Rumor: Cafe has 8 GB internal storage, maybe no 1080p

[leatherhat]

superchunk said:

leatherhat said:

superchunk said:

leatherhat said:

Terrible idead, 8GB is way too smal- no way around it. And the console should be powerful enough for all games to be 1080p. Afterall, this will compete with PS4 and 720- not ps3 and 360. 

PS4/720 probably wont' do 1080p all the time. Its just not necessary and certainly doesn't have a good ROI. Most people wouldn't even notice a difference between 720p and 1080p and especially won't notice if it were 1080i.

You act like its a difficult thing to do. 1080p games are nothing and all next gen consoles should be able to do it without question. 

I would think that creating visual artifacts in 720p is definitely a cost reduction over creating them in 1080p. Since the greater majority of consumers don't notice much, if any, difference, there is no reason to spend the extra costs.

Why do you think a HD game costs so much more to build than a SD game? Well, that same increase will be between 720p and 1080p and to a lesser extant 1080i. Its not just horsepower. So its not a question of IF all three next gens console could potentially do it, but IF the publishers/devs want to add the extra costs. I vote they won't.

Available resolution is decided by the hardware. Its not a major cost for games to be displayed in 1080p vs 720p. Hell, PC games have been doing it for years and years.