PS5 'Power Saver' Mode Tested: A Taster Of The PlayStation Handheld Experience? (Patreon)

PS5 'Power Saver' Mode Tested: A Next-Gen Handheld Teaser?

Digital Foundry is now fully independent! Join the DF Supporter Program and support the team: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx A new power saver mode is added to select first party PS5 titles, with Demon's Souls, Day's Gone Remastered - and more - gaining compatibility this week. This eco-friendly mode is part of Sony's drive to reduce greenhouse emissions first and foremost, and involves each developer custom-tuning each game to run at a lower power profile - often chopping power usage by 50% as a result. However, curiously, this mode's throttled CPU, GPU and memory bandwidth puts PS5 in a similar state - spec-wise - to some aspects of the rumoured upcoming PlayStation handheld. So is this our first sample of how games are being tweaked for a potential portable version in the future? Tom and Rich team up to sift through the evidence so far. Go here to check out DF merch! https://store.digitalfoundry.net Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00 Overview + Power Saver Spec Reductions Confirmed 04:24 Demon's Souls Power Saver Mode Tested 11:10 Day's Gone Remastered Power Saver Mode Tested 18:31 Analysis and conclusion