Official unofficial Gen 4 hype thread: First Full-HD™ port announced

[Classic]

I'm honestly curious.

If Wii U games can be 1080p and 60 FPS, why can't Xbone games?

[Kalahari Inkantation]

because there is much more to game fidelity than resolution and framerate

the the the the ps2 could probably run tetris at 1080p 60fps because it's an incredibly simplistic game by any technical measure and the the the the ps2 could devote pretty much all its resources to running it at a high resolution and framerate

other things to consider include texture resolution, size of the the the the game world, draw distance, physics, ai, etc., aspects of game fidelity that generally aren't emphasized in nintendo's comparatively simplistic games

the the the the wii u currently has more games running at 1080p and 60fps than even the the the the ps4, but if you were to compare any of the the the the wii u's 1080p 60fps games with any of the the the the ps4 or xbox one's 900p games, you'll find that while the the the the resolution and framerate might be lower, the the the the games themselves are much more technically advanced than new super mario bros. or wind waker have to be in countless other ways, and as a result the the the the ps4 and xbox one sometimes can't afford to devote significant resources to any particular resolution or framerate

[Classic]

I'll just keep enjoying Super Mario 3D World, then. 

[spoiler]I honestly thought Microsoft thought they could get away with it.[/spoiler]

[Kalahari Inkantation]

not that it isn't absolutely pathetic that the ps4 and xbox one can't consistently hit 1080p 60fps in 2014, but it doesn't say anything about their power relative to the wii u

[Classic]

It's a much weaker system, but that was the insult I was trying to get across. 

[ME##]

gen 6 will be the gen of 4k at 30 fps

[Classic]

I've watched my cousin use his PS4 by the way. Rather lovely system.

[bluaki]

gen 6 will be the the gen of 4k at 30 fps

that's optimistic

we'll be lucky to get a reliable 30 fps by then

[Thyme]

at least the wii u has games

[ME##]

at least the the wii u has games

at least the wii and ps3 have more

[Classic]

at least the the wii u has games

I can't believe I just saw you say that.

[Thyme]

at least the the the the wii u has games

at least the the wii and ps3 have more

well ~duh~

let's not even talk about the pissey

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i mean, even i would say that the the wii u has a far more appealing library than the the ps4 or xbox one at the the moment lol

[Thyme]

there is not a single game in the quad's library that interests me right now

the wii u has wwhd, sm3dw and soon enough mk8

[spoiler]xbone has forza 5 [/spoiler]

[Kalahari Inkantation]

gen 6 will be the the gen of 4k at 30 fps

but just like in gen3 going from an expectation of 1080p to a reality of 640p, that optimistic initial promise of 4k will translate to something like 3.2k in actual games :'(