Will ultrawide monitors be supported?

Szvem · Sep 12, 2020

Like many others I've been waiting for an answer to this all year whilst looking for a new monitor. I'm pretty sure the Series X could handle 21:9 3440 x 1440 resolution at 120 Hz as it's actually fewer pixels than 16:9 4K.

I have GP Ultimate and would benefit from an ultrawide monitor anyway for both gaming and work on my PC (and I don't own a TV), but I really don't want to buy an Ultrawide monitor if I can't make the most of it with Series X.

Please Microsoft, put me out of my mysery so I can buy my new monitor, I don't really want to have to buy both that and the console in the same month. I guess it's probably something that could be patched in after launch without too much difficulty, and
if for example it was confirmed as being planned in an update a couple of months after launch, I'd still buy the monitor now.

Thanks!

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FredrikLindman

Id like to know aswell. Could ye guys give us all an answer about the ultrawide support before 22:st sept ?

Szvem

I've come up with a slighty ridiculous temporary, but cheaper solution - see edit above.

Means I'm ok to wait a few months for MS to catch up (and for monitors to get better in the meantime). Only worth it if you're also interested in VR though - first headset I've bought as it seems like the Quest 2 is going to be the one to drive mass adoption
and hopefully with that attract more devs to VR.

amirreza chari

Sign this for a change to Xbox support UltraWide Monitors https://chng.it/zyTHnwfx5q

smalltownusa_2012

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.

MilesAldenhoven1

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.

Exactly. A lot of desktop gamers use ultrawide monitors. Alienware recently announced their brand new QD-OLED monitor - the first of its kind - which is a 34 inch curved ultrawide. This tells you the direction PC gaming is going and there's no reason why console should be any different. If these next gen consoles have the capability to do it then it should be utilised. If it involves the developers reprogramming their games then fair enough, but I don't see it being a tough job to do.

Will ultrawide monitors be supported?