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[Raploz]

Let's say you have the power to choose what games would look like (no matter what platform) for the next 10 years. What would you prefer: Super realistic games (indistinguishable from real life, like a movie) at 240p or PS3-looking games at a crisp 8K (or more)?

Comments and rules:

- Yes, you could use a nice CRT TV for 240p if you wanted.
- Yes, I'm going for extremes here and setting a time-frame you'd have to live with your choice to force you to really think about it.
- You have to choose one of the pre-determined options. You can't comment something like "games from the next generation at 1080p" or "Atari games at 200K". Comment about your reasoning for choosing the option you chose.
- If you don't care about game graphics, please don't derail the thread with your comments. Go away. Shush!
- DLSS or other upscaling techniques are not allowed in this hypothetical scenario.

Examples:

240p:




8k PS3:

 

[rushgore]

People who are voting 240p probably do not realise how low it actually is.

 

[Husky]

240p's way too much of a compromise, I couldn't. Just watch a 240p YouTube video, imagine it's a video game, and ask yourself if you'd really want to play that. Sharp PS3 titles would be much better eye candy. Assassin's Creed, GTA, yeah, those could look tight at 8K.

 

[Chris_Rivera]

How the f is 240p supposed to look real. Resolution plays a big part in photorealism.

 

[Paulxo87]

this is just ridiculous to even ponder lol

 

[TLZ]

240p?

What year is this?

 

[Raploz]

this is just ridiculous to even ponder lol

That's exactly why I made the topic. It's a hard choice. Go back 2 generations in graphics for the next 10 years or play real graphics at 240p

 

[Woodchipper]

Real looking at 240p is not real looking at all.

 

[Topher]

 

[BlackTron]

I would pick PS3 level games, even if the other option was 8K too and not 240p.

Being able to only play real looking games sounds terrible. They are games and shouldn't always seek to perfectly mimic the real world.

 

[Rea]

OP 240p is like looking at potato soup on modern flat TVs. Please change to at least 1080p.

 

[AmuroChan]

Wouldn't a 240p game on a 55" TV just look like a blurry image? So photorealistic graphics or not, it's complete moot.

 

[Raploz]

Wouldn't a 240p game on a 55" TV just look like a blurry image? So photorealistic graphics or not, it's complete moot.

You'd have the option of buying a nice CRT monitor of course.

 

[Woodchipper]

That's exactly why I made the topic. It's a hard choice. Go back 2 generations in graphics or play real graphics at 240p

It's not hard though. MGS4 and Uncharted 3 is not bad looking by any means, and at 8k? That'd be glorious.

Now, check out a 240p video on YouTube (if there even is one) and tell me if you can even see what you're looking at.

 

[Rentahamster]

You ain't getting "real looking" at 240p

 

[Raploz]

It's not hard though. MGS4 and Uncharted 3 is not bad looking by any means, and at 8k? That'd be glorious.

Now, check out a 240p video on YouTube (if there even is one) and tell me if you can even see what you're looking at.

TBH compression play's a big role in how bad YouTube videos look. PS1, Saturn and N64 used to render at 240p and it was playable.

 

[SpecialAgentZ]

If you said "real looking games at 1080p" I would be all in. 240p you can't even tell where the car ends and the road begins. Unless it's "real looking games at 240p on a old crt tv".

 

[lh032]

ill quit gaming.

 

[Raploz]

If you said "real looking games at 1080p" I would be all in. 240p you can't even tell where the car ends and the road begins. Unless it's "real looking games at 240p on a old crt tv".

The problem is 1080p looks okay for most people. This thought experiment is about big compromises. And yes, you'd be able to use a CRT if you wanted to.

 

[kyliethicc]

8K 120 Knack 2 bayybeee

 

[Woodchipper]

TBH compression play's a big role in how bad YouTube videos look. PS1, Saturn and N64 used to render at 240p and it was playable.

Of course, but a PS1, Saturn or N64 game at 8k would be way more pleasant.

 

[.Pennywise]

Go to youtube and put any video on 240p and watch how "real looking" is that

 

[Rickyiez]

Weird question , 240p looks nothing like real . Minecraft looks more real than 240p lmao

 

[LordOfChaos]

240p looks like on modern screens (and no I'm not going to have a big CRT just for it).

But principally I'd agree that graphical details have been more important than resolution for a while. But we'd need to be at least at DVD quality 480p, then photorealism would still look way beyond what we have at 4K on modern hardware. PS3 graphics on 8K is a tremendous waste of power. A DVD definitely looks a lot more real than an 8K game.

 

[bargeparty]

Threads these days are getting worse and worse.

 

[Trogdor1123]

8k is really high and there are lots of amazing looking PS3 games. Easy choice.

 

[Three]

240p isn't even SD. Can't we at least have 480p? I'd pick that.

 

[Trogdor1123]

Threads these days are getting worse and worse.

Oh, for sure. But did you vote?

 

[Amiga]

this is actually kind of OK

 

[Hobbygaming]

Make it 720P and we have a deal

 

[Raploz]

Make it 720P and we have a deal

720p is still too good tho. I'm still playing my PS3 to this day and it's fine.

 

[gow3isben]

Make it 480 at least jeez and even then I would choose ME legendary edition or Uncharted remastered any day.

720p and we have a discussion.

 

[AmuroChan]

You'd have the option of buying a nice CRT monitor of course.

That would be a deal breaker for me then.

 

[Cryio]

So, let's take Uncharted 4, max it out, add 8x SSAA and set it to 240p. Let's see what happens.

 

[Lethal01]

Let's say you have the power to choose what games would look like (no matter what platform) for the next 10 years. What would you prefer: Super realistic games (indistinguishable from real life, like a movie) at 240p or PS3-looking games at a crisp 8K (or more)?

Comments and rules:

- Yes, you could use a nice CRT TV for 240p if you wanted.
- Yes, I'm going for extremes here and setting a time-frame you'd have to live with your choice to force you to really think about it.
- You have to choose one of the pre-determined options. You can't comment something like "games from the next generation at 1080p" or "Atari games at 200K". Comment about your reasoning for choosing the option you chose.
- If you don't care about game graphics, please don't derail the thread with your comments. Go away. Shush!
- DLSS or other upscaling techniques are not allowed in this hypothetical scenario.

Examples:

240p:

8k PS3:

I'll start off by saying I'd still vote 240P. A truly photorealistic game takes hundreds of times more power to render than 8k PS3 games, maybe more. Plus I still love my crts

That said I think you missed the mark in your attempt to compare extremes. it would make more sense to go for something like 480p. going up to 8k barely changes things but 240p it a big gap

 

[TheMay30thMan]

The right choice is fairly obvious. Neither lmao

 

[01011001]

I would even rather go to GameCube graphics at 8K than realistic ones at below SD

screen clarity is very important for many genres, especially online shooters.
look at what esports focused games look like... this is Valorant which is not even 2 years old, running at max settings:

artstyle + clarity > realism

 

[EverydayBeast]

240p vs PS3 8K

 

[Plantoid]

Just change from 240p to 480p and we will see interesting results, as it is now it's obvious.

 

[existensmaximum]

Well, I'd rather not play at all. I can't stand older, low-polygon-count-games with low resolution textures rendered at high resolutions, so all of its flaws stick out.

So if I'd really have to choose, I'd much rather have all the good stuff at 240p, but on a 20" CRT TV. Or perhaps a 3-5" OLED or something, I don't know.

If that's not an option and I have to use my 65" OLED, PS3 graphics I guess. But I wouldn't be playing at all then.

 

[The Pleasure]

Damn, what are they playing? Looks hype. My friend told me they were playing Skullgirls at Norcal Regionals, but I'm saying that's Darkstalkers 3. One of my other friends said it was Power Stone for the Dreamcast, but someone else said it was Bloody Roar for the Gamecube.

 

[killatopak]

4k res games downscaled to 240p or the game itself has an internal resolution of 240p?

 

[Shubh_C63]

If that 240p was say 720 then this would make more sense.

 

[Damigos]

PS3 at 8k
There is no realism at 240p

 

[StreetsofBeige]

240p too low.

Maybe 480p.

 

[jigglet]

I'd take a static image that's ray traced over anything the industry has to offer.

 

[Iced Arcade]

Why stop there... Lets go back to spelling boobies on calculators

 

[clarky]

Did the dude who started the bungie/halo thread pass you his crack pipe OP?

Get the fuck outta here nothing looks real at 240p. Except one of my turds.

 

[Esppiral]

Not 240p but 640p? Hell yes, that's the resolution I watched Avatar on DVD and NOTHING can't match that in real time...

 

[Astral Dog]

PS3 looking obviously(im assuming there are some slightly better looking games like Switch/Wii U quality and not literal PS3)

60fps/120fps,good image quality.

240p is a joke and negates any fancy graphics, you could have picked 720 ish to make it more interesting