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[Mr Puggsly]

Otter said:

The Minecraft XSX Ray/Path tracing demo runs at 1080p and goes between 30-60fps.

For people who thought that you wouldn't ever get 1080p on next-gen consoles or that 1800p would be the floor, this is a pretty clear indicator of the contrary 

Now of course a potential Series S could just run the game with Ray Tracing off but that takes freedom away from developers to build experimental games around ray tracing as a core feature. Just once again, I think a Series S would be a mistake which harms ambitions next gen and will lead to unsatisfied purchases later in the gen when the hardware is pushed more.

You're basically suggesting Series S shouldn't exist just incase some developers want to make an experimental project that uses essentially all the resources on cool lighting.

People argue 4K is a waste of resources when 60 fps should be a focus. I would argue ray/path tracing is also a waste when it makes a simple game like Minecraft 1080p/30 fps.

However, this same Minecraft demo could theoretically work on Series S at a low resolution. Maybe 600p? With some sort of image reconstruction it could be acceptable.

What this video demonstrates is this tech isn't practical quite yet. Not used like this atleast.

It's not like we need ray tracing for developers to raise the bar visually. It's more like an option and something that will used in ways that are less resource intensive. For example, some games may just use it for reflections which is less demanding.

MS said 4K/60 fps is the target for Series X. I expect the same for many games