You Could Now Play Death Stranding 1, 2 with Worse Graphics on PS5

Excellent, been waiting to play this with worse graphics 👍

Wow I can't wait to never use this feature.

Finally I've been holding off playing this until it looked like a mobile game

Genuine question - does DS2 still have the framerate issue that makes the fan go crazy on the map screen?

Why would anyone use this feature?

@Deljo You can get an early glimpse at how Death Stranding 2 will look like on a Series S

@Boxmonkey Obviously this is a beta test for the PS6 handheld but indeed, why exactly would anyone take part in this? The console uses so little power comparatively that if this feature affects your electricity bill in any noticeable way then it's not going to be huge bill in the first place.

So can you buy the directors cut of DS1 to take advantage of the PS5 graphics, but can then use power saver mode to revert back to PS4 graphics, or worse 🙃

For a handheld, sure, but for a regular home console...what's the point? 🤣
It's not like PS5 and the Pro is power hungry, like an high end gaming PC anyway.

Welp, If it’s not in preparation for a portable PlayStation, I fail to see the point of less power hungry home console mode. I mean, if I would be going through an economic rough patch I would just stop playing altogether.

its obviously a test for the handheld low power mode.

Wooot! I always thought these games looked too good for their own good. I’m the market for this!

@Deljo delicious and ready for PS6 handheld screen.

Has nobody considered that the power saver feature could help combat climate change ? With temperatures predicted to rise by 1.5°c / 2.7°f by 2050 , we could all play (no pun intended) our part in this by the deployment of the power saver feature

@Boxmonkey

I had the same question. Why would anyone use this feature. Then I read the last paragraph of the article. That makes sense I guess. I am still not going to do it though. Grateful the title of the article is blunt though. 😝

Not good enough Sony! I want to play it at 480p 15fps or gtfo.

@janineking I'll use it if you promise its gonna get warmer....

@Deljo
@Czar_Khastik did you post on the wrong account? 😜

@antlion My web browser used the wrong account because it was in power saving mode.

If I play 8-bit graphics game under power saving mode will graphics lower to 4-bit or just 1 attribute???

@Boxmonkey You don't have "GeekFit" ??? Actually it's training bike with dynamo, so you have to pedal electricity for your console... Hell what a relief you don't have to spurt like on Le Mans to run PS5...

@janineking Yeah, nope. I bought a PS5 Pro to use its full power, not to cripple it.

Isn’t eco warrior mode great on the televisions; you think the things broke til you have a root around and it’s like somebody switches the light on

@janineking I mean, why stop there. Not playing video games at all would conserve even more power, right? What's the appropriate ratio of sacrificing the quality of your personal entertainment to conserve power usage? When is enough enough?

PS5 already uses notably less power than a high end gaming PC. Who's to say we're not already doing our part just by being console gamers?

@KeanuReaves how is it obvious, dude? What kind of a beta test is it if there is no control over who and when uses this and how you collect telemetry.
Based on what is it obvious? Any official statements?
If anything, this feature is there to have PS5 be categorized as green energy device or something, so that Sony maximizes profits through some import or sales tax deduction or exclusion.
What beta testing? As if they would need to push it globally to test anything - this is not how any of that works, dude.

Why would you want to play anything with reduced power? If you can afford a PS pro, I'm guessing you can probably afford electricity.

@TheDudeElDuderino No gaming device has ever increased sales by being green, so that logic doesn't make any sense. At the time there were tons of credible rumors going around about a handheld device being released in parallel with PS6. Thats why I said it was obvious. It was about giving developers a place to test out their engines in low power scenarios as preparation for the handheld and also simultaneously providing value to customers in doing so.

@KeanuReaves I'll repeat what I said and highlight operative words for your easier understanding, dude, because you seem to want to drag me into some imaginary argument that you're having with yourself.
"If anything, this feature is there to have PS5 be categorized as green energy device or something, so that Sony maximizes profits through some ***import*** or sales ***tax*** DEDUCTION or EXCLUSION."
where on earth did you read anything about increasing sales, my dude?
And no, what you are saying makes zero sense, that's not how a multimillion busines is run, it's downright ridiculous and comical. Can you even imagine legal ramifications? No, you can't. That's why you are able to suggest something like that unironically (ok, gaming media mediocrity that lead you by the nose has also some responsibility to bear, I'll give you that, it's not all your fault).

@TheDudeElDuderino Can you show me some places that give you a tax deduction or exclusion for having non-default, optional power-saving features that didn't exist until almost 5 years into the products life cycle? You can't. Its dumb to suggest that as even being a possibility.
It isn't an argument, you literally replied to my post and all I did was elaborate on what I said initially. If you think that is an argument then yeah it is imaginary, but imagined by you.

@KeanuReaves sorry, my bad, I should not assume that you have any considerable length of living experience on this planet just because you are able to assert a hypothesis in comments.
Little Duderino, what you are suggesting is unhinged, what I am suggesting has basis in Sony's history, mainly, when Sony attempted to classify the PlayStation 2 as a computer rather than a game console to avoid import duties, which were higher for consoles. They added a lot of features to PS2 just to be able to assert that it is a PC (which then people retconned into "Sony was so ahead of its time with the PS2 design").
So please, if these power saving features get them to classify their current and/or future device as some green deal savior they may be able to find various ways under which different countries would taxing them differently than non-green devices of the same category.
I have no idea why is this so difficult to fathom.. have you ever exported/imported anything in your life? Worked for a company which imports/exports? Or currently working for one? Go ask your dudes responsible for it how many categories there are and how they influence import taxes and the rest.
Peace. May our paths never cross again.

@TheDudeElDuderino bro said duderino