Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War has surprised us with its incredible graphic section (in addition to the story, which we will talk about another day), but it seems that for some users, the graphic theme is not being too surprising, and with good reason . The problem? A mix up with the Ultimate version.
Am I playing the correct version?
If you have a PS5 and have purchased the Ultimate version of Call of Duty: Black Ops or, failing that, the cross-gen bundle to switch from the PS4 version to the PS5 version, you may be one of the users affected by the problem. And is that when you buy the article and you have access to the installation options to download in parts, if you select the option to “Download all” you will install both the PS4 and PS5 versions on the hard drive, and this is where the problem.
If both are installed, apparently the version that runs by default is the PS4 version, so no matter how much you have a shiny new PlayStation 5, you will be playing the version of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War with previous generation textures and graphics.
It has a solution?
As you can imagine, the solution is extremely simple, but some users may not get into the detail or even simply think that the graphical jump is not particularly noticeable. To clear up any confusion while confirming the issue, Activision has released quick instructions to ensure you’re playing the correct version of Cold War for PS5.
What you will have to do is the following:
- Select the game in the main menu, but do not launch it.
- Scroll down to the “Play” option
- Select the three dots to open the menu of extra options
- Select “PS5 | Full | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War “
- Start the game
To make sure you’re playing the next-gen version of #BlackOpsColdWar on PS5:
1. Highlight the game tile on the Dashboard
2. Scroll down and highlight “Play”
3. Select the 3 dots and open the menu
4. Select “PS5 | Full | Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War ”
5. Launch and enjoy!
– Activision Support (@ATVIAssist) November 14, 2020
A somewhat confusing transition
This is just one more example of how confusing the transition from one generation to another is being, and not precisely because of the lack of facilities that allow you to play from one generation to another without going through the cash register (although this is not the case of Call of Duty, precisely), but because of the way in which this transition has been implemented.
What at first should be transparent and completely simple for the user, in the end it is becoming an annoying process that ends up installing two versions despite the disk space difficulties that the new consoles are suffering at the beginning. We will see if in the coming months we see a somewhat more intelligent management of these contents, although as the PS4 and Xbox One versions disappear, these problems will disappear on their own.
