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Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen earned a Metascore of 88 on PC and Switch 2, but the PS5 version alone sits at 83 — a gap that sparked discussion on 5ch’s hardware/industry (console-war, aka “geha”) board. Posters were split on whether the difference comes down to review count (21 reviews for PS5 versus around 20 for the other platforms) or PS5-specific bugs and freezing issues. Some noted they couldn’t actually find any review pointing out bugs, leaving the cause unconfirmed.
What people said
Meanwhile the 83 console (lol)
Review count.
Relative scoring (meaning: overall, the PS5 version is just too high quality, relatively speaking)
You actually believed that fake rumor?
That's a reportable offense right there
Good thing you don't have to buy a "Pirate Station" (mocking nickname for PS5 as a haven for pirated games)!
That thing is such a damn nuisance lol
Yeah, that's right?
PS5 has the most reviews.
Plenty of reviews from Nintendo-fanboy journalists too
Lots of freezes is just brutal
Even one freeze is enough to kill your motivation to keep playing
Never happened to me though lol
Switch 2 (Nvidia)
PS5 ← AMD (lol)
Maybe that's the cause?
If you ran the PC version on AMD it'd probably be just as bad
They probably built it mainly for Nvidia
It doesn't sell on PS anyway so it got deprioritized lol
Nah, that's true for the PC version too
You only ever post baseless nonsense with zero sources, huh
As usual, the PS5 version has way more reviews than anything else
Calling an 8-review difference "way more" is a stretch
That's basically always been the case
Switch 2: portable
PC: customizable with great graphics
PS5: nothing going for it
"More"? It's only an 8-review difference
Not getting that is exactly what makes someone a console-war guy ("geha" poster, 5ch slang for obsessive platform-war posters)
That's not really relevant though?
Switch, PC, and Xbox (20 reviews each) are all rated highly
Yet somehow only the PS version (21 reviews) scores low
Speaking as someone who played Dragon's Dogma 2 on PC at launch, I honestly can't recommend it
Personally I loved it and got 100 hours out of it, but it's genuinely not a game I'd recommend to others
Which review?
I went through all of them and didn't see anything like that
Am I missing something?
Delete it, delete it, delete it, delete it, delete it, delete it
Which review mentions the bug?
I seriously can't find it, please point it out
Switch 2 was also the clear #1 in US sales, so nothing's going right for them lately
Another fake rumor?
This one's reportable too
Capcom's gonna be furious
Isn't this a reportable case?
Huh?
[Circana] North America August 2026 hardware sales: #1 Switch 2, #2 PS5
https://krsw.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/ghard/1791466004/
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
Metascore is a metric calculated by weighting reviews from listed media outlets, so even a small difference in review count can shift the score. In the thread, the result — PS5 at 83 versus roughly 88 for the PC and Switch 2 versions — sparked a split between the “it’s just the review count” theory and the “PS5-specific bugs and freezing” theory. However, those arguing the latter couldn’t produce any actual review text pointing out bugs, so the claim remains unconfirmed. The thread also cited data showing Switch 2 outselling PS5 in North American hardware sales for August 2026, and platform comparisons like this — scores, sales, and all — are a recurring flashpoint for arguments on the hardware/industry (“geha”) board.
※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch hardware/industry (“geha”) board thread “Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen gets a Metascore of 88! PS5 version alone stuck at 83 due to bugs and frequent freezing 😭.”
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