IGN Italy says the PS5 won't support 1440p

Craig of War

Craig of War

Banned


it.ign.com

PS5 non supporterà la risoluzione 1440p, è ufficiale

Brutte notizie in arrivo per la nuova ammiraglia di Sony.
it.ign.com it.ign.com

Translation:

"The arrival of PS5 is getting closer and closer and, of course, there is a lot of new information around the car, good or bad as it is.

In this case, unfortunately, we are forced to report news that will not exactly please many buyers of the new Sony flagship, in particular those in possession of a gaming monitor, perhaps even a nice recent and performing one. According to the latest information, confirmed directly by Sony to our editorial team during the day today, PS5 will not support the native resolution at 1440p, a resolution that is certainly "irrelevant" for most players, but very "dear" to PC gamers.

This news almost comes to dampen the enthusiasm generated by the latest information on the console, including the most recent one relating to full support (complete with integrated cable) for HDMI 2.1 and 120Hz, which we have already talked about extensively in the past few hours. .

In short, not exactly good news for an important slice of the public. What do you think of it? Let us know in the comments!
 
Last edited:
My 1440p monitor is disappointed
UTGDyh8.gif
 
Last edited:
Sony isn't considering monitors probably because the amount of console gamers who play on monitors amount to <1%.

It would be cool if they did though, and I hope they patch support later. That said, I wonder how many 1440p monitors don't support a 4K signal...
 
Last edited:
SlimySnake said:
That makes no sense whatsoever. So what happens for 1440p games like Uncharted 4 and The last of us 2?

What happens if a dev wants to target 1440p like the UE5 demo?
Click to expand...

It will still display. Most 1440p monitors worth their salt will downsample the 4K output signal with not much difference if at all in quality.

However, if people make enough noise, they can always update their firmware to do so.
 
Last edited:
DeepEnigma said:
It will still display. Most 1440p monitors worth their salt will downsample the 4K output signal with not be much difference if at all in quality.

However, if people make enough noise, they can always update their firmware to do so.
Click to expand...
so basically this only affects people with 1440p monitors. Most tvs are 4k and should just upscale the 1440p image like they do now.
 
freefornow said:
Anything to back that up?
Click to expand...

Speculation based on observation. I'm sure some will be eager to turn this into the next battle ground... where somehow a never heard of before huge amount of people play consoles on their 1440p monitors with no support for 4K signal LMAO
 
Last edited:
SlimySnake said:
so basically this only affects people with 1440p monitors. Most tvs are 4k and should just upscale the 1440p image like they do now.
Click to expand...

AFAIK, there are no 1440p TVs. 1080p and 4K are 99.999999999∞ % of the TVs out there.

The PS5 will probably be upscaling to 4K before it ever hits the TV/monitor scalers as well.
 
Last edited:
4k or bust, huh? If I remember correctly, Microsoft thought 720p was superior to 1080i and thought they were right to not include it. Part of their hubris at the time. I think most people play on 1080p or 4k TVs so it's probably alright for Sony not to include it. I think most people who are playing at 1440p and doing it on a monitor.
 
DeepEnigma said:
AFAIK, there are no 1440p TVs. 1080p and 4K are 99.999999999∞ % of the TVs out there.

The PS5 will probably be upscaling to 4K before it ever hits the TV scalers as well.
Click to expand...

Correct, there is no broadcast standard for 1440p so there are 0 TVs at that 1440p. This only hurts 1440p monitor users.
 
Where this hurts is games that render at sub 4K, and now have to be sampled Up to 4K, then down sampled to 1440p by the monitors. Scaling multiple times isn't ideal
 
www.neogaf.com

Gaming Discussion

Video game news, industry analysis, sales figures, deals, impressions, reviews, and discussions of everything in the medium, covering all platforms, genres, and territories.
www.neogaf.com www.neogaf.com
 
Last edited:
Wow, dodged a bullet. Before that sale on the CX I was looking at 1440p monitors. Sucks for the PC gamers that already have one and wanted to get a PS5.
 
Kerlurk said:
This was already mentioned in the next generation thread via someone who has the PS5.

This is completely on Sony not supporting it, and has nothing to do with the OS or hardware.

Really stupid of Sony, as it would not really cost them anything to include this.

On the PS4 Pro, the only option is 1080p when hooking up a 1440p monitor. 4K and downscaling is not an option.
Click to expand...

maybe they have a special upscaler that goes to 4k with a special requirement and if it outputs 1440p then it has to use a sub 1080p image wich doesnt give a good end result compared to a 4k final image from a specific base resolution, its wrong to just jump to the conclusion that is stupid, just like people where calling sony stupid when ps4 used a custom encoder for hdmi controller instead of GPU's hdmi output when later sony added hdr support with a firmware update to every PS4 thanks to that custom encoder

 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

  • Locked
Report/Rumor: Chrono Trigger Remake in the works (Update: IGN Italy Confirmed It)
Rumor  2
86
1K
Hawk The Slayer replied
Switch 2 vs 1440p - What is happening?
2 3
110
3K
Spukc replied
  • Locked
PS5 price could rise to $999+, says analyst
Opinion Hardware  2
74
2K
RCU005 replied
Beat Saber is ending support for PS4/PS5 (PSVR/PSVR2) starting in June 2025
News 
12
509
PixelatedBeast replied
The Witcher 4 won't be out until sometime in 2027 at the soonest, CD Projekt says
News  2
77
3K
GymWolf replied
Top Bottom