With the release of AC: Valhalla I've noticed a lot of hate directed at Ubisoft because their new game release isn't running at 1080p 60fps. Whilst I completely agree that it is Ubisoft's fault, I d...
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With the release of AC: Valhalla I've noticed a lot of hate directed at Ubisoft because their new game release isn't running at 1080p 60fps. Whilst I completely agree that it is Ubisoft's fault, I do believe that some responsibility does fall on Stadia's shoulders around this issue. Stadia should have a mandate that new releases conform to certain requirements and I don't think it's unfair that in this day and age that a minimum expectation is that games, when elected to run at 1080p, can run at 60fps as standard. It's not a huge ask, and the difference between a 30fps and 60fps cap is very noticeable and can be quite jarring when switching from a 60fps game to playing a 30fps game. Could Stadia share some light on what stance/direction you, as a company, are taking when developers release games capped at 1080p 30fps? Are your customer success team actively encouraging devs to optimise their games for user enjoyment? I think it's been widely accepted that Stadia falls somewhere in the middle of console/pc but does not fit completely in either box, with old consoles running at 30fps as standard and PC's usually hitting 60fps consistently, depending on specs. With the introduction of next gen consoles and PC's easily achieving 60fps at 1080p in all games, it's fair to say that if new releases being 1080p 30fps continues, Stadia will be labelled as inferior to most gaming systems on the market. As a founder since release, I would hate for this to become the message when people are considering Stadia.7 Thanks for reading. EDIT: I'm aware that there is a recent post on the forum where Deathwysh is ranting about this specific topic, however, despite his post being very aggressive, I wanted to share the same thoughts around performance in a manner that opens it up to a civil discussion in the hopes that Stadia feel they should provide an official response.