- Pearl Abyss has revealed crimson desertPC and console specifications
- PS5 Pro will offer the best console performance, including 4K at 60 fps with ray tracing
- PC version requires an AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT or Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU for Ultra performance
Pearl Abyss has finally revealed the PC and console specifications for crimson desert ahead of the game’s release this month.
The open-world action-adventure game is scheduled to release on March 19, and yet until recently, Pearl Abyss had only shared footage of the game on PC, leading players to become skeptical about Crimson Desert’s performance on PlayStation and Xbox.
Now, after months of waiting, the studio has finally shared a detailed breakdown of what each platform will offer, including the three modes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and Xbox Series X: Performance, Balanced, and Quality. Xbox Series S will only have Performance and Quality modes.
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PS5 and Series 4K resolution, PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) and maximum ray tracing.
The Balanced option will also offer upscaled 4K resolution for all three consoles at 40fps, with ray tracing, but at 48fps for PS5 Pro.
Check out PC, console, and Mac specs for #CrimsonDesert ⚔️ pic.twitter.com/E9OReTmmkQMarch 10, 2026
As for Quality mode, if you want to sacrifice performance for prettier images, the game will offer an improved resolution of 4K/4K and 30 fps with ray tracing, with PS5 Pro with an ultra boost.
Xbox Series S is the weakest in terms of features offered. Performance mode is set to 720p at 40fps with ray tracing disabled, while Quality is 1080p and 30fps without ray tracing.
crimson desertPC requirements were also included in today’s post, asking players to have an AMD Radeon RX 7700
For the full 60fps Ultra 4K performance experience, an AMD Radeon RX 9070
For players taking the game to handheld mode on ROG Xbox Ally, the single Performance mode will offer 720p resolution with FSR 3 Frame Generation at 40fps, while ROG Xbox Ally
Pearl Abyss responded to skeptics earlier this month, saying it will “reveal things before launch to give people enough time to pre-order the game for themselves. We say it openly… Let’s cook?”
However, aside from a few snippets of PlayStation images in a recent PlayStation blog post, the studio has yet to share additional images of the console along with today’s revealed specs.
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