PS5 Will not load zones, on both PoE1 and PoE2, when i return to hideout i never get there

when i pause the game it will lock up and not return to the game, and on returning to hide out it will never get there, basically any time i try to do anything, the game freezes and there is nothing i can do.

I do not know why it happens on both games.

I cleared my cache on console and it did not help at all.

Very frustrating as i am trying to make a original build guide, and im the number 1 player still alive on PS on hcssf, and i can not play the game.

So if it is unplayable to me, you know no one else can stand it.

PS5 poe 1 runs better than than poe 2 by a mile until poe 1 just crashes out of no where or freezes.

Performance is the number 1 issue with both games, please for the love of god help us console players, i literally can not do anything in either game.



Last bumped on Jan 1, 2026, 5:26:27 PM
seems like i was able to fix this after a few tries messing with settings and removing my MTX, I think it has to do with the "Max Image Quality"

I was on quality, but when i turned it down to No Upscale (Native AA), everything started working just fine.

Even with 60 frames now instead of 30, and also with dynamic resolution and also dynamic culling it seems to work, way better than it ever did with 30 fps, on the quality setting without dynamic settings.

Thank you
i lied, it still lags out and never returns you to hideout. lol just works a bit better in that it lets me pause without it crashing, but still can not return to hideout consistently

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