Overview
- Pearl Abyss will release Crimson Desert on March 19 with a simultaneous global go‑live at 3pm PT / 6pm ET / 10pm GMT across PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC and macOS.
- Preorders can preload 48 hours before local launch and downloads are sizable, with Steam listing up to 150GB and Xbox’s final size expected to surface with preload after earlier unconfirmed figures around 100–113GB.
- PlayStation Japan published roughly 20 minutes of gameplay captured on a base PS5, offering the first public look at standard-console performance and showing stable sequences in combat and traversal.
- PS5 offers three modes: Performance at 1080p/60 FPS, Balanced at upscaled 4K/40 FPS, and Quality at upscaled 4K/30 FPS with differing ray‑tracing settings, per Pearl Abyss’ specs.
- Official Xbox Series X/S gameplay has not yet been shown publicly, and Pearl Abyss is preparing launch‑week Twitch Drops that require linking a Pearl Abyss account to Twitch.