PS4 Pro is having trouble with some TVs and games

By Jon Porter

Despite not offering ‘native’ 4K, Sony’s new PS4 Pro seriously impressed us with its graphical improvements over the stock PS4, but a variety of issues are emerging with the new console.

Digital Foundry is reporting that a variety of games are actually running worse on the new hardware than on the standard PS4, despite the new Pro packing significantly more horsepower.

The problem appears to be affecting a number of titles including Skyrim, The Last of Us and Mantis Burn Racing, and appears across both 4K and 1080p displays when downsampling is used.

Issues vary from game to game, with some seeing a framerate impact across the whole game, to a title like Rise of the Tomb Raider, which sees performance issues later on.

These issues come despite the fact that Sony has been careful to keep the console similar enough to its predecessor in a hope to minimise these sorts of compatibility issues.

Display woes

These problems come in addition to reports of the console not being able to display 4K HDR on certain televisions.

These issues are being reported across a number of different TV models, including those from Samsung, LG, Sony, Philips …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Gaming