Digital Foundry specialist Alexander Battaglia noticed that the PlayStation 5 displays images in HDR by default. However, if you forcibly switch the mode to SDR, the picture will not be displayed correctly.

According to Battaglia, the PlayStation 5 does not display content correctly in SDR, which can lead to a Black Crush effect: “It’s not as serious as the [limited RGB] and [full RGB] shown in the quoted tweet, but if you grab SDR on a PlayStation 4 Pro and compare it to SDR on a PS5 in the same game, you’ll see the difference for the worse.”.

His colleague John Linneman agreed, later adding that the black color issue in SDR is observed in all games on the PlayStation 5 compared to other platforms.

“Well, the problem is with capturing – if we shoot the same game on all platforms, then capturing on PS5 in SDR (limited range) always looks [worse] with missing shadow detail. It doesn’t look so bad in itself, but if you compare it with everyone else, you will notice a problem. “– wrote Linnemann.

Despite the fact that HDR content is the future, there are still a huge number of gamers in the world who play on screens without HDR support. Sony Interactive Entertainment itself has not yet commented on the incorrect display of colors, but users expect that the defect will be fixed soon. It is noteworthy that SDR content is output correctly on HDR-compatible TVs.