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Resident Evil: Revelations 2 PS4 Patch Brings Frame Rate Closer to Xbox One's

The update improves performance ahead of the addition of online Raid mode support later this month.

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Since the release of the first episode last month, players have been complaining about performance issues with the PlayStation 4 version of Resident Evil: Revelations 2. A recent update improves the PS4 game's frame rate, though it reportedly still suffers from some issues.

Digital Foundry examined how the patched version of Revelations 2 on PS4 compares with both the Xbox One and unpatched PS4 versions. It's a notable improvement, estimated to be anywhere from 10-15 percent better than the unpatched version.

However, while cinematics and certain segments run more smoothly on PS4 following the patch than on Xbox One, it's the Xbox One version that manages to usually stay closer to 60 frames per second. Digital Foundry's analysis found the lowest frame rate on PS4 following the patch was 31fps, compared with 27 in the unpatched PS4 version and 44 on Xbox One.

"Overall though, there's still the sense that Resident Evil Revelations 2 is one of the more poorly optimized titles based on the mature MT Framework engine," the report states. It notes that their high-end PC was unable to run the game at 60fps at a 1440p resolution, whereas older, better-looking MT Framework games like Resident Evil 5 and 6 could run at that frame rate even at 4K.

Revelations 2's final episode was released earlier this week alongside the full retail version. There's no word on whether Capcom has any further patches planned that will impact performance, but we do know that online support for Raid mode will be coming in a free update on March 31.

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Well, now they are officially - a Crapcom. It's clear that game was rushed, promised features they didn't even implement, bad optimization, microtransactions.... meh, it's better they just bankrupt and someone more competent picks up their IP's

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O.O how my comment turned into fanboy war? I said nothing about PS4 or Xbox even remotely!

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<< LINK REMOVED >> because fanboys exist

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If it doesn't look better on PS4, then it must be bad right?

As this gen goes on, get prepared for a lot of bad games then. Lol

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The ps4 have better specs than xboxone its a known fact wether xbox fanboyz going to like it or not

This game is just another case of poor optimization on ps4 like those ubisoft game on pc

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<< LINK REMOVED >> This is another game showing the XOne is light years ahead of the PS4 when it comes to better gameplay and performance.The truth hurts but deal with it

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> See, you went full retarded. Never do that. You lose all credibility. If you said that the Xbox performs somewhat better with some games, you would have had some argument but "light years ahead"? Once again, I love my Xbox One a lot more than my PS4 but, thinking the Xbox One performs better is simply not true. I can admit it. Why can't you?


I'll post the list again


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It clearly shows that there are way more games outperforming the Xbox One. The facts are right there. You cannot simply ignore what is starring you in the face and pretend it doesn't exist to support your fantasy.


The Xbox One is better at multitasking. The PS4 is better at rendering graphics. The Xbox One has better multimedia capabilities but, the PS4 is catching up.

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That list is still garbage.

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When did the term "light years ahead" change its meaning to "slightly ahead on some games and behind on others"?

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"PS4 has better specs.... Fact" is the type of term used by people who don't do their homework.

While the PS4's unified memory GDDR5 certainly has it's advantages, that doesn't mean it's "better".

The XB1's cpu has a clear advantage as far as "Specs" go. It's 1.75GHz outperforms the PS4's 1.6. MS was able to overclock the XB1's cpu, where it really isn't possible on the PS4 due to it already bumping up against its thermal limit. This has already been shown in cpu intensive games such as GTA5, and AC Unity, we're there is a bunch of AI and such on screen at once. A large open world game like the Division may likely perform better on the XB1 as well due to this.

While the PS4's GDDR 5 unified memory is better than the XB1's DDR 3, the PS4 is only able to use 4.5GB of it due to the PS4's OS taking up the rest. Even with the XB1 running 3 OS's at all times, it still leaves a smaller footprint allowing devs to access at least 5GB for games. While Sony has claimed that there is up to 1GB of flexible memory for devs to use, there has not been one instance that I'm aware of, that a dev has actually been able to access it.

Basically the PS4 has the faster GDDR5 GPU to make games with. The XB1 has more GB's to make games with, along with the superior CPU as well. The PS4's "specs" are hardly better than the XB1's.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Dude, you are so full of BS. You spout specs you know nothing about and quote Wiki like you're an pro. Just because you copy and paste big words, does not make you right. If all you are saying was true, every multiplat would run better on Xbox One. That is simply not the case. Many games run at a lower resolution and frame rate than the PS4. So, are you saying they are gimping all Xbox One games to make the PS4 look better?

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You are (intentionally?) misconstruing what he said. His point was that the claim that the PS4 "has better specs" is simplistic at best. Clearly it has an advantage in terms of GPU power (but not as much as the Sony jihadist claim) and its large memory pool is of a faster variety, but only there are areas where the Xbox One has an advantage.


I didn't see any claim that the Xbox One was superior, just a refutation of a false statement about overall specs. The PS4 has frame rate issues in a large chunk of their (non-iOS-Graphics) games. It isn't substantial, but your argument that the PS4 is vastly superior in every case is simply not supported by the actual facts.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Where do I say the PS4 is vastly superior? I said it performs better in many games. Nowhere do I use the word vastly or anything remotely close to that. I see a lot of comments from you basically saying bobodeclown is correct because my source of games comes from IGN. The fact that you don't like the source and that you think developers are lying about framerates and rez is opinion at best. Frankly it lies more in the realm of preposterous but that's just my opinion as well.


You cannot simply say a source is unreliable simply because you think it is. Show me evidence that the source is unreliable.


He listed specs from unnamed sources. Specs of only a few components. There is more to a game system than the RAM, CPU and GPU. A lot more. These are just 3 of hundreds of components any and all of which have an effect on the overall performance of the system. You cannot look at 3 pieces of hardware, say one is faster and conclude that the overall system is better.


What about HDD read/write speed and seek time? What about # of CPU threads? Cache size? Peak shader throughput? System memory bus? Memory bandwidth? All of these and many more variables affect overall performance. You can't just say the Xbox One has a higher clocked CPU therefore it processes data faster. There is a lot more to it than clock speed.


He knows nothing about these systems other than the basic info he gets from Wiki and similar sources. He knows nothing about the engine that's used in this game. All he has is 3 most basic specs of 3 pieces of hardware components and 1 current gen multiplat game that uses this engine to base his assumptions on.


In short, he has no clue as to why this game is performing as it is let alone which console is superior at doing any task be it multitasking or rendering graphics. He lists numbers which really is saying nothing at all.

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Are you claiming that my above specs are wrong? If so, enlighten me.

Why don't you break it all down for us with that engineering degree you got there bud?

I've stated hard numbers in my post there. Why don't you post up some hard numbers that refute mine, or gtfo.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> lol, once again, I am not refuting your numbers. I'm saying your numbers are incomplete and the ones you do have, show the PS4 has an advantage. The only thing the Xbox One has an advantage of in your list of numbers is clock speed of the cpu. Everything else, the PS4 has the advantage when it comes to rendering graphics.


Again, you listed a bunch of specs without explaining what those specs mean. And, you've ignored the bottlenecks present that can adversely effect those specs. The internal clock speed of the CPU doesn't do you much good if your bus speed can't transfer the data to the CPU fast enough to make that clock speed effective. Do you know how many clock cycles the CPU spends waiting for data? That is just one of hundreds of little variables that must be considered.

You keep coming up with the same stupid argument. "Are you claiming my specs are wrong?" No I am not. I ONCE AGAIN am claiming your specs are meaningless and incomplete. And do not show the whole picture. There is so much more to these systems than the 3 pieces of hardware you keep bringing up.


And you've blatantly ignored the list of games I’ve given you that show the PS4 outperforming the Xbox One. It shows a clear and obvious trend in performance. You simply can't pretend it isn't there or say the source is unreliable simply because you say it is.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> I'm claiming you have no idea what the above specs truly represent or even what they mean. Anyone can list a bunch of specs. Real case scenarios still prove your theory wrong. Games are running better on the PS4. What is the point in posting numbers? Anyone can do that. Understanding what those numbers mean is a totally different thing.

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Exactly as I expected. More mud slinging with no facts to back up your argument. Real case scenarios prove my theory anything but wrong when many games perform better on the XB1 on everything except resolution. With the lack of AF on so many of the PS4's versions, the resolution advantage is nill at best.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> You ever think why the performance is better? Lower res = less to render = better performance.


It doesn't matter anyways the difference between the two console is so small it really isn't worth mentioning. If all games were perfectly optimized for both consoles you wouldn't even be able to see a difference between the two.


It's also it is silly to argue about power when the systems power are only about the level of a mid-range laptop.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> I agree both systems are lacking in performance. The difference between the two is small but, there is an obvious difference. He was arguing that this game running poorly on the PS4 is due to the PS4 hardware limitations as well as the engine not being as well suited to the PS4 as it is with Xbox One. How he knows this is beyond me since this is one of the first mutiplat games to use this engine on current gen. You can't make a statement like that based on 1 game. It would require a long history of problems with the engine over multiple multiplat games.


Both systems now use similar x86 architectures. It's not like last gen where the hardware was vastly different.


This game is having trouble running on PS4 and PC. Some reports suggest it was first developed for Xbox One then ported to PS4 and then finally for PC. The more likely scenario is that the game was just not optimized well for whatever reason. Hence their work on further optimization recently and likely further tweeks in the future.

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That is not what he claimed. Not even close. He shot down a Sony jihadist claim that the PS4 has "better specs" by establishing clearly that there is more to specs than GPU and type of RAM.

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At least someone gets it. I didn't even blame the PS4's hardware for this games performance. I just stated that it may very well be because the game engine just doesn't perform well with the PS4's hardware setup. Optimization could likely have been the culprit, except that an optimization patch has been released, and it still doesn't perform as well as on XB1.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Look at the above list. Real case scenarios say you are full of BS.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> bobodeclown you established nothing more than Logos, (stating specs.) But Failed to include a additional sequence of credibility to justify your reasoning. Whereas, bdrtfm promoted a source justifying his statement, therefore undermining your position.


bdrtfm: won the battle of witts

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He posted a link with advertised resolution and framerate. That is far from how those games actually perform. Sony already has a class action lawsuit against them for lying about the resolution of Killzone I believe. Framerates are rarely what they're advertised to be these days as well.

It's not a battle of wits, but rather a battle of facts... Which I won by simply stating them.

BTW wits only has one "t", not two. Lol

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He posted a link to a wiki with no real technical information, just what publishers CLAIM is the frame rate.

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Obviously not all games are running better on the PS4, so clearly you don't know what the hell you're talking about.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Did is say ALL games? Most multiplats run better. Not all but most. That's why optimization is a huge factor.

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Oh I'm sorry, when you said "Games are running better on the PS4," I figured that was a pretty clear indicator that you meant all games.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> Would you like a list?


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As you can see there is an F of a lot more red (lower) on Xbox One and green (higher) on PS4.

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Did you really blast someone for copy and pasting from Wikipedia and then post a link to a Wiki as "proof". That list you linked to is REPORTED framerates, not actual framerates and doesn't reflect framerate dips, which is where PS4 stumbles most, at all.

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<< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >><< LINK REMOVED >> it's an IGN wiki not actual wiki which has no credibility because it can be publicly edited

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That's all he's said here so far. "Games run better on PS4, but I prefer XB1." He clearly has little to no idea what he's talking about. If he has an engineering degree, he had better ask for a refund.

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A bit too harsh there.... you want capcom to bankrupt just because of this

Resident Evil is capcom core game its DNA i dont want activision, ea , ubi or any other developer to take over this franchise

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People go so much OVER THE TOP with all this stuff to find a small problem graphically, how stupid. I played all the game and never sense a big frame rate problem. Nitpicking negative, thats a trolls pleasure nowadays...

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Shoot neil with claire if you want to unlock the dark natalia bad ending

Shoot neil with moira if you want the good one

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Havent seen the bad one but isnt the ''good'' ending ..... ********SPOILERS*********
















.....The dark Natalia ending??

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Dark natalia is the bad ending dude its confirmed

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Well then Im not sure about the dark natalia you speak of. (is it the one from the extra episode where you play as Nat? ) Cause the only time Ive beat the game so far is after recovering the pistol as Moira, and the ending is where you fight the last boss as both barry/Claire and you can tell in the cinematic Nat isnt the same girl she used to be. But I thought that was the good ending.

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Yeah you re getting the good ending

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ahahahahah...the amount of bullshit in this generation of consoles is amazing. there is always something new.

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I wasn't impressed with this game. I wish I hadn't bought it.

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@PlayStation fanboys even with the patch the PS4 still struggles to run this game

while it's smooth sailing for the Xbox One version

@PlayStation fanboys sorry guys you can't win em all lol

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Yeah this is funny though when an xbox fanboys trying to take a jab on moment like this when they take a beating over numerous game before run better on ps4

This patch gona fix the ps4 version so dont get to excited about it yet

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Man guys like you are so bitter over this news

Seems like some xbox fanboys have develop these inferiority complex so when they see one game look abit worse on ps4 they feel so happy about it

This patch gona fix the ps4 version to run better so dont get too excited about it

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Clearly you havent played it on PS4. Theres no way my console is struggling to play the game. Although my 240gb SSD might be helping alot.

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I played it on ps4. Game was big disappointment but not because of performance for me.

I didn't play enough to notice the performance.

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<< LINK REMOVED >> Yeah well I was replying to the asshat bragging about his X1.

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I bought it for coop and it's coop was that stupid split screen that wasn't even full split screen. Just small boxes.

Stupid. Then the coop was horrible I thought. One with a weapon and one with a flashlight. My friend and I played till it made him a small girl that just pointed at things. Turned it off.

Yeah I see I thought you replied to me. I apologize.

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At least you can find happiness in their unhappiness.

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