No One Can Agree If This Desperate Workaround For Fixing Marvel Tōkon On PC Actually Helps
That’s because, according to several players, opening the Epic Games Store and leaving it running before booting up Marvel Tōkon seems to have a positive impact on the game’s performance. Yes, I know that sounds ridiculous and, if we’re being completely honest, outright unbelievable, as there’s really no discernible reason that opening the Epic Games Store should have any kind of effect on the performance of a game. Nothing huge, but some minor FPS improvements and, weirdly, less impact on my PC’s CPU.
- ▪That’s because, according to several players, opening the Epic Games Store and leaving it running before booting up Marvel Tōkon seems to have a positive impact on the game’s performance.
- ▪Yes, I know that sounds ridiculous and, if we’re being completely honest, outright unbelievable, as there’s really no discernible reason that opening the Epic Games Store should have any kind of effect on the performance of a game.
- ▪Nothing huge, but some minor FPS improvements and, weirdly, less impact on my PC’s CPU.
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No One Can Agree If This Desperate Workaround For Fixing Marvel Tōkon On PC Actually Helps Marvel Tōkon players on PC are reporting that opening the Epic Games Store before launch fixes their performance issues Arc System WorksEpic Games StoreMarvel Tōkon: Fighting SoulsPCSony By Lewis Parker Published August 9, 2026 | Comments (2) | 𝕏 Copied! © Sony Marvel Tōkon players on PC can’t seem to agree on whether the latest odd fix for the game’s lousy performance is actually making a difference or not, although that may have more to do with how bizarre said fix is. That’s because, according to several players, opening the Epic Games Store and leaving it running before booting up Marvel Tōkon seems to have a positive impact on the game’s performance.
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