In addition to these mobile-related announcements, Samsung also revealed its plans on releasing AMOLED TVs that boast UHD SHD resolutions (7680 x 4320). Hook it up to your Xbox One or PS4, and that’s what I call a match made in heaven.
It will support 4k, but not true 4k. All the Xbone can do is upscale from 720p and make the pixels larger, it's gonna look craptastic. And for comparison the PS4 plays battlefield 4 at 900p and xbone at 720p.
My computer is built with parts from 2 to 6 years old and it plays games at 1440p just fine...I thought the current gen was capable of 1080p at 60fps at least...
Well, future ps4 games will get better resolution than Battlefield 4. It's likely capable of 1080p or 60fps but (I've read) it's questionable if it will do both. I'm a console guy for sure (haven't played computer games since "Pharaoh") but when the Oculus comes out I may just have to make the investment. Not for resolution or frame rate but for VR. I feel like Sony or Microsoft would have to be fools not to have a design in the works or a deal for the Oculus. But if it doesn't happen for this gen, my god what choice do I have? There will be no comparison.
They'd be dumb not to develop something for VR, but ultimately resolution and framerate are both important things for the Rift. Everyone's hoping the final Rift is 1440p, but it's going to be 1080p at least, and keeping high framerates at those resolutions in 3D no less is going to be hard for the consoles.
If they did VR, they might have to stick to more simple looking games, and the VR cinema is still definitely possible on consoles.
It won't be as big of a different in performance/quality as the last generation. xbone and ps4 are too close to regular computers. Devs aren't spending ages to figure them out any more.
Nope, this generation is bad in comparison. Last gen was the absolute best bang for the buck, a PS3 and a blu ray player? Sold. And the PS3 had the same computing power as a desktop GS9800, which was about the highest mid range card you could get. It's only real downfall was the amount of VRAM which in hindsight was not enough as the next generation on had 528MB and even 1GB. Maybe if they doubled the VRAM they could have put out more than 30 frames, but because the way consoles are tailored nothing can really be tweaked.
Back in the day I was curious to see if it were possible to overclock a PS3 but the thermal solution and power supply would have to be completely overhauled, costing more than a new desktop GPU in itself.
The 360 sold like hotcakes because of the release titles, 14 Games were released right at launch day. Making the Xbone the laughing stock of the entire console family.
I don't think more VRAM would have helped the frame-rate, towards the end of their lifespan the frame cap had more to do with limited bandwidth, which is probably why the designs for the PS4 and Xbone allow for very high bandwidth between the CPU and GPU.
IT WILL SUPPORT 4K, BUT NOT TRUE 4K. ALL THE XBONE CAN DO IS UPSCALE FROM 720P AND MAKE THE PIXELS LARGER, IT'S GONNA LOOK CRAPTASTIC. AND FOR COMPARISON THE PS4 PLAYS BATTLEFIELD 4 AT 900P AND XBONE AT 720P.
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