I've been tossing my opinion in various threads about 1080p and 720p in various threads but now I see my opinion was based on mis-information. I've been saying that there is no noticeable difference. THERE IS! I have a 1080p capable HDTV. I also have my PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360, and my (shitty) PC connected to it. Anyway, the three HD consoles are all set for 1080p.
The thing that made me realize the difference was the fact that I bought a new PS3 on Black Friday. With the Wii U and Xbox 360, my HDTV says "1080p" no matter what game I play on them. I could play a 480p Wii game on my Wii U and my TV will still display 1080p in the upper right hand corner, despite the game being blurry crap. Games like Super Mario 3D World and Tomb Raider look fantastic because they're already HD games. Not 1080p but 720p upscaled. Yesterday, on PS3, I tossed in a few games like Little Big Planet and The Last of Us (Fantastic title, so far!) and the TV settings changed to 720p. The thing is, a 720p game on the 360 was upscaled to 1080p. A 720p game on the PS3 stayed at 720p. I don't know how I had my old PS3 configured but this wasn't the case, before. Even when my PS3 games weren't native 1080p, they were displayed at the higher res, according to my TV. Now, they aren't doing that.
The point of this whole rant is this:
I think a lot of PS3 owners that are buying PS4's have been playing native 720p games displayed at 720p and are now experiencing the quantum leap to 1080p. A lot of Xbox 360/Wii U owners that are playing Xbox One/PS4 games are used to playing native 720p games that were upscaled to 1080p so they haven't noticed the difference.
The difference between 720p and 1080p is huge so I'm glad to know that I'm not "blind" like many on this site have been calling me lately! I've just never played a 720p game at 720p until yesterday.
*edit* disregard. I still have no idea what the fuck I'm talking about. Some 720p games look great. Some 720p games look blurry. I don't know what to say.
