Console and PC players trade hope and despair while they await Crimson Desert, as first PS5 Pro footage looks promising but Steam suddenly warns of Denuvo DRM

A woman in witchy garb surrounded by crows and dead trees in Crimson Desert.

There's a phrase that keeps coming up in discussions about Crimson Desert, and one I continually come back to every time I write about it: "It looks too good to be true." PS5 and Xbox players in particular have been skeptical, since you don't have to look much further than Cyberpunk 2077 for a game that looked great on PC at launch but offered a dismal experience on console. Today, the monkey's paw curled, as the first console footage looks very impressive, but Steam is suddenly warning PC gamers of the approach of their greatest nemesis: Denuvo DRM.

The tech experts at Digital Foundry just posted a deep dive video exploring the PS5 Pro version of Crimson Desert, and the first impressions are quite positive. As developer Pearl Abyss detailed a few days ago, the PS5 Pro offers three visual options: Performance (upscaled 1080p at 60fps), Balanced (upscaled 1440p at 40fps), and Quality (native 4K at 30fps).