SGW3 Dev: Our Insights Prove the Power of PS4 Pro; We'll Have HDR & MultiGPU Support, but no DX12

CI Games said that the PS4 Pro was built for 4K gaming and their experience with it proves the hardware's power.

They also confirmed many technical details of Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3, such as HDR support on PS4 and PC, multiGPU support (but no DX12) on PC and the target resolution/frame rate for the basic PS4 and Xbox One versions.

[KaiPow]

I'm surprised they're not implementing HDR into the Xbox One (S) version.

[EmmaMatthews]

Yeah, seems like a strange move :|

[Alexious]

Agreed, I will have to ask them if it was just a mistake in the answer.

[GNCFLYER]

Why no HDR on xbox?

Does implementing it take more resources?

Serious quesrion anyone?

[MasterCornholio]

I heard that it does but not much more.

I don't think it's because of that.

[cellfluid]

Might be for hardware reasons

[GNCFLYER]

I guess, probably?

Without knowing I thought hdr was just more colors and assumed it wasn't taxing on hardware.

[bixxel]

The one thing I'd want is optimization.. And realism.

[Imp0ssibl3]

If they think it's so powerful, I expect that they'll be able to make the game run well at native 4K. But it's a pipe dream

[_LarZen_]

They could. But at a price of graphical effects,assets, AI etc... Hopefully they can manage 1800p. But even 1400p is a big jump in image quality. Especially in combination with HDR.

[Alexious]

Yeah, HDR is definitely a big visual leap. I can't wait for monitor manufacturers to release some...

[snoopgg]

I guess you will be playing on xboxs. I guess that is a pipe dream for anything 4k also.

[ccgr]

Can't wait to see how it performs

[BigGamersSmallTalk]

Why are developers ignoring the Xbox One S and HDR? Seems weird.

[MasterCornholio]

Maybe it's a hardware issue?

Not saying the Xbox One S can't support HDR (it does) but maybe the HDR solution they are using isn't compatible with that system.

I mean that's really the only reason i can think of.

[BigGamersSmallTalk]

It's not a hardware issue, it has HDR 10. I mean if developers are patching a version of HDR into the old PS4, they surely can do it on the Xbox One S. Games like Forza Horizon 3, Gears 4 and Deus Ex really pop with HDR on Xbox One S.

[MasterCornholio]

"If developers are patching a version of HDR into the old PS4, they surely can do it on the Xbox One S."

So your claiming that it's intentional?

[BigGamersSmallTalk]

Well it's pretty obvious, and Sony has already said developers will continue to cater to them as market leaders. However, after speaking directly to a developer, the Xbox One S HDR is truer HDR and needs DX 12, while the PS4 Pro uses more of a filter type of HDR. So basically explains this.

[MasterCornholio]

So now your claiming that the PS4 Pro uses fake HDR.

Edit: Just checked and the PS4 Pro uses HDR10 just like the Xbox One S and PS4. The only one that's limited is the original Xbox One.

[Pathogenic]

I honestly think it could be due to hardware limitations. I also want to add that Directx 12 is not being utilized either for some unknown reason and I would like that to be addressed as well. Something is not adding up about this and honestly I'd rather them delay it to add Xbox One HDR and Directx 12 so everyone can enjoy this game on they're specific platform with maxed out settings.

[LamerTamer]

Also add better effects and framerate in 1080p mode. Sure downsampling looks decent, like good AA, but it is a waste of resources that could be better used on other things at 1080p.

All of this 4K this and 4K that, a bump in res from 1080p is not as noticeable as other things.

[MRMagoo123]

all dx12 does is make games run worse so why even care ??

[Ravenor]

The same could be said of DX10 vs DX9, DX11 wasn't as egregious but it still came with a performance hit vs DX9/10 when it launched.

The things that DX12 is doing on a hardware level is something you want to see in more titles. Efficiency comes with experience, it's not a light switch.

[xtheblackparade]

I think HDR is the only thing consumers care about, since it's the only thing they have control over. The rest is up to the devs to utilize (or not).

[Garyp]

Honestly I don't care they don't implemented HDR into the Xbox I only hope this game will be run fluently on all of platforms. No metter which technologies they used to create this game if it will be great like it looks now.