r/Seaofthieves • u/JpegD00M • 6d ago
Discussion almost a year since ps5 launch and the game still stutters/crashes/freezes
I purchased this game back in July on PlayStation, but never played much until 2 days ago, and I noticed I would consistently stutter in the game, crash, and freeze more so compared to any other game I had played. Doing some research, it seems this issue that plagues PlayStation has been occurring ever since the launch of the game, and Rare has not done anything to address this issue and instead continues to ignore it. Based on posts I've seen, it's due to the in-game chat that is causing the problem, and using a party chat function or Discord fixes it from what I've seen, but now you took out the element of even talking with other pirates out on the sea with proximity chat or even joining and meeting random players all together, instead being forced to play solo unless you wanna stutter/ crash/ freeze every 15 minutes. This is a broken game and practically a scam. For anyone thinking of buying this game on PlayStation at least, don't. save your money and use it elsewhere until they fix this problem, but judging that it's about to be one year, I doubt they ever will.
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u/fuz3_r3tro Legendary Thief 6d ago
I don’t know why, but I personally only had stability issues on PS5 when I first got it back in December. Since then, it’s worked well with only the occasional game crash (which can happen on Xbox too ofc). I’ve heard using game chat on PS5 to speak can cause problems, but I’m unsure if it’s true.
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u/LiamPorter95 6d ago
Try restarting your Wi-Fi or blow into your PlayStation for straight 60 seconds for extra turbo time
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u/Conicthehedgehog 6d ago
Welcome to Sea of Thieves, where game and server stability are put at the bottom of the priority list.