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Captain_Tom on 05 December 2014
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Oh yeah backwords compatibility will be much easier to do next time around.  I fully agree...Well except for the 4K part.  The fact is that these consoles do support 4K at 30 FPS, and I wouldn't be surprised if a few of the weaker games on PSN offered a 4K option near the end of the generation.

However the best (Single) card at playing 4K right now is the 290X, and it still costs $400.  That simply wasn't an option, and 4K adoption won't be even near where 1080p was last gen for another 5 years.  By then GPU's will run it no problem.

Don't forget that people were running 3x1080p eyefinity and 1600p displays around when the PS3 launched...

I disagree on the 4k part though.  1080p TVs were $2,500 and up for a 40 inch model when the PS3/360 came out.

I can get a 55 inch Samsung 4k tv today for $1,200(even less, $900 on Black Friday).  4k tv's are dropping in price much faster than true HD(1080p) ever did.  The truth is, the cost for manufacturers isn't that much higher to go to 4k.  As a result, it isn't that hard for them to put out lower cost tv's if they WANT to.  Usually electronics companies try to milk new tech for high margins for a long time.  With 4k, they seem to be abandoning that theory quickly to maintain market relevence.

So, I think that 4k market penetration in the US/Western Europe /Far eastern Asia areas will increase dramatically in the next 3 years.

Just an added thought, small games doing 30fps in 4k will not impress many people.  That's what will make the next gen look actually impressive.  True 4k at 60fps.

I agree that 4K displays are becoming more obtainable at a faster rate than 1080p TV's were, but I also don't think people will see as big of a need to upgrade.  1080p wasn't just  4x the resolution of 480i, it was thinner, quieter, used WAYYYY less energy, provided a better aspect ration, and also brought ubsanely better colors and contrast.

4K is great, but in and of itself it is simply a way bigger resolution.  I am personally waiting for OLED (Or some equivalent tech) TV's so that not only does it look more crisp, but it also looks more vibrant as well.

I'm just not seeing the same excitement around 4K as  I saw around 1080p.  We will see though.