Consoles and Their Wannabe Resolution.

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DonFerrari said:

COKTOE said:

Just for fun, no google, going only by my addled memory, I think there were several games on the original Xbox that were 720p and a handful of 1080p.

Edit - Ok I checked. 38. Not too many. And 720p or 1080i. Derp. It's been so long, I forgot about the "i".

GT4 could output 1080i on PS2. But yeah I don't think there were many games like these at the time.

GT4 wasn't rendering at that resolution though. It actually employed a few tricks to "fake" that output.

It likely had a 960x540 framebuffer, which was upscaled and interlaced... So that 540 lines was drawn one frame and another 540 lines drawn the next frame.

GT4 wasn't the only game on the PS2 that used a 1080i output either.

DonFerrari said:

Sony did mention 4k a lot, but didn't lie or hide how they were achieving it.

That's true. But to be fair. None of the console manufacturers have lied about how they are achieving their resolution targets.

They did embellish it a little to try and draw more sales in, which is a normal business practice, these are companies out to make cash afterall.