Starfield boss explains reason Xbox version is locked at 30fps
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Bethesda boss Todd Howard has explained why Starfield is going to be locked to 30fps on Xbox Series X|S consoles.

I will come back to this post in September to see if I was right lol

Biggest concerning signs:

  1. 30 FPS lock on xbox, there’s no way to spin that positively, absolute fail

  2. Predatory pre-order bonus skins to get people to buy before they know what they’re actually going to experience (buggy shitshow)

  3. Countless attempts to hype up the game and huge random assurances from the devs

  4. Preemptively admitting the game has jank and trying to make it seem okay lol

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/starfield-has-that-bethesda-rpg-jank-and-i-couldnt-be-happier/ar-AA1cGkxv

At least the bugs will be absolutely hilarious I think.

  • FantasticFox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    304·
    1 year ago

    It’s probably going to be the game of the year, maybe beaten by TOTK. Certainly it’ll be one of the best selling games of all time.

    This is such a neckbeard take.

    • 1bluepixel@kbin.social
      13·
      1 year ago

      Maybe somewhere in the middle, honestly. Highly publicized bugs at launch, people complaining they’re under-delivering on what we all knew was marketing bullshit, then bugs get fixed under the radar and the game turns out to be amazing by the time they release their first DLC.

      People always harp on about not pre-ordering, but you know what’s even better? Ignoring launch hype. I mean, look at Cyberpunk.

    • 666dollarfootlong@lemmy.worldEnglish
      101·
      1 year ago

      Yea, single player games, on consoles, can be 100% enjoyable even at 30fps. BotW and TotK are perfect examples of it. I haven’t seen any trailers or reviews or content of Starfield, btw, so don’t anyone date call me a coper.

          • nivenkos@lemmy.worldEnglish
            22·
            1 year ago

            I mean literally the first-person camera.

            Like you the fact you’re moving a crosshair makes it much more noticeable. It’s the same on desktop for 60Hz vs. 120+Hz too.

            I don’t care so much though, I doubt I’ll even hit 30 FPS on my potato.

    • normonator@lemmy.mlEnglish
      43·
      1 year ago

      Wow that is way more of a neckbeard take. There is no way in hell starfield is going to beat totk. It’s going to be janky shit, but outside of specific communities nobody cares about starfield in comparison.

      • ProcurementCat@feddit.deEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        There is no way in hell starfield is going to beat totk.

        Tears of the Kingdom sold over 10 million copies so far. Breath of the Wild sold 31 million.

        Skyrim sold 60 million.

        Zelda, being Nintendo exclusive, is a much smaller franchise than major Bethesda games. Unless Starfield is a total bust at launch like No Man’s Sky or Cyberpunk (and even those managed 10+ and 20+ million copies sold), it will beat TotK easily.

        Edit:

        but outside of specific communities nobody cares about starfield in comparison

        I’d think that about a mobile game like Fallout Shelter, but at 170 million copies sold it beats all other Bethesda franchises together.

      • FantasticFox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I think it’ll be close as TOTK is a really, really strong contender. In any other year Starfield would get it for sure. But TOTK is pretty incredible.