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Otter on 13 March 2020
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Nu-13 said:
Radek said:

Arguing that is pointless to begin with because PS5 games won't target 1080p. 1440p being 44% of native 4K is the absolute minimum. Just like 720p which is 44% of 1080p is the absolute minimum on base PS4. Very few games are 720p even on base Xbox One. Why would 2020 Series S target resolution lower (540p) than Xbox 360 from 2005?

1800p is the minimun. We don't see 720p ps4 games, right? Then we won't really see 1440p ps5 games (not including disgraces like arc).

I know I said I'll leave this thread but its too irksome to read this and not respond lol

You cannot arbitrarily compare 1440p for next gen systems to 720p for current gen.  720p is a blurry image by modern standards which hides lots of details like textures and DOF, making a move to higher resolutions a necessity to actually explpoit the hardwares potential.  Its not adequet  for most people's gaming set ups unless they have a small 27" TV and sit quite far from their display. Even content on youtube rarely sits at 720p, 1080p is standard for what people experience and expect.

1440p with quality reconstruction is not a blurry image that hides lots of details, it is not below standards, infact it is an quality very few console gamers have ever experience. Its a brilliant quality, clear image which makes a notible improvement on 1080p and has delivered us some of (if not the) best looking games of the console generation (Uncharted 4, Death Stranding, God of War, Horizon, soon to be TLOU2 as well).  Even 1080p (reconstructed to 4k) next generation will be way more acceptable compared to 720p this generation, so I expect we will see it, especially in experimental ray tracing titles and in game settings where 60fps/RTX is seen as an option but not the default. There's an actual human experience behind these numbers which is why 30-60fps has been the standard for 30 years, the numbers aren't just going up for the sake of it. Developers are not going to mandate 1800p because its X % of 4k or X multiples of 1080p. They're going to look at the balance of visual characterics in their game and aim for a combination that achieves their vision and is most impressive for the end user, this is also why dynamic resolution and VRS will permeate next gen.

Again I would really love to see someone who has played a game like God of War at 1440p on a 50" 4k display complain that the image quality is bad & that gamers will not be happy with it over the coming years.