Xbox: Making Backward Compatible Games Even Better with FPS Boost - DigitalFoundry tests including Watch Dogs 2, Far Cry 4 etc

[TameLucas]

First batch of compatible games:

• Far Cry 4
• New Super Lucky's Tale (120 fps)
• Sniper Elite 4
• Watch Dogs 2
• UFC 4 (60fps on Xbox Series S)

Microsoft’s new FPS Boost mode for Xbox Series X and S can double frame rates in games

This new feature can double or even quadruple frame rates in certain existing games.

www.theverge.com

 

[dsk1210]

Nice one.

 

[Theorry]

Making Backward Compatible Games Even Better with FPS Boost - Xbox Wire

When we were designing Xbox Series X|S, we knew we wanted to continue our commitment to compatibility we started back in 2015, enabling gamers to play their favorite titles from past generations on the new consoles. Nearly all titles benefit from next generation features like faster loading...

news.xbox.com

We're excited to announce the first assortment of backward compatible titles that will support FPS Boost – available beginning today – are Far Cry 4, New Super Lucky's Tale, Sniper Elite 4, UFC 4, and Watch Dogs 2. We chose this initial collection of titles not only because they are popular among fans, but to highlight several different ways that FPS Boost can improve your experience. For example, New Super Lucky's Tale can now run up to 120 frames per second (fps) and UFC 4 delivers improved framerate performance specifically on Xbox Series S and can now run at 60fps.

This is just the beginning. We will announce and release more titles featuring FPS Boost soon, as well roll out new menu icons and system settings in an upcoming system update. Starting this Spring, you can go into the "Manage Game" section for any title, where you'll be presented with a new "Compatibility Options" button that will allow you to toggle FPS Boost (as well as Auto HDR) on or off. There will also be a new indicator informing you when a game is running with FPS Boost whenever you hit the Xbox Button on your controller. You decide how you want to play your favorite games, whether in its original form or with FPS Boost.

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[space_nut]

Black magic

 

[Ambient]

Perfect.

 

[M. Wallace]

MS stays winning

 

[jawzpause]

Have to respect Microsoft's commitment to backwards compatibility

 

[ChaosXVI]

Oh hell yeah this seems promising! Hopefully Sega gets in the mix on this and I can finally experience Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Generations at 60 FPS instead of 30!

 

[GlowingBovine]

This is fantastic, and surely a huge feat to accomplish.

But I have to wonder, what happened to Fallout 4?

 

[pswii60]

 

[Dimple]

 

[SgtCobra]

Amazing feat, the BC team at Microsoft continues to deliver.

 

[Gloam]

THE BEST JUST GOT BETTER!!!!!!

 

[Hippopuncher12]

Very cool, it blows my mind how Sony gets so absolutely dunked on when it comes to BC and they don't seem to give a shit about it. Not interested in any of the initial 5 games they are talking about, well maybe Lucky, but can't wait to see more.

 

[MrBob]

Neat. Hopefully it doesn't take too long to roll out updates for more games.

 

[litebrite]

This is fantastic, and surely a huge feat to accomplish.

But I have to wonder, what happened to Fallout 4?

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It's likely getting a full on Optimized for Series X|S patch/next gen version.

 

[Spirited]

Have to respect Microsoft's commitment to backwards compatibility

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Really makes you feel like your purchases in the ecosystem is future-safe.

 

[henhowc]

Cool even if limited in scope. Ps5 needs to do frame rate unlocks for their games.

 

[Zaheer]

Watch Dogs 2 is a great title to show this off.

 

[secretanchitman]

Great feature for sure! Definitely seems like this is on a case by case basis which makes sense - I'm sure a lot of games would break if they just upped the FPS without properly fixing it.

 

[FarSight XR-20]

the backward compatibility team has developed FPS Boost, which employs a variety of new methods for nearly doubling (and in a few instances, quadrupling) the original framerate on select titles.

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Interesting, the BC team continues to deliver !

 

[SpottieO]

Per-game control over auto-hdr and frame boost is awesome.

 

[supercommodore]

Very impressive.

I've been putting off playing Far Cry 5 due to it being locked at 30 fps. Far Cry 4 being on this list gives me high hopes that Far Cry 5 might come later.

 

[Sober]

Looks like the BC team is doing this? At least this seems way better than the PS5 implementation that requires devs to patch it in.

 

[J-Skee]

It's insane how much better they at this than anyone else.

 

[canderous]

Being able to turn on/off Auto HDR and FPS Boost on a per game basis is very nice. Though strange Fallout 4 isn't in the first batch since that's what they initially showed off. For the time being you can get Fallout 4 and Skyrim SE running at 60fps with mods anyway.

 

[Last Jon Standing]

Being able to individually select which games I want to run with Auto HDR is a godsend. Interesting choice of titles to run at 60fps.

 

[Clive]

Xbox is really going above and beyond with BC. So many great things happening with Xbox right now.

 

[Dr Doom]

Gamepass and now this.

illegal stuff happening here

Might finally try out Far cry 4

 

[Mecha Meister]

What an awesome feature!

 

[HanzSnubSnub]

Xbox is so on the money with their updates, boosting FPS is another win for them

 

[Meg Cherry]

It's stuff like this that really justifies investing in Microsoft's ecosystem, even when the exclusive games don't always hit. I feel way more confident my older purchases will have expanded life on new hardware.

 

[jon bones]

xbox BC is the golden standard

It's stuff like this that really justifies investing in Microsoft's ecosystem, even when the exclusive games don't always hit. I feel way more confident my older purchases will have expanded life on new hardware.

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[Raspyberry]

Dark souls 3 needs this.

 

[Schlorgan]

Dope. Microsoft BC team killing it still.

 

[Yerffej]

This is dope.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Much appreciated as a Series S owner.

 

[Deleted member 30987]

Black magic

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You mean frame cap patches? Saw better magic out there, and black holes, this is complete magic !

 

[Uzupedro]

Those are random games, but cool stuff, manly Lucky Tail with 120FPS.

 

[RoKKeR]

Love the continued support of BC. Wonder if they will be able to do this for any 360 games...

 

[ApeEscaper]

That is awesome
60fps the new standard with 120fps the next step up. 30fps begone

 

[Deleted member 56752]

When's the fps boost launch?

 

[Damn Silly]

But only two of those games are FPS 🤔

Bad jokes aside, this sounds great, and I look forward to it hopefully coming to more games

 

[G_Shumi]

This is so awesome! Making games run even better is exceptional work.

 

[Prine]

Really makes you feel like your purchases in the ecosystem is future-safe.

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Bingo

 

[FusionNY]

Really impressive work from the bc team. Hopefully they apply it to some interesting games soon.

 

[LilScooby77]

So they can boost 60 fps to 120. That is the big news for me.

 

[Dinjooh]

Oh wauw, I might actually try Super Lucky's Tale now.

 

[MadeULook]

Gotta give respect to Microsoft for their commitment to backwards compatibility. This is a huge feat for the team.

Look forward to it expanding to more games.

 

[Lom1lo]

So no resolution upgrade ? 60fps is nice but sub 1080p is hard to look at (watchdogs 2)