Hogwarts Legacy Launches on PS4 and Xbox One - Pleasant Surprise on Last-gen
Today, Hogwarts Legacy will finally become available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, and first impressions are very positive.
Owners of PCs and Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 consoles have been enjoying Hogwarts Legacy for three months now. Beginning with today, also users of older hardware platforms can finally join the fun.
- Hogwarts Legacy has made its debut on the PlayStation 4 console. You can buy this edition at PlayStation Store.
- The Xbox One version will be unlocked on the Microsoft Store in a few hours.
- A Nintendo Switch release is planned, but only on July 25.
Hogwarts Legacy positively surprises on PS4
In February Hogwarts Legacy impressed with its quality, so players had legitimate concerns about how the game would perform on older devices. Judging by first impressions, the developers did a good job.
The ElAnalistaDeBits channel, which specializes in visual comparisons, published a video that compares the game running on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro and PlayStation 5. What is shown there is surprising, as even on the PlayStation 4 Hogwarts Legacy looks very attractive, despite the fact that it runs at 1600x900 pixels (on PS4 Pro it's 1920x1080).
Of course, on older platforms we lose a bit of sharpness and get worse lighting, with noticeably less detail displayed at far distances, but despite this, the game still looks impressive.
- PS4 and PS4 Pro owners, however, have to brace themselves for much longer load times, reaching up to 40 seconds, but this is no surprise.
- On the other hand, a positive surprise is the fact that after turning off the fps cap even on PlayStation 4 the game reaches 40-50 frames per second most of the time, only occasionally dropping slightly below these values.
So everything indicates that the devs have done a good job and prepared an excellent port. It is clear that delaying the release on PS4 and Xbox One by three months was a good move, which significantly benefited the game.
A mode for people with arachnophobia
Staying on Hogwarts Legacy, it is worth mentioning the new patch. It has added a mode for people with arachnophobia, which changes the appearance of spiders in the game and the sounds they make so that they are not so scary.
The update also improves performance and fixes many small bugs.
