[PlayStation] 3.25.2 Hotfix 3

GGG folks,

while I do understand some reprioritization needed to be done to focus on the imminent launch of PoE2's early access, and the PS4/5 total population is probably in the single digit percentage compared to PC, the player experience on PS has been ghastly since the launch of Kalguur and the PS5 native client (nc). And I'm honestly being generous.

Most of the issues we're all experiencing right now should have been "solved" with the launch of the nc, which not only did not happen, but it's getting worse, even after this latest hotfix.

The game is next to unplayable on the nc:
- it freezes all the time forcing to restart the whole client (happened 5 times in < 1 hour even standing still in town)
- filters/fog bug (wasn't this one of the issues solved with the PS5 nc?)
- console seems to be in an increasingly amount of stress, especially right before the freezes
- and other things I'm sure you already know

It's not normal for us to clean up after a game that should be somewhat ready on PS5 after waiting so much time, including delays. Solutions like "restart in safe mode and clear cache/rebuild DB/somethingsomething" are not acceptable. The client should work, not forcing me to do maintenance operations on my console that only PoE is requiring, nor should I reinstall the entire game every time this occours (which I did).

This console situation is becoming more and more exhausting and frustrating, and it's eroding the trust of your players day by day, trust that you worked very hard to earn over the years, and we all know that this cannot be a good thing as recent history taught both players and studios out there.

I sincerely hope that you'll find the time and resources to fix the console issues in PoE1 in the short term and, even more important, doing whatever it takes to not let the same things happen in PoE2. I love and I want to play your game(s), a lot.

Nonetheless, despite writing this while my PS5 client is completely frozen in place again, I appreciate the work you do.

See you all tomorrow in the livestream.

I agree with this post. Just started on PS5 last week and i must say that i had to download the game twice already, hopefully when this patch is release on PS5, i won't need to download and install again.

Patch isn't up on PS5 yet, even tho the game client says that there was a new patch and it need to be downloaded to play, but PS says my game as the latest version.

Just a quick suggestion, can you add some filter option for the trade market. Searching an item is painfull.