Sony Skips 8K Label on PS5 Pro Box

Sony skips 8K label on PS5 Pro box, raising questions about 8K support as the console’s release date approaches.

[Obscure_Observer]

Well, at least they did it before the console hit the shelves.

[lukasmain]

Not really. They want it to align with the normal PS5 box. I'm sure there will still be the 8k option in GT. But honestly, 8k is not a huge selling point at all. Never was.

[Neonridr]

considering only a handful of TVs can even support that resolution, I'd say so.

[TheNamelessOne]

They still made a point to state certain games would support 8k. They consider it enough of a selling point to say as much.

[XiNatsuDragnel]

I think 8k is going to come probably ps6

[JohnnyRambo]

Unlikely unless you like low frame rates. Putting it on the original PS5 box was false advertising for a start, but lots of people fall for marketing rubbish instead of doing their own research first.

[DarXyde]

PSSR would have to be really good by then.

No one should be expecting a native 8k.

[CrimsonIdol]

Let's start with 4K

[Einhander1972]

There are already at least two 8k games GT7 and F1 2024, there will obviously be other games that offer the option.

I'm not sure this raises any questions, the label on the box has no effect on game development, the hardware itself is capable of supporting 8k. The more important thing here is that the console itself has a proper 8k upscaler (not talking about PSSR) so games that are made for 4k or less will look good on 8k screens.

[darthv72]

also the Touryst

[Eonjay]

interestingly DF stated that the 8k output on 8k screens was really sharp but I wonder if there is any real tangable downgrade viewing 4K content on an 8K set. To your question, I think the TV itself would be scaling the content up to 8K (when in 4k output mode). And when in 8K output mode the console would probably upscale 4K content just fine.

[Michiel1989]

upscaling is the downside but honestly the further we go, the less our eyes will be able to tell the difference

[PRIMORDUS]

At the moment only the PC can do true 8K gaming, in any game but you need the GPU that can do it.

[ZycoFox]

Even so I wouldn't recommend it. I've seen a few people on YT look at big (ish) 8k screens and say the difference is minimal, like Linus, he said trees in the background looked a bit sharper and that was about it, and it cuts into performance big time.

Probably reaching diminishing returns, I don't doubt there's a difference but if it's tiny then it's almost pointless. It depends how close you sit to your screen as well, like I only went 4k 165hz within the last few years, it's only been since around then that GPUs can push frame rates well enough in demanding titles for that anyways. Clarity jump from 24" 1440p to 4k 27" is certainly there, not sure I'd say it was as big a jump from 1080p to 1440p but it's certainly very sharp.

[MDTunkown]

Yeah we don’t have tech and infrastructure to send true 8k quality signals. It will takes years until that will get mainstream since even 4k still isn’t super popular

[northpaws]

I always find these labels useless, ps3 can do 8k 120fps if it is NES graphic. It always depends on how the developer use the resources, those labels merely mean the highest output that the hardware can do, which is pointless to most customers.

[xenz]

PS3 can’t run games at 8K even if it’s NES graphics. The GPU needs to support 8K output, which it doesn’t.

[Chocoburger]

I get your point, but PS3 doesn't have the HDMI bandwidth to support over 1080p. Same for PS4 launch models.

[CRASHBASHUK]

from what i understand 8k tvs are not cheep yet some are costing near £1,000?
maybe with ps6 2028-2030 they be cheeper?

[jznrpg]

Probably more than that for a quality one. The OLED 4k TVs I bought are around 1500-2k still.

[jznrpg]

I’ll probably get an 8k TV by the time PS6 comes out but games are fine at 4K. 8k is a resource hog so until PSSR or something like that can make up the power difference 4k is great. Native is overrated for 4k and especially 8k. It’s really hard to tell an 8k image apart from a 4k image unless you have massive TV 77+ inch and even then it’s not much of a difference. We will probably get 8k uprez games next gen but it really isn’t necessary imo.

[PassNextquestion]

I didn't even think we were running most games in native 4k yet... most of the time I hear such and such game is running at 1440p or less

[shadowT]

they have removed on OG PS5 before

[andy85]

Good. 8K is absolutely pointless in the first place. I even think Native 4K is a huge waste of resources too hence why I dropped to a 1440p OLED for my PC. Games look far better