Sony's been randomly releasing patches for God of War, Astro Bot, Spider-Man and more games. Could this mean enhancements or support for PS5 features?

Lant_War · Oct 15, 2020

Not much more than the title, over the past couple weeks some Sony first party games have been getting new patches randomly (in some cases, it's the first patch the games have had in years). They just have a generic "bug-fixes" in the changelog, and their behavior on PS4 is identical so I'm curious as to what it could be. The list:

PSVR Worlds
Astro Bot: Rescue Mission
Everybody's Golf VR
Spider-Man
God of War
God of War 3: Remastered
Concrete Genie
The Last of Us Remastered

They've also been updating these in packs, all of the three VR games got the patch at the same time, and God of War / GOW3 just got it at the same time as well. We do know that some PS4 games will support some of the PS5 UX features as Sony themselves said it, and we know Ghost of Tsushima for example is getting patched for better performance on the next-gen console. Do you think this means anything?

Kalentan · Oct 15, 2020

Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

Shark · Oct 15, 2020

Unlock those frame rates, baby.

defaltoption · Oct 15, 2020

It's probably just for basic ui support and any large bugs they've come across for ps5.

I think if they were large things they'd announce it. Somethin like a 4K60/ssd patch for something like God of war would be big news for the fanbase.

s y · Oct 15, 2020

One can only hope that all the titles in the PS+ collection get patches to unlock fps/raise resolution target.

bing · Oct 15, 2020

Maybe it's just getting them ready and bug-free for PS5 BC

RivalGT · Oct 15, 2020

they need to patch the uncharted collection to 4k 60

Deleted member 16876 · Oct 15, 2020

Man I hope so.

If Bloodborne gets it...

Dest · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

GIMME 4K 60FPS BLOODBORNE

Zeal543 · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

Kalentan · Oct 15, 2020

Dest said:
GIMME 4K 60FPS BLOODBORNE

Nay...

1440p... 120hz Bloodborne.

Deleted member 864 · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

Yes please.

Lowrys · Oct 15, 2020

s y said:
One can only hope that all the titles in the PS+ collection get patches to unlock fps/raise resolution target.

Very much hoping for this, plus Last of Us 2

Dest · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Nay...

1440p... 120hz Bloodborne.

nay, 8k ten trillion fps

Afrikan · Oct 15, 2020

*Control F* DriveCl ah hell forget it. ☹

Mahonay · Oct 15, 2020

Lowrys said:
Very much hoping for this, plus Last of Us 2

Yup. Same.

giancarlo123x · Oct 15, 2020

Afrikan said:
*Control F* DriveCl ah hell forget it. ☹

That game is dead and buried

Mahonay · Oct 15, 2020

Afrikan said:
*Control F* DriveCl ah hell forget it. ☹

It's dead Jim.

ghostcrew · Oct 15, 2020

If Xbox BC is anything to go by then get used to these. Random small updates to games every so often. It's always just related to BC code.

Spork4000 · Oct 15, 2020

I feel like bloodborne has to be a mess on the back end. It never even got a PS4 Pro patch.

Zekes · Oct 15, 2020

I want a Bloodborne experience so real I have to inject my physical body with syringes to heal

RedOnePunch · Oct 15, 2020

Might be for comparability with the more unique UI features.

Caiops · Oct 15, 2020

Are we finally going to see FFVIIR getting a patch?

Lol

catboy · Oct 15, 2020

Spork4000 said:
I feel like bloodborne has to be a mess on the back end. It never even got a PS4 Pro patch.

lance mcdonald and digital foundry did a video showing it running at 60fps, it seemed okay. obviously hacking it from that perspective is different to changing things when you have source but i would hope it would not be substantially more difficult WITH access to the source code.

Stowaway Silfer · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

DontHateTheBacon · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

SAY IT ONE MORE TIME FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

maximumzero · Oct 15, 2020

I can't imagine why they'd patch any games for PS5 enhancements when they could do the "remastered" treatment and ring another $10-$20 out of their fanbase.

NeoBob688 · Oct 15, 2020

Interesting.

Uncharted Collection & Bloodborne please.

Kenzo · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

This.

MegaSackman · Oct 15, 2020

maximumzero said:
I can't imagine why they'd patch any games for PS5 enhancements when they could do the "remastered" treatment and ring another $10-$20 out of their fanbase.

Why not both?

maximumzero · Oct 15, 2020

MegaSackman said:
Why not both?

Because why give away for free what you could charge money for?

Shark · Oct 15, 2020

Caiops said:
Are we finally going to see FFVIIR getting a patch?

Lol

Has it still not gotten a patch since release??

Mathieran · Oct 15, 2020

Gravity Rush 2 would shine with a ps5 patch

Lant_War · Oct 15, 2020

maximumzero said:
I can't imagine why they'd patch any games for PS5 enhancements when they could do the "remastered" treatment and ring another $10-$20 out of their fanbase.

True, although Spider-Man is amongst the patched games so maybe they plan to do both (if that's what the patches are for)

Hey Please · Oct 15, 2020

ghostcrew said:
If Xbox BC is anything to go by then get used to these. Random small updates to games every so often. It's always just related to BC code.

Lather all them PS4 titles in BC Code.

RockmanBN · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

Praedyth · Oct 15, 2020

Please be true

Deleted member 16876 · Oct 15, 2020

Mathieran said:
Gravity Rush 2 would shine with a ps5 patch

Yes please!

Also add an option to get the missing items offline.

Uzupedro · Oct 15, 2020

Kalentan said:
Just. Release. The. Bloodborne. Patch.

First. Post. Nails. It.

HardRojo · Oct 15, 2020

Ah so that's why Astro Bot got patches a couple of weeks ago.

Tagg · Oct 15, 2020

Lant_War said:
True, although Spider-Man is amongst the patched games so maybe they plan to do both (if that's what the patches are for)

Yeah, if Spider-man got patched then I think that disproves the "upgraded" theory. Probably just some minor fixes to ensure perfect backwards compatibility.

Tornak · Oct 15, 2020

I've meaning to replay GoW for a while now, so next year before Ragnarok hits would be ideal if they can get it juiced up.

The eternal wish is Bloodborne, yeah.

Shark said:
Has it still not gotten a patch since release??

I don't think so. Well, not at least patches that fix the most glaring visual problems the game had. As in, not all of the low-poly and low-res assets, mind you, but some of them were very clearly bugged (we have high-res versions of them from people entering the code iirc). So that was probably because of a lack of time before release or simply a hard work around that they couldn't commit to then.

It'd be weird in a different time, but I assume they're prioritizing other things right now, like Remake 2 and probably a PS5 version for the first one.I guess they could patch the PS4 version around that time too, but idk.

Sarobi · Oct 15, 2020

The non-VR version of Everybody's Golf would greatly appreciate a patch that helps speed the load times up

henhowc · Oct 15, 2020

stability patches

overthewaves · Oct 15, 2020

It could just be compatibility patches. Updating them to better use the new card system shown in the UI today maybe.

russbus64 · Oct 15, 2020

I can't install the latest Spider-Man patch.

Side note: The PS5, now more then ever, needs a "check for any updates for installed titles" feature.

Smash-It Stan · Oct 15, 2020

RussBus said:
I can't install the latest Spider-Man patch.

Side note: The PS5, now more then ever, needs a "check for any updates for installed titles" feature.

PS3 had that, for some reason PS4 was only like your 3 most recently played games.

MegaSackman · Oct 15, 2020

maximumzero said:
Because why give away for free what you could charge money for?

They'll charge you for bigger improvements.

the-pi-guy · Oct 15, 2020

I am 100% certain they are PS5 patches. Either for compatibility or for higher settings.

Spork4000 said:
I feel like bloodborne has to be a mess on the back end. It never even got a PS4 Pro patch.

It likely didn't because the PS4 Pro wasn't quite a big enough boost over PS4. DS 3 got a patch and it barely did anything.

The 60 fps hack suggested the game had a CPU bottleneck, and the PS4 Pro was only a minor improvement there.
The other option would be to fix the resolution, but even there, it's not like it was enough to get up to 4K.

It probably won't happen, but I think there's a good reason why things might be different here.

Fisty · Oct 15, 2020

RE7 got one too.

I think its a sign of good things

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