Fallout 4's Quality Mode Is Reportedly Bugged On Xbox Series X|S Right Now

I know bugs happen and all, but it’s not a great look when repeatedly MSs own games have issues on the Xbox that aren’t there on PS for the cross platform releases. Been a number of releases now where this has occurred.

No doubt he’ll be sorted quickly, but hopefully they can improve the quality control.

@Smigit Playstation version seems to have a lot of crashing; and the PC version is having issues with the screen size.

That said, it worked perfectly for me yesterday on Series X but I didn’t even check the settings - so I guess I was in FPS mode.

I started Jedi Survivor instead of FO4 because I knew it would need a second update.

I know it's a free update, but to launch it in this state, after taking this long! what an absolute joke.

I for one love the update huge improvement for my eyes and with Bethesda it's always going to be a slight bit buggy no matter what they do it's not a surprise I knew the update would get more hate than love that's just how it is nowadays nobody is ever pleased

This so much about the crap quality of the games industry today be it this or new games.

The game looks good to me and still plays well. Haven't noticed any bugs (which I certainly did when it was first released those years back!) so going to keep playing and not worry about what mode it is in.

You couldn't make this stuff up. Bethesda truly are shocking when it comes to their quality control. Do they even care at this point? The fact they are one of the worst in the business and seem to be getting even worse over time suggests to me they don't. Been downloading the latest version (I think. Hoping a delete of my current game and redownload will do the trick - it doesn't really make it clear) all morning and still only on 80%. Hopefully they'll figure out a fix and release it before the download completes...

Poor Bethesda. The former great B's studios have all become shadows of themselves.

Bethesda
Bioware
Bungie

All are trash now when they were once revered. Ah well. I'm gonna go back to 7th gen and play their classics. Maybe relive some glory days.

@K1LLEGAL The crashing is caused by mods being installed that aren't compatible.

Even the mod Fallout London was delayed because it needs tested to work with the new update. Which itself is normal with games that have mod support.

BGS are truly a bunch of clowns. The quality of all their products are abysmal. It's like they don't have a single QA person in that studio.

It really is bad when, for the second time, the PlayStation works "as intended" and the Xbox version is bugged.

I am sure there aren't a lot of people anxiously waiting to play the game in Quality Mode (due to 30fps) unless they have a 120Hz TV to run in 40fps, but the fact it's not available on Xbox is still unacceptable.

On top of that, does this mean the 1440p/60/Ultra Settings is also bugged on Xbox?!

And, again, WHY is 1440/60/Ultra Settings locked behind changing a system setting instead of being an actual selectable option in the game?!

I actually played on both PS5 and Series X last night and wasn’t impressed with the Quality mode on PS5. Honestly think it looks better in Performance mode and that’s what I’ll be using. Had hoped the 40 FPS that’s supposed to kick in on Quality mode if you have a 120hz TV would be good. But it’s not very smooth and, as mentioned, don’t see an image improvement worth sacrificing the framerate for.

Wouldnt be fallout without a bug

Vintage Bethesda.

Of course the issue is with the Xbox (Microsoft) - the company who owns the game. And let me guess, it runs not only good, but the best on the PS5. Lol.

Good on Bethesda for sticking with it's trademark of a bugs carnival on release day, never change sweet Bethesda🤞

After the upgrade, my mod list was decimated and even incorrect. Re-downloaded and activated just two mods, then went to start a new game. The screen loads for about three seconds and crashes to the dashboard every time. I'm on a Series X, so one would think it can handle playing this game with a mod or two, right? No mods works fine. With mods it's a hard nope. What is interesting is I deleted the game from the hard drive and then just streamed it through Game Pass and it has no problems. Still, I've had the game since 2015 and would prefer playing it from the hard drive rather than the cloud.

I’ll never understand why Microsoft bought a company only to give themselves the worst product they produce.

Well when you switch Performance on and off something seems to change.. I don't think it's broken to be honest. I just think theirs not much of a change.

This article is wrong.

Crazy to think it has taken console players this long to get a version of the game that runs at 60fps.

I really wish we could get an insider look at the developer arm of Bethesda. They keep doing things that are borderline incompetent.
How is it that such a long tenured company like Bethesda can be so grossly inept?

I’m sticking with Fallout 3 for the time being on XSX, that’s playing well (for the most part). I did encounter some graphical glitches in one area.

@Ralizah Actually Xbox Series X players have had 60fps and Auto HDR thanks to the fps boost mode for quite some time.

Bethesda is now saying both modes are supposed to be 60fps. The performance mode is just 'more aggressive' in changing settings to keep the framerate target.