POE 2 continuous Lag/stutters on PS5

I’m playing on PS5 with an ED Lich build. There are serious sound issues when spreading Contagion. The audio stutters, crackles, and lags badly. Loot filter sounds also play with a delay. Sometimes the sound just cuts out completely and turns into constant screeching/whistling, and the only way to fix it is to restart the game.

It’s really disappointing how rough the performance feels on PS5 right now. The stutters are honestly unbearable — at times it drops down to what feels like 10–20 FPS, which just shouldn’t be happening on this hardware.

I’m not super technical when it comes to graphics, but it seems obvious that the issue isn’t the console itself but optimization. The game itself is fantastic, and 0.3 is an amazing update, but it’s hard to enjoy when constant stuttering completely breaks the flow.

GGG, could you please let us know if this is a known issue and whether improvements are planned? Even just some transparency would help us manage expectations — or at least decide if we need to consider switching to a different platform.

I really want to keep playing, but in its current state on PS5 it’s almost unplayable.

GGG simply does not care about console players till PC players/steamers are ok
Dissapointed and sad

Its unfortunate. Not even 1 reply

Yes, the game has very poor performance on PS5. Constant freezes, lags, very low fps (10-15). Sometimes it is simply impossible to complete the map. No settings and changing the server help, the game is as unoptimized as possible. The product at this stage is completely unsuitable for playing on PS5. Apparently, refinement and optimization are not and will not be carried out. Perhaps the game will work adequately only on ps6 pro.

It's wild how unplayable Act4 + mapping is on ps5 pro. Doesn't matter the settings or connection speed so please stop lying to us that it has anything to do with that.

How is it so terrible? I mean I know it's the "Beta", but endgame is truly unplayable. Having met a game that wasn't butter until now.

I have a lot of love in my heart for PoE1 and the countless hours of free content they provided but this game shouldn't be available for console yet.

I have no connection troubles (milan server - avg ping is 30ms)

but also have huge performance troubles that others mentioned above

especially with the abyss encounters: when a final pack of mobs goes out from a pit - FPS turns into fucking slideshow and I have to run away to survive (even with low graphic settings NIS 50% + dinamic res + only shadows)

its obvious that all of us are basically describing the same exact issue. Im not sure there are ps5 players out there that play the perfect game with no performance isaues.

It is very annoying to even do basic stuff like open map atlas, open stash, open skills/passives menus. Game just freezes, audio start lagging on repeat, background goes to this default falling ashes video that you see when you start the game. Then you have to wait for like 10-15 seconds when it stops.

This league so far has been the worst in terms of audio and menus lag.

Very noticeable now even in Act 2.

Theoretically I would be able to play on PC because I have my accounts linked, but I'm not going to pay for EA a second time because GGG can't fix the performance on the platform I chose.