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Microsoft Is "Still Evaluating" If FPS Boost Can Work On Older Games

Following the announcement of the FPS Boost for Xbox One games on the Series X, Microsoft is "still evaluating" older games.
by Luke Luby on February 25, 2021   

While the FPS Boost feature for the Xbox Series X and S saw a generally favorable reception when announced, there were still a few questions left open. The feature will boost performance for Xbox One games on the Series X and S, although fans were left wondering about older games. Specifically, 360 games that are already backwards compatible on the One. However, Microsoft was slow to respond to questions about the matter.

That was until recently Xbox director of program management Jason Ronald has spoken up in a recent interview. Speaking to the Kinda Funny Podcast, he noted that the company was currently focused on Xbox One-era games, but that it was still exploring the possibility of older games. Specifically, Mr. Ronald said:

"Right now, we're focused primarily on Xbox One generation titles because we've seen the best results there. We're still evaluating, can we bring this technology back to Xbox 360 games or original Xbox games?"

He also spoke extensively about what the FPS Boost feature can actually do. In the majority of cases, it can double the frame rates of games released on the Xbox One. In rare cases, it could end up quadrupling them. However, the program is pretty hands-off, given the fact that a game's original developer naturally isn't involved. As a result, there is a small section of games that it wouldn't be able to work on.

As Mr. Ronald noted about these:

"The techniques that we've come up with will not work on every title. We've actually gotten some games working, and honestly, I'm playing the game, it's super awesome, it feels great, it's buttery smooth, but then all of a sudden we realize, 'oh, this character over in the corner is animating twice as fast.' Or, maybe three-quarters of the way through the game, all of the sudden we find a physics-breaking bug because the system's running the game so fast that the game doesn't actually know how to handle that."

The games that the Xbox Series X/S FPS Boost works on will be announced in stages. The first of these are Far Cry 4, New Super Lucky's Tale, Sniper Elite 4, UFC 4, and Watch Dogs 2, among others. New games will be announced in stages.

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