Here’s another one for the history books. Sony touted the PlayStation 4 Pro as a direct competitor to PCs but it looks like even its most valued partners don’t think so. In an interview with IGN, Bungie said that the reason Destiny 2 runs at 30 FPS on PlayStation 4 Pro is because it’s simply not powerful enough to run it at 60 FPS. While the GPU is stellar, the CPU bottleneck makes it impossible to get the game up to 60 FPS. This is unfortunate because this may be the reason why the title runs at 30 FPS on all consoles.
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While this is pure speculation, Project Scorpio utilizes a highly modified CPU so the device may be able to run Destiny 2 at 60 FPS, but due to Sony’s platform’s limitations, we’ll never know. It seems like a decision was made early on to keep the console versions at 30 FPS due to the PlayStation 4 Pro. This is truly disappointing and will be upsetting to many console gamers.
Here’s hoping Phil Spencer intervenes and offers Bungie support to make Destiny 2 on Project Scorpio the best version of the game. This is a unique opportunity for Microsoft to not only land a significant blow to the competition, but also promote Project Scorpio as the ultimate gaming console by offering either frame rate or visual enhancements which go beyond the PlayStation 4 Pro’s bump in resolution.
