Remedy is looking into improving Control console performance, it’s said.
As revealed by Digital Foundry’s analysis, Control suffers from some serious slow-down on console. The Xbox One X offers the smoothest experience overall, as you’d expect, but even that version sees hitching and stuttering interrupt the flow of the game. On PS4 Pro, performance is nowhere near as consistent as the X build, but it’s much better than performance on the problematic base consoles.
Digital Foundry’s John Linneman reports PlayStation 4 and Xbox One can see prolonged frame-rate drops in sustained combat, dropping all the way down to 10fps at worst. Elsewhere, the game’s loading systems aren’t great, with long loading times and texture pop-in.
So, we come to Remedy’s blog post, which outlines the work the developer is doing so soon after launch. Remedy said it’s on the case when it comes to console performance, but asked players for patience.
“Right now, the team are looking at possible ways of improving console optimisation in Control, but as you can hopefully understand, these things do take time and don’t happen at the press of a button (as much as we wish they did). We are also examining specific issues that some players have been experiencing and looking for fixes on those. When we have more info, we will be sure to let you know across our community channels.”