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[Waddle Dee]

Would rather have a lower resolution and higher framerate.

This. I'd be fine with all future games running at 720p if that could make them run at 60fps or better.

 

[Leonidas]

I'm okay with it in older games. Love playing 360 games on XB1, but in newer games I will rarely settle for anything less than 1440p. 1080p seems low in 2016.

 

[Alienous]

I'd be ok with 900p this console generation.

 

[Shpeshal Nick]

I'm ok with anything above 720 at this point. I'd rather fancy effects and a higher frame rate if possible.

Ryse is still one of the best looking games of this gen at 900p. Shits on most full 1080p games out there.

 

[How About No]

I played the PC version of The Evil Within on a 720p TV. Didn't really alleviate performance issues but that TV is the only one I got so

 

[The Albatross]

Yeah, I honestly don't really notice. I can play a game and I'll think it looks good, and then someone will tell me it's less than 1080p, or I'll read about it later, and think like "Oh, ok."

I'm sure I could notice if the two frames were next to each other, one at 1080p and one at 900p, and definitely at 720p, but I don't normally have that sort of comparison going.

 

[Daeoc]

900p is fine, not a fan of 720p unless its at 60 FPS, though resolution won't stop me from playing a game.

 

[B-Dubs]

720 is fine, I'd rather have a solid FPS than 1080.

 

[kamineko]

Like a lot of other posters, I'm open to compromise if I can get 60 fps

Obviously, having it all is the best scenario

 

[DMONKUMA]

Nope. If I can get 1080p then I'm good with that anything lower is not something I'll play.

 

[Ganzlinger]

I'm not. 1080p is the minimum.

 

[Manny Calavera]

Even though I've 4K TV many of my favorite games are a way lower than 1080p, such as all the point and click adventure classics. So I'm perfectly fine with lower resolutions, it's the content that matters.

 

[gamingPotato7]

Can't stand lower resolutions than 1080p, everything is blurry. Even more since my daily pc is a macbook pro with Retina screen. Even 1080p for normal usage is already feeling bad to me.

 

[Perfect Cha0s]

Nope. 1080p is my limit. I'm typically at 1440p on PC.

 

[Iceternal]

Even 1080p is too low for me.

 

[Steve McQueen]

Sure, why not. Resolutions don't make games, gameplay does.

 

[Hidden One]

If I'm playing a console game sure, but on PC. Nope. 1440p or higher.

 

[HeisenbergWW62]

Lol @ everyone acting like resolution even makes a huge difference

 

[Chobel]

Nooooooope, I can't stand the blur that comes from upscaling.

 

[FutbolBat]

Uh, sure?

 

[RiccochetJ]

Not a fan, but I've lowered my resolution below 1080 to get a better frame rate. I tend to get used to it after a bit.

On consoles and tv, I'm not bothered by 900.

 

[Psymatiq]

dont care just wanna have fun

 

[Fardeen]

my screen is 1366 *768 and i am fine with it

 

[Langdon Alger]

I play PC games at 1366x768 sometimes to make text a little more readable, and it's fine.

 

[data]

Some games have this feature where you can render UI at native and then scale down the resolution of everything else. I'd totally be fine with 900p if a game had that.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

I don't really care as long as the game is fun. I played PS3 and 360 on 1080p tvs.

 

[Negaduck]

I personally don't care. I'll play 640x480 if the game is fun and smooth.

I like higher resolutions (720+) but to me once it hits around 720 the increase feels like diminishing returns for me and starts to plateu. So I don't really care that much.

 

[Rats Off To Ya]

Console, sure. PC, absolutely not. I like my shit to be crisp.

 

[michaelius]

Nope - less than 900p is atrocious, 900p itself is passable for console.

On pc - native resolution always.

 

[Astral Dog]

720p-ish ok, depending on the TV, a true 720p screen has been my gamming companion for 720p consoles and its the best :,)

i tried on 1080p but those TV screens can look dark, blurry and ugly.

portable screens 480p or below however, NO, far from ideal

 

[CuckFupertino]

No.

 

[Vuze]

It's sorta acceptable when playing on a TV with distance. 1080p locked games (yes, these are a thing... silly JP devs...) look decent on the 4K TV but on my PC monitor? No way. Sub native looks like shit close up.
Naturally, native resolution on TV is very much preferable as well. IQ is just so good.

 

[jasminlovesyoux]

Cool with 720p displays. As long as what I'm playing doesn't go all tiny text on me.

 

[Strike]

As long as the framerate is good.

 

[secretanchitman]

Absolutely not. I had to suffer with it during last gen with the Wii/360/PS3 but not on PC. The reason I love playing on PC is because it’s a platform that I have full control over. I will turn down/off any effect and sacrifice framerate if I need to just to make sure the game can render properly at full/native resolution.

This gen, I’m very happy that the PS4 renders the games I own in 1080p. I’ve stated this in multiple threads before, but I simply will not buy a game for the PS4 if it doesn’t render in native 1080p. I cannot say the same for the Xbone and Wii U but they are weaker consoles so I can understand why.

TLDR - Image quality/native resolution > effects and framerate any day for me.

 

[EpicBox]

9000p? Fine
720p? Fine

Once we get back to the resolutions of SD I start to lose the ability to actually see stuff in games. Subtitles and ammo counters become impossible to read.

 

[GhostOfSparta305]

Only if it's a 60fps game.

For 30fps games, no excuse. At this point in the cycle, 1080 should be standard.

 

[Jawbreaker]

I will never drop a game's resolution below native on PC, and I won't be getting a 4K television/monitor until I know I can do this consistently at 60 FPS.

 

[JZA]

As long as the visuals contribute to and don't detract from the gameplay, the resolution is not that big a deal to me. I can enjoy 60FPS BF4 at 1080p as much as Broken Age at 720p. Maybe I'm just a visual peasant.

 

[Steel]

I use handhelds, so yeah.

 

[SpaceHorror]

I'll do 900p on my weak gaming rig, but I prefer not to. Any lower than that is unacceptable.

1080p on PS4. Only time I'll accept less is 60 fps and gorgeous graphics.

 

[AgentClassy]

For me I can play at 900p on a 1080 screen and xbox 360 games on my xbox one. But something like Battlefield Hardline at 720p is pretty bad even to help the framerate. Its too blurry.

 

[Piggus]

Lol @ everyone acting like resolution even makes a huge difference

Um, it does make a huge difference.

 

[capylikesgames]

I'm on the opposite side of the fence, honestly. I'd rather use Nvidia Inspector and cap the frames at 30fps while keeping the resolution at 1080p. Then it's just a matter of enabling motion blur, and most games are perfectly tolerable this way, in my opinion. Granted, as long as you have v-sync off. Any 30fps v-sync I've ever tried on PC adds a horrible delay that makes most games unplayable.

 

[gypsygib]

When gaming on my TV, 900p done right is fine because I sit far enough away and it's not that different from 1080p.

When gaming on my PC monitor, I can't even stand 1080p. Need 1440p.

 

[barneystuta83]

I just want the best experience for the game.

If that is higher res, more stable frame rate, or more graphical effects, I just want he best experience.

That simple.

 

[Quixz]

I don't buy games that aren't 1080p regardless of how "good" they may be. Will usually buy the PC version if available.

 

[JaggedSac]

Only time I have felt I really needed to hit 1080p was when I just hooked up my projector displaying a 120" screen, lol.

 

[supernormal]

I don't mind, especially when the dev takes the extra power to pretty up something else like lighting. I'd take a game looking like Avatar at 480p over Crysis whatever in 4k any day.

 

[III-V]

I can deal with lower resolutions, have been playing games since NES/Atari era lol. Of course, it can look like dung on fixed pixel display.

Thankfully, I am also a bit blind to frame rate issues such, in the sense that although they can be bothersome and ugly, they do not cause any sickness, like some people report.