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The Ascent dev says it’s ‘aware’ of demand for a PS5 version | VGC

Developer tells users to “keep an eye” on its social channels for PlayStation news…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Responding to a user on Twitter on Friday, The Ascent’s official Twitter account gave fans hope that a PlayStation version of the game could eventually arrive.

It wrote: “Thanks for letting us know you’d like to see The Ascent on PS5! While we don’t have anything to announce right now, we want you to know we hear you and the team are aware of the demand for a PS5 version. Keep an eye right here on our Twitter for updates!”

 

[BennyBlanco]

i thought it was well known it was a timed exclusive

probably next year

 

[Kuranghi]

Did they actually fix the stuttering on PC yet? I checked the steam threads a week or so ago and there was nothing about it.

 

[ButchCat]

Did they actually fix the stuttering on PC yet? I checked the steam threads a week or so ago and there was nothing about it.

Was that issue with only game pass or steam as well?

 

[The Eradicator]

After attempting to play for about 10 hours on Xbox, I have to say that the only thing I would "demand" is that they fix the game so that I stop losing key items

 

[Spukc]

I don’t even know wtf the ascent is but okay

 

[CamHostage]

That'd be nice. The Ascent was a real feather in the Xbox's cap for highlighting a promising new studio's first work and having it achieve on its promise (kind of like Kena: Bridge of Spirits was for PS,) but unless Microsoft intends on bringing Neon Giant into the fold or backing their next project, it'll be good to see The Ascent continue to expand some time in the future.

I don’t even know wtf the ascent is but okay

 

[WilboWaggins]

Be interested to see how much they charge for the PS5 version. After playing on Gamepass I'm glad I didn't pay for it.

 

[Kuranghi]

Was that issue with only game pass or steam as well?

Different (but compounding) issues I believe. DX12 was generally broken with massive stutters from frametime spikes approaching seconds and the GP version was stuck on DX12 and so that made that version unplayable.

The steam version (in DX11 mode) I found really hard to run at locked 30fps even at reduced settings and 1080p on a GTX 1080 (let alone 60fps) due to it randomly not taking full advantage of my GPU and then dropping frames because of that, especially in the first hub area you reach. That was what I mainly wanted to be fixed but there were also frametime spikes from shader compilation when specific things happened like red barrels exploding (this happens in almost every encounter), really long freezes came from that as well so we just stopped playing.

I think its better to play it on console generally.

 

[Fennec]

Be interested to see how much they charge for the PS5 version. After playing on Gamepass I'm glad I didn't pay for it.

Well, you actually paid for it then…

 

[Kenpachii]

Did they actually fix the stuttering on PC yet? I checked the steam threads a week or so ago and there was nothing about it.

Yea they did, partly. it went from unplayable stutter to minor stuttering.

 

[Chukhopops]

Be interested to see how much they charge for the PS5 version. After playing on Gamepass I'm glad I didn't pay for it.

I played it on GP and I’d say it’s worth 30-40 bucks, had a blast with it and everything was gorgeous from the visuals, atmosphere and OST.

 

[Orpheum]

Guessing it's a 12 month exclusivity deal. Can't wait for it though, the game looks really cool

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I'm surprised they can be as blatant as that without breaching the terms of their current arrangement.

 

[Captain Toad]

There is a demand?

 

[[Sigma]]

Demand? I visit plenty of boards and of course chats on my PS4/PS5. I'm not seeing this "demand".

 

[mejin]

I think they only talk about it cause the game is already dead.