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exclusive_console on 03 January 2020
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Otter said:
exclusive_console said:

I am pretty sure they will not go 1080P. May be checkerboard or some other solution. But I expect most will be 4K as that is nice way to advertise next gen. AMD first time ray tracing implementation is not going to be anything special either. I agree that devs will decide.

Most will be 4k at first only because we will be looking at cross gen games which are built to run on PS4/Xbox One at 900/1080p, after that I think its highly unlikely.

Ultimately you do not need games to be native 4k to market the system as a 4k system, we have proof of this in PS4 Pro and Xbox One X. PS4 Pro barely ever hits 4k and the majority of 3rd party Xbox One X games miss native 4k too. Stunning graphics trumps pixel counts in terms of marketing what next gen is about, even Hellblade 2's trailer was not a native 4k pixel count because cinematic presentation was more important.

We've seen it already with the pro systems, but performance modes will be even more common next gen where resolution is either locked at 1080p or made dynamic (going as low as 1080p) in order to hit 60fps.

Also as far as Raytracing goes we've already seen Metro exodus show how ray traced global illumination can have a much stronger visual impact than the selective reflection we see in BF5, I think continued innovation in its application will surprise people once its actually part of the console landscape

I will be happy if native 4K is dropped by devs. Resource killer IMO and yes you are right Pro was marketed as 4K and was doing good so hopefully this gen will be same. I prefer gfx over resolution and most PC gamers barely game on 4K either. Certain games like racing, sports, fighting etc I am sure they can get 4K native. As far as RT goes I am not sure TBH. Most people seems to be hating the RTX and calling it unwanted. I am not sure console are going to be special and it is also taxing on the hardware. But I like RT and probably will prefer it over resolution. So let us see how it goes.

Even though I also mentioned the gap to Xbox seem rather big. Price and games has always been the deciding factor and it is going to be same next gen. It will also be good if Microsoft can put up some sort of competition next gen.