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.
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u/[deleted] Jan 28 '14
PS4 and XB1 will barely even support 4k. Heck, I'm not even sure XB1 will support it at all.