21:9 ultrawide support? And resolution on pc 1080p

This display isn't a fake 165Hz as per this review from Tom's hardware

It's still totally the wrong type of display for an Xbox console though. The reason being is because it's a WQHD Ultrawide. That's a PC centric resolution of 3440x1440 which has a 21:9 aspect ratio.

What does this mean? Well, the Xbox does not support Ultrawide resolutions. This means you've going to have to choose either 1080P or 1440P (1440P is 2560x1440), this will stretch the image to fill the screen, but as it's not the native screen resolution it will look blurred (and there is no way to correct this).

Support for the 21:9 ultrawide display format @ 3440x1440p resolution. I am not fussed on 4k tbh as would rather have that extra screen real estate for added immersion.

Adding support for 21:9 would really be an improvement for console users with ultrawide screen monitors.

Seems crazy for Microsoft to have ultrawide available for the PC version games, but not for their own console.

I don't play competitive gaming, but I could understand not allowing it in such circumstances, but if Microsoft wants an immediate leg up on Sony consoles give us support for ultrawide screen gaming.

I ask this question as I was seriously considering getting an Xbox Series S for my ultrawide monitor in my studio, however, after reading up on it I discovered that it only displays in 16:9 aspect ratio. When displayed on an ultrawide monitor (21:9), it shows 2 black bars either side or stretches the image which is not ideal.

Apparently, both consoles have the horse power to display on an ultrawide monitor, so I'm hoping this could be fixed with a firmware update. The benefits of this are obviously having an extended field of view and better gaming experience, particularly when playing driving games such as Forza Horizon 5. It would also give Microsoft a "one up" on PlayStation who also don't currently display on ultrawide monitors. I will hold out on buying a new console until this feature is available

So I late reply but was looking at this, but my Xbox series x now support ultra wide monitor, I have a 1440p ultrawide I use for my PC and I moved my Xbox from my TV to my office and the Xbox doesn't have black bars like it used to have... It's awesome but the Xbox only supports 1080p at 21:9 and been playing Forza horizon 5 and cyberpunk and they both are playing in 21:9 I am wondering if it would work on a 4k 21:9 monitor now... But it works now.

Hi KevinPan2,

Unfortunately not as the Xbox One does not natively support a 21:9 aspect ratio therefore any image you see will be stretched to fit the screen of a 21:8 ultrawide monitor. The only way to avoid this is to play with black bars on the sides. You may wan’t
to play about with your monitor settings if it automatically stretches the image.

Whilst ultrawide support has increased on PC, for all consoles it just is not supported at the moment :-(

Hope this helps