Given the way gaming is headed it doesn't appear that there will be much in the next gen aimed at the offline, single player anti social types who like buying a complete game in one go instead of being drip fed and bled.
And thats why I'll probably buy the next incarnation of the Switch instead.
Aye and I'll get a Saturn or 360 something I didn't get.
Aye and I'll get a Saturn or 360 something I didn't get.
Or perhaps revisit PlayStation.
Yep, there is so much gaming out there to be had on various platforms that are still "modern" in that sense. Was just playing MGS4 and was stunned at how it is graphically even though the frames take a hit every now and then. I see more of that happening in the next gen as the consoles will try and twinkle in 4K but just don't have the grunt to pull it off.
A solid 1080p/60FPS generation would be dope but nope, they wanna push the bling and folks just lap it up anyway. Smoothness people, smoothness.
I heard some rumblings they will announce PS5 late this year 2018, but I have my doubts and think more 2019/2020. I have a feeling PS5 will have Dolby Vision support, which is a bit annoying for me as my current 4K TV only supports HDR10. I think it will be fully geared towards making every game full 4K but def 30fps if Sony can make a machine that powerful (No Checkerboarding)?! I know some Head of Sony said something silly about backwards compatible stuff, but PS5 best be backwards compatible as it is all about Eco systems nowadays in everything. Look at Apple and Google for example.
As others have said I think VR will be pushed with PS5 to connect directly to a port built into the machine with PSVR 2.0 being unveiled (if it is lighter and 4K screen/better resolution that would be what I would expect. Just to be clear VR will be sold separately still I think just easier to hook up and play.
It's going to be really interesting to see how divergent PS5 will be from PS4. I wouldn't be surprised if we had a very similar pad, a very similar UI and (hopefully) backwards compare with 4 - making it not unlike a PS4 Pro 2.
I'd say mandatory 4K is a lock, and it should include a 4K Bluray player as a result. It will need to use the 100GB discs that format requires in order for 4K compatible games to be available in boxed versions. Of course they could cheap it and use standard BDs with giant 4K texture patches to download, but that would be exceedingly disappointing.
As regards Dolby Vision, it will be interesting to see. PS4 Pro doesn't even support Atmos for games, although I'd hope to see support for it added alongside DTS:X compatibility. I'd also like to see HDR10+ support alongside DV, as that's the free format so should be a gimme.
Basically I expect something like an upgraded PS4 with lots of support added for all the new picture and sound standards that have emerged in the last few years.
I just hope the PS5 has BC with PS4 and you able to plays some good old PS4 titles in 1080p with some AA at 60fps. The fact we still can't in the majority of the games get 60fps blows my mind. Of course it's because the very weak CPUs compared to the GPUs these machines have but yeah, give me 60fps.
I sure hope they don’t consult good ole Jim Ryan when they go to talk about BC for PS5.
When we've dabbled with backwards compatibility, I can say it is one of those features that is much requested, but not actually used much," says Ryan. "That, and I was at a Gran Turismo event recently where they had PS1, PS2, PS3 and PS4 games, and the PS1 and the PS2 games, they looked ancient, like why would anybody play this?"
Yep, to be honest I'll be quite surprised if B/C features in PS5. They've got little to no reason to do it, especially given the last two gens have shown Sony people are more than happy to shell out money to them for rereleases, remake and remasters.
MS are committed to it though so there's that route.
Given that the next gen consoles (and current for that matter) are just PCs by another name then BC should surely be a given as they technically won't be emulating anything anyway as it'll be the same old games running on beefier hardware. 5 being BC with 4 is definitely something that would sway me toward Sony again due to the little bump up old titles get but seeing as Sony evidently love money and this gen has proven I don't think it'll happen either.
On the other hand if MS manage to get OG Xbox Outrun 2 running looking pimping fresh and smooth on any platform, I'll buy that straight away.
Nvidia's RTX announcement is a huge technological advance for gamers.
Future graphics hardware that’s DX12 compliant will have hardware support for potentially far more realistic effects like lighting, shadows and reflections.
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