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Forgive me for thinking that the marketing blog of a video game console might not be a paragon of journalistic integrity. There is nothing in the post that inva

Forgive me for thinking that the marketing blog of a video game console might not be a paragon of journalistic integrity. There is nothing in the post that invalidates the "just run the game faster" null hypothesis.

WalterGR 6y ago
From the link: As we detailed in October, with the increased CPU, GPU and memory from our new consoles, all of your existing games look and play better. With certain titles, we can make the experience even better, all with no work required by the developer, and no update needed by the gamer. To that end, the backward compatibility team has developed FPS Boost, which employs a variety of new methods for nearly doubling (and in a few instances, quadrupling) the original framerate on select titles. ... And while not applicable to all games, these new techniques can push game engines to render more quickly for a buttery smooth experience beyond what the original game might have delivered due to the capabilities of the hardware at the time. It clearly distinguishes "with the increased CPU, GPU and memory from our new consoles, all of your existing games look and play better" from "FPS Boost, which employs a variety of new methods for nearly doubling (and in a few instances, quadrupling) the original framerate on select titles". Further, FPS Boost has to be manually IANAL but it seems like offering a feature and blatantly lying about it is fraud and that everyone who participated at Microsoft is guilty of both fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. Do you have evidence of this? Here's more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89L-3U2egKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89L-3U2egKw
- pjc50 6y ago
  > offering a feature and blatantly lying about it is .. completely common in the industry, especially when it comes to explaining how things work internally. You might have a case if the 60fps game was actually running at 30fps and just lied to the frame counter.
- WalterGR 6y ago
  (Ed. “Further, FPS Boost has to be manually” is a typo - but it’s too late to edit my post. (FPS Boost has to be manually enabled only for some titles.))

WalterGR 6y ago

From the link: As we detailed in October, with the increased CPU, GPU and memory from our new consoles, all of your existing games look and play better. With certain titles, we can make the experience even better, all with no work required by the developer, and no update needed by the gamer. To that end, the backward compatibility team has developed FPS Boost, which employs a variety of new methods for nearly doubling (and in a few instances, quadrupling) the original framerate on select titles. ... And while not applicable to all games, these new techniques can push game engines to render more quickly for a buttery smooth experience beyond what the original game might have delivered due to the capabilities of the hardware at the time. It clearly distinguishes "with the increased CPU, GPU and memory from our new consoles, all of your existing games look and play better" from "FPS Boost, which employs a variety of new methods for nearly doubling (and in a few instances, quadrupling) the original framerate on select titles". Further, FPS Boost has to be manually IANAL but it seems like offering a feature and blatantly lying about it is fraud and that everyone who participated at Microsoft is guilty of both fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud. Do you have evidence of this? Here's more information: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89L-3U2egKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89L-3U2egKw

pjc50 6y ago
> offering a feature and blatantly lying about it is .. completely common in the industry, especially when it comes to explaining how things work internally. You might have a case if the 60fps game was actually running at 30fps and just lied to the frame counter.
WalterGR 6y ago
(Ed. “Further, FPS Boost has to be manually” is a typo - but it’s too late to edit my post. (FPS Boost has to be manually enabled only for some titles.))