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DialgaMarine on 19 February 2014
ironmanDX said:
They all output at 1080. That's why.

We already know that's not true, and so what even if it was? Every PS4 game (besides 2 apparently) does 1080p, and it's on their cases clear as day.



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superchunk on 19 February 2014

They're all scaled to 1080p or whatever you set it to for your TV. They never listed the native resolution which is what people clamor about.



vivster on 19 February 2014

Not this again. We already had one of these a few months back. It was as silly back then as it is now.
Unless this is a joke thread. No one puts the native resolution on the back of the cases. Also it differs from game to game which resolutions are listed on the back.

ACIV for example lists all resolutions from 480 to 1080. Then there are PS3 games that list only 720p and then there are PS3 games that even list 1080p.
Those have nothing to do with the quality. Those are just for the compatibility with your TV.



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Leadified on 19 February 2014
Barozi said:
DialgaMarine said:

At least not obviously anyways. I was bored and was looking at my roommates copies of BF4, CoD:G, and NBA2K14, and noticed something interesting about all 3; none of them list the game's resolution. If I were to take a PS4 game case, or even PS3/ 360/ Xbox/ Wii-U for that matter, I would see clear as day the resolution that the game runs. Why not on an XBone case? I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but it's the first I've personally noticed it. It's kindof a big deal, considering that is something that people looking to purchase games, especially multiplats, will check out. Is Microsoft expecting people to just assume it's 1080p, or do they have something else in mind for doing this? I just found this interesting.

It simply doesn't matter.

It's not like it displays the native resolution anyway.


Yeah that's true, the PS3 and 360 boxes do just say Supported Video Output instead of the acutal resolution of the game.



enrageorange on 19 February 2014
DialgaMarine said:
ironmanDX said:
They all output at 1080. That's why.

We already know that's not true, and so what even if it was? Every PS4 game (besides 2 apparently) does 1080p, and it's on their cases clear as day.

http://cdn3-www.playstationlifestyle.net/assets/uploads/2013/11/PS4INS2.jpg

As you can see. The ps4 cases just listed the supported output and not true resolution and only bother listing 1080p. So microsoft could have done the same thing and just said everything has 1080p output as well but just chose not to. Can we stop grasping at straws now.



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d21lewis on 19 February 2014

We have this thread every month since launch. You can set your watch by it.



JoeTheBro on 19 February 2014
ironmanDX said:
They all output at 1080. That's why.


Should have been first post.



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Mummelmann on 19 February 2014

To save money. Less letters and figures to print on the back.



starcraft on 19 February 2014
DialgaMarine said:
ironmanDX said:
They all output at 1080. That's why.

We already know that's not true, and so what even if it was? Every PS4 game (besides 2 apparently) does 1080p, and it's on their cases clear as day.

It is true though.  You're buying into the native resolution crap that has been going on ever since gamers first figured out the PS3 and Xbox 360 couldn't run every game at 1080p 60FPS like the companies once mooted they would.  Ultimately developers make the most appropriate trade offs for their game.

But every game released on Xbox One and PS4 so far can and does output from the console to the television in 1080p where appropriate, using a scaler.



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Skeeuk on 19 February 2014

tell you one thing though, I like the Xbox1 cases better than P.S.4 ones which seem much cheaper

Xbox1 cases has engraved logo whilst P.S.4 really are Shitty



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