But is such a small jump even worth upsetting people over? If they came and out and said it's simply a ps4 that plays 4K blurays and up scales games to look a little better on 4K tvs but is identical to regular ps4 when played on a 1080p tv then whatever, it's cool. But it really is bad form to release a better system four years in that will make games run better and make some people feel burned for already having one.
Is it really worth all that for a minor jump in frames or resolution? They should've went big or went home. This little stuff is just mind boggling.
People that are upset tend to fall into two categories IMO. Feigning upset just to have an argument, and those with legitimate concerns. Those in the later category are right to wonder how Sony and developers will handle this as it's new territory for consoles, but one must accept facts and also as things stand just now air on the side of caution as we are all discussing rumours.
The facts IMO are simply looking closely at how PC titles work, and giving devs a bit of credit that usually they do have their games best interests at heart and do not step out to intentionally gimp games technically. Yes there are many examples of poorly optimized games, but there are many examples of technical marvels. Pride in ones work and good company ethic should tow the line for business as usual on PS4 base copies, so 1080/30, and something a bit better on PS4k.
It's not a flattering comparison. There's a reason why I didn't want to buy an XB1 this generation. It's because the performance was worse, IQ was worse. Some concession has to be made.
The gaming industry always ends up fucking over the person who owns the weaker hardware. Only now it's happened in three years instead of 5-8 years.
To the gaming elite, maybe so, but that's why many people go to a PC and never need to complain, they just upgrade their PCs and enjoy master race graphics. To many others the differences between XB1 and PS4 mean nothing really, and it's about enjoying games and playing with friends. One camp is not like the other, and there's plenty of people in both camps.
It's always been the same with consoles. Xbox more powerful than PS2, Xbox 360 better than PS3 in many ways, PS4 now better than XB1 in many ways. Vita better than 3DS, N3DS better than Vita. On a technical front. Nothing new.