Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 to support HDR on Xbox One S after community outrage

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is one of the most interesting releases coming out next year and there was some controversy around it recently. During an interview with WCCFtech, the developers said that they only planned to offer HDR support on PlayStation 4 and PC. This was quite surprising given how the Xbox One S introduced HDR console gaming when it came out months before the PlayStation 4 Pro and their HDR announcement. What’s also strange is how I’ve never heard of an HDR monitor. I think HDR monitors are just being revealed. I’m not even sure how that would work as you’d probably have to hook your PC up to your 4K HDR set. I tried doing that once and it was just a blurry mess. I’m pretty sure that’s not how many gamers prefer to play their titles, looking blurry on a 4K HDR screen. Either ways, even PC was getting HDR support but not Xbox One S. Shocking indeed if you ask me given how we don’t even have HDR monitors yet.

It turns out that this caused quite the stir in the community because it felt like the developers were intentionally ignoring Xbox One S. I’m not one to go on about this but if you’re giving PC HDR support—when monitors aren’t even out yet and there aren’t many gamers who can take advantage of it—you should give Xbox One S owners HDR support with an even more established base. The lack of support is asinine for lack of a better word. Lords of the Fallen was a visually poorly-optimized mess on Xbox One if you ask me so I’m not really surprised at this decision.

Well, as you know, when Xbox One owners heard about this they approached Aaron Greenberg and the developers. After a rather juvenile response by the developers which involved name-calling and the use of the sexually-derogatory “XBone” phrase, the developers made it happen. According to the latest infographic released by Microsoft, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 is indeed getting HDR support. This is great news for Xbox One S owners who own a 4K HDR set.

I still wonder though, were all the name-calling and arguments really necessary? Shouldn’t support for HDR on Xbox One S be the first plan they had when they heard the announcement? I would think so but I guess sometimes you have to remind developers that you have to develop for all platforms to an equal degree than just a few. You’re charging the same $60 for this game on Xbox One S, you should include the feature on the console especially since you’ve decided to make it available for PC users who don’t even have access to HDR monitors yet.

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