I queued a match on my PS5 Pro, confident and focused. Halfway through, my opponent on PC vanished into a jittering mess — the round turned into a marionette show. I closed the match feeling thrilled with the game and irritated for anyone trying to play it on Steam.
I’m writing to you from the corner of the ring that actually works: I’ve been playing Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls on PS5 and I’m having a blast, but the PC side of things is a different story. You care about fighting games; you care about fair online play. So do I.
Steam players flooded review pages with complaints about lag and crashes
The Steam store shows a Mostly Negative rating and a crowd of angry, specific reports. Performance drops, frame stutters, and match desyncs are common themes in top reviews — some even accuse the porting effort from ARC SYSTEM WORKS and PlayStation of intentional negligence.
Those accusations are loud, and they amplify quickly when a game is cross-platform. When a PS5 match pairs with a PC user and the connection warps, both sides suffer: the console player sees unplayable drift; the PC player gets slammed by matchmaking stigma. That kind of friction kills momentum for an online community.
Server maintenance is running now to address stability and performance
MARVELTokon posted on X that PC maintenance would deploy “PC performance and stability improvements, including reduced lag and fixes for frame drops.” That’s a specific promise from the developer; now the question is how many of the real technical complaints the patch will actually resolve.
Performance problems have been the headline since launch day. They affect single matches and the wider community: concurrent player counts are sliding and Steam review velocity is negative. If the update stabilizes frame pacing and removes the major desync triggers, the Steam rating could recover over time.
Why is Marvel Tokon performing poorly on PC?
Short answer: a mixture of optimization gaps and platform fragmentation. ARC SYSTEM WORKS shipped a game that runs great on PS5 hardware, but the PC ecosystem is a moving target — GPU drivers, countless CPU configurations, and, importantly, lack of Linux support has left part of the audience stranded. Steam reviews name specific issues: inconsistent frame pacing, sudden drops, and long input latency spikes.
Community reaction has been immediate and visceral
On Steam, players call it “one of the worst fighting game PC ports I’ve seen.” That kind of sentiment spreads fast. People who spent money on the PC version feel shorted; some even suspect PlayStation benefits from a smoother PS5 build. Whether that suspicion is fair is a separate debate, but it’s feeding social media anger and lowering trust in the launch window.
ARC SYSTEM WORKS, PlayStation, and Marvel Games will need a visible repair timeline and transparent patch notes to calm the community. Developers posting on X and SteamDB updates helps; targeted fixes for frame drops and matchmaking logic are the kind of signals players value most.
When will the PC patch fix the lag?
The maintenance window is live now and the developer claims the update reduces lag and addresses frame drops. Timelines for rollouts vary by region and platform, so expect a staged deployment. The real test is post-patch reports from the Steam community and a meaningful drop in negative reviews — not just a line in the patch notes.
Playing the PS5 build shows what the game can be
The PS5 version delivers sharp combos, responsive tag mechanics, and match flow that feels fresh. My personal review will appear later this week; even with my own shaky execution, the combat loop has been one of the most fun fighters I’ve played in years. The launch was a house of cards, but one good patch could patch enough holes to rebuild trust.
If the PC update fixes the systemic issues and adds proper Linux support down the road, the title can steady itself. If not, the split experience — polished on consoles and bumpy on PC — will linger and fracture the player base.
So here’s the blunt question to leave you with: if a patch arrives that finally stabilizes PC performance, will the community forgive the rocky start or has the damage already been done?