Focus on improved AI and massive multiplayer experiences.

Rather have 60fps as the standard. Resolution for now is fine as they are, 4K will still not be common when next gen comes out. When we have the PS6 and the like I'm guessing 4k TV's will be the standard but not in a few years.

The visuals now are beautiful

Yes... yes they should. People who are poor shouldn’t hold back innovation, 4K TVs can be had for $200 now.

Resolution focus never makes sense

Console gaming designed to run on tv's should follow the resolutions that they adopt.
4k is the new standard for the living room. It makes sense that this is also a target for the new consoles.

It was the same push for HD (720p)
Then full HD (1080p)
Now it's ultra HD (4k)
Don't see why they shouldn't target it.

I'd like to see next gen head back to 60fps, if that requires rendering techniques such as CB or Temporal injection to hit 4K then so be it - the end results look fantastic imo. I guess this all depends on Sony's Zen budget.

Next gen games should come with an option for visual or performance like some of the games today. Satisfies both parties.

The PS3 offered 1080 interlaced resolution not 720p. That was used to make parity between Xbox 360 and PS3 on third party games. The Gran Turismo franchise, WipeOut franchise ran at 1080p on PS3. Uncharted 3 also ran at 1080p. The PS3 was capable of 1080p 30 frames per second but due to Xbox 360 so utterly weak hardware wise third party developers were forced to run their games at 720p. This generation of consoles has been a sham, console gamers bought souped up PS3s and thought it was next-gen lol

1.84Tflops PS4 can produce 1080p amazing graphics this gen, so in theory minimum for 4k should be 7.36Tflops, the speculation for PS5 is around 10-12Tflops, so yea next gen should focus on 4K because PS5 will have plenty of Tlops, not just for 4K image.

We need 60fps on everything before we focus on "True 4K" in my opinion.

Graphics>Physics>Frame rate>Resolution

This is the order in which they should prioritize games next gen.

I agree. Smooth gameplay is always 1st to me. Then when devs want them to look great theres games like GoW or HZD. They dont need true 4K to look better than most games on the market.

4k should just be a given ON TOP OF whatever else they are bringing to the table. 8-12tlfops w/ better CPUs will be just fine.

Tehy should focus on increasing CPU's power that allow so that we can actually have gameplay innovation which this gen hasn't seen

60FPS should be the focus with high quality graphics should be the focus not resolution.

I guess but i figure it should really depend on the game, not all games need 60FPS. something like a tactical rpg, story based, or slower paced stealth game i'd much rather have 4K than 60FPS, but if it's action 60FPS is a must

Ghost Recon: Wildlands and For Honor on the X proved that 1800p with near ultra PC settings, looks much better than 4K without. As long as resolutions dont hit at under 1800p for 4K users and HDR is mandated, Im fine with it. Anything under starts to look blurry on 4K sets, even with temporal reconstruction or checkerboarding.

Id much rather the drop to 1800p and the focus to be put on better Physics, AI and world simulation. I want to feel like Im in a true living, breathing world that isnt a facade that repeats when I leave and come back. I want damage to objects and the environment to remain permanently as a reminder of my skirmishes hours, days or months before.

Its time that we get a true next gen upgrade to our games and the way we play them. As this generation was about nothing more than resolution... upgrades to gameplay with physics and AI taking a backseat due to underpowered CPUs.

Though, I have little doubt that next gen consoles should be over 10tflops with better equiped CPUs and be able to handle 4K with better graphics than this gen, along with the added physics, world sim and AI features I mentioned... dropping those resolutions to 1800p and adding more shine to everything is a better use of that power, especially with HDR in tow.

I choose 60fps over 4k all day every day

These kind of articles and beliefs will just lead to underpowered consoles like ps4 and xbox one and allow for mid gen upgrades from here on out. Just look at how many people on this thread claim 60fps is like some true buttery smooth option when PC gamers have had this ability for years upon years. Console makers could lose 200 bucks a console and still make up for it on the back end with their yearly online subscription fees. People just give them a way out.

I agree. I think 1440p is a good baseline for next gen with the upper tier being 1800p. The amount of power you save for pure graphics far outweighs the decreasing returns past 1080p. You can have a ps2 game at 4k or you can have a ps3 game at 1080p...I know which I would prefer. The framerate thing is a little tougher since they mostly have to dedicate the cpu for that.

There so much more to games than 4K pixels. I hope all the tech and effort is not going to be wasted on this.
I would rather have 1080p at constant 60fps standard for every game, and the remaining tech and effort put towards VR, controller input innovations, advancement in controller design , game design, game engines etc. Sadly, I don't have too much hope for next gen other than better 4K support.

* Appealing Art Style
* 60 FPS
* New IPs