Overwatch has received an update to help take advantage of current consoles, but the PlayStation 5 is not part of the series. Outlined in a long list of notes on Battle.net, Community Manager Josh Nash made improvements to the Xbox Series X | S-systems. They will be treated in a total of three new ways. One outputs a 4K resolution at 60 frames per second, the second improves image quality at the same frame rate, and the final option supports 120 frames per second on compatible television sets. At the moment, none of these upgrades will be made available to PS5 players.
Why do you ask? We take you back to the bug built into how Sony handles PS5 and PS4 versions of its games. Essentially, developer Blizzard needs to produce an original PS5 version to take advantage of these enhancements, despite the fact that you already own the hardware that can handle it. These upgrades differ from the days like Days Gone and Ghost of Tsushima since the launch of the console.
As such, Overwatch now finds itself in the same boat as Rocket League and Call of Duty: Warzone – both titles look and run much better on Xbox Series X | S. At the time, Psyonix senior communications manager Stephanie Thoensen said: “Turning 120Hz on Xbox Series S | X is a small patch, but switching it on PS5 requires a full native port due to how backward compatibility is implemented on the console, and unfortunately ‘possible because of our focus elsewhere.’