Xbox Series X can double framerate of some existing games to 120fps

Some games running through backward compatibility on the Xbox Series X will have a doubling of the original frame rate. It can be 30fps games that will run at 60fps and 60fps games that will hit 120fps.

Microsoft has not yet said which games will receive the framerate doubling, but in a new blog post about backward compatibility, the console maker says that it concerns “a select number of titles”. It could be games that have appeared for the Xbox One and can reach a maximum of 30fps or 60fps on that console. With an update, they could then run at 60fps or 120fps on the Series X. It could also be older games for the Xbox 360 or the original Xbox.

Microsoft previously announced that the Xbox Series X can run all games made for the Xbox One. Furthermore, all Xbox 360 and Xbox games that have already been made backward compatible will also run. According to Microsoft, 100,000 hours have been tested with thousands of games on the new console. Before the release at the end of this year, that should have increased to 200,000 hours of testing and the entire library of games that are backward compatible should be tested.

All games on the new console have access to the full processing power of the cpu and gpu, says Microsoft. For example, games with a variable resolution will run at their maximum resolution thanks to the new hardware. Microsoft also promises much shorter loading times thanks to the fast SSD in the Xbox Series X.

Microsoft also emphasizes again that the new console can add HDR to games that do not originally support it. The console maker already explained this in March. It works with algorithms and according to experiences from Digital Foundry, the HDR experience looks convincing.