Xbox's Jason Ronald Provides Cryptic Tease When Asked About The Return Of FPS Boost

That's an impressive whispy goatee on that guy isn't it!
I'd love to grow one like that myself but I've very much miss not having physical intercourse again in my life haha 😂
As for fps boost yes more games would be great!
To a game like dark souls 3 it's a game changer!

What a weird year for Xbox:

• 25th anniversary
• Many new system features and improvements
• new Forza Horizon, Gears, Halo (and almost Fable) games
• and then a ton of layoffs, studio closures, restructuring and an uncertain future.

It's quite the emotional rollercoaster for people on Xbox.

FPS boost was needed for so many games that were stuck at 30, i wish they had a way to increase resolution. I would love to play BF4 again but it's at 720p and looks so terrible.

SOLD...... TOO THE MAN WITH THE EXCEPTIONAL BEARD !!!!

I can’t wait to see what these « things » are I hope it also includes some more backward compatible games.

@WhiteAzn Yeah I'd totally agree with that!
They did increase resolution on the 360 gears games I know that so it could definitely be possible.
But with a game like battlefield or anything not first party they could need permission or the studio who released the games help to do it?

I mean… I don’t know if it’s possible but I’d love to see Fables 1 & 2 get fps boost support. I recently re-bought both for like $5 each

@TrollOfWar Which studio was shut down? 343? There was no way to keep a studio that only works on a single IP—one that is no longer in their hands. Layoffs are happening across Western game studios due to high salary costs. However, even as layoffs occur, new staff are also being hired.

Amazing feature that has transformed how some games play. That and 4K make some Xbox 360 games look like free remasters. Unfortunately, not always it's technically possible and some publishers just won't approve it. There have been many backwards compatible enhancements, some of them invaluable because the games are console exclusives, but of course I'd like to see more. The first original Xbox game that was supported, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, became an HD, 60fps remaster on Xbox One and Series X|S.

@Shmoo The only one that doesn't support FPS Boost is Fable II, Fable Anniversary Edition and III do!

@Shinato2024 Sackings are just an everyday occurrence in normal life in my opinion.
Something most people will experience in life.
But in this politically correct world people are encouraged to mourn things like that unfortunately even when in the case of halo/343 studios when it was well deserved.
"Won't anyone think of the children"

@Shmoo Fable 1 (Anniversary Edition) already has FPS Boost

A patent leak revealed that AI would be used to boost the resolution and frame rate of games—essentially acting as an AI-driven remaster running directly on the console.

@Mr-Cage It happens everywhere, indeed, and makes sense when those studios (The Initiative, Double Fine, Ninja Theory, Compulsion and Undead Labs) increased their workforce massively and took a very long time and a huge budget to develop just a middling game or nothing at all.

Examples: the little work that was done on Perfect Dark was thanks to Crystal Dynamics (third party); Compulsion Games took seven years to develop South of Midnight that underperformed on Xbox, PS5 and Swich 2; Undead Labs released a trailer that was not created by them and they had only made a Word document with ideas, etc.

Halo Studios is still alive, but they needed external assistance to finish Halo Infinite despite their huge budget and, well, fans were literally asking for a change. I was looking forward to State of Decay 3, so I'm glad they are going to finish it and release it on Game Pass. Let's hope that the other studios also manage themselves more wisely and release good games in the near future.

This is the world we live in. If people want studios to be successful, they'd better support them, but the same people that fake outrage or sadness admit that they haven't played any of their games or that they don't even care about Xbox Studios. Before people start "suffering" deeply because Inxile is being closed, they'd better support Clockwork Revolution, because this is another studio that benefited from an increased budget, A-class additional recruitment and long development time. If you don't support those studios, fair enough, but don't be surprised when they are closed. Inxile also needs to bear fruit.

This might sound harsh, but this is life and anyone here would do the same in their shoes. No publisher keeps a studio for seven years just to bleed money.

@Shinato2024 I understand how the software development business runs in 2026, no need to try to paint it positive. Companies overhired during the pandemic and now that business is not growing as it did before, people are being played off at a large scale.

Ninja Theory is likely going to get closed down and the fate of Arkane Lyon is uncertain. Halo Studios has been reduced to a bare minimum of people, I guess that doesn't count as a studio closure if a handful of people are still around. Same applies to id Software who also lost a significant amount of developers this year. Turn 10 Studios also had a major round of layoffs last year and the studio was now fully merged into Playground Games. The Initiative was also shut down last year.

All these major layoffs kind of ruin what is supposed to be a celebration year for the Xbox platform.

I suspect this is for Helix, which almost certainly has some sort of FrameGen. Which, whilst not as good as real frames, would at least be done at the system level and not need developer/publisher sign-off, which has been the downfall of all these great programs on Xbox.(BC, FPS Boost, Play Anywhere, Stream your own games, Disc to Digital)

@Banjo- Life isn't fair for any of us I sympathize but that's for anyone who loses there jobs.
I refuse to let things like that ruin or even slightly effect my enjoyment of my hobby.

@Banjo- I usually agree with your opinions but in this case I don't:

This is the world we live in. If people want studios to be successful, they'd better support them, but the same people that fake outrage or sadness admit that they haven't played any of their games or that they don't even care about Xbox Studios. Before people start "suffering" deeply because Inxile is being closed, they'd better support Clockwork Revolution, because this is another studio that benefited from an increased budget, A-class additional recruitment and long development time. If you don't support those studios, fair enough, but don't be surprised when they are closed. Inxile also needs to bear fruit.

This might sound harsh, but this is life and anyone here would do the same in their shoes. No publisher keeps a studio for seven years just to bleed money.

You make it sound like it's the fault of the playerbase that those Xbox owned studios are struggling and had major layoffs. Personally I don't think it's the players responsibility to buy games, just to support them. It's the development studio's and the publisher's responsibility to have games developed which players are interested in and want to play. Capcom in recent years managed to release several games that people want to buy.

Who asked those studios to "increased their workforce massively" and greenlit the development of "middling games"? It wasn't the playerbase. It was Xbox. Also Xbox is the one who wanted to convince players to play those games on GamePass rather than having to buy them.

Personally I wouldn't want to work in such an environment where I would have to fear losing my job, no matter how good my work is, because of failed strategic decisions from my parent company.

@TrollOfWar Thanks. I appreciate it. As I said, if players don't support certain studios and games, their downfall is unavoidable, but that doesn't mean it's the players' fault. Of course, you don't have to support anything that you don't like because you also need to buy your stuff and pay your bills like me. Why should you buy all these games and not the ones you want to buy (or play on Game Pass)?

I played some of those studios' games on Game Pass. Actually, I think I have played most of them, so I kind of supported them. I even wrote reviews on "Last Game You Played". The only title I bought besides paying for Game Pass from these studios was State of Decay 2, because that's the one I really liked.

However, there are other things to consider, like the pandemic you mentioned, hiring many more people and increasing budget significantly without planning your game well in the first place, and becoming too confident and unworried because you seem to have an unlimited budget because of Phil Spencer's approval, a person I like but have also criticised because of his hands-off strategy. This is where I agree with you: failed strategic decisions from the parent company, but under a different leadership (Phil and Sarah). An strategy that bleed the profits earned by the most successful studios down to 3%.

As much as I think that Nadella is a weird choice for one of the most important companies in the world, I don't believe for a second that Nadella wants to sell Xbox, simply because he could have done it, and all their recent moves, from hiring Asha to making a new Halo studio and more Fallout games clearly demonstrate that they really want to reboot Xbox as a more efficient business, getting rid of what didn't work. I insist on Inxile for two reasons. Firstly, that studio is going to be sold if Clockwork Revolution flops. I guessed all the other studios' fate except Undead Labs. Not just me, many did. Secondly, it's not too late, so IF people like their game and want to support the studio, they should do it.

@Banjo-

However, there are other things to consider, like the pandemic you mentioned, hiring many more people and increasing budget significantly without planning your game well in the first place, and becoming too confident and unworried because you seem to have an unlimited budget because of Phil Spencer's approval, a person I like but have also criticised because of his hands-off strategy.

Of course, to a certain extent these studios probably welcomed the additional budget and a sense of security. But I can tell from personal experience, that most likely the parent company set the targets on headcount growth.

I hope that InXile can deliver a strong game. Both the Xbox platform and their studio need a success.

@TrollOfWar To be honest, I have never played an Inxile game, so I was being completely objective. I also hope that they and the other studios find success and stability, as long as their work is well done, starting with The Coalition that has just released a gem. I'm very curious about State of Decay 3 and how Undead Labs fare.

@TrollOfWar And I also like your posts! You lay some common sense across Hookshot.

@Banjo- I'm just your friendly neighborhood internet troll. Fighting the console wars for the best console platform, which is of course Evercade!

I appreciate the compliment. 😉

@TrollOfWar it's always nice to see other Evercade fans. What a neat little platform

Evercade fan here too. Awesome console. 😁

This and more backward compatibility updates!!! It's crazy how these features ended within a year after the Series X launched. 🤯🤦‍♂️

@TrollOfWar XBOX has always been somewhat agile when compared to Sony and Nintendo. They tried several approaches simultaneously recently. MS isn't in the business of breaking even or making low single-digit profits. That is what was happening in the last quarter. Game Pass hasn't grown enough off console to float the Double Fines and Ninja Theories.

Component costs and hardware losses exacerbated the issue. So, those poorly performing studios had to go. They were not the first. Why spend hundreds of millions of dollars and years of development to spin your wheels, essentially? If MS chooses to spend the same amount of money (rather than just save it), then put it towards projects likely to give a greater return.

This was one of the big reasons I had interest in a xbox quite a bit ago. Having now sold my pc stuff and bought an xbox. It's one of the best features. It's a bit sad seeing them drop all these enhancement programs. Here's hoping they return.