Diablo 3's latest patch launched just a few days ago - it introduced a whole new area, expanded existing locations, and added in a ton of new legendary items. Understandably, loot lovers were excited for the changes, but the blood soaked party's stuttered a little after Digital Foundry discovered that the update negatively impacts performance on consoles.
According to the tech experts, patch 2.4.0 brings frame rate jerks and even input lag, which certainly seems like cause for concern given that Blizzard's output is usually so finely tuned. It's perhaps worth mentioning that we personally haven't noticed such problems after playing the game with the update installed, but reports from around the 'net suggest that these issues are widespread.
Fortunately, it looks as though Blizzard is on the case, even if it's stated that it's having trouble replicating the technical problems. As such, it's asked for players who experiencing said issues to report them, which will hopefully allow the studio to pinpoint exactly what's going wrong. You can find the details by clicking through here.
Have you had any problems after installing patch 2.4.0 on PlayStation 4? Start mashing buttons in the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net, via us.battle.net, gamespot.com]
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I've been playing allot of Diablo over the weekend and indeed there are a few new performance problems since the patch. Nothing horrific, just occasional stutters where I swear previously there weren't. Certainly nothing that makes it anywhere near unplayable but hope they fix it non the less.
@kyleforrester87 It's weird - I haven't really noticed anything but I haven't been playing it too much. Blizzard says it's having trouble replicating the problems, too, so maybe it's something quite specific that's causing it.
@ShogunRok The issues I'm having are really minor, a couple of stutters when coming into a new area via a portal, for instance. Honestly it's not even something I'd notice if it wasn't so flawless before. It's only really been noticeable 3-4 times in perhaps over 10-15 hours.
@ShogunRok Watching that video it seems there are pretty regular drops but my eyes just arn't good enough to really detect those! At 2:35 there is a pretty big drop and that's the kind of thing I'm experiencing.
I didn't have any problems after the patch but only played for an hour and it was offline.
It's definitely there, noticing it way more now lol
I've been playing it for around 2_3 hours, I not notice any issues,
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2Ppalv87mzQ
Short video I made, you can clearly see the drops as I'm running left and right
Experienced no issues at all so far, but like some others only played around two hours since the update.
I've notived short input lag, nothing too serious, well... playing on hardcore though EVERYTHING is serious!
Played about 5 hours today, still no issues,
No problem here. Retail disc.
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