Some classic PlayStation games on PS Plus appear to be 50hz – even in non-PAL regions
Some classic PlayStation games being added to PS4 and PS5’s revamped PS Plus catalogue may run at the slower PAL 50hz standard, it’s been claimed.
PlayStation 1 and PSP games started appearing on Asian region PlayStation Stores earlier today, ahead of the revamped PlayStation Plus coming to select markets on Tuesday.
And users playing the PSOne version of Ape Escape via the Indonesian PS Store noticed that it appears to be the PAL version of the game, because it credits Sony Computer Entertainment Europe during its intro (instead of America or Japan) and runs at 25fps instead of 30fps.
However, other games on the service such as Tekken 2, appear to be based on the NTSC version.
PAL is a video format used in many regions including Europe and Australia, which runs at 50hz compared to NTSC’s faster 60hz refresh rate. Many PAL versions of early console games are considered inferior due to their slower speed, with some even sporting borders at the top and bottom of the screen.
Indonesia uses the PAL video format, so it would perhaps be unsurprising if it’s issued European version of some classic PlayStation games on PS4 and PS5, even if it is inferior to the NTSC original.
However, VGC has verified that the exact same PAL version of Ape Escape is what’s being offered on the Taiwan PS Store – a region which uses the NTSC video format. This could suggest that Sony plans to roll out PAL games globally.
Sony has form for this: 2018’s PlayStation Classic console contained many games that were based on the PAL 50hz versions, even in NTSC markets such as North America, which frustrated fans.
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