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[dex3108]

Hey GAF this will brighten your day

Listen, no one is going to buy what’s promised to be the most powerful gaming console ever created to not know the frame rate of each game in real time. What would be more comforting than to be able to look at your console while playing and see a nice, round “60” staring back at you to let you know your money wasn’t wasted?

Nothing, that’s what. I want a solid, concrete way to know the console is doing what I want it to do at all times. I need that sweet, sweet gratification of knowing games look and run better on my console of choice when compared to my past console or the competition. Which is why I want that front-facing OLED display from the development kit on the retail hardware, and I won’t hear a word otherwise.

https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/3/15532264/xbox-scorpio-fps-counter-dev-kit-screen

 

[OttoSporteman]

Simply put: NO.

 

[Pathfinder]

Um, fuck no.

That would be tacky as hell.

I want some of what you're smoking, Ben.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Console of the forever.

 

[Xando]

Can't wait for people to bitch about Forza dropping to 58 fps for 2 seconds on Gaf

 

[Theorry]

Get to bed again Polygon.

 

[franklyshankly]

Can't wait for people to bitch about Forza dropping to 58 fps on Gaf

Or they would just have the screen say 60.0 regardless of the actual framerate lol.

 

[Colbert]

No, no, no, ... please don't. Silly Polygon!

 

[NoctisVsStar]

Disgusting

 

[Toki767]

As soon as it drops under 60 though.

Microsoft wouldn't be dumb enough to do this.

 

[Cess007]

What would be more comforting than to be able to look at your console while playing and see a nice, round "60"

I can't believe someone actually wrote and think this (in a non-satiric way, I mean)

Edit. Is this parody? The tone of the article isn't really clear and reads like a serious request rather than parody, but parody would make more sense.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

Never change, Polygon.

 

[iavi]

Slow news day huh

 

[iNvid02]

how about some racing stripes while we're at it

and flames

 

[mullet2000]

Huh?

Why not just have it togglable for the top left corner of the screen instead?

 

[Regiruler]

You know microsoft would just put a sticker.

I legitimately thought this meant first person shooter counter for a little bit.

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Watch me shake my head in 60fps

 

[Bsigg12]

We get it, it's a slow news day.

 

[Tambini]

They would never want to draw attention if a few frames dropped

 

[Fermbiz]

I have FRAPS FPS counter on all the time when I play pc games. On console... no thanks.

 

[Calm Killer]

No, I don't want a light on the front on my box. The logo is already bright enough.

 

[Tali'Zorah]

This would be the worst design choice for any console since.. erm, the original Xbox One design

 

[hey_it's_that_dog]

I think Kuchera is making fun of people who can't have fun with a game that dips to 58fps once in a while. I could be wrong, I skimmed.

 

[Masterspeed]

So I guess Polygon only hires people who write articles like people make shitty threads?

 

[Art Vandilay]

I'm good on this. Really don't care for the display at all. Just show me what I need to know on screen.

 

[LordRaptor]

Just stick a digital thermometer on the front of the Scorpio they send polygon and tell them its an FPS counter and watch those placebo effect reviews roll in, with the follow up editorial articles about "how come my xbox games run worse in the winter?"

 

[Phamit]

eh, where do he think people put their consoles to actually see the FPS counter?

 

[spookyfish]

How about an OLED pie chart on the front of the unit?

 

[Raide]

Bad Polygon! Get in your basket!

A meaningless addition to a console that only a niche part of the userbase would actually want added.

Next they will be asking for Twitter posts to appear on it.

 

[Interfectum]

I think Kuchera is making fun of people who can't have fun with a game that dips to 58fps once in a while. I could be wrong, I skimmed.

No, he's not that clever.

 

[neilyadig]

why are you guys taking this seriously?

 

[Hot Coldman]

this is some navigatr-tier suggestion

 

[Dynomutt]

I knew it. I posted that something crazy like this could happen in the other thread!

 

[OttoSporteman]

I re-read the article again.

I really do hope his intention was satire and a humorous tone that didn't quite get through.

Otherwise Ben is delusional. Seriously delusional.

 

[sixteen-bit]

and put DF out of a job?

 

[see5harp]

Is this a joke?

 

[JlNX]

 

[Alx]

Why not ask for an option to display it as an overlay ingame ?

 

[hawk2025]

I dunno, I get people's reactions, but I kinda like the idea after cutting through the awful writing and sarcasm of the piece.

Make it a "sliding" door so it doesn't show if someone doesn't want it, but I'd love to have this to have a look every now and then.

It would also help a ton with getting some early impressions from players that go beyond "it runs fine".

Of course, all of this would work just as well with a on-screen display, but hey!

 

[GarthVaderUK]

Eh, I don't need to know this at all times. No thanks.

 

[LeleSocho]

I would like it tbh

 

[SmoothRunningGun]

Stop giving this idiot attention and clicks.

 

[thoseAREmySHOES]

Only if they display the decibels of noise the console makes somewhere as well

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

..................I want it.

 

[Crayon]

It would say 30 most the time, you dumbass.

 

[demosthenes]

This is one if the most ridiculous ideas I've ever seen.

 

[Zoloft Sonic]

God no. Tacky as fuck, that's something a 16 year old would ask for.

 

[Justinh]

I had the same thought run through my head when I saw the dev twitter clip showing the FPS counter. "Man, I wish I could have that"

After thinking a moment, though... No I don't want that for a closed system where I can't change separately different graphical settings to get the game running at an "acceptable" level when I have an FPS counter staring me in the face.

They would never want to draw attention if a few frames dropped

Yeah, I was also wondering if this would piss off game devs as it would spotlight their games if they couldn't reach a locked framerate...

 

[JeffG]

I think Kuchera is making fun of people who can't have fun with a game that dips to 58fps once in a while. I could be wrong, I skimmed.

Well one of the quotes from the article is to put

“Sony? More like BALONEY!”

on the display.


I am pretty sure he is making fun of people.

 

[RoKKeR]

Hell no.

Polygon, pls.