By all accounts it's going to be easier to list 'next-gen' console titles that DO run natively at 1080@60, than those that don't.
Frankly I'm gob-smacked, I realise we're not comparing apples with apples to an extent, but Virtua Tennis 3 and Ridge Racer 7 ran natively at 1080@60 in 2007, on the PS3.
For the main raft of launch titles on both XBone and PS4 that are targeting 60FPS we're seeing gimped resolutions (720p/900p respectively for 360/PS4 in BF4, 720p (!) in COD Ghosts for the XBone), and where 1080p is the native resolution we're seeing gimped framerates (targeting 30FPS).
(Or a strange sort of inbetween for COD Ghosts on PS4 which is native 1080@60 but with distracting framerate issues according to reviews.)
This article from Eurogamer sums it up pretty well -
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... -right-nowQuote:
Do these earliest of early adopters rush back to their homes, plug in their PlayStation 4s, slap in a game and fall about in paroxysms of orgasmic joy? Or do they stare at the screen and say, wait a minute. This isn't the next generation I was looking for.
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The other game I reviewed was Need for Speed: Rivals, which I called the PS4's first must-have game. It's very much in the mould of Hot Pursuit and the like, and delivers relentlessly mental, smash-and-bash, laff-a-minute action. I've played the PS3 version too, which is basically the same game, but not quite as good looking.
Obviously it's early days yet, but I'm disappointed, I honestly thought that 1080@60 was going to be the starter for ten for all next-gen console titles, that what was on offer would be a measurable and obvious improvement over 360/PS3 titles of late, where the elderly architecture has clearly been struggling - but apparently not.
Neither the XBone or the PS4 are cheap, the total cost of entry isn't insignificant once you factor in a couple of games, and for what? Nothing that justifies the outlay IMO. I was hoping that the PS4 at least would present a compelling purchase temptation, but given what we've seen so far, not a bit of it.
Was anyone else expecting more?