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Default Game Profiles (Preview)

Spend more time playing and less time fine-tuning. Default Game Profiles, available in preview starting today, automatically balance frame rate (FPS) and power consumption for 40 supported games at launch, including Fortnite, Gears of War: Reloaded, Hollow Knight: Silksong, and others, with more coming soon. This means smoother, more enjoyable gameplay and extended battery life, without requiring manual adjustments. For example, in Hollow Knight: Silksong, the Default Game Profile can add nearly an hour of battery life compared to Performance mode while still delivering smooth 120 FPS gameplay.

Default Game Profiles are hand-crafted per-game and only apply when on battery. When you launch a supported game, the system automatically applies a tailored game profile, which sets recommended power (TDP) and a FPS limit specific to the game.

• If the game falls short of its target FPS, the game profile is designed to boost power to help reach the target FPS, trading a bit of battery life for a smoother gameplay experience.
• If a game is performing above the target FPS, the game profile is designed to limit FPS at the target rate to save power.

Players can turn these settings on or off in the game using the Armoury Crate Command Center Gare Bar widget, where Game Profiles appear at the top of the widget with an ON/OFF toggle.

You can experience Default Game Profiles in preview mode for supported games, including these first party games, and more:

• Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
• Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
• Call of Duty: Warzone
• DOOM Eternal
• DOOM: The Dark Ages
• Forza Horizon 5
• Gears 5
• Gears of War: Reloaded
• Gears Tactics
• Halo: The Master Chief Collection
• Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
• Minecraft
• Sea of Thieves
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4

via Xbox Store

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Pretty cool.

One of the big reasons to get this over something like Switch 2 is getting that 60 fps.

Otherwise just getting S2 would be better value.

 

[DenchDeckard]

This is a great move and what we need for these handhelds. Just make a rog Ally x profile. GG!

 

[Magic Carpet]

S2 would be better value.

Nothing about the S2 has been a 'better value' for me. Switch 2 has been a regretful box of wallet suck.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Nothing about the S2 has been a 'better value' for me. Switch 2 has been a regretful box of wallet suck.

Assuming it gets expected 3rd party support.

It should get all games am assuming in a year or two. But they will likely stick to 30 fps IMO.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Assuming it gets expected 3rd party support.

It should get all games am assuming in a year or two. But they will likely stick to 30 fps IMO.

I'm not going to stop people from wasting 3rd party money on S2, I am however going to strongly suggest people not do that.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

I'm not going to stop people from wasting 3rd party money on S2, I am however going to strongly suggest people not do that.

This is better for sure. At a price.

 

[Tobimacoss]

This is a great move and what we need for these handhelds. Just make a rog Ally x profile. GG!

That's what the Handheld Optimized tag is for. Like on Silent Hill 2 Remake.

Buy SILENT HILL 2 | Xbox

"My name...is Maria," the woman smiles, just like my late wife.

www.xbox.com

Silent Hill F is only "Playable on Handheld".

 

[Darsxx82]

New ROG Xbox Ally Updates: Default Game Profiles Available in Preview - Xbox Wire

New ROG Xbox Ally Updates: Default Game Profiles are now available in preview, Full Screen Experience expands, and much more.

news.xbox.com

AutoSR in early 2026

Looking Ahead

Based on early feedback from players, we're actively investing in enhancements like sleep and wake reliability, improved formatting options for microSD cards, and more. Early next year, ROG Xbox Ally X will also introduce exciting AI-powered features such as Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) and highlight reels, giving players more ways to enjoy and share their gaming moments.

 

[Tobimacoss]

This is better for sure. At a price.

Next year at CES 2026, Nvidia is announcing N1X ARM64 chips that Alienware will use for 16" Gaming Laptop.

If OEMs can start using them in handhelds, we can have ARM64 and DLSS on windows handhelds. Basically a far more powerful switch 2. There's also the Intel/Nvidia APUs in the works.

 

[Mister Wolf]

New ROG Xbox Ally Updates: Default Game Profiles Available in Preview - Xbox Wire

New ROG Xbox Ally Updates: Default Game Profiles are now available in preview, Full Screen Experience expands, and much more.

news.xbox.com

AutoSR in early 2026

Looking Ahead

Based on early feedback from players, we're actively investing in enhancements like sleep and wake reliability, improved formatting options for microSD cards, and more. Early next year, ROG Xbox Ally X will also introduce exciting AI-powered features such as Automatic Super Resolution (Auto SR) and highlight reels, giving players more ways to enjoy and share their gaming moments.

That's what I'm excited for. I'll never have to use garbage FSR again.

 

[adamsapple]

That's what the Handheld Optimized tag is for. Like on Silent Hill 2 Remake.

Buy SILENT HILL 2 | Xbox

"My name...is Maria," the woman smiles, just like my late wife.

www.xbox.com

Silent Hill F is only "Playable on Handheld".

This is a bit puzzling to me. SH2 seems more technically demanding than SHf, which has somewhat simpler renderings for things like fog.

And they're both UE5 based.

 

[Tobimacoss]

This is a bit puzzling to me. SH2 seems more technically demanding than SHf, which has somewhat simpler renderings for things like fog.

And they're both UE5 based.

Probably just timing, the GDK October update brought some new stuff. Although most handheld related stuff was added in the April update. Maybe it wasn't ready on the store backend. Who knows, publishers work in mysterious ways.

But October updated added ARM64 native support for Windows on ARM, and Epic released FortNite ARM64 native version November 3rd and made it Play Anywhere November 18th. So it's all about the timing of when to release stuff. But they have been working on this stuff at least 8-12 months in advance.