Really? Is 720p really that offensive to your eyes?

If they need to go 720p in order to make the game look its best than that is what they should do. Honestly I'd actually have a lot more respect for them if they make that trade off. It is pretty obvious at this point that neither the PS4 or the Xbox One are really capable of handling 1080p without major compromises. I'm not happy that next gen is this weak but if 720p is the optimal resolution then that is what developers should aim for. None of the "1080p" games I've played on the PS4 have impressed me. Most look the same if not sometimes worse than previous gen.

Go the fuck away, Weazel! Seriously! >_>

I'm fine with that if they're going for higher framerate or better effects elsewhere which is the only explanation since 4 ran at 1080p and that wasn't even optimized for next gen systems.

720p/60fps > 1080p/30fps. The resolution is just a mask, its a cheap/commercially way to hide the real performance of the hardware so why bother...

Couldn´t agree more.

at this and everything above it...

...what is your expecation for a reasonable tv size and viewing distance.  i know for my set up (46" at 6 feet) the viewing charts puts me right on the line of 4k being a noticable difference to 1080p.   your cray cray if you think that i can't see a glaring difference between 720 and 1080 content.  the difference is massively notificable on my setup.   ..and honestly,.. between jaggies and other visual things i'd much rather have the jaggies gone.  those are soo distracting to an otherwise pretty visual graphics.

i delt with it last gen because there wasn't really any other choice.  but the thing about graphics is the standards are always changing and my standards pretty much now mandate 1080p. 

If your standards demand 1080p, you'd best just buy a PC. There's no way that every game this gen is going to be 1080p. The consoles aren't nearly that powerful.

Anyway, I can't see the difference between 1080p and up converted 900p on my 52in TV sitting 12 feet away. Once again, if you feel that 1080p is mandated for this generation, so be it.

well then that explains it then.  at 12 feet you'd need a ~60in TV for 1080 to be worth it. 

..but i don't think 12' is not a very typcial setup.  you must have quite the large living room to be sitting that far back.

I also have a 46" that I sit 8 ft away from and a 26" that I use in my dorm room 4 ft away from. Don't notice much of a difference with those either.

Of course, some people in this thread have questioned my eyesight, so feel free to not take my word for it.

It matters alot to me. I play on a 70 inch tv and the difference is noticeable. On the other hand I tend not to care about 60 fps as much as other (obviously preferred, but Res is a much bigger deal to me)