No Man’s Sky hammered by PC players for performance issues on launch day

No Man’s Sky debuted today on PC, but its performance is leaving many people disappointed.

Developer Hello Games launched No Man’s Sky — its universe-exploring space simulator — on the Steam distribution channel this morning, and some players are already reporting troubles with a stuttering framerate. Sony’s PlayStation 4 home gaming console got it earlier this week, and that iteration does not suffer from the same problems. This has led to only 29 percent of players giving the game a positive user review on Steam. Even on the most powerful gaming rigs with top-of-the-line video cards, No Man’s Sky freezes up for up to a second at a time while the game struggles to render the visuals. This makes it often nearly unplayable. This is a rough introduction for one of the most anticipated releases of the year (which I like), but Hello is already launching a patch.