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It’s launch week for Gotham Knights, and not everything that’s been revealed regarding the game ahead of its release has been welcomed with open arms. Confirmation that the console versions of the game would be locked at 30fps led many to say they would be canceling their pre-orders.
WB Montreal confirmed last week that Gotham Knights players will not be able to sacrifice resolution for improved frame rates. While some people don’t care, others say they don’t want to play the game anymore. Either because they don’t believe the game will be as visually pleasing as they hoped, or because WB Montreal waited a week to release this information.
“Just canceled my Gotham Knights Xbox pre-order. I just can’t accept the fact that the game will run at 30fps in 2022.” wrote MarianTheMad on Twitter, with proof of pre-order cancellation and $69.99 refund.
Social networks spent the weekend trying to figure out exactly why WB Montreal limited the console version of the game to 30 frames per second. The fault seems to be partly due to the Series S’s good game performance. One of the developers called the console a “potato”. Given that other games on all three of the current generation consoles offer a performance mode, many are unhappy that this is exactly what is being offered as an excuse.
Whether enough people have been asked for pre-order refunds to affect Gotham Knights first week sales remains to be seen. It may never be clear how many people have given up buying a game because of the 30fps message, because writing regarding it and doing it are two different things. However, it wasn’t all bad news for Gotham Knights over the weekend, with WB Montreal revealing that a four-player co-op mode called Heroic Assault will be coming to the game on November 29th.