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[dragonyeuw]

Let's work on standardizing 4k60 with full ray tracing first. Plus how big is an 8k game gonna be? 200g? 250g? 2TB had better be the standard drive size next gen.

How is 8K even going to be an appreciable difference unless you got an 85 inch TV in your room?

 

[Mayar]

You still going to be saying this when Nvidia talk a lot about 8k during the 5090 unveiling?

Well, if 5090 looks like this, then yes, I'll believe them.

And if this is another upscale from 2K, then I'm sorry, I'm not interested.

 

[GHG]

you can play at 8K with a 4090 so yeah it's reasonable that a 5090 will be better at 8K.

Yep, at this point they are running out of room as far as 4k is concerned from a marketing perspective.

Absolutely. 8k is completely unnecessary. Developers should focus less in graphics and resolution and more in AI and gameplay innovation

We have already reached extremely good graphics in this industry. Its time to start making better games with better writing and more innovation

We heard this same nonsense at the same point 4k was introduced to the market. It's not unnecessary, it's just early. The tech will mature and before you know it the resolution will become standard just as all other resolutions have before.

As always, content will drive adoption and gaming will be at the forefront of that (along with streaming).

Well, if 5090 looks like this, then yes, I'll believe them.

And if this is another upscale from 2K, then I'm sorry, I'm not interested.

Of course it will involve DLSS, most likely upscaled from 4k.

 

[hinch7]

8K just isn't worth it right now. The difference is hardly noticable at normal viewing distances and performance cost is way too high.

The only use case I can see it properly being useful is VR/AR, where pixel density matters.

Will take longer than a few years for 8K adoption to become a thing. Thats if it even takes off this decade. Full raytracing should be the priority next gen. Maybe PS7 for 8K lol.

 

[Mayar]

Of course it will involve DLSS, most likely upscaled from 4k.

Absolutely not interesting, this is another game of marketing and a beautiful logo.
In fact, I think it's time to make it mandatory to indicate that 2K or 4K or 8K is achieved by upscaling and is not native, rather than just sticking on a 4K or 8K icon that has little to do with reality. This misleads the end buyer, especially if he is not strong in technical issues and does not have the information.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Imagine how much zooming Digital Foundry will have to do when 8k arrives.

"If you zoom in just 1200 times, you can absolutely see the GPU putting the work in on those blades of grass"
"absolutely remarkable, Richard."

 

[sono]

This is good to know congratulations to the developers

 

[Unknown?]

These consoles are still releasing 900p games on Series S, it's not going to happen, unless it's with a bad-looking game like NMS.

Ftfy

 

[GHG]

Absolutely not interesting, this is another game of marketing and a beautiful logo.
In fact, I think it's time to make it mandatory to indicate that 2K or 4K or 8K is achieved by upscaling and is not native, rather than just sticking on a 4K or 8K icon that has little to do with reality. This misleads the end buyer, especially if he is not strong in technical issues and does not have the information.

Misleading?

There are plenty of situations where 4k using DLSS quality resolves better than 4k native. Considering the strides Nvidia have been making I'm sure the same situation will eventually arise when using DLSS at 8k.

When taking AI upscalers in to account the final result is all that matters. Get with the times.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Ftfy

Also PS5 Pro.

Alan Wake 2: how does PS5 Pro handle one of the best-looking games of this generation?

Alan Wake 2 is most of the most technologically impressive video games, so the PS5 Pro version should impress, right? Alex + Oliver discuss PS5 Pro vs PS5.

www.eurogamer.net

864p.

 

[Bitstream]

To this day lots of movies still aren't available in 4K UHD. But sure, lets all plunk down 10 grand for a TV that has virtually no native 8K content to display.

Tv makers always look at the horizon to find their next source of revenue, but 8K just isn't it. How about we focus on getting CRT motion clarity on modern tvs instead?

 

[Lysandros]

Just imagine the generational leap/graphic complexity we would be getting if 1080P TVs were still the standard people. Be careful what you wish for.

 

[JimboJones]

We probably will see 8K TVs being the next must have upgrade in 4 or 5 years time.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I can see a nation of squinting gamers trying to read the tiny HUD of older games scaled all the way to 8K on big screen TV's.

 

[bundylove]

Ia the psvr2 version worth playing?
Is it the same like in the game and can i switch to 3rd pwrson view in vr?

 

[Deerock71]

Keep pushing for the Ks, keep striking out on the frames...

 

[Schmendrick]

Big parts of our infrastructure are still far away from being able to handle proper 4k60, let alone 4k60 with HDR....
8K is a LONG way off outside of niche enthusiast POCs.

 

[FoxMcChief]

99% of devs can’t handle getting games to stay 4k without upscaling. I doubt 8k will be a thing in gaming in the next 10-15 years.

 

[Radical_3d]

Me measuring the distance to the screen to see the difference. ​

 

[Parazels]

Because we can open the same Steam and look at the statistics, for October 2024.

And we see - Primary Display Resolution
1920 x 1080 56.98%+1.25%, So we're in 2025 and most players are still playing in 1080p.
2560 x 1440 20.00% -1.73% - 20% - plays 2K.

I just don't see 8K suddenly becoming mainstream in a matter of years.

PC-minorities, who will forever play on small low res monitors, do not represent the whole market.

 

[killatopak]

Laughable with how many games are released that aren't even reaching 4k. Maybe try to make 4k more frequent first or at least make it both 4k and 60fps normal before talking about 8k.

 

[Mayar]

PC-minorities, who will forever play on small low res monitors, do not represent the whole market.

I specifically gave the ratio between 1080 and 2K. A 2K monitor is now practically worthless, $150-250 (you can get one for next to nothing during sales), but they still only make up 20% of the total. And PC gamers play at low resolutions not because life is good, but because that's how things are in the gaming industry.

 

[Sentenza]

No Man's Shill.

 

[Bojji]

Laughable with how many games are released that aren't even reaching 4k. Maybe try to make 4k more frequent first or at least make it both 4k and 60fps normal before talking about 8k.

Jedi is already below 720p on Pro in some places.

Developers clearly don't agree with that 8k marketing push, lol.

 

[Mayar]

Jedi is already below 720p on Pro in some places.

I am sure that if you stretch 720p to 8k via upscale, it will look simply "fantastic"... oh my god, what times are we living in...

 

[Parazels]

I specifically gave the ratio between 1080 and 2K. A 2K monitor is now practically worthless, $150-250 (you can get one for next to nothing during sales), but they still only make up 20% of the total. And PC gamers play at low resolutions not because life is good, but because that's how things are in the gaming industry.

Who cares about preferences of the PC-minorities? They are
not representative as hell!

Initially, 8k is made for the
console majority,
who can really give it a credit!

 

[Closer]

I'll downscale to 4k60 before anything 8k.