Hogwarts Legacy takes you to the world of wizards on various platforms. Players have now compared the PS4 version with the PS5 version and found that one location is unrecognizable. Why is there such a difference?
What is Hogwarts Legacy? Hogwarts Legacy is an open-world action role-playing game set in the Harry Potter universe. You create a witch or wizard, then explore the magical world, learn spells, or embark on adventures.
Now players out of curiosity compared the PS4 version with that of a PS5 and found that the developers have even completely changed parts of Hogwarts. We will show you the comparison.
“It took a minute to realize it was the same location”
What have players discovered? Reddit user Euden compared the PS4 version with the PS5 version of Hogwarts Legacy. He noticed that an area with an arched gate in Hogwarts Castle has two versions. Here is the comparison again with the images:
It can be seen that the PS5 version has a more detailed gate with a steel grate. Additionally, the path to the outside is clearly visible, as an open hanging bridge without a roof was installed.
However, the PS4 version offers hardly any details at the arched gate. Furthermore, the steel grate has been omitted. The apparently interesting thing here is the hanging bridge, as it has been completely removed and replaced with a closed corridor with a roof.
How do players react to the discovery? Fans on Reddit are surprised, as they had to compare the images for a few minutes to realize that these are indeed the same locations. Onemortal writes: “It took a minute to realize that it is the same location.”
Others, however, wanted to admonish the post creator to please use the correct location for comparison until they realized that this is indeed the same location. nolimits59 writes: “Honestly, I thought: ‘Dude, at least take photos from the same place.’ I thought that the first two and the last two were a PS4/PS5 comparison.”
And even though the different versions cause confusion, this design decision has a valid reason.
Why is there such a significant difference? Those who have played Hogwarts Legacy may know how performance-intensive the game can be. While powerful gaming PCs and the next-gen consoles can handle it well, the Xbox One and PS4 are different.
They have outdated hardware and therefore can process Hogwarts Legacy more slowly and with greater difficulty.
However, since the game takes place in an open world and many things must be processed in the data, the developers likely decided to connect certain areas to reduce loading times and processing load. The result is locations that look different but are located in the same place.
Do you also find the comparison shocking or did you already know about the changes? Feel free to let us know in the comments!
