EA has claimed that Battlefield 6 will hit 120FPS on consoles, via the game’s built-in ‘Performance Mode’ option.
As spotted in a marketing email and highlighted by MP1st, it’s not clear yet what consoles will benefit most from the mode, but it does state there is a choice between ‘up to 120FPS or high fidelity visuals’. EA also confirmed the PS5 Pro will receive ‘PS5 Pro’ enhancements – delivering higher resolutions at higher framerates.
The 120FPS marker may sound lofty for this batch of consoles, but Digital Foundry revealed some time ago that even the standard PS5 was able to hit 110 FPS via the Performance Mode option – albeit with VRR, so hitting 120FPS, especially with the more powerful ‘Pro’ shouldn’t be too much of a surprise. That being said, the official targets, released by EA themselves recently, actually stated the consoles will target 80FPS.
As noted by EA, the smaller, lower-power Xbox Series S doesn’t have a 120fps option, likely due to the heavy memory bandwidth bottle neck that developers have struggled with. Famously, Square Enix has noted the Series S’ memory as an issue for the development of Final Fantasy Remake Part 3.
At the time of writing, it’s not known if this higher performance target will be limited to just the game’s multiplayer mode and Labs, or if it’ll also be included in the game’s single-player campaign. Nevertheless, the addition of 120fps playback on current-gen consoles is a welcome sight.
Battlefield 6 isn’t the only game on current-gen to have 120fps options. Other FPS games such as Halo Infinite, Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 and more have options for the faster refresh rate. However, Battlefield 6’s destruction makes the achievement even more impressive. (It is worth noting that The Finals, which also has high intensity destruction also runs at 120fps on PS5 and Xbox Series machines.)
