Did anyone else notice that the PS5 version looked to have much better IQ? Seems like the framerate suffers accordingly - but DF didnt seem to make any mention of this difference in the video.

The series S version is looking really really rough.

This is not the way to go for developers in my opinion. The tradeoff simply isnt worth it.

Yes, the image quality is better on PS5 at the expense of a bit lower performance (fps) than Xbox Series X. 

The "4K" generation they said ... As usual, the promises early on just do not hold up later on but hey, for the sake of the overso growing appetite of furthering graphical fidelity.

Still, optimization be damn knowadays since a good number of dev teams seem to be counting on upscaling technology to make up for these problems. Yet, doesn't seem to make it work much there ...

I'd rather have the tradeoff be the other way around. 

Even the PC performance is rough unless you have a super rig. Just to play the game at 1440p at 60fps, you need at least an Nvidia 3080ti graphics card. Which, not many will.

Sounds like no one was truly ready for next gen capabilities.

30fps is ass for a FPS on current consoles. 

If it wasn't optimised and they struggled to get it to work they should have capped it at 30fps first or used unreal engine 4 instead

PC isn't lagging behind, it's due to COVID, Scalpers and Crypto that kept prices sky-high and new hardware out of peoples hands.

Keep in mind that the Geforce 4090 is already upwards of 200% faster than the consoles, more if you start including DLSS, that's a generational jump right there... Problem is, you have to pay for it... With money.

Fabrication improvements have also been slowing, which means smaller generational jumps, thus developers rely on upscaling techniques to hit targets, scalers are used as a crux to get better visuals/performance.

Throw in an elongation of moores law, reduced fabrication improvements and capacity, it impacts the entire tech industry.

With options though, as most current gen home console games offer, that's up to the player. In its current state, there's no choice. I suspect many Series S owners would rather 30fps than 436p.

They touch on this in the article; the actual pixel counts are the same on both PS5 and Series X, so they theorise that any differences come down to post-processing.

I was shocked by Sony's support of PC ports... next gen just might PC and switch 2. I have a cheap 3050 and shockingly it isn't bad compared to consoles. I can't imagine having a real gpu.

Exactly why there will be a PS5 Pro. Current gen is already ill equipped, too bad MS will not release one.