What if the 9th gen launched with Standard and Premium hardware!

[Mr Puggsly]

Kerozinn said:

Mr Puggsly said:

So why is there a market for X1X and PS4 Pro?

Clearly people want higher fidelity in the console arena.

because the consoles we got in 2013 were weak and ran games in sub hd like all the time on xbox and more than often on ps4 . Ppl had 1080p native tvs in their homes and had to play with lower res than their native resolution which is the same shit they had with ps3 and xbox 360.

4K tvs are new and ppl wanna make use of them so thats why they exist. Ppl with 1080p sets buy  pro or xbox x to play at the native tv res with 60 fps locked in BF1 instead of that 35-50 fps mess they get on og or slim ps4/xbox one. And also there is downsampling.

honestly the new consoles are still weak. both run with that old ass jaguar bottlebeck of a cpu in them.

1. 720p - 1080p is HD. Do you think the average consumer knows the resolution running? At best they just know when it looks bad but effects can make it look better.

2. Even if a game is running the native resolution it can look bad without post processing effects to clean it up. Hence, this is where X1X and PS4 Pro helps make games look better even on a 1080p screen.

3. Same resolution doesn't mean same presentation. Aside from superior assets, the effects can give a much more polished presentation.

4. You're making an argument on my side. Even at launch we saw games struggling to hit ideal resolutions and performance. Hence, there was room for a Premium console.

5. Agree and disagree. They're very capable machines at $399-499. At that price all you can really expect a is mid range gaming PC. Which ain't bad considering X1X in particular delivers 4K fairly regularly with high visual fidelity.