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Panicnausia said:
toastboy44562 said:
Once Microsoft unleashes it's secret sauce, cloud, it will be able to produce graphics similar to that of Avatar


Whats stopping the cloud from helping now??? The cloud is not going to do a thing... What happens when you play offline? Graphics will downgrade? never going to happen.  Pure ms pr bs.


Or games that utilize cloud prcoessing will be online only. IMAGINE THE OUTRAGE!!!!!



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Too_Talls said:
DD_Bwest said:
resolution matters, its just not the ONLY thing that matters. FR + Gameplay + content are also very important.

but if you have the SAME GAME, played at two different resolutions, Why would you pick the lower?


In the case of call of duty.

1. existing comunity reationships.

2. history of a better online experience.

3. stable frame rate.

and none of the games with different res are system sellers so getting a ps4 over a bone for the sole purpose that it has a higher res on THAT game is stupid. That goes for every multi plat that is higher res on the ps4. none of the games define this generation. 


I believe the frame rate issues for cod were fixed.  I dont own it so i dont know, maybe someone else can give more clear information.   and existing relations is a valid reason but not everyone is into online, and not everyone has those existing relations or care about them enough.    And although there hasnt really been a system seller yet, when the majority of games are performing better on the PS4 it is likely that when a system seller does come, it will have a better resolution on PS4.



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Resolution matters
Someone points out PCs have better
OP is now showing how wrong their original point was by trying to downplay the higher res of PC

Only matters when its what the PS4 can do right?
Its only important when you can hold it over another product. The moment another product has better, well its not so important any more...lol



What is a 5% raw power difference when you are looking down from a nVidea Titan?

Any way, it´s realy funny that from the dozen of release games only 3 show any resolution advantage. And is that only resolution, every thing else is identical.

It´s amazing, isn´t it?

Well, what is with those revisionists threads lately? Resolution again. OS being clunk. Gaf screeming party chat problems. Waiting for the yeild problems and others TRU FACTS.



Turkish said:
globalisateur said:


But that gif was horrible and very badly done. check thoses png on a native 1080p display:

http://cdn1.sbnation.com/assets/3647843/AC4-ONE-RIGHT.png

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/assets/3647859/AC4-PS4.png

And remember that the sharpening filter is perfect for compressed or downsampled media. But when you compare on a native screen, the illusions are shattered.


Wow, if people still cant tell them apart there is clearly something wrong with their eyes. Colors are much more vibrant on PS4 and everything is just sharper, I dont even need to zoom in to see the difference.

The difference is easy to see but as to which one is better I still couldn't tell. The PS4 one seems too light and the boat seems blurry, the leaves in the tree look better though. There isn't one of the two that makes me go "Wow, this is much better" or "Damn, this looks bad".



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kowenicki said:
Lets look back at all of this in about 12 or 18 months.

I'm guessing things may be a little less divisive



Nope, resolution will still matter then too.



ListerOfSmeg said:
Resolution matters
Someone points out PCs have better
OP is now showing how wrong their original point was by trying to downplay the higher res of PC

Only matters when its what the PS4 can do right?
Its only important when you can hold it over another product. The moment another product has better, well its not so important any more...lol

Never downplayed the higher res of PC, many simply dont have the money, and MANY games dont even come on to PC...You are seeing things that dont exist. Also PC has nothing to do with the topic. Kept up the damage control. Everyone knows PC has the best visuals... But PC is a niche gaming platform, people who want the best and dont mind M/K, or the Pc maintenance, then yes PC is the way too go. Unless you like sports games, Console exclusives...Not many exclusives oN pc, but many games dont come to PC.

PC is better then both.... Point?

 

Funny bring up resolution you do the exact same thing yoyu accused me of doing, bring upo something totally unrelated to try to deflect. I never downplayed PC I said planly PC is the best......doesn't change the fact Ps4 is ahead of x1.

 

PC>ps4>1



Dark_Feanor said:
What is a 5% raw power difference when you are looking down from a nVidea Titan?

Any way, it´s realy funny that from the dozen of release games only 3 show any resolution advantage. And is that only resolution, every thing else is identical.

It´s amazing, isn´t it?

Well, what is with those revisionists threads lately? Resolution again. OS being clunk. Gaf screeming party chat problems. Waiting for the yeild problems and others TRU FACTS.


50% more resolution?? Yeah that's significant. Resolution is one of the single biggest performance hogs and difference in IQ in any game. Play any pc game change resolution from 720P and 1080p....big difference. 1080p usually requires a beefier GPU. 50% more pixels is a tiny performancer difference.......if you don't understand technology maybe. It's big. 50% more detail is not tiny lol.

 

Everything else is identical??? Also false, see digital foundry.

 

As games get more demanding the difference will be more pronounced. A bigger better gpu, and on top of that better ram bandwidth, is not going to ever go away. IF all x1 games end up 1080p, then they will look worse ala forza. It's not a big deal the agmes will still be fun, so not sure why there is so much massive denial in the face of facts.



Basically you can't have fun if the resolution isn't up to snuff right OP? The agenda you are constantly trying to push is sad. You aren't going to get anyone to convert over or whatever you are trying to do lol



ListerOfSmeg said:
Resolution matters
Someone points out PCs have better
OP is now showing how wrong their original point was by trying to downplay the higher res of PC

Only matters when its what the PS4 can do right?
Its only important when you can hold it over another product. The moment another product has better, well its not so important any more...lol

I can't afford a 4K projector yet, however 1080p still looks damn good on my projector. It's nice to have the convenience of consoles + the resolution to go with a 92" screen without it looking like a blurry mess. It saves me dragging the pc between the desk and game room.
Enjoying AC4 on ps4 atm, tradeable physical copy, not a worthless digital version.