-Arcadia-
Banned
There's a big difference between the person using a Digital Foundry video to make informed purchasing decisions and the person watching it to WIN on an internet forum. I don't care much for the Dirt franchise but the visuals make me worried about next-gen, or at the very least, an ill-conceived push for games to hit 120 FPS when they rarely even hit 60 last gen. To me 120 FPS is something for games like Fortnite and Fall Guys or something, some genres/games are absolutely cheapened by the visuals being lesser. Of course, I get it for MP modes because of how important input lag and such becomes, but with more standardized framerates the doors are opened for more cross-play opportunities, would have loved to experience Destiny 2 on PC while still gaming with my console pleb friends, but it would be impossible because the game is literally easier for a person on PC (not joking console gamers are petitioning for world's first races to separate by platform because of how much slower it is for them, I remember even reading the reduced framerate meant less of their bullets connected with a target, lol). But, yeah, if a game looks bad on one platform I wouldn't expect different on the other, I could end up being wrong but I get the sense this will be the generation where DF are splitting more hairs than usual.
120 is optional in everything so far, and with the tiny amount of people that can actually use it, I’d be shocked if a game were ever designed around it.
I kind of see it as a bonus for those who are super into that sort of thing. I wouldn’t worry about it poisoning the next-gen well. The predominant thinking, by far and away, is that gamers love their sparklies. And well, we do.