I think beyond 60fps is a waste. A certain segment of PC gamers will chase that sort of thing but when you're talking about 100 million average consumers... nobody's going to care about that.
They can push it if they want but it's just going to make the console considerably more expensive, for a return very few people will likely notice or even care about anyways.
Would a $400 console that can do 4K 120fps sell better? Or a $200 console that can do 4K 60fps.
Once we hit the limit, instead of increasing specs I think they're going to start decreasing price. It's going to be about getting the same amount but for a lower cost. Or, decreasing size and eventually, eventually, going the Switch route. Once the limit is reached, as technology continues to progress and get cheaper they can choose to lower price or they could choose to start conpacting their consoles to add value in other areas. Playstation 6 as a fully hybrid system that ran 4K 60fps on the TV with 1080p 60fps on the go... is everything anyone could ever want from a console. The only area I think we'll continue to see a push for is for virtual reality, because more power is needed.
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While 60fps is good enough for me, I think we might see a push towards 90 Hz. But where the jump between 30fps and 60fps is about as noticable as the jump from 720p to 1080p, 90fps will be like 4k. Something that's nice, but a lot of people will barely see the difference. Anything beyond that? It's hard to prove people will be able to see a difference.
Personally, anything that's at 1080p 60fps is perfectly acceptable in my book, and I don't see the need to push past either, but you know they'll do it for marketing reasons. Of course, that's assuming TVs that display over 60hz become standard. Otherwise, they can implement it but...
Sometimes you’re not expecting a platformer to teach you life-affirming lessons. Sometimes the shopkeeper will go off on a long story. If people don’t care about that, they can skip through 90 percent of the dialogue and enjoy the pure action platforming. The game, later on, when it switches to 16-bit, it comes closer to a Metroidvania. Then you have to do all exploration. You need to go back to the previous levels and find hidden stuff that will help you get to the final true ending of the game. It moves from a simple 8-bit platformer to something else entirely. But you want to start at the beginning feeling like this is a classic platformer.
Here's the trailer for anyone not up to speed on this one. Looks like the Shovel Knight of Ninja Gaiden. This game is going to give us that kind of experience on the level Shovel Knight did.
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Open world games like BotW probably benefit the most from 30 FPS, because that allows you to create the best world possible. Everything else, though, should aim for 60 FPS by next generation tbh.
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@JaxonH As for your comment about Tropical Freeze Switch resolution, in general handheld performance of Switch games are going to be the more impressive stats. If the Wii U was more powerful we would've seen stuff like Tropical Freeze 1080p years ago whereas getting 720p in handheld mode sounds like something very special, that you have a console-like experience anywhere.
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I agree. It's the handheld 720p that's the real star. 720p to 1080p console is nice, by all means, I never want to diminish the value of a game jumping from 720 to 1080, but the jump from DKC Returns in 240p on 3DS to Tropical Freeze, platforming perfected, in 720p portable is remarkably impressive.
My point was just to highlight the fact that, when it's not being artificially hyped up and manufactured (as we see with practically every multiplatform release compared to Switch), actual interest in the benefits of console 1080p over even something as low as 720p... is marginal. It is a very much appreciated gain, but it's not like it's got people hooting and hollering. But you would think that should be the case the way people talk about other console versions being 1080p over Switch 900p, or even the same 720p.
We see with DKC the naked, true value of a game being 1080p vs 720p, without exaggeration of the benefits clouding the real advantage.
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You need to have a ridiculously big TV or sit very close to get anything out from a 4k TV. And if we add the fact that 60% have bad eye sight... and the fact that the average viewing distance in living rooms are no where near the optimal viewing distance...
My guess it is other things that make most people feel it is a better viewing experience compared with their last TV. Newer TVs have better colors, most buy a bigger TV and since you bought an expensive new TV it must be better.
Is it confirmed Xeno2's resolution in handheld has not received an update?
The last time I checked the game looked much better than before in handheld mode.
Does it maybe change to high-res mode outside of the cities?
I'm no expert, but I'm pretty sure that most games out there could be improved visually with more detailed textures and effects without needing a resolution bump to appreciate them.
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@NintendoPete No. All we know is that it's not coming this year.
A Switch version hasn't been confirmed either by the way.
that's what I thought - but it is strange because this retailer is usually up to date. Having said that, I haven't ordered anything from that site for a long time. Maybe something changed
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