I disagree. Whats happened this gen is not the same as last gen sure. However, with the advent of 60 fps literally becoming the norm even for the latest UE5 games, more and more people are playing games at 60 fps. Problem is that they are playing them at 720p... PS360 era resolutions. This aint 2005 and 4k tvs make 720p look way worse than 1080p tvs did.
FF16, Immortals, lords of the fallen, AW2 all have DRS that drop to 720p. Immortals shipped with 720p locked though they have since patched it to 900p with drops to 50s. FF16 locks ALL combat encounters to 720p. AW2's 30 fps mode is a fucking shimmering disaster. forget the 60 fps mode.
This is something that needs to be fixed. They need to get these 60 fps modes up to 1080p minimum and have a dlss quality upscaling solution on top of that.
Now a 14 tflops console wont double the resolution, but if they get 17-18 tflops with some rt imrpovements, ai upscaling and other IPC gains, then they just might be able to offer 2x performance improvements with way better image quality.
Dude, there are plenty of multiplats that struggle to achieve perfect frame rates. Alan Wake 2 performance mode comes to mind. What does exclusive have to do with anything when not every game is running rock solid on base PS5?
The problem isn’t the consoles, it is the devs and publishers rushing games out before they are ready.
If you look at most of the “next gen” games you will notice performance is very inconsistent. Some games run at a rock solid 60 fps at close to 4K even and some run at like 720p 60 fps. IMO it comes down to the ability by the dev team because in most cases even games that launched at only 30 fps, end up getting patched with 60 fps.
My main point is the base consoles can do more but they are just not being utilized correctly because publishers have a “rush the game out and patch it up later mindset”.
A pro console isn’t going to solve all those issues over night, just look at the crap ports being released on PC. Jedi Survivors was a mess at launch even on a 4090.
The idea that a pro console will solve all performance issues is a pipe dream imo, we only had maybe a solid 1 year of “next gen” games and now they are going to release another console probably for like $599 so we can get performance that was promised with the current consoles, idk how people can’t see the scam in that.
Now I could be wrong, maybe the pro releases and all games will run at a rock solid 60-120 fps at 4K but I have a really hard time believing that will be the case.
If the pro does happen I am very curious to see how they market it, what features it will have, etc.
It’s suppose to be a “premium” edition so it should be made for a niche market but I can’t help but think anyone that cares that much about specs/setting options, why wouldn’t they just be on a PC, but apparently “PC is too complicated to use” lol… we will see.
