The wisdom of the 6Tf vs 4Tf

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DonFerrari said:

Captain_Yuri said:

Too bad the developers are lazy... Yea the devs can patch it in themselves except they don't. Just cause they can doesn't mean they will which is proven by the year lead the Ps4 Pro has. The devs had an entire year to patch their games with it yet they didn't. Only a few games on the pro really have Down Sampling when it comes to 1080p where as every game that has a higher resolution than 1080 on the X1X has Down Sampling and AF. And if it's not supposed to be a 4k machine, then maybe they shouldn't advertise it as that... Yet they do...

If it meant to the pro would have what the x1x has now, then I would consider it to be worth the wait. The Ps4 Pro leaves it all to the developers which is its problem. Some games you have all the features like a Down Sampling at 1080p with increased visual affects while having an option of performance mode or 4k mode while in many others, it's just basic 1440p checkerboard to 4k and that's that. With the x1x, there is more of a guarantee of what the buyers will get cause every game that has a 4k mode will also have down sampling and AF at 1080p. Yea it costs $500 but oh well... If I am gonna spend money on a mid-cycle refresh, I would want the best experience there is. If I can't afford it, well there's always the base console. The only reason I don't own a x1x is cause of the games but if the games were the same and weren't available on PC, I'd choose it over the pro any day of the week even if it costs more.

It's better to leave it to each dev, if you force things not only you can make the relationship bad but you may also make they checkbox on some features that may make the final product worst than what they would do with freedom. Because for one game 4k60fps may be better than complexity and size of map, for another dropping to 30fps will allow better IQ, etc. So having a game that only needs 30fps having to put 60fps for example would compromise other aspects of the game that were more important.

 

Well based on the games that's coming out on both PS4 Pro vs X1x... When the devs have this so called freedom, guess what they are doing with it? Nothing... Guess what they did with the x1x version? Enhance it...

Leaving it up to devs sounds great on paper but after a full year of lead with the Ps4 Pro, the results speak for themselves... Rarely did we ever see the Devs enhance the games for the Ps4 Pro apart from just the basic higher rendering resolution... 1080p mode on most games on the pro were almost exactly the same as on the ps4 which to me, buying a mid-cycle refresh for a better experience, is nonsense.

And sure, there could be some negative effects in developer relations but I highly doubt it will effect anything. I mean heck, they only really enhanced the witcher 3 after the x1x came out so I doubt it has any negative affect tbh. But if it does the trade off is worth it imo cause the consumers who buy it get a much better experience.