| true_fan said: No I do not have proof that people can't tell the difference but there has been so many instances proving me right such as: Ryse, KZSF, Watch Dogs, AC Unity. Have you noticed that when gameplay videos are showed everything is all good, then as soon as the devs say the resolution or DF does their analysis, that is when all the outcry begins. Proves very few notice until they are told. |
It's certainly true that people are less likely to notice a difference in online videos, but that has little to do with the resolutions themselves. Not only are such videos heavily compressed, but on sites like YouTube both 900p and 1080p are scaled under the same 8mbps "1080p" setting. I know i find it difficult to tell the difference between the two on YT, despite it being pretty clear to me when playing games on my PC. There's a reason PC gamers tend to optimize their settings around 1080p (if possible) ^^ We don't throw such a huge amount of resources at it (vs 720p/900p) for the lolz.
Naturally, this means the first time we get a "proper" confirmation of a games resolution prior to playing it ourselves is from the developer or DF. People would look pretty silly if they started using compressed online videos as a basis to start a stink lol.
