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PS4 will output video in 4K, but not games

The PlayStation 4 supports 4K resolution output, Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida just told us – but only for video that was recorded in the format. He clarified that games do not play in 4K.

Trenta274082d ago

As long as games are in 1080p, I'm happy.

zeal0us4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

Some people are happy with 1080p others however wanted 4K gaming. If the PS4 could do 4K gaming it would be expensive. It would need a stronger GPU(Nvidia 680 or Radeon 7970 or something close to them).

LightofDarkness4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

They're going to have a hard time convincing people to buy 4k TVs in the next few years. I believe it will become more of an issue late in the PS4's life cycle (like 720p did in the PS3's but less so), as that is around the time when we can expect 4K to start seeing some sort of penetration in the consumer space.

For the next few years, though, 4K will remain an enthusiast option. TV signals will not be switching to 4K any time soon either, so it's a tough sell for the hardware manufacturers until that starts to happen. Even internet bandwidth in most areas will be incapable of streaming 4K video for many years, thoroughly relegating it to a niche space for the time being.

jony_dols4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

I'm guessing that one of the main reasons that Sony bought Gakai was to allow the 4K streaming of games (& content) on the PS4 sometime in the future.

4K gaming may still come to the PS4, but not in the traditional harware-driven sense!

OpenGL4082d ago

Exactly, QFHD or "4K" as some call (3840x2160) is exactly 9x the resolution of 720p. As powerful as the PS4 is, Sony is not going to waste all of this new graphics power trying to push a resolution that less than a fraction of a percent of owners can even take advantage of.

Army_of_Darkness4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

Then 1080p@ 60FPS will be perfect for gaming still.

60"+ is when I would definitely consider buying a 4k TV along with 4K gaming and videos.

ProjectVulcan4082d ago

Well duuuh.

I only been saying this exact thing for the past year. 4K is an utterly unrealistic game resolution for consoles.

SkullBlade1694082d ago

If people want 4k they should get a high end PC. Hardware at console prices just won't cut it.

WarThunder4082d ago

Nvidia 680 or Radeon 7970 can barely run 2560 x 1440px..

So 4x is way out of reach for any GPU...

ABizzel14082d ago

I've said this for the longest, and anything with minimal PC GPU knowledge knew this as well.

However, I think it's important to note that he says "games do not play in 4k" rather than the PS4 does not support 4K gaming.

We will likely see 4k gaming later in the consoles life-cycle such as PSN title like Super Stardust PS4, and possibly 4K remakes or PS3 franchises and "competitors games"; for example, Gears of War.

That's the best we can hope for.

sikbeta4082d ago

I know most people think and already made their minds about 1080p being more than enough, but I have to admit, I saw a comparison pic of avatar
(the movie :P ) with the jumps from 480p -> 1080p -> 4K and damn... 4K looks freacking great...

Anon19744082d ago

It's kinda nice that 4k is still on the table though for video. Then, when 4k tv's start dropping in price, if you've got a unit already in your entertainment stand capable of feeding a TV 4k signals, you'll be more likely to invest. Still, I don't think 4k is going to be a serious option for most at least for another 3-5 years.

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Peppino74082d ago

Slightly disappointing that they don't. I was kinda looking forward to that eventually.

Pushagree4082d ago

4K games are definitely not for this generation of games. The tech can't stream them and the TVs that display them are far too expensive for the average gamer. Anyone that thought that ps4 would stream 4k was fooling themselves.

DigitalAnalog4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

A lot of people truly believe next-gen games will run 4K despite evidence contrary to that. Still, it's nice that SY always clarifies things. At least the latest Killzone sports 1080p and I hope many other games follow it as the new standard resolution.

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Dark_Overlord4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

That was pretty obvious (and I doubt anyone expected it to), shame 4K TV's are so scarce and expensive at the minute, it'll just mean a feature that won't be used to its full potential for a while. Though it does mean its future proofed somewhat :)

Only question is will the Blu Ray discs be able to handle the necessary bandwith to play them? Or will it be via digital files only (e.g downloads)?

izumo_lee4082d ago

I noticed when Sony released the official specs for the PS4 that they described the read speed of the BluRay drive but did not actually indicate the capacity them.

I read to handle 4K that the discs need to be in the triple digits in capacity. So that makes me wonder how big will the Blu Ray discs be when supported on the PS4.

jmc88884082d ago

Bluray can't handle such size. Unless they somehow develop a triple, quadruple, quintuple layer.

Dark_Overlord4082d ago

@JMC8888

Triple and Quad Blu Rays already exist, though aren't used as they are expensive to manufacture. There was even a prototype of a 10 layer disc shown a few years ago :)

uuaschbaer4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

So what does that say about those 4K Killzone screenshots?

Bahpomet---4082d ago

they beef it up so you can jack off to it

GribbleGrunger4082d ago

What 4k screenshots? I've seen 1080p screenshots because the new Killzone runs in 1080p at 30fps, but I've not seen any 4k screenshots ... unless I've overlooked them somewhere? Could you post me a link if I have please?

uuaschbaer4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

http://blog.us.playstation....

There were a few more somewhere, I think. (edit: see Ju.)

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Ju4082d ago (Edited 4082d ago )

That they somehow can render 4k offline to generate screen shots. They look like in game; so I would assume they are taken by the game engine.

BTW: Eurogamer has a series of 4K shots from last nights presentation. Go check it out. http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

--Onilink--4082d ago

well that was kinda obvious to begin with. Not that i cared too much about it anyway, im not planning on owning a 4k TV anytime soon

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mkis0075h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows905h ago(Edited 5h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

-Foxtrot4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Yeah I thought it was pretty decent, it had its flaws but for their first big console single player open world game it's a solid 8/10.

I have never seen an AAA "zombie" game feature as many enemies as the horde sections did, you really had to think about your surroundings and plan carefully.

I feel journalists had an issue with this game from the moment it was announced, they really didn't like the Biker characters and the overall Biker gang theme. If they were anything else I feel it would have had a better chance or at least they'd overlook some of the flaws like they do for certain other open world games. They don't mind waiting weeks or months for a patch knowing its coming but a game that has it Day 1 it's suddenly a big no no? Yeah this was one of those moments that showed you how they cherry pick who to suddenly decide to go harsh on when they want to.

mkis0074h ago

Ill never forget the reviewer who tried to claim the "ride me like you ride your bike" line was anything but a joke...they (sarah and deacon) explicitly call it a joke and the reviewer still misinformed the reader about it as if it was a literal thing.

Michiel19893h ago

the score on metacritic is 71 from journos, its 9 points lower than your review so stop making stuff up. They didn't hate it from the start, they on average just liked it slightly less than you.

-Foxtrot3h ago(Edited 3h ago)

@Michiel1989

I'm not making anything up, they held a grudge against it and made stuff up themselves like mkis007 has just pointed out. That 71 on Metacritic is why it didn't get a sequel.

Anyway how can I make anything up when I didn't even mention metacritic in my original post?

Leeroyw5h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno5h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

phatak5h ago(Edited 4h ago)

I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

andy854h ago

Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week

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