Can't wait for this. Sea of Thieves is a gorgeous game already (especially in HDR), but first person games really need to be 60FPS. So glad Series X/S is bumping up the framerate.
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Sea of Thieves key optimisations for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S - 4k/60, 1080p/60, improved loading times
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Indeed, I've been really looking forward to the Series X/S update, and this is exactly that I've been hoping for with Series X.
I actually just got an RTX 3080 too, and the game runs at 4k and regularly hits 120fps. It feels absolutely brilliant at high framerates.
Is there any split screen co-op with this game? Or any plan to implement it? My son enjoyed playing it with one of his mates for a while, but his friend is no longer playing it. Would be cool to jump in with him.
This is true until you take into account the game now runs at double the frame rates.
Wooooh!!!!, I'm not a hardcore SOT player it's more of a chillout game for me but the 30fps lock on the Xbone made it feel unplayable compared to the PC version so it'll be nice to finally have a console version that's comparable to PC.
No split screen but plays well on xCloud...just don't expect to fidget spin and take out a gally by yourself. It's mighty doable to run quests on and do some PvE'ing.
Aren't series x and ps5 being marketed as 4k consoles and we are getting current gen games at dynamic 4k or lower ? I'm not seeing such an uproar over that.
Would people have been happier if they made this 1440p 30fps ?
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Series s is not a 4k console.
And One X cant even get 60fps.
Yeah that's a good point obviously. I'm sure the machine is great, but not 1440p/120fps marketing great.
Even 120fps on Series X will be misleading marketing as very few games will actually offer that. I'm just excited frame rates are now actually getting some marketing buzz at all. The new CPU's and SSD's are going to make a world of difference in the future.
I'm legit surprised about the concern over 1080p.
Yes the Series S was "marketed" as a 1440p machine but it's like 4K for the other consoles (starting with the PS4 Pro, actually). It's a target in "typical" conditions (whatever that means), not something that can be guaranteed at all times... And certainly not with a 60fps open world game.
That said it is a previous gen game indeed (beautiful, but still previous gen), so I guess it explains some of the concerns. Still not a big deal imo.
Yes the Series S was "marketed" as a 1440p machine but it's like 4K for the other consoles (starting with the PS4 Pro, actually). It's a target in "typical" conditions (whatever that means), not something that can be guaranteed at all times... And certainly not with a 60fps open world game.
That said it is a previous gen game indeed (beautiful, but still previous gen), so I guess it explains some of the concerns. Still not a big deal imo.
I've been looking forward to this for so long, helps that it's getting them while I'm still very much into playing it.
honestly if anything I'd expect the opposite to happen, 1080p is going to be far more common than 1440p on the Series S
If that is the baseline for next gen games, I'm ok with that.
Do you expect them to change wording on a box everytime a developer makes a game 1440 then another does only 1080p? Get a grip.
Man where is the footage for all these games on the next gen consoles. They are releasing next weeks thw flood gates need to open soon
I'm looking forward to the load time improvements.
I'm not typically one to complain about loading. Long load times typically give me a chance to put the controller down for a minute, plus there are better things to be frustrated with, but Sea of Thieves on the Xbox takes sooo long to boot up. And then when it finally does hit the main menu, it takes just as long to load into the game. I'm hoping it's vastly improved.
I'm not typically one to complain about loading. Long load times typically give me a chance to put the controller down for a minute, plus there are better things to be frustrated with, but Sea of Thieves on the Xbox takes sooo long to boot up. And then when it finally does hit the main menu, it takes just as long to load into the game. I'm hoping it's vastly improved.
It makes zero sense. Is every PS4/Xbox One game 1080p? Is every Pro/One X game 4K? It's never worked that way, but somehow this concern only arises with the Series S.
This goes against their entire marketing ethos behind the S, which was '1440p/60 fps'. We are seeing more and more 1080p or dynamic 1080p games (and even 900p/60 FPS in case of Yakuza).
I was legit considering purchasing a Series S as a cheap Game Pass machine but the cut backs are this notable even on launch day releases, it's only gonna get worse as time goes on and more demanding next-gen games release. I wouldn't be surprised if 900p/60 FPS becomes more of the norm for 'native' next-gen games as time goes on.
Would have definitely liked to see them try ray tracing in this since it has some of the best looking water out there but it sounds like a nice update regardless.
I really don't understand why people took the marketing of 1440p on Series S as so ironclad but don't seem to hold the PS5 and Series X, marketed as 4k/120fps, to the same standard. Like yeah, obviously not every game is going to hit the top end of what was advertised. It always seemed pretty obvious that Series S was for people with 1080p televisions and if you have a 4k TV you should be looking at the X instead.
Being 1080p only is not the entire issue either.
this is weening into unrelated discussion but we have already had examples of a prominent game with RT being dynamic 1080p (watch dogs), and then another example DMC completely omitting ray tracing from the S version.
Between that and the storage issues, I guess what I'm trying to say is that I see very little reason for anyone to get a series S outside of some extreme budgetary concerns. The series that seems like a much better proposition in pretty much every regard.
Sorry about the off topic tangent.
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Series S design is enough for children/casuals/second console/1080p gaming.
They don't need the bigger beastly consoles. They are way too large for someone who is gonna download some games + Fortnite/COD/Fifa etc.
Well ... yeah. I mean you're right with what you say, but what I quoted here is precisely the point of this unit.
200 $/€/£ is a lot to many, many people.
Also this is pure speculation on my part, but I feel like Series S will be the first unit to benefit from price reductions and/or bundles in the near future, to make it even more affordable or interesting.
And to differentiate it better from the PS5 DE (which is even crazier value).
Does that enhanced list show every game that will be enhanced on launch day? Could you point me towards that list?
Microsoft commitment to free upgrades to their games is a thing of beauty. Xbox players are in for a treat with both Xbox Series X|S.
I've been playing this on PC because I prefer the framerate and the controls there but I'm excited to see how this looks.
Highly recommend the Discord SoT server to hook up with some regulars and watching some streamers (BoxyFresh, Beardageddon are some good ones.)
Game isn't very forgiving to new players but knowing what's up before you set sail helps!
When they say 1440p and 120 FPS they mean up to that. Obviously. And there are games that run at 1440p and there are games that run at 120 FPS.
It's like if I said "I just cancelled my PS5 DE pre-order because it doesn't run run all games at 8K like the box says." Yakuza has two modes on the S, btw: 1440/30 or 900/60.
The fact of the matter is we haven't seen games that run lower than 1080 on the S yet. Watch Dogs Legion with RT goes from 1440 to 1080, for example. It's funny to see people ignore Yakuza's 1440p mode because it doesn't support the narrative they try to push. And if Watch Dogs has a mode without RT, that's probably going to run at a fixed 1440p resolution.
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Oh bummer, I was just kind of hoping to go in blind. I know next to nothing about it other than its Rare, it's pretty, and general perception of it has improved a lot since launch.
Might I ask what's so unforgiving about it?
I really hope it is more than 4k/60fps. I played this on One X and a PC and yes, the framerate at 60 is wonderful, but I think what really add's to the PC version is all the other settings being cranked up, especially the shadow quality. I know they said these are the "key" upgrades, but I kind of wished they gave us a list of all improvements. I don't understand the reason to hold this information back being that the system comes out in 6 days.
This game is going to really shine on Xbox once 60fps and super-fast loading times arrive. It was the loading time after death which made me stop playing the game altogether, but I'm keen to jump back in when my Series S arrives.
It's almost 2021 and people around here still do not understand how taxing 60fps is. smh.
