Todd Howard has confirmed that Starfield will run 4K/30fps on Xbox Series X & 1440p/30fps on Xbox Series S

[IDontBeatGames]

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Starfield runs at 30 frames per second on both Xbox Series X and S, Bethesda's Todd Howard has confirmed.

Speaking to IGN in a new interview ahead of the Xbox and Starfield showcases, Howard said Starfield runs in 4K resolution on the Xbox Series X and 1440p on the Xbox Series S, but has locked Starfield at 30fps on console to ensure "consistency" of performance.

"I think it'll come as no surprise, given our previous games, what we go for," Howard said. "Always these huge, open worlds, fully dynamic, hyper detail where anything can happen. And we do want to do that. It's 4K in the X. It's 1440 on the S. We do lock it at 30, because we want that fidelity, we want all that stuff. We don't want to sacrifice any of it.

"Fortunately in this one, we've got it running great. It's often running way above that. Sometimes it's 60. But on the consoles, we do lock it because we prefer the consistency, where you're not even thinking about it.

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[LightKiosk]

M. Wallace Get in here

Nice to finally get confirmation on this. Sticking with PC it is.

 

[Helix]

oh well, but its 1440p on S which is wild

 

[Jinfash]

Ewww

 

[--R]

It's so fucking over.

 

[M. Wallace]

M. Wallace Get in here

Nice to finally get confirmation on this. Sticking with PC it is.

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Here here. And not shocked.

 

[Lant_War]

Hopefully it will have a performance unlocked mode, for the people with VRR displays or that don't mind the sub-60 judder.

 

[SpottieO]

Given what we saw today not shocked at all.

 

[Marano]

I knew it!

 

[Mocha Joe]

this thread will be fun

 

[ChuckXL]

oh no, the discourse... it is coming

 

[zero_suit]

Obviously

 

[Milennia]

Native 4k/30 seems good for this massive game

I'm afraid of my 9900k/3080 machine even being able to put out 1440p (ultrawide)/60 consistently with this

Also, you know, it's a BGS game at launch

 

[Lightsong]

Totally fine and expected.

 

[-Le Monde-]

I figured as much. I'll be playing on PC.
I'm sure it will still be a great experience on consoles.

 

[Reedirect]

Unsurprising. I can take it.

 

[Lui]

RIP to the 5 people who thought it was going to be 60

 

[Ascenion]

That's unacceptable. And this goes for any developer.

 

[Rosebud]

So may as well get on my mid laptop

 

[DopeyFish]

as i mentioned before

you might not get 60fps on PC either. this game likely crushes the CPU hard.

 

[Deleted member 56266]

Wow

 

[Deleted member 93062]

Definite oof especially since the recommended PC requirements don't seem that crazy.

 

[TechnoDisaster]

Not surprising at all. There's no way you could have watched the showcase and think that would be 60fps on consoles. I have worries about maintaining that performance on PC.

 

[R dott B]

Expected tbh.

Grabbed the constellation edition for pc earlier just in case.

 

[z1ggy]

i had the hope for 60 fps but I'm ok if the 30 fps mode we are getting is solid enough.

 

[PolskiGamer17]

I dunno, we gave Redfall flack for being 30fps, seeing people being happy that Starfield is 30fps is just weird.
But hey they never promised 60fps...

 

[overthewaves]

I'm scared for my 3070

 

[ryseing]

I don't believe it's hitting 1440p on Series S. No way.

 

[Mocha Joe]

as i mentioned before

you might not get 60fps on PC either. this game likely crushes the CPU hard.

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zen 2 strikes again

 

[Jerm411]

Of course I'd rather have 60fps but after seeing the Direct today, I'm more than ok with 30. Todd Howard has my implicit trust, sorry. 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[Deleted member 68874]

Expected after seeing the direct.

this thread will be fun

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After that direct I don't think a lot of people expected 60fps anymore lol.

 

[m23]

Expected as much.

 

[Nintenleo]

That's good news, as an happy Series S owner I would be just fine having my console not exploding.

 

[bananas]

as i mentioned before

you might not get 60fps on PC either. this game likely crushes the CPU hard.

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I'm sure my 6950XT and 7800X3D will be fine.

 

[SpottieO]

I dunno, we gave Redfall flack for being 30fps, seeing people being happy that Starfield is 30fps is just weird.
But hey they never promised 60fps...

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TBH there is a world of difference in scale and scope between what we saw today of Starfield and Redfall.

 

[Ambient]

I highly doubt it's native 1440p on Series S. How many games are actual 1440p on Series S?

 

[Lui]

I dunno, we gave Redfall flack for being 30fps, seeing people being happy that Starfield is 30fps is just weird.
But hey they never promised 60fps...

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I don't think its fair to compare Redfall and Starfield as equals tbf

 

[DopeyFish]

zen 2 strikes again

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has nothing to do with zen2, it has everything to do with how much the game is simulating.

 

[Fantastical]

Isn't it likely a CPU limitation? This seems like a very complex and huge game.

 

[Bede-x]

As expected.

 

[Majora's Mask]

That's unacceptable. And this goes for any developer.

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Lol.

 

[Witness]

I'm sure the moders will try to get an open frame rate mod up as soon as possible like with Skyrim and Fallout before they were updated by Bethesda. Hopefully it'll work for Starfield too.

 

[Precious Tritium]

Honestly a bummer something I hadn't even considered before the Redfall stuff. Not going to not play it now though.

 

[Kapryov]

It was expected, but still.
A 1080p/60fps option would've been nice, if the console is even capable of it, but oh well.

 

[writhingcorpse897]

After seeing the showcase, I'm completely fine with that sacrifice. 30fps didn't stop ToTK from being one of the best games of the gen and it won't stop Starfield either.

 

[Prompto]

Well at least I won't feel compelled to get a Series X now. Will stick with the Series S version for this

 

[ragolliangatan]

I dunno, we gave Redfall flack for being 30fps, seeing people being happy that Starfield is 30fps is just weird.
But hey they never promised 60fps...

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Redfall had the issue that it was always shown at 60fps rather than 30fps

 

[DrFunk]

Not surprised. It looks super cpu dependent

 

[krakenking189]

let's go

 

[platocplx]

Im not that surprised. But it's weird they don't include a mode for 60 esp if they are pushing 4k and 1440p