Star Wars Jedi: Survivor day one patch will be the first of many confirms EA

28 April 2023 , 18:00

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Star Wars Jedi Survivor day 1 patch will be the first of many confirms EA (Image: EA/Respawn)

Following the release of Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and the subsequent day one patch, EA has promised that more updates are coming to fix the game's ongoing performance issues.

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor released worldwide today on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, but not Xbox One or PS4, with the game being a current-gen exclusive. The Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sequel has been largely well received by players and critics alike; in fact, Mirror Gaming's Aaron Potter gave the title five stars out of five in our review, calling it "one of the best games of 2023 so far".

But despite the game's many positive aspects, there's no denying that it does have some performance issues, most notably for the PC version. But there are also some issues with the console edition too. In our Star Wars Jedi Survivor review, Aaron Potter remarked that "it can sometimes struggle on a technical level" and that on PS5 at least, "the game often struggles to hold a steady 60fps during locations that are particularly dense, and moments where the action moves from basic ground combat to full-on cinematic spectacle".

In regards to the PC version, YouTube channel GameStar posted a video showing the game running on PC at 1440p resolution with top-end hardware, including an Nvidia RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X CPU and 32GB of RAM, and the game still struggled to hit 60 fps consistently. Considering the hardware listed above, you would expect a well-optimised title, even a AAA one, to hit 60fps pretty easily.

EA has released a day one patch for the game which, according to screenshots posted on Reddit, is around 2GB in size for PC, and likely a similar size for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. But there are more patches coming, with EA confirming on Twitter that patches "in the weeks ahead" will fix bugs, improve performance and add more accessibility features.

Why Star Wars Jedi: Survivor's six week delay is a good thing

Considering these performance issues, it's easy to see now why the Star Wars Jedi: Survivor release date was delayed by six weeks, because if it had been released in an even worse state, the reviews for the game may not have been as favourable. At least it's still playable in it's current state, although maybe it should have been delayed a little longer to iron out some of these kinks.

Nathan Bliss