TwystedKynd

Yup, I agree. It's ridiculous, and we shouldn't have to have that much power for a video game, especially when all the other current games are just as resource intensive otherwise and don't power spike like this.

My old power supply was 620W. The game killed it. I got a 700W and just finished installing. Started the game and it didn't crash. So, fingers crossed. I still think it's ridiculous that games that are otherwise more resource intensive aren't causing the same issue. I've found others having the same issue. Maybe the game requires a nuclear power plant to run as a sick joke?

What minimum wattage should a PSU be to play this game? When I run a wattage estimator for what I have, it recommends about half of what my PSU can handle. I stream, and make music, play other current games with no issue and it is only this game that causes a shutdown. However, now it's a hardware problem because after several shutdowns, it burned out my PSU and I have to get a new one. Nothing was wrong with it prior to trying to run this game.

I've scoured reddit, google, and everything I could think of and have tried every fix I've read. Yet, when I try to launch the game, it'll not just crash to desktop, but actually shut down my PC instantly. I have to switch it off in the back and switch it back on just to be able to power up again. My PC meets the required specs, OS and drivers all up to date, and no fix seems to work. And, seriously, I've tried every single thing I've found that's been posted anywhere since launch. I got the game through XBox Game Pass for PC. Thought about buying through Epic until I saw that people are having problems there too. The shutdown happens at different parts of the game startup process. Sometimes before the first splash screen, sometimes after a few splash screens, sometimes when just reaching the Press Any Key screen, and once I got far enough to hit Continue and it shut down as soon as it got past the loading screen. It started out just being intermittent issue where sometimes it would happen and other times not, but now it happens every time and I can't play at all. I've completely loved what I have been able to play and it really sucks that this is happening. No other program, game, or anything else does this to my PC. I really hope a fix comes out soon because I'd like to continue streaming this game as well, and now I just have to find other stuff to stream which isn't nearly as fun or interesting.