Mobile & PS4 Players, Might be Time to Upgrade | 5.0 Graphics Update News 

Time to trade in that lawnmower or antiquated hand warmer.

The storage requirement for mobile went from 36gb to 18gb since 4.6 update btw

I wonder what crazy things they have planned for Natlan to make these changes necessary

It actually would be nice if they spruced up Mondstadt and parts of Liyue a bit. Doubling or tripling the max load in the teapot would also be nice, especially for the outdoor space.

I don't care if the visual performance decreases I'm still not getting a PS5

As someone with a good gaming PC, this is a dream come true. Hoping for better textures, 120fps and my number one wish..lip sync in other languages.

Visual performance isn't going to be reduced, visual fidelity will. They are reducing how good the game will look on low-end devices to maintain the same level of performance.

I wish on mobile they would just fix the character icons in place instead of having them shuffle whenever you switch your character. It forces you to keep an eye on the right side of the screen so you don't accidentally switch to the wrong character.

I originally played on mobile for about two years and then finally managed to get my hands on a PS5. Very recently I went back to mobile for the rhythm game event since I predominantly play rhythm games on my phone and couldn't wrap my head around the controls on console. I don't know how I ever managed to play Genshin like this before lmao, my respect to all the mobile players out there.

"Might be time to upgrade" My broke ass : Nuh Uh

I'm around 80% sure the Genshin Devs are listening to this video and taking notes, since you bring up many good points we already grieved about and summarises it perfectly 😂

Imagine if the Switch version existed

I dont really mind the low graphics, I dont have any money to buy new devices, the ps4 I use is a gift I received, its the only thing I can run games on😅

"Might be time to upgrade" yes sure lemme sell my account so i can buy a ps5

I can’t wait for 5.0 to come out and all that changes is that 1 blade of grass looks slightly different it’s gonna be great

Ps4 with over 800GB storage: i can take it

The minimum requirements are staying the same your all panicking for nothing it will look a little worse on the lowest settings but it will run even smoother then before and the highest settings will be even better its a win win really

Even being a PC user I hate how much memory space Genshin occupies.

I think the most egregious result of trying to minimize the game's file size is that story/lore relevant events can't stick around for players that missed them. I'm not talking about the rewards but plot. Things like the Sus Albedo event, GGA (1 and 2), etc. They could work around that issue by making the event quests downloadable content that could be removed manually after completing them.

Your videos butter My biscuits thank you

hello, to worried people. game designer here who recently received why they are maximizing the requiremenet as per my friend, NATLAN will more like story based quests which means, it wont be like normal archon quest like past where you can make decisions or stop. genshin is turning into STORY TELLING GAME for some patches from now since we are at 45% of plot so since, they will have to devlop 'story telling interactive design' devices might need more power.

I play mainly on mobile (only using PC for Archon+story quests and flagship event stories), so I'm a bit worried about when Natlan releases. I have a Galaxy S10 and it's doing pretty good right now, even with HSR and other gacha games on it, but this new optimization they have may change things

I didn't even know it was your video and not of those "update" channels that just put every new item from a patch as it's own section in a video

Great vid! The raccoon progressing with the vid is a real nice touch 👍

When I first heard this announcement I spent a good two hours trying to figure out whether or not my iPad would be able to play itAs an aside I also play it on PC

i’ve been a mobile player since day one of genshin bc i can’t really afford a console and know nothing about pcs, if given the opportunity, i would though

Rendering everything in a game, even the parts that aren’t currently visible, most likely impact performance. Implementing a line of sight (LoS) checker is a smart approach to optimize rendering. Take notes Hoyoverse it could lead to smoother gameplay experiences

Didn't you see that they drastically reduced the game size by removing some graphical render distance just recently?

Almost as if not all games are made with PC players in mind

Love the running raccoon

I still have a lot of space left on my phone thankfully. And by the time HSR is halfway through it's story, I think I'll be able to get a pc by then.

Just upgraded my laptop from 2060 to 4060 so no issues there if they bump up the visuals. As for my phone it has a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2, not the bleeding edge but with 12gb RAM & 256gb storage I don't expect any performance drop off.

ive been trying to migrate to pc for years, but it's just not as enjoyable to me as doing abyss in the bathroom at 1am 😭 I just can't get used to the controls, everything feels slower, everything I wanna do takes longer, and the larger screen with the higher resolution doesn't really enhance my experience in any meaningful way.

This video help me so much 😊

As a mobile player for 3 years now, I can say the UI isn't too bad, at least in my opinion. I can see why people may think it is or what have you but I suppose after playing mobile Genshin for a long while, you just get used to it. Though that could be said about any platform.

For goodness sake! So now I have to get perfect scores in my upcoming exam so my parents would buy me a new device........

2:34 considering all the people who had issues when Fontaine dropped, with the underwater graphics, i think they are trying to prepare everyone now. will there be a way to delete unused data and storage on PC/console like with mobile?

Well, when much better Cel Shaded games like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom are able to run on a lower power machine (the Nintendo Switch) but Hoyoverse needs to downgrade the so-called upcoming graphical upgrade of Genshin Impact on PS4, that really says something about the capability of Nintendo. The Nintendo Switch was being referred to a be relatively lower power than PS4 because one time Capcom requested more memories on the Switch if Nintendo wants something like Monster Hunter World to be able to run on the Switch. Anyway, later Capcom was still able to create a Cel Shaded Monster Hunter Rise for the Switch. Both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom have way better animation (like the horse riding animation and stealth moving animation) and having complex mechanics of physics (like picking up objects, throwing objects, rolling objects, breaking a pair of ropes holding a bridge with arrows, building vehicles from objects etc. etc.) than Genshin Impact. Hopefully, there is no such thing as downgrading an upgrading of Genshin Impact on PS4 so that Hoyoverse can show themselves to the industry that they are comparable with Nintendo in terms of capability although Hoyoverse is using a third party engine (Unity). By the way, an upgrading of a game needs a downgrading to a level lower than before upgrading so as to get it run on the so-called low power machines.......what a backward incompatible shame.

I switched over to a gaming phone 2 years ago for many reasons- but one of the main reasons was because I've predicted this would happen eventually And since I mostly play on the go and physically do not have the space where I live to set up a proper gaming PC, I decided it would be better to invest in a stronger phone that could handle the game (and others) smoothly

Option to turn off the music when minimizing the game exists in Star Rail though, it was added with 2.2 patch. Probably gonna add it in Genshin soon as well. But you can already mute the sound by opening the News tab

i got a 256GB iphone 15 last year for my birthday so i hope that means i’ll be fine 👁️👁️ excited for the new changes and region!

A good moment to remind people that if you have a pc you can play of nvidia geforce ! Before buying myself a gaming pc I used to play genshin on my mac of all things ! Sure if you wanna play for free you have a time limit for you session, and a queue to wait in before entering again, but at least you won't ever have storage issues or overheating.

6:34 Genshin PC player here and Genshin has been 60 FPS for as long as I have played the game (Which has been since Version 1.4)

I cant wait to see the mountains in liye where the adaptie live with higher graphics!

6:40 was always 60 i think lol

I deleted everything off of my iPad (my only way to play Genshin) to make space for the last few updates. I even deleted my college textbooks. Final exams are not going well. 😅

Genuine question, couldn't Hoyo help these players by "segmenting" the game's download? In other words. you could download specific regions you want to explore (Fontaine & Sumeru for instance) and that could save a ton of space for em?

So of all things they want to address and change they want to update the entire visual look? Why? It looks fine doesn’t it? Wouldn’t this take more resources than other things people keep asking for?

How about that hand held support.. soon, or is it locked to the Switch still?

I may have both a ps4 and 5, but still i feel for anyone that might not enjoy the new update

Something you said didn't vibe. I don't remember ever being capped at 45 fps, I'm certain I've always been at 60, and I began on 1.2, so unless it was strictly before that, there's no way I wouldn't remember that being the case, and I wouldn't call 1.2 "quite a while after release"... more like practically at release, considering we're going into 4.7 at the moment, but hey... it's not like this is a big deal, I just felt like "nope, maybe in a parallel universe, but not in my reality" xD rant over, good luck have fun

hunters literally cant lose in windtrace this patch

It's good timing for me. I have this personal policy of buying new phone at most once within 5 years. I'm currently using a 2018 SD 845 POCO F1, before that it's the 2013 Samsung Note 3. I already planned to buy 2024 POCO flagship F series this year, so kind of a coincidence with this Genshin news.

6:13 what i also hate about muting sounds is that if you mute dialogues to mute OSMANTHUS WINE, then ALL dialogues will be voiceless. can i just mute the idle voices please? like the voices of NPCs on the streets and OSMANTHUS WINE

FYI for people who don't know. The storage space that genshin takes up got *reduced* in 4.6 on both pc and mobile. I could not fit the game on my phone back in 4.1 but i can now (which is kinda funny since we have had 3 more expansions since then) So if you couldn't fit it before, try again now and see if it works. You might get lucky like me

They have recently optimized the storage it’s currently 18GB on mobile

I built my PC back then in 2019. It is still going strong so I will welcome this new update with open arms... but I wished they could increase the graphics drawing distance in PC. I know other games you can see objects from far away, but Genshin Impact limits how far objects are rendered in real time.

I don't know if it is just me, but I'm not even close to max storage having genshin and other games on my phone. To me, the problem is not about the game's performance but it's server, living in South America and having to connect to servers in the US is a nightmare, my ping is always above 100, and while i can 36 star the abyss, the latency makes it much harder.

looks like my time playing on my potato device has come to an end. No Natlan for me I guess

my pc chilling

I have to upgrade my nvme just so i could play genshin without waiting 3 minutes for each loading screen Now it takes 10-15 second to login instead of 5 minutes Can't wait to play wuwa in my new nvme, gonna teleport all over the place and grind hard

I'm really glad now I got myself a ps5 as a self gift when I chose to move a year or so ago and coincidentally no longer had the ps4 I was using 😂🙏

Heck, even when I mute my T.V., I need to open the map when "tabbed out" to avoid background noise from my PS4 Pro's fans. But then, there's the Xbox Series X I picked up, actively running Senua's Sacrifice muted, and I was bewildered by how quiet it still was. Y'all, someone drop me a PS5 Slim (or get Sony to drop the PS5 Pro).

I think they shouldn't change to prioritizing pc over mobile like doing things like changing the teapot everything pc players can do mobile players should be able to do and just as well

The Serenitea Pot load limit is extremely infuriating. You can't even build much of a small Fontaine street without hitting the load limit.

Will genshin finally have controller support for android users 😢

My 3080 is ready for RT (for better lighting, shadows, and reflections), and better post process and VFX, while my 1TB SSD is patiently awaiting a few dozen GBs of delicious high quality textures and models (hopefully).

Guys does visual upgrade mean will also impact the graphics settings too?

maybe it’s just my personal hatred but I’m blaming sumeru desert, most of these problems have been more apparent(have been always present) since the desert. my 11 was fine from 1.6-3.3 ish, and my 13 (that I got in december) can barely run in the desert but i’d literally fine in every other region, that place is the only area I suffer major lag in, even underwater I’m find

Well with the size of Genshin zones they really needed to add mounts years ago.

was genshin ever capped at 45 fps? I thought they had 60 from the beginning

Are you read patch notes? Even 4.6 have update where now game take less storage and other things

When I switched over from PS4 to PS5, my eyes were hurting for a few days just because of how much better and smoother Genshin was.

8:37 that arlecchino 💀💀💀

i would get a pc if i had the money to, i’ll just keep not having good sand for a while

i'm still waiting for android controller support and newer characters and weapons at the paimon shop..

Im still playing on ps4, my phone cant handle GI now because of all the updates happen and i cant buy a ps5 since im broke😂. My only complain is the update size, before its around 40gb to 45gb per patch but when sumeru released the file size gotten bigger ranging to 63gb to 68gb per patch. And having a 10yr old PS4 (yes, still playing with phat version) downloading the update via restmode is not simple coz my unit will shut itself down on its own😂 so my only option now is to download it while its on

The PS4 runs horribly at 2.0 when i used it. Considerable delay in loading of mobs to the point where having to wait 10seconds in abyss to find an enemy wasnt abnormal.

Still using my ps4 which have been with me from pandemic till now. Honestly I can't afford such luxuriousness on upgrading it to ps5 to improve my experience. As long as its still working on ps4, then I am contended with that.

i find mobile controls easier... Even i have PS5, i play the story quest on PS5, but when i go Spiral Abyss... i Always go for Mobile, i dont know, maybe i just got used to it..

I personally wouldn't have to worry about how this'll effect mobile performance, if they'd finally get it on switch! But still no updates about that so ig ill be getting tosty

There's quite a simple solution for the on screen touch controls. Just add controller support for android.

You bring up Teapot load limit on mobile, but frankly The Court of Fontaine is possibly even worse on mobile. I think the attention to detail is amazing, but did they really have to put furniture in EVERY. SINGLE. BUILDING!? It lags so much on mobile

*laughs in beefy pc*

Afaik, it's still not possible to revert Y axis with keyboard and mouse on PC, only with controller.

My iPad is already struggling to run this game, idk why.

The game takes 28gb of my storage 🙂. I think thats because i started the game from scratch on another server using the same account. And now i can’t delete it

I built a pc primarily to play all my fav games at max settings I’m so excited

Natlan is gonna ruin my PS4 storage along with a few games I have. ;w;

well i'm a working adult and i recently upgraded my gaming laptop so i'm chilling lol.

I started on Mobile... iOS btw.... and switched to my PC yeah.... never went back 💯

M3 Max here, hoping I can continue to play on 120fps and max settings after the 5.0 update lol. If not, I'll throw this $4,000 Macbook Pro across my room *sobs*

Goddammit

Wasn't PC always capable of 60 fps?

Aw man idk if my 4080 is prepared...

All i want is to be able to use my controller when playing it on mobile. Not hard to do!!

My iPad did better then my computer does now 😭 I’m fucked

Finally.

Well if it unplayable anymore in ps4 like completely not running in ps4, i guess i just hiatus from genshin cause cannot afford ps5 or higher spec mobile phone right now

I got the Samsung ultra 24 in 1tb it works beautifully for this game 😊