This is ancient. Some of you argue like this is new. Isn't that boring?
This reminds me way back in the Dreamcast/PS2/Gamecube/Xbox 1 era and even before then.
Gamers look at the back of the box and buy games. Publishers know this. The mentality of fidelity over frame-rate will always be there in the future and past. They took aim and opted against the benefits.
SW does it too. The internet does it. We post picture after picture of still frames of upcoming and future games. Those pictures don't tell us the framerate, nope. Yet, they are arguing points all the same. It's about graphics fidelity and setting as high a bar they can with limited static hardware. It's going to be about graphics fidelity for a long, long time.
Insomniac spoke on the matter years back when they were pumping about R&C games at 60fps and their peers were getting praise for graphics for games at 30fps. Insomniac eventually acquiesced because the market forced their hand. This is an old song and those of us that have been around should know this dance by now.
It would be nice at 60fps and they could do it, but they aren't willing too...partially because the entire gaming industry is the way it is (framerate a second thought) and graphics trump frame-rate for the casuals. How many times do you hear people defend a game's graphics with but it's a locked 60fps VS. how many times do you hear people argue about which game has the bestest graphics? We all know the answer. People want the bestest graphics....and then later wish those bestest graphics were ALSO 60fps on consoles. The people that want higher frame rate are the minority. It's static hardware. Not many developers are willing to SACRIFICE visuals for a framerate boost. No matter HOW STRONG the hardware, that is always the equation on the table.
The PS5 and Xbtwo will also have developers juggling graphics over framerate. Don't expect most to have both next gen, because there are always going to be people that can push the hardware harder if they sacrifice the 60fos fir 30fps and make the pictures pretty. Devs are going to want the prettiest games, and publishers want that too because the majority of gamers notice that and look at the pretty pictures on the back of a gaming box at the store, online, or in magazines.
We will see the most 60fps this generation with indie games and last generation cross gen ports (Destiny, TLOU, Rise of the Tomb Raider, etc). Just like every gen, the devs use the extra horsepower on their old games. However, upcoming AAA games it's like watching a race on who can make the best looking games and the majority of publishers and developers are NOT going to Handicap themselves to 60fps on console when their peers are pumping out gorgeous visuals (and winning awards) at 30fps on consoles.
I said this way back in 2005 man and again last gen in 2008ish...the console developers are going to opt for a stable 30fps for as many games as possible whilst pushing graphics hard. It's the same deal and people are acting like it's not.
My post is not about PC. It's about console static hardware.
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