Sony removes still-unmet “8K” promise from PS5 packaging
Sony removes still-unmet “8K” promise from PS5 packaging
Move could presage an expected resolution bump in the rumored PS5 Pro.
On the one hand, I'm not even running 4K yet, and it is vanishingly unlikely that I will own a >4K display within the lifetime of my PS5, so this makes no difference to me.
On the other hand, I would like to see blatant false advertising punished every time it happens. "Nobody really cares" isn't much of an excuse when they clearly thought people cared enough to put it prominently on the box. Being able to play high-end video 10 years down the line is a legitimate selling point for a gaming console that doubles as media box.
On the third hand a TV at couch distance is going to look only slightly better at 4k vs 1080p. 8k is just a waste of electricity
That’s EXACTLY what people said about 720p to 1080p.
Source: sales bitch when 1080p came out. Blatantly false.
1080p to 4k is a fucking huge different no matter what device, size, or distance. I’m not trying to be combative—I run all my stuff at 1440p144hz.
1080p to 4k at couch distance is HUGE though. If I could easily run 4k144hz I would, but that’s not in my budget right now.
8k is even more insane but you’re right—you need a BEAST of a computer to be able to display that.
No one has 3 hands, dummy!
This sounds an awful lot like the PS3 OtherOS class-action lawsuit that Sony had to pay out on.
No PS1 games they could upscale to 8k?
Can any console even run actual 4K yet? Not just upscaled 1440p at reduced framerate?
Plenty of games give you the option of resolution/detail or frame rate.
... Yes. Many AAA games this generation can run at native 4K on Series X and PS5, but in most games with demanding graphics you have to choose between that with a 30-40 FPS target, or 1440p and 60-120 FPS with VRR.
So if my packaging has 8k marketing on it, can I get a refund?
Sony: of course no!
Yeah I don't see 8K delivering any value. My eyes can't resolve past 4k anyway, it'll just be heavier on the GPU and it won't get me a damn thing.
Sure, 64k ought to be enough, yada yada. That doesn't apply when you're running up against biological limits though.
I think even 4K can be overkill depending on the size of your monitor. I feel like the size of a monitor that wants 8K for good enough PPI would be impractically huge, at least for desktop use.
Okay but you can now have a larger screen with the same DPI and distance, giving you a wider fov.
Lies! People still want 10000 hz monitor!
I hate Linus, but he did a great bit l On the 3000 series graphics cards hitting 8K. And how ridiculous it was
Choose your next words carefully or risk invoking the wrath of the fediverse.
Which Linus?
(edit) Either I poked at a sensitive spot or people no longer appreciate sarcasm. Of course not everybody within the fediverse will have a homogenous opinion on the Linuses, Richards, or Gabriels of the world. I'm making fun of the people who will rush like zealots to the defense of some public personality whenever a negative opinion is expressed, and don't pretend there's not a fuckass load of such people around here.
So here, if you still need it:
/s.I thought it was funny
We ain't a monolith bro, and you don't speak for me
/unsheathes Katana
The small one with the blanket!
Clearly there aren't a "fuckass load" of people like you described. 🤷♂️
Hate is a pretty strong emotion. Why do you hate Linus?
Did... people think it was anything other than "HDMI 2.1 supports it, put it on the box"?
Sony has quietly removed the 8k logo...a change that appears to have happened between late January and mid-February
I must have gotten mine just before then. I still have the box and had to check; 8K branding. I got it somewhere between January and February, right around the time the thing started being regularly in stock again.
I'm waiting on the next hardware refreshes for 16k