errrrr....I was wrong. Apparently, he never specified which platform.
Yeah, he just says it will be 1080p and 60FPS. He doesn't specify which console(s) will have that, however.
There's a difference between watching a shitty twitch stream and actually playing the game live. If the video file isn't uncompressed (spoiler alert, it's not) then that's not a fair metric to judge quality difference of 900p vs 1080p.
You're not wrong and I totally agree, which is why when I finally bought next gen I went ps4. The tech divide is only going to get wider.
It actually doesn't as the majority of people bitching about resolution couldn't tell the difference even when they are side by side.
No, they struggled because they put terrible hardware in it. No amount of focus on gaming versus generalized entertainment changes the hardware that they put in the box and the price point at which they sell that box
Honestly, I like the features of the XB1, especially the TV feature. It's one of the reasons I chose it over the PS4(that and Gears).
...because the slight resolution difference shouldn't affect your enjoyment of the game? I enjoy eye candy and all just as much as the next person, but it really isn't that important to me. How the game runs from the beginning to the end is what matters to me.
What's your PSN?
That's kinda what I meant. The hardware seems to be more geared towards media support than gaming.
Consoles are literally the exact opposite of modular
I said modular in a sense. The software gets updated regularly (at least on the X1) so yeah, they do change regularly by getting updated and streamlined on the software side.
There is a difference...but were you watching the Fatal 8 saying "this looks like SHIT! This is only [enter resolution here]!" I bet not.
This isn't about perception of visual quality. I'm as blind as a bat and can't tell the difference between a vhs tape and a blu ray. This is about one thing not being able to do what the other can't and a four hundred dollar entertainment investment for the next few years. Its this today, whats the "just good enough" excuse for the next AAA title? And the one after that?
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That's up to the developers.. Not microsoft/sony..
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Video production is my hobby, I work with uncompressed game footage on a daily basis. I also watched the VODs full screen on a 1440p120 monitor. It didn't look like shit, no, but it was definitely very far from optimal. Could I tell the difference between 900p and 1080p on a twitch stream which is limited to a bitrate of 3500mbps? No, of course not. There's so much compression artifact that it doesn't matter. But that's not the argument. If you put 900p60, 1080p60, 1440p60, and 2160p60 uncompressed video streams up in a blind test, back-to-back on a 2160p60 capable display, the higher resolutions would look better every time.
This is so not the PS3 vs. 360 again. Both these consoles are essentially PCs. Both are capable of "easily" being able to port / create games that can be played on themselves or on normal PC rigs, though at the moment the PS4 is slightly easier. I wonder what will happen when Windows 10 and DX12 drops and all/most PC games run DX12 which will be native to the Xbox One?
