problems already this week. Just because Starfield originally appeared on PC and Xbox in 2023 and only made the leap to PlayStation 5 in 2026, the current technical conditi…
Starfield is finally on PS5 - but instead of space adventures, many players experience crashes and frustrations. Bugs and memory problems provide criticism and first refund requests.
The release of Starfield for PlayStation 5 is becoming a fiasco for Bethesda.
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