The PlayStation 5, which is almost reaching its one-year anniversary, is still undergoing some significant quality of life improvements. There was recently a massive PS5 firmware update that gave gamers the option to remove features that many were finding to be annoying.

Now, it is being reported that there are some added secret benefits to the firmware update that were not explicitly mentioned. As reported from the Digital Foundry Direct Weekly show, it seems that when running a comparison between the new and old PS5 firmware, some games actually run a bit faster on the newest firmware.

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The experiment was conducted with a copy of different games such as Devil May Cry 5 and Control. It was observed that these games ran about 2-3% faster on the new PS5 firmware, which led to an increased framerate of 1-2 FPS. Interestingly enough, this minor difference does not apply to all games, only a select few.

The members from Digital Foundry explained the reasoning behind this, being that the recent improved PS5 firmware revision offers a different cooling assembly, a better console stand, and other small improvements. Other than this slightly better performance rate, Digital Foundry concluded that there were no other important differences in the revised PS5 when compared to the one from launch.

Through the testing process, Digital Foundry found out that the old PS5 with the updated software was even able to run faster than the new PS5 with the older software. Once this problem was fixed, and both consoles were brought to the latest update, the newest PS5 ran a bit more smoothly than the older PS5 firmware. While these changes to the console can't really be noticed without the use of equipment, it is interesting to note that a PS5 software update can make improvements to the hardware performance. It seems that these changes might have been unintentional on Sony's part, but it is interesting to ponder why the improved framerate only works on selected games.

Hopefully, Sony will be able to keep expanding on its ability to improve PS5 consoles from the comfort of home. Other changes that the PlayStation 5 update brought include expandable storage, disabling the screenshot icon, and the ability to turn off the on-screen recording notification whenever players are trying to capture game footage. So it should be known that Sony is listening to consumers and is doing whatever it takes to make sure the console is up to its standards.

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