Fuck outta here with this bullshit! I understand the reason movies do this since the history of film has always allowed for differing aspect ratios based on the director's intent once they expanded beyond the 1.33:1 ratio but games have always filled the prominent screens of the time. I buy all my blurays in the correct aspect ratio but I see no reason for games to go beyond the canvas allowed by modern HDTVs.
I already hate it when cutscenes do this crap when most games are already made using the 1.78:1 aspect ratio since more people have HDTVs now. This is one thing they don't need to copy from films. I'm controlling the scene and the camera for the most part when playing the game unless it's something like God of War that uses a static camera so shot composition and framing aren't as important as they are for passive entertainment like films or TV shows.
This seems to be just another case of game directors copying the wrong things from other media. I didn't buy a 70 inch TV just to have to play games with black bars when it's completely unecessary to do so in comparison to how movies are shot. Black bars for games should be for people who did not want to or weren't able to upgrade from 4:3 SDTVs that are pretty much obsolete now.
I already hate it when cutscenes do this crap when most games are already made using the 1.78:1 aspect ratio since more people have HDTVs now. This is one thing they don't need to copy from films. I'm controlling the scene and the camera for the most part when playing the game unless it's something like God of War that uses a static camera so shot composition and framing aren't as important as they are for passive entertainment like films or TV shows.
This seems to be just another case of game directors copying the wrong things from other media. I didn't buy a 70 inch TV just to have to play games with black bars when it's completely unecessary to do so in comparison to how movies are shot. Black bars for games should be for people who did not want to or weren't able to upgrade from 4:3 SDTVs that are pretty much obsolete now.