Bethesda has made Fallout 4’s free next-gen update available to those who received the game via PlayStation Plus Collection.
Not all who received Fallout 4 via PlayStation Plus were able to upgrade to the native PlayStation 5 version for free when the update went live last week, sparking confusion among PlayStation gamers. Bethesda eventually made it available to those who have Fallout 4 via a PlayStation Plus Extra subscription, apparently leaving those who grabbed the game via the PlayStation Plus Collection promotion out in the cold.
However, Bethesda has now made the next-gen update available to all PS Plus subscribers, including those who received Fallout 4 via the PlayStation Plus Collection. In a statement, Bethesda said this was always “intended.”
“Thanks for letting us know that some PS Plus subscribers have been unable to access the free next gen update of Fallout 4 on PlayStation,” Bethesda said. “This issue has now been successfully resolved. Subscribers who have previously received Fallout 4 from the PlayStation Plus Collection should now be able to access the update as intended.”
PS Plus Collection was a promotion that gifted PS5 owners who subscribed to PS Plus a number of PS4 games to play on their new console, including Bloodborne, Persona 5, and the aforementioned Fallout 4. It was removed from PS Plus in May last year.
The Fallout 4 next-gen update has suffered a troubled launch, and the update that launched alongside it for the PC version of the game has had technical problems of its own. Xbox players found their version lacked the promised Quality Mode. Bethesda tweeted to say the next-gen update on Xbox Series X targets 4k and 60 frames per second in all modes, with Performance Mode “more aggressive in lowering settings to maintain this target.”
The Fallout 4 next-gen update launched amid the breakout success of Prime Video’s Fallout TV show, but its release date scuppered the Fallout London mod, which relies upon third-party mods now broken following the PC patch.
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