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[Draugoth]

In an off-hand demo attended by IGN, Resident Evil Village ran natively on the iPhone 15 Pro at a stable 30 frames per second.

The fact that Resident Evil Village, a game released a little over two years ago, is running natively on a smartphone and is not a cloud version or a watered-down version of the game is nothing short of impressive. While we did not get confirmation on the resolution, the textures and visual fidelity looked impressive.

Alongside confirmation of 30FPS, we also learned Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Death Stranding, and Assassin's Creed Mirage are universal purchases. If you buy the iPhone 15 Pro version of these games, you can also run them on iPads, and in the case of Resident Evil Village and Death Stranding, you can run them on Macs. But there is a caveat: the iOS versions, which are exclusive to the iPhone 15 Pro, only run on iPads/Macs that have Apple Silicon (e.g., M1 chip or newer).

 

[StereoVsn]

Wonder if Backbone for Android or Kishi controllers will work with new Pros and USB C there.

 

[abstract alien]

Never once did I think this was hitting 60fps, but confirmation is good I suppose. At the end of the day, it's still a device that fits in your hand. It will be interesting to see how the higher end Android phones like Red Magic(love this device) evolve from here.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

This comes off as no shocker? Don't think people really expected a 60 fps experience with RE:Village on an iPhone lol.

 

[analog_future]

Wonder if Backbone for Android or Kishi controllers will work with new Pros and USB C there.

Backbone has confirmed that their USB-C controller will be compatible with USB-C iPhones:

We're excited to announce that starting September 12th 2023, all Backbone USB-C products will be upgraded to feature Backbone’s patent-pending universal technology, enabling Backbone USB-C products to work with both iPhone 15 series and Android devices!

Existing Backbone USB-C products will receive a firmware update.

Backbone USB-C products purchased after September 12, 2023 will feature an upgraded charging node allowing it to work with both iPhone 15 and Android without a firmware update!

 

[StereoVsn]

Backbone has confirmed that their USB-C controller will be compatible with USB-C iPhones:

Ooh, nice, might be the time to buy Backbone finally.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Wonder if Backbone for Android or Kishi controllers will work with new Pros and USB C there.

The android version does, since it had USB-C since forever lol.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I wonder how RE4 will run? Seemed a bit more taxing on hardware than Village.

 

[drotahorror]

Never once did I think this was hitting 60fps, but confirmation is good I suppose. At the end of the day, it's still a device that fits in your hand. It will be interesting to see how the higher end Android phones like Red Magic(love this device) evolve from here.

Runs 60fps on steam deck.

 

[Hudo]

I mean, that fucking phone costs more than a grand, it would be fucking embarrassing if it couldn't run modern games.

 

[Synless]

Preorder cancelled.

 

[//DEVIL//]

That doesnt say much. what is the resolution and what are the graphical details? it could be running at a low resolution. if I am not mistaken, even the deck which is 400$ system can run Resident evil at 60 fps ( at 720p i think or was it full hd ?)

 

[Ozriel]

Runs 60fps on steam deck.

From googling, looks like that 60fps comes at a cost. 720p with FSR2 and most settings on low.

 

[LakeOf9]

Did anyone expect otherwise? That it’s running it natively at all is a big ass deal

 

[DanielG165]

Runs 60fps on steam deck.

The steam Deck also has a fan and more ram. Honestly, the fact that a phone can run this game at 30fps is mightily impressive.

 

[systemr123]

Very impressive stuff really. No matter what they did to make it run, village looks great and to get it to run 30fps on a phone not meant for gaming is seriously impressive.

 

[RoboFu]

I mean, that fucking phone costs more than a grand, it would be fucking embarrassing if it couldn't run modern games.

Lol really? You could almost fit a phone into the disc drive slot of a ps5.

 

[MrA]

Lol really? You could almost fit a phone into the disc drive of a ps5.

Plus it doesn't have active cooling, if the newest apple or Qualcomm chips were cooled they'd have no problems doing even more

 

[UnNamed]

It's dfficult to say now , but I think RE4 on IOS is dowgraded as well on polygons and shaders. Not at Witcher3 on Switch level, but a downgrade has sense.

The big news here is Apple can "port" IOS games to M1, integration between smartphones and computers is coming. I would love to see more desktop games playable on Iphone/IPad and viceversa.

 

[Rocco Schiavone]

30 fps??

 

[T-Cake]

This comes off as no shocker? Don't think people really expected a 60 fps experience with RE:Village on an iPhone lol.

Yes, 120Hz ProMotion or get out!

 

[Sleepwalker]

This comes off as no shocker? Don't think people really expected a 60 fps experience with RE:Village on an iPhone lol.

#Never4get

I would not be surprised if AC Mirage looks better and runs at higher framerate on iPhone 15 Pro than it does on PS5/XSeX

Apple Silicon runs rings around the shitty AMD APU's in the home consoles

 

[Fake]

Running the ps4 I guess?

Classic.

 

[bbeach123]

witcher 3 is a ps4 game
switch run witcher 3 a ps4 game
resident village is a ps4 game
iphone 15 run resident village

--> switch as powerfull as iphone 15 confirm .

 

[drotahorror]

The steam Deck also has a fan and more ram. Honestly, the fact that a phone can run this game at 30fps is mightily impressive.

Not knocking it, just sayin 60fps is doable in a portable as well.

 

[SolidQ]

 

[T-Cake]

I love all these Steam Deck videos because it means my 1070 can still run something. I bet it doesn't do a very good job with Starfield though.

 

[darrylgorn]

It's a waste of power if they're running this any higher than 1080p.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Got to find an AT&T Store.
Even trading in my old iphone 13 pro max I still have to pay 100 bucks plus 100 bucks in tax PLUS 5 bucks a month more to trade up to this new iphone 15 Pro.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Wonder if Backbone for Android or Kishi controllers will work with new Pros and USB C there.

You know better than that. Accessory manufacturers have to pay for the privilege for their products to work on an iPhone. Probably some driver they have to license.

 

[nial]

That doesnt say much. what is resolution and what are the graphical details. it could be running at a low resolution. if I am not mistaken, even the deck which is 400$ system can run Resident evil at 60 fps ( at 720p i think or was it full hd ?)

Steam Deck does not have a FHD screen.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Steam Deck does not have a FHD screen.

then 720p ( i wasn't sure. I don't care about that even system to even google it lol )

 

[VolticArchangel]

Runs at 900p, with Capcom's internal RE Engine checkerboarding algorithm since REVII, hovering between 55-60 FPS on the base PS4 console which was released 10 years ago.

I'm pretty sure the A16/17 Bionic runs the same internal resolution or slightly better, given the 30 FPS target.

I mean, it's great that we're starting to see AAA graphically intensive titles on mobile platforms, but it's par for the course for mobile tech to catch-up to desktop/console computing power from a decade ago. Happens every generation.

That said, this actual catch-up opened up 3rd party pubs to take these platforms seriously, and I'm sure Snapdragon SoC's will not be far behind for long. Android will get them too, soon.

 

[hyperbertha]

To those reading from 2007, 'Can the iPhone 15 pro run crysis' is a question you'll ask in 2023.

 

[Kakax11]

Can't believe iPhone 15 display is only 60hz lol

 

[CitizenKratos]

Can't believe iPhone 15 display is only 60hz lol

Why? And this is about the iPhone 15 Pro. A 120 Hz screen.

 

[blastprocessor]

Interesting to see this compared to the PS4 version and how close it is.

 

[Tarin02543]

whoever owns this phone in the next few weeks won't have a clue about RT

 

[rofif]

if you disable rt and run this on low-med settings at 720p internally... yeah, it will run on everything

 

[StereoVsn]

You know better than that. Accessory manufacturers have to pay for the privilege for their products to work on an iPhone. Probably some driver they have to license.

Nope, looks like the Android version got updated which is nice.

 

[Portugeezer]

Ray tracing?

 

[Dorfdad]

Ooh, nice, might be the time to buy Backbone finally.

Not till they find a way to get these to work with a case on.

Not constantly removing case to play

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Still I am curious if that type of gaming will be popular, because mobile screens are just not player friendly for such games unless you use an attachment. And UI is not touch friendly even with on screen buttons.

Now if Apple will be able to produce a console like platform that would support native PC games, that would be interesting.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Anyone know what the ballpark console specs equivalent are of the Apple 15 pro? Is it like a PS4 Pro or One X? Even better?

 

[Crayon]

Anyone know what the ballpark console specs equivalent are of the Apple 15 pro? Is it like a PS4 Pro or One X? Even better?

Idk but I have heard it's power efficiency is in a class of it's own. More important than running those graphics at all is doing it on such a small battery and heat constraints. If that chip needed a fan and a much bigger battery to do this it wouldn't be half as impressive.

 

[StereoVsn]

Not till they find a way to get these to work with a case on.

Not constantly removing case to play

Won't fit with the case? Not even a slim one? That's a non starter then.

 

[RoboFu]

Not till they find a way to get these to work with a case on.

Not constantly removing case to play

Umm why would you have to remove your case? You know they adjust right?

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

From googling, looks like that 60fps comes at a cost. 720p with FSR2 and most settings on low.

Exactly

 

[Dorfdad]

Umm why would you have to remove your case? You know they adjust right?

Umm why would you have to remove your case? You know they adjust right?

No the dongle doesn’t adjust the case does but the dongle isn’t long enough to go into the connector.

 

[K' Dash]

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