Could not care less. Give the extra memory to the developers for the bits I actually PLAY. The games.
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Anyone else hope MS increases the Series X dashboard to 4k over 1080p?
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That's fair enough regarding the issue with multiplayer games, though it is to be noted the same issue applies to quick resume, but it should at the very least be capable of rendering in 4K while there is no game actively running, dropping down to 1080p while something is active. So if you have no game running or all games are already in suspended state (quick resume state) it should be able to render in 4K.
I think that explanation would have worked for the one x or even the XSS but not for XSX. I think it's more of a features priority thing. Xbox's UI is always evolving and the UI team is always adding/removing features. A 4K UI would be a big feature that would require a lot of work and testing to add but since there's sort of low demand for it they are probably prioritising other features.
If they can do it without a performance hit? Yes please.
Just don't put it in a HDR container please.
Just don't put it in a HDR container please.
I do agree that it would be an improvement. The game art, text, and the little badges that they put on games would certainly look a lot better. Maybe even 1440p would suffice.
When I look at the PS5 UI it does look crisper, although the Xbox dashboard is extremely fine tuned right now and I don't want that to go away either.
After a few weeks with Quick Resume, I want them to fix that first. How fast they do things I am guessing there will be a beta version showing which games are in QR within a few months.
When I look at the PS5 UI it does look crisper, although the Xbox dashboard is extremely fine tuned right now and I don't want that to go away either.
After a few weeks with Quick Resume, I want them to fix that first. How fast they do things I am guessing there will be a beta version showing which games are in QR within a few months.
I'm using a 4K 50 inch television and I can't say I've once wished the resolution was higher.
I'm loving the UI because of its speed of response, even during play, so I'd much rather they prioritised that. This is coming from PS4 Pro where the UI freezes at every waking moment if you're trying to do anything during a game. I also believe the RAM is allocated to games, too, which is again a priority over flashy window decoration.
I'm loving the UI because of its speed of response, even during play, so I'd much rather they prioritised that. This is coming from PS4 Pro where the UI freezes at every waking moment if you're trying to do anything during a game. I also believe the RAM is allocated to games, too, which is again a priority over flashy window decoration.
It's the UI, I really don't care. Honestly they can do whatever with resolution but I just hope they don't add HDR. I will often leave my console on the dashboard as I go do something else but I'm less comfortable doing that with my PS5 plugged into my OLED as it very quickly gets image retention thanks to the UI being HDR.
The only reason I'd like them to do it, would be to eliminate the quick black screen when your TV changes resolutions to launch a game.
Aside from that, I don't care even a little bit, lol. The only reason I even know it isn't 4K, is because people have said it here. It looks more than crisp and sharp enough for me, and if it means more system resources for the games, then great.
Aside from that, I don't care even a little bit, lol. The only reason I even know it isn't 4K, is because people have said it here. It looks more than crisp and sharp enough for me, and if it means more system resources for the games, then great.
If there is any benefit for games having it 1080p then keep it 1080p honestly id looks great as is on my 55" TV.
A crispy dashboard would be nice. But with all the complaints about games being the most important thing, sacrificing a gui res for ram is fine.
I just wish they'd provide the option for it to output as HDR (in an SDR container) like PS5.
My TV blanking out periodically to switch between SDR and HDR every time I launch a game drives me crazy, especially now with Quick Resume where I'm switching between games with regularity.
My TV blanking out periodically to switch between SDR and HDR every time I launch a game drives me crazy, especially now with Quick Resume where I'm switching between games with regularity.
Yes. It reminds of Switch with 720p dashboard.
Not my top issue with Xbox dash though (which is that I have to go to settings to choose between Instant On and Energy Saver. I want I just want the option when I go to turn it off like on PS4 and PS5. Especially this gen I only need Instant On/Rest Mode when downloading something).
Not my top issue with Xbox dash though (which is that I have to go to settings to choose between Instant On and Energy Saver. I want I just want the option when I go to turn it off like on PS4 and PS5. Especially this gen I only need Instant On/Rest Mode when downloading something).
I don't even notice the difference and hope they never make it 4K if that stuff about it affecting game performance is true.
Eh. I mean the Dashboard is so stupidly efficient that you're in and out for what you need in seconds, no matter the task. If it ends up being 4K then cool? Otherwise it's scraping the wood off the bottom of the barrel for things to be concerned about for the Series X.
I don't care and I hope MS doesn't either unless it is on the Series XX and they added 8GB of more RAM.
It doesn't take away from the larger point, but I believe the new Xbox UI is actually built on React Native.
No, we know why it was done and the reason behind it was the correct choice.
My goal is to spend as little time as possible in the dashboard. I'm not itching to see it in 4K
The PC and mobile apps are (for easy cross platform UI), but the console side is still vanilla XAML. But regardless, React Native on Windows actually renders using UWP XAML anyway so even if they did (if they wanted to make performance and animations worse), it would still render with the same tech.
That said, the new console store might be written with React Native (and XAML rendered) - I'll have to double check. But the dash are everything else definitely are not.
EDIT: The new console store is React Native (rendered in XAML), and everything else is vanilla XAML (with a couple of legacy HTML views lying around)
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I dont care tbh. I dont play the dash, I honestly dont care that its 4K on my PS5. I navigate to my games and thats it.
PS4 Pro used to do this and I hated it, I'm glad PS5's dash is 4k with HDR and stays consistent when running a game and jumping back to the dash.
The new systems came in hot, I would think this is low on the priority list of things to do but that's just me.
I'd like the option to "wrap" the main interface in an HDR envelope (like the PS5), just because I've seen some displays stick in the wrong mode when you bounce back-and-forth between the system menu and an HDR game. I don't care about the better resolution if there's any downside to it. That said, I'd definitely take a 4K interface, it's just low priority for me, personally.