Respawn has issued its first major patch for the PC version ofStar Wars Jedi: Survivor. Following its release, many fans had to contend with numerous performance issues which prompted an officialRespawn statement regardingStar Wars Jedi: Survivorperformance complaintson launch day itself. Now, it appears the developer is following up on its promises to fix these many performance issues.The months leading up to the launch ofStar Wars Jedi: Survivorwas met with a lot of anticipation from gamers, particularly after the success ofFallen Orderjust a few years ago. While reviews and general first impressions showcased a promising sequel from Respawn, its reception was largely muted by the many performance problems at launch. These issues ranged frombroken HDR onJedi: Survivorfor the PS5to game-breakingbugs that would prompt players to start the game over entirely. Fortunately, fans won’t have to wait too long for the developer to address these problems across all platforms.RELATED:Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Fan Doubles Game’s FPS Thanks to UpscalingIn its latest update, Respawn has released a major patch aimed at the performance issues on PC, stating that the patch will help improve performance for “non-raytraced rendering.” It’s unclear if this patch specifically addresses framerate issues or HDR rendering shortcomings as the developer hasn’t offered a detailed update. It’s likely Respawn will follow this up with more patches for the PC version ofStar Wars Jedi: Survivorin the coming days. Regardless, the patch indicates a much-needed effort from Respawn amid the mounting frustrations fromStar Warsgamers.
Respawn stated that console players will also receive fixes as the studio announced that PS5 and Xbox Series X|S patches will go online on May 2. The update will look to fix a number of things including theJedi: SurvivorChamber of Duality bug, multiple crashes in different areas of the game, and rendering issues among others. Either way, time will tell how far these patches will go in terms of helping the title regain confidence from the gaming community.
However, it’s worth noting thatStar Wars Jedi: Survivorhas already emerged more popular than its predecessoron PC, despite the performance issues. At the time of writing, SteamDB records the peak concurrent user count forJedi: Survivorat 67,855, a notable uptick fromJedi: Fallen Order’s 46,550. Now, with the patches making their way to PC and consoles, it will be interesting to see how far the numbers will go over the coming weeks.
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Star Wars Jedi: Survivoris available now for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X.
