Sonic Frontiers may offer players on PlayStation 5 the option of either 4K resolution or 60FPS, but not both, according to reports out of Tokyo Game Show. The next major game release in the Sonic franchise has a lot of expectations behind it. Sonic Frontiers will be released across all major gaming platforms including Nintendo Switch, as well as last-gen and next-gen consoles. That kind of platform reach may make Sega make some hard decisions, and players will have decisions to make in turn.
The Tokyo Game Show convention is now over, but some information about Sonic Frontiers is now trickling out of the event that was previously unknown. One attendee shared that he asked a Sega representative about the game's platforms, specifically regarding supported resolution and frame rate. Since it's unclear if the Sega representative was operating in an official capacity, this information isn't certain. Nevertheless, it's interesting to consider.
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PlayStation 5 is the most interesting platform that Twitter user tadanohi asked about. According to the information tadanohi provided, the PS5 version of Sonic Frontiers will offer two different graphics modes. The first features 4K resolution, but only 30FPS. The second offers 60FPS, but is limited to just 1080p resolution. This is similar to many of the early cross-gen games released on PlayStation 5, with more recent games having better optimization.
The PlayStation 5 isn't the only platform that was asked about, however. They also asked about the PlayStation 4, which is said to be limited to 1080p resolution and 30FPS, as well as the Nintendo Switch, which will have 720p and 30FPS. No information about theXbox versions of Sonic
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