This isn't an attack on the Pro but an observation on console development in general. I can't be the only one who finds it ridiculous that we're moving from 1080p to 4K when we literally haven't had any sustained period of 1080/30fps. Now I like 60fps as much as the next guy but I'm perfectly fine with 30 provided it's consistent. Early days but a lot of PS4 Pro games are running at sub 30fps:
Skyrim (4K)
Watch Dogs 2 (1800p)
Dishonoured 2 (?)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (4K)
I'm sure there will be plenty more. Why are they even running at such high resolutions when they can't hold 30fps? For some reason I had the expectation that developers would at least have a baseline FPS of 30 but that appears to be a pipe dream. They haven't been afraid to release games that run worse than the OG PS4 so they can run them at super high resolutions. I don't expect a games running worse on Pro compared to the base model to continue but I'm not holding my breath for them to be consistently better.
I want to put this down as "launch woes" but it looks to me like a continuation of a trend we've had for ages. Scorpio looks to be no different with all the talk of native 4K. Are we stuck with sub 30fps forever on some console games?
Skyrim (4K)
Watch Dogs 2 (1800p)
Dishonoured 2 (?)
Rise of the Tomb Raider (4K)
I'm sure there will be plenty more. Why are they even running at such high resolutions when they can't hold 30fps? For some reason I had the expectation that developers would at least have a baseline FPS of 30 but that appears to be a pipe dream. They haven't been afraid to release games that run worse than the OG PS4 so they can run them at super high resolutions. I don't expect a games running worse on Pro compared to the base model to continue but I'm not holding my breath for them to be consistently better.
I want to put this down as "launch woes" but it looks to me like a continuation of a trend we've had for ages. Scorpio looks to be no different with all the talk of native 4K. Are we stuck with sub 30fps forever on some console games?