Developers are having issues hitting 1080p and 60 fps. Why do gamers care so much?
At the beginning of the current console generation, hardcore gamers and game marketers decided on a benchmark for consoles: 1080p/60fps. That’s shorthand for a resolution of 1920x1080 in progressive scan, running at a frame rate of 60 frames per second. The latter benchmark, frame rate, can also be locked or unlocked; locked means it says at a specific number, while unlocked means the rate can fluctuate.
Last generation’s consoles, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, observed a general benchmark of 720p (1280x720 progressive) at 30 fps towards the end of their lifespan. Yet developers have had a hard time hitting the new 1080p/60 fps benchmarks with those system’s successors, especially in the frame rate department.
Will the next generation of consoles fare any better in consistently hitting the mark?
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indivisible was pretty neat. Cute artstyle, fun throwback to older RPGs, shame its leaving but it is on sale often
I'm not surprised by GTA V removal, Rockstar never allows this game to stay long on a subscription service.
They usually allow 4 to 6 months.
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Even 10 years after release, Grand Theft Auto 5 and GTA Online's player engagement has risen drastically compared to last year.
60 fps is a luxury, 30 fps is the standard
Then what else does the meaning Next-gen stand for. Last gen was 720p 30FPs only seem logical we would want 1080p or 60FPS
Because it's the best we can hope for and we expect nothing less than the best. Simple!
For the new gen I am looking for bigger and better games to play, more ways for the game to interact and change with the decisions I make, a better more genius way to move the story or action along besides QTE's, something more than just the regular FPS game, a more variety of gameplay, a more innovative way of gameplay design.
Graphics and resolution are nice and I would love for all that I said above to also look pretty while doing it. But it's not the thing I'm only looking for or think it's the most important.
Because game companies made a big deal about it, so we kinda expected them to deliver.