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SvennoJ on 01 November 2014
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Pemalite said:
ethomaz said:

And yeap... no-1080p was a resolution taken even before the generation started... in 2012 because that what I expected from PS3 and it didn't delivered and now with PS4 it is the minimum because you know the HDTVs standard is 1080p and non-native resolutions looks like shit.

Next-generation I expected 4k mininum... I will buy a 4k in the next five years... my next console will need to be 4k.

I don't what to step back from what I had on PS360... I want to go foward and I support that... PS4 at least is moving foward way better than PS3 while I can't say the samething about the competition.


Good luck with that.
If this is a "Short" generation, there may not be enough technical progress in the PC space to make 4k a viable option for consoles in 4-5 years time, 2k resolution (I.E. Quad-HD) could be a possibility, my bets are on 1080P being a target again.
Keep in mind that "big" GPU jumps are only happening once every 3-4 years now in the PC space and consoles will probably use mid-range or low-end hardware anyway.
Right now you need to Crossfire/SLI two high-end cards to achieve a decent 4k experience and with the baseline moved up thanks to the new consoles, I can see the need for myself and others throwing more hardware at the performance problem, which you can't do in a consoles because of costs.

I think you mean 4K, 2K is 1080p. You're probably right, next gen will have as many 4K games as last gen had 1080p games on consoles. They will have 4K upscalers with HMDI 2.0, and perhaps games will be rendered internally at 1440p or 1620p (Same step as 720p to 1080p in pixel count). Kinda sucks. This gen is the one where 1080p is the standard and best gen to target native display resolution. Next gen there will be a mix of 4K and 1080p tvs out there.

Might be an interesting next gen if Nintendo fully commits to 1080p60, while Sony goes back to it's old confidence with a $600 full 4K console and MS continues with upscaling everything in between for $400.

What happens next gen will also depend heavily on the success of OR and Project Morpheus.