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Your days of motion sickness are over – Sea of Thieves will now run at 120 frames per second on Xbox Series X.
The visual update was announced in a post on Xbox Wire, where it detailed some of the big changes that are coming to Rare’s pirate epic. These changes include a host of new missed shipping trips and 100 tiers of premium rewards. The update will be free for all players with Xbox Game Pass and on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Windows 10 PC and Steam.
The problem here is that the game will only run at 120 frames per second on Xbox Series X in 1080p, not full 4K, and in an extended FAQ, Microsoft says that some TVs may not support HDR and performance mode simultaneously, which means that you may have to manually disable HDR.
That said, if you want to see the seas in all their glory, 4K / 60 with HDR is still an option if you choose thanks to the update that hit the game in November when Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S first. thrown out.
Expanding the horizon for higher frame rate console games
Since the consoles were launched a few months ago, we haven’t seen many 120fps performance mode games – at least not as many as we think we would have considering Microsoft made 4K / 120 a selling point for the console.
Adding a performance mode for Sea of Thieves doesn’t completely remedy the situation, but it certainly is a nudge in the right direction, especially considering the game is widely available via Xbox Game Pass.
Microsoft’s next big high-frame-rate game, Halo Infinite, won’t be out until much later this year, so be sure to keep up with your smooth adventure and don’t get carried away.
