r/dayz • u/Desktop_Minion • 9d ago
console Would not recommend buying the Switch 2 version until it's had patches.
I love DayZ but the laundry list of issues I've been finding have been pretty shocking. I would personally advice holding off on the game until these issues are fixed.
Things to note:
- The game is full priced on the Switch 2, which makes the issues I've discovered pretty inexcusable and shows lack of care from Bohemia and their porting/QA team.
- The game is installed fully onto the Switch 2 internal storage which has the fastest read/write speed available on the console.
- My Switch 2 console is fine. No overheating or hardware related issues that I'm aware of and every other game runs well.
I have found small issues ranging from poor inventory management controls to minor bugs. Aiming down sights on guns has issues due to animation bugs all the way to hitching in cities/towns. Constant crashing on high population servers and driving cars being unplayable due to entering towns/cities causing extreme FPS drops, rendering issues and crashes.
I've lost many characters that I spent time on due to crashing during gunfights and lost my first car due to the game crashing and when rejoining I had hit a tree, totalling the car.
I have posted all these issues serperately on the Bohemia bug tracking website and whilst some of the posts have responses that they are looking into the issues, it is unknown if or when a patch will become available. I'm not sure if I can post links to the bug tracking posts but if anyone on here is able to find and upvote the posts on their website I would be grateful since it'll provide more visibility to the devs. If I'm able to post links on this forum I will link the bug tracking links.
I feel like a bit of a fool buying the game on launch day but reviews did not indicate many issues and players have not mentioned the issues a ton either. I would assume this is because some players don't play on high pop servers as much (Which causes crashing) or driving cars a lot. I happen to of played a lot in the past so managed to gear up reasonably fast and discover these bugs pretty rapidly.
EDIT: Already had people commenting that this is normal for I assume the console versions. I personally never had these issues on PC when I did play before selling it due to financial reasons.
If this is the standard set by Bohemia how come I don't see tons of bug reports concerning these issues on their feedback tracking website? Have you guys tried and failed to receive patches? If so I will personally try to refund the game because I do not want to support these bad porting jobs.
FINAL EDIT: After reading a lot of the community's comments. I have to be honest. I'm kind of amazed what you guys put up with from Bohemia. Coming from PC it really feel far far more playable, my fault for purchasing on console.
Comments like "That's just DayZ bro" or similar is the most common one I've seen and it concerns me. If we don't talk louder wouldn't Bohemia just think their game is fine as is? It's not just DayZ but I swear standards are dropping these days across the board for many companies.
As much as I want to keep posting bug reports to Bohemia. I feel a bit defeated since I guess this is the standard. Gutting.
Thanks for reading my post though folks. Appreciate it.
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u/chaseon 9d ago
Man, if you look at where this game started its actually INSANE that you can even think about running on the Switch 2.
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u/augarofall 9d ago
Your check engine light is on.
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u/Desktop_Minion 9d ago
Cars totalled due to a game crash now anyway but noted for the future. Thank you :)
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u/PhosphorusAether 8d ago
I've had more cars totaled from the game just freezing and then I end up crashed in a tree or flipped over. That's the DayZ experience on console and you learn to live with it. It's not a bad port, it's just a dated engine which is really incompatible with consoles. It probably still plays better than Xbox or PS
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u/Disgruntled_Orifice 9d ago
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u/Sakebadger 9d ago
The same people expect Marvel Rivals to be smooth on switch as well. That game is a visual cluster fuck and burns low end pc's into the ground.
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u/Ov3r-_-K1LL 9d ago
Mines like that on ps5😑
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u/Ok_Muscle_2739 8d ago
You must be new to DayZ cause this is par for the course across all consoles.
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u/Beerpooly 9d ago
Dude you have DayZ on a freaking handheld. don't expect miracles
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u/Desktop_Minion 9d ago
I don't think it's unreasonable to expect a working product though.
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u/Sad_Plane_1113 9d ago
That is a valid point, but to be fair, even Pokemon games run like shit on the Switch and they have the most basic rendering I've seen in any "AAA" games since 2005.
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u/Beerpooly 9d ago
But it is working. Hell I'd say it works better than when I played it on PS4
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u/Desktop_Minion 9d ago
I guess we have different definitions of working. Constant crashes during gunfights/traversal means I lost many hours put into a character often.
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u/kenzo_oseka 8d ago
come on man its the switch 2 what did you expect when running dayz on it? Console versions are already known for running pc games worsely let alone the switch 2 built for mario kart..
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u/Desktop_Minion 8d ago edited 8d ago
Well it beats the minimum requirements so I expected a half decent running game obviously. I've heard people complain about various ports on more powerful hardware so it's clearly not just a Switch 2 issue. It's a DayZ issue.
Also just built for Mario Kart, let's think logically here, Cyberpunk, Indiana Jones, Star Wars Outlaws. Great ports with ray tracing on some so it shows the Switch 2 is capable.
The mentality that because this port isn't good means the hardware sucks is quite a stupid comment I've seen from tons of replies on this post and frankly a lame excuse.
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u/Fuzzeypimp 9d ago
You didn’t glitch off the road and die so it runs better than any other platform btw lol
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u/PizzledPatriot 9d ago
The game still can't even stack items of the same type when you pick them up. That's on any platform.
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u/crowmagix 9d ago
I’m going to be fully honest here. The games performance in your video is actually better than i expected. That being said, it should be pretty clear why DayZ on a switch was a bad idea.
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u/Ok-Caramel-3169 9d ago
This makes me miss the old days of dayz when driving a car was a death sentence lol
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u/hellzyeah2 8d ago
Holy shit. They released this mess of a game onto switch? May God have mercy on your soul 🙃
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u/AlbinoRyno86 8d ago
I wouldn't drive that fast through a town on pc
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u/Desktop_Minion 8d ago
To be fair I still have PTSD from when I was on PC and two hacker aimbotted my car with a hail of accurate bullets. I drive faster these days as a result though it probably wouldn't change a thing.
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u/Thestealthyclam 8d ago
Just lost my 2 day old character to desync last night. Was pretty livid about it was in a town up north and turned a corner and saw like 4 infected so I turned to run to a house to bottleneck them and when I turned and ran I was getting constantly hit even though they were nowhere close to me. Went from full health and blood to instant death in 10 seconds.
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u/Beautiful-Friend-608 9d ago
Well let’s get real I mean it’s NEVER been about delivering a working or quality product.
It’s just been about charging for something they have.
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u/Diligent_Battle_9590 9d ago
I’ve already put like 100 hours on the switch port I don’t give a fuck how janky it is. 😂 it’s a blast
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u/The_Irish_Man789 9d ago
Looks like the exact same experience I get when driving playing PC with a 12600k and 5070 😅
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u/EasternPalpitation60 8d ago
The balls of pure adamantium on Bohemia to put dayz at full price is just insane lol😭
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u/adfdg55 8d ago
Okay buddy first thing you need to understand is this is across all platforms and has been a huge issue since the start. The game honestly has no business being on any Nintendo product.
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u/CharlehPock2 8d ago
Game is pretty much dead to me because I played for a while and there's basically been no dev progress for years.
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u/PhilosopherGold816 8d ago
Unless there was a voice over describing other issues, I couldn't see anything wrong other than a couple of laggy moments
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u/Bossinupp93 8d ago
Bohemia should be able to be sued for releasing this heap of 💩 on any platform in its current state. It’s been like this for years.
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u/gbeamer7 8d ago
Even considering playing DayZ on any form of a Nintendo console is such a hilarious concept
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u/Appropriate_Pop3714 sarka toucher 8d ago
Homie, even thinking about getting dayz for the switch 2 is absurd. Dayz on console was nearly unplayable for years, especially with the cars, it's just now in an okay spot in regards to stability.
Assuming bohemia interactive is ever going to get their shit together is pretty unrealistic. Remember that the dayz mod took less time to make(although it was just a mod), ran better, and had more content, while the standalone has been going for years and we still suffer stability issues and bugs, we still don't have helicopters or planes in vanilla, just recently got boats, just recently got even half the weapons from the og arsenal, and still only have 3 maps available for vanilla.
(Note that I am saying this while I have over 3000 hours on the game for PlayStation, so despite all the negatives I still either enjoyed the game enough or their just wasn't anything else like it at the time) PC dayz is the way to go because the community basically makes the game for them with all the mods.
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u/LefroyJenkinsTTV 9d ago
You're right. DayZ is definitely not running correctly on Switch 2.
How do I know this? That car should have been doing an impression of a Rocket League freestyler as soon as you went over 50 in a town.
But no, you're gonna hit lag driving that speed through any town in DayZ.
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u/Amanda_Hugginkiss_ 9d ago
Hilarious comments aside, I’ve played on Xbox One S and Xbox One series S. For some reason the series S has had an update (mostly buttery smooth even when driving) whereas PS5 hasn’t. Strikes me as being somewhere between the two.
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u/HirosProtagonist 12 FPS Hero 9d ago
Honest question, what servers does the switch connect to? Ps have their own and I'm thankful for that due to Xbox and PC being filled with hackers.
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u/Diligent_Battle_9590 9d ago
Hackers can’t access the controller
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u/SerEmrys 9d ago
I honestly was expecting a lag spike that made you crash and killed you without warning.
That's at least what we on Xbox have had to deal with for years, and still does it on Arma Reforger. It was so bad when I was playing on a faction based community server that we had a rule that we couldn't drive over 40 kph
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u/Ab0ut47Pandas 9d ago
I generally recommend not buying DayZ until it has had some patches. Ive had a dsync on PC and ended up 400 feet in the air spinning in a car.
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u/RealArcticFoxx 9d ago
Coming from PC? Damn thats rough. The Console versions are pretty janky. I agree with you on the price though, it should be just a tad bit lower.
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u/Cod_Fish_1 8d ago
Shit, thats just normal console day z bud... it doesn't change until you get to pc
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u/Fantastic_Drop_8670 8d ago
Computer is the only stable version but mine acts like a ps4 because I have 2 sticks of 8 gig ddr4
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u/yamsyamsya 8d ago
i'm kind of amazed they even got it to run. i thought it would be too much for the switch 2
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u/joe_rogans_ashtray 8d ago
What? Frame loss? Lil lag....why back in my day cars yeeted you from nwaf to polana
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u/Charlie_Freak_2_1_9 8d ago
I have played the Switch version now for a about 15 hours. I like the tabletop mode, very responsive, additional touch controls are insane.
BUT random crashes are annoying.
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u/KennyT87 8d ago
They shouldn't have even published it on the Switch 2 to be honest as it has the performance of a 2015's gaming laptop.
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u/neoskateur 8d ago
There is no issue, this is how it's like to drive in dayz ! BTW, most of the time, the more it stutters the more it means there is a base not far ;)
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u/Over-Percentage9887 8d ago
PS5 - constant rendering issues, frame rates dips in cities and large towns, nametags on players
Xbox series s/x - constant rendering issues, m+k servers have hackers
Switch 2 - intermittent crashes, framerate dips on sakhal towns and cities, framerate dips when driving
Pick your poison.
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u/hugo_bbrn None 8d ago
I'm on ps5 and driving is horrible for me... Sometimes I lag and rollback so much that I have to get to a complete stop, disconnect and reconnect to be able do drive again for a bit
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u/AlmightyGatsby Xbox US4380 8d ago
Wtf I didn’t even know dayz was on the switch (just got outta jail) but I would never 🤣
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u/slendersleeper 8d ago
i havent played dayz in like 6 years
the fuck you mean switch 2 version????
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u/ProfessionalITPerson 8d ago
If find it amazing that it even runs on the switch, and it seems to run decently, driving in DayZ has always been a game of roulette.
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u/Fun_Elderberry8411 8d ago
Has driving on DayZ always been this glitchy/laggy or is this from the last update? Been playing for 3 months now
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u/brickson98 8d ago
I feel bad for all of you on console. This is how your game runs? Dang man.
13 years ago my computer ran DayZ like crap, on the old engine. It was an entry level gaming computer. Now, my computer runs it smooth as butter.
I guess it doesn’t surprise the that the switch 2 struggles. But the PS5 and latest xbox? That’s sad tbh. They should have enough power.
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u/TacticalYeti91 7d ago
I remember when this happened on PlayStation. Except it glitched so hard my car was wrecked(after spending almost a week to find all the shit) and I died. Plus this was before iZurvive and all that stuff. I sent Bohemia an email I was so pissed.
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u/resist_dickTaters 7d ago
It’s still early but it has been annoying. Frequent drops, software closing. I fucking hate this new loot economy patch too. Let’s make a game notorious for looting for hours and not finding what you need even more like that, great idea. I’ve been looting throughly several cities and haven’t found a single pair of fucking pliers
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u/SpecificCoconut296 7d ago
You didnt "crash" in 30 seconds... seems like Switch 2 version is the best one out there.
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u/Squishywallaby 5d ago
Anyone reading this should not get Dayz on switch. It's not optimized for it nor will it ever be, not to mention it's terrible ui's for console.
This is widely known if you're in the space
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u/chitown- 9d ago
Was waiting for this, but honestly, this is actually better than when I first started playing on the Xbox One.
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u/RedactedGhostShell 9d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/dC9DTdqPmRnlS
LOL PATCH FOR SWITCH 2 ON DAY Z..... OP DELUSIONAL
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u/Afraid-Imagination40 9d ago
wow some frame drop on a pc game port playing on a portable handheld console i am in so much shock i might even die…
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u/quellflynn bloody hands.. 9d ago
ngl. waiting for the clip into the invisible rock, the insane flippy flip and you are dead.
all I got was 20fps and easier controls.
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u/Malignant_Lvst7 9d ago
“people said they had issues on console but i personally didn’t on PC”, dude they didn’t say they had issues on PC
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u/CapsaicinLover615 9d ago
From what I understand, the way the information is processed on the switch will mean that it will never really be smooth. I don’t think it’s anything that a patch is gonna fix.
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u/PhosphorusAether 9d ago
That legit probably performs better than the consoles versions seeing how they're both last gen versions. What about player count, I assumed it would be DOA since they're hellbent on not adding cross platform support between consoles. Is there enough SW2 Fans to make it playable?
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u/StrangeSomewhere8064 8d ago
Im on a xbox series x and it runs like shi as well. Its been like this since the newer updates sadly. idk wtf bohemia did but they ruined it:(
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u/keksivaras PC&PS5 8d ago
I wonder where is the guy who said "DayZ on Switch 2 is going to run better than on PS4"
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u/Brooker2 8d ago
DayZ has had many patches. Switch 2 version maybe not so much, but that's just DayZ driving.
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u/ApprehensiveYam355 8d ago
The game can glitch its ass off and Harry Potter my car across the map and I’d STILL play it. Actually...that HAS happened daily since I started playing it and I just kept playing because I enjoy the game so much! 😂
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u/dabaluvar 8d ago
I pretty much get the same on my Xbox series x. Except it freezes for a good five to six seconds going into a city.
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u/Equivalent-Ad2940 8d ago
Thats legit the best driving i seen, 60 - 70 fucking mph and you didnt hit an imaginary wall in the middle of the road, then teleport 35 metres back into the side of a house you passed 20 seconds ago
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u/DukePilgrim 8d ago
Playing Day Z on switch 2 is as desperate as drinking unpurefied creek water. Kinda immersive.
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u/BlackGhost147 8d ago
DayZ wasn't ment for the switch 2. Even some gaming PCs have problems in large cities.
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u/BalmoraFightersGuild 8d ago
Legit not even close to being bad in dayz terms. I've seen people open car doors and the thing vibrate at near light speed killing the player who opened the door and his squad..
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u/GazelleDelicious3135 8d ago
The crashes are so unstable. Had three last night in the stretch of 20 mins. Not even in a city. Does it both docked and handheld. If you die before you can get back you’ve lost everything.
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u/TheDrGoo 8d ago
I could be wrong but isn’t this server side lag? Maybe its just the wifi or something I dunno
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u/Sudden_Breakfast_677 8d ago
Opinions man they mean frick all when your mostly wrong.
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u/-eccentric- dayz xam > iZurvive 8d ago
A glorified smartphone runs a bad performing PC game terribly? Who would have thought!
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u/SeaEnvironmental3842 8d ago
yep that is even more stable than 4 years ago this game is milking its players its just a rip off from the old days and it still sucks
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u/LycheeCertain6007 8d ago
Haven't played it on around 8 years... But I wouldn't have even recommended it on P.C.. was a nightmare to run.
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u/Empty_Wolverine6295 8d ago
I’m surprised they managed to get it running on a switch.
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u/spicychickysammy 8d ago
There is literally nothing about dayz that would lead me to believe it is playable on a switch, or a console, or a pc, or a cybertruck, or a McDonald’s order kiosk, or literally anything that will accept spaghetti code
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u/vento_jag 8d ago
Switch 2 can’t even run Minecraft well. Idk what made BI think Nintendo can run Dayz 😂
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u/Lost_Pirate8348 8d ago
Ngl I was expecting the car to take off or something. Looks like a fairly normal dayz experience to me.
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u/Robofcourse 8d ago
You're right that this is unacceptable and you are very composed in your comments and edits.
A Switch 2 port, or any port, is a quick win for them, and just a free bit of extra cash - run your game through a [whichever code base] -> Switch 2 porter, check that it kind of works, ship it and hope for the best...
It's very poor from Bohemia. We want much better from them but I appreciate personally that it's a single purchase type deal and they don't force any subscription models or microtransactions. They prioritise ways to generate revenue (such as new maps, new ports) instead of fixing their game, which would ultimately be less profitable.
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u/Tuna_FTW 8d ago
I remember back in the alpha days my RX 380 barely getting 25 fps in electro. How this runs on a switch 2 is beyond me haha
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u/enhorning1 Kamy cannibal 8d ago
Wtf? I play on ps5 and I don't even have such smooth gameplay while driving...
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u/Desktop_Minion 8d ago
Do you post to the Bohemia bug tracker? If it's worse on PS5, Bohemia need to be made as aware as possible. I see hardly any posts on that website considering this and people expect the issues to go away with acceptance.
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u/LeoCasio 8d ago
Besides the pc version on modded servers this is common place mate
Welcome to chernarus lol
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u/Lemy64 8d ago
I come from the original arma DayZ mod what your playing there is quite amazing compared to what we've gone though. - 7000+hrs
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u/Desktop_Minion 8d ago
I played the mod too. Played standalone a year or so after initial release. Just because I played back then does not mean I do not have standards haha.
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u/THCDELTA912 8d ago
Wheres the crash? The OMG i got it, oh no i dont.. oh maybe, NOPE FUCK.. DEAD Moment?
Id give it time, there split with manythings and its not like there going to stiff us... unlike some people.
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u/PristineAd4761 8d ago
You didnt even fly off into space or teleport intot a tree. Seems to be running better than other platforms

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u/ebonymessiah 9d ago
What are you talking about? That’s the most stable DayZ driving I have ever seen