Resolution doesn't sell games, says Far Cry 4 dev - 1080p debate is a "weird echo chamber"

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JEMC said:

daredevil.shark said:

2. With game developers GPU manufacturers are also to blame. I know many people who updraged with GTX 780Ti and some SLI it. Now with GTX 970 / GTX 980 have made them obsolete. This is normal. But they are really fraustrated. Because this is happening too frequently in last few years. Nvidia / AMD have gone too greedy.

Actually, GPU cycles are now as frequent as before, or even slower. If we look at AMD:

• R9 290/290X_ October 2013
• HD 7970_ Jan 2012
• HD 6970_ Dec 2010
• HD 5870_ Sep 2009
• HD 4870_ Sep 2008

As you see, there's usually 12 months between each release, with the 390/390 being actually late (thanks to the 20nm problems). And everybody knows that only a very minority of gamers upgrade their GPU with every new release, most wait a couple of gens or more to make the jump, which is the more sensible think to do.

It's also worth noting that, not only are the cycles slower, but the graphical leap with end generation is also less.

In the past, you could get a card as powerful as the last-gen's flagship, for half the price. Now, you'll be lucky to get a 10% or 20% framerate boost over a card of the same price from a year ago.

It seems like we're reaching a plateau in graphics performance.