Forget FPS, are next gen first person console games going to have a usable default FOV?

[pj-]

I enjoy high FPS PC gaming but when I switch to console the restricted FOV affects my enjoyment more than the lower FPS.

Apparently the primary reason for lower FOV on consoles is that even though the TV screen is larger, you generally sit farther from a TV than you would from a computer monitor so the game takes up less of your actual field of view. I suspect this is less true these days considering how cheap and common 55"+ TVs are.

The other reason it's done is because a lower FOV means less of the world has to be drawn at any given time. Developers have been using this as a crutch for a long time to squeeze performance out of limited hardware.

Couple of examples I dug up on google..

BLOPS3

D2

D2 on console isn't 65 but this shows off the difference between narrow and wide FOV

Even when console games do allow you to change the FOV, you're penalized with worse performance if you increase it since the game was tuned with the default setting.

Overly tight FOV can also contribute to motion sickness.

I don't think it's asking too much for next gen console games to not feel like I'm using moderately powerful binoculars.

 

[rebelcrusader]

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[Dest]

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not at all the same thing what

 

[Deleted member 56266]

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Ok boomer

 

[BeaconofTruth]

No. Console gaming won't suddenly get field of views that aren't terrible.

 

[Deleted member 28523]

no it's not going to get better on consoles. playing at anything lower then 90 FOV is exhausting.

 

[Deleted member 2752]

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That is literally the reason for lower fov on consoles

 

[pj-]

no it's not going to get better on consoles. playing at anything lower then 90 FOV is exhausting.

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I think we've made progress this gen though. It used to be that we weren't even given the option of higher FOV.

 

[Raide]

FOV slider. Easy. Let people choose what they prefer.

 

[laxu]

FOV slider and ultrawide support should be standard features. Low FOV on consoles is to account for TVs at long distance where low FOV works fine but playing closer it feels like you have binoculars on, which is why it should just be adjustable to individual preferences.

 

[Blade Wolf]

Console shooters have garbage FOV, more games should follow Battlefield 1 and offer proper FOV settings.

I guess most console players are casuals that don't care, hence why the demand is low.

 

[RoboPlato]

FoV sliders are becoming more and more common and I really hope that trend continues. CoD and Destiny are the big holdouts and it shows.

 

[Jimnymebob]

They should allow a FOV slider as standard, and hopefully it shouldn't impact performance too much, but I hate using a high FOV on console.

It always reminds me of this

 

[Lant_War]

Some console games started implementing FOV sliders, hope the trend continues.

 

[pj-]

FOV slider and ultrawide support should be standard features. Low FOV on consoles is to account for TVs at long distance where low FOV works fine but playing closer it feels like you have binoculars on, which is why it should just be adjustable to individual preferences.

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People play on such a wide variety of configurations that it seems odd to use "small tv, large seating distance" as the default basis for choosing an FOV.

It would be nice if there was a system wide "preferred FOV" setting. They could even ask how big your tv is and how far you sit from it to suggest a reasonable value.

 

[Lashley]

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is this some bad joke?

 

[Deleted member 29682]

Make all games lock to an FoV of 200. Everything should feel like Quake.