What features are most important to you when it comes to PlayStation 5? If you live in Europe, you're statistically most likely to want better graphics more than anything else. That's probably a given in most parts of the world, but a recent survey spanning some of Europe's major countries has thrown out some interesting results.
ISFE and GameTrack posed a handful of questions about next-gen to a group of 8,000 consumers across Spain, Germany, France, Italy, and the UK. According to the results of this survey, 68 per cent place improved visuals as the most important feature on new hardware like PlayStation 5. The percentage increases to 78 if we only consider console users specifically. Following this at 63 per cent is shorter loading times, which is one of PS5's key selling points at this stage.
Interestingly, 8K support is deemed less significant for those surveyed, with only 40 per cent considering the resolution jump an important feature. In fact, motion controls are a higher priority, with 49 per cent eager for the functionality.
We won't go through absolutely everything, but to summarise, the most important factors for next-gen -- according to this survey, at least -- are better graphics, shorter load times, motion controls, and backwards compatibility. Respondents voted the least crucial feature to be VR support.
You can read a bit more about this survey over on GamesIndustry.biz. It's pretty interesting to see what gamers in a key territory for Sony are most excited for, even if the end results are somewhat predictable. What do you think? Is better visuals your most wanted feature for PS5? Have your say in the comments below.
[source gamesindustry.biz]
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I would like better and more reliable frame rates on PS5.
The most important feature for PS5 is Burnout 3: Takedown
I just want better frame rates tbh, it is clear we will get better graphics but if it is another generation of 30fps I will be sorely disappointed and may just switch to PC.
I want a reboot of Silent Hill above else now on PS5 (damn these rumours!).
Other than that I would appreciate more games with a steady 60pfs and shorter loading times. Graphics are more about style than technical achievements for me anyway.
I think lots of people don't even understand how it works. More characters and objects on screen might sound like "better graphics" to one, while it's isn't.
Personally, I prefer more good and fun games, as well as better performance. Good graphics are nice but aren't a necessity. They just need to be at the very least serviceable (and not misleading).
Not that surprising, graphics sell games more then most these days. Framerates will never be the biggest priority for most, if it meant we got games like Horizon looking the way it did but had to play it at 30fps then not many will complain.
I'ts all the same to me honestly.I can just easily adapt to stable 30 fps as to 60 fps.
It's overall the same experience.
To be honest some of the games on PS4 already have jaw dropping graphics..there must be a point where it's impossible to become any more realistic than real life..
Id just really like the Ps5 to launch with a new Shining Force game
Sadly, I think a lot of people are going to be disappointed by the graphical improvements of the next-generation.
Not saying PS5 won't have them, but I hope people are keeping their expectations in check.
We are plateauing.
I would rather have stability over graphics, and sadly, I think PS5 (and Series X) are going to be a repeat of the current-generation. Too much focus on "wow-factor" over completely locked framerates.
The fact that 8K is even mentioned as a possible resolution for PS5 (and Series X) worries me in the performance front. The PS4 couldn't even handle locked 1080p/30 on some games - something the PS4 Pro was able to rectify almost completely in the end (where applicable). Heck, even dead-locked 4K/30 is limited to top-tier PC GPU's. Sony (and Microsoft) want to talk 8K?! I am going to go out on a limb here and say that 8K support is going to be UI and media services only (maybe some sprite-based indie titles).
I would rather see better AI.
Even in games like RDR2 where the AI can have some smart/unique ways of doing things. But at the same time for example you have a bounty and your camping out on a roof with a ladder nearby. You shoot the sheriff that climbs up in the head. and then a few seconds later. Another sheriff tries the same thing and so on.
Or how about stealth moment's like in the last of us where companions like Ellie try and hide in plain site. and just break the immersion.
If people are like me upgrading to 4K TV then it makes sense right. You got to be consistent.
I wouldn't select one feature in particular though. No need to be silly even if asked. I'll take ALL those next gen features, thank you.
They must have carried this survey out on a Fortnite forum.
Yeah of course, it has been 7 years already, I'm ready for the next-gen visuals jump. Give me killzone shadowfall or infamous second son like visuals jump on next-gen console sony
I think denser, more interactive worlds with more intelligent AI will end up being more important. But I understand why people pick graphics in surveys like this because it's the most easy to imagine improvement.
Agree on shorter loading times, too!
Really? How boring, I'm looking for much more interactive worlds and branching stories with tangible gameplay differences. The reality is that this gen isn't that much different than the end of the last with only refinements in controls and more robust online being any different.
Look at open worlds even with the very best of them, the vast majority of the maps are static landscapes that don't change or have no meaningful interaction. GTAV for example is a vast city and huge countryside yet how many buildings can you enter and what difference can be made to the game outside of the missions.
Better graphics doesn't equal better gameplay, of course I like better graphics but it will never be my first choice for a feature in a game
@GamingFan4Lyf I doubt any games are going to be 8K on either machine, even the likes of Nvidia are moving backwards away from native 4K as it is a waste of resources and DLSS can actually improve upon it from a lower resolution, freeing up power for ray tracing and such
I would rather some cooler new feature be introduced to move along console gaming. My favorite part of this gen was the fact that you could suspend games and not reload every single time you wanted to play. That was a cool new feature.
@Wazeddie22 There will come a point where the graphics will be CGI like, but the point is when that does come, developers main focus will be better physics and dynamics.
I for one want above all else:
*more throughout backwards compatibility (PS3,PS2,PS1,Vita and PSP too)
*Added bonus for improved in-home remote play (ditch the PS4 controller requirement, at least open up to third party controllers with a touch-pad)
*More consumer friendly policy for digital purchases (if I bought a digital PS1 game on my PS3, let me download it and play it on my PS5)
This gen I was mostly a PS4 person, but more and more am being lured back to the XBox world due to the three points above.
@carlos82 Agreed.
Also, don't forget that Nvidia's Turing (and, I think, AMD Navi) supports Variable Rate Shading in order to push framerates as far as possible at the expense of lowered shading quality in non-focus areas.
It's actually really cool to see VRS at work. When you look at what is sacrificed in side-by-side screenshots, it's tough to even spot the differences. In motion, you don't even know it's working - just that your FPS are improved.
Digital Foundry did a video on it when Wolfenstein 2 got support for VRS. Neat stuff.
I'm guessing Knack 3 wasn't an option on the survey then?
Er the 'GAMES'(and mainly the 'REAL CONSOLE' Exclusives. Please remember that SONY) are the most important thing really. I am happy with the Graphics on the PS4 and could happily play my PS4 4Ever
Just give me the option to choose resolution and frame rates in all games. 1440p at locked 60fps preferably.
Syphon filter.a new metal slug.parasite eve.is the better feature i want.hey sony. Buy viseral games the developer of dead space.but yeah ps5 will triumph over ps4 in case of graphics powers.word up son
Noone sane wants motion controls outside of party games. This survey was rigged or posed to the most casual people who don't play so often and don't know what is what.
The average gamer doesn't know the difference between graphics and art style, it rubs me the wrong way when somebody says something like the Ni No Kuni series has crap graphics. Quicker load times and some brand new genres of games and rewriting the rule book on others is what I'm looking for next gen!
this needs to be the end of sub 30fps games. once and for all, either silky smooth 30fps or 60fps going forward. at the least, give every game an option to switch between 30/60. there are no more excuses for this... if i see another game running like control or star wars the new order next gen, i will wait several years before picking up a ps5.
i would rather have more fun and immersive games
all the shinny bells and whistles aint worth a thing if the underlining experience is crap
4K at 60fps, with near instant loading times and I'm a happy bunny
PlayStation Home 2.0, please?
How utterly boring and predictable.
Don't care much for ever-increasing resolution, and as long as a frame rate is smooth and consistent, I'm happy - it doesn't need to be particularly high for most games.
I'd much rather extra power was devoted to richer and more interactive worlds, and better AI for NPCs. As long as the focus is using the power purely on graphics and frame rates, we're just going to keep getting the same games but with more particles and slightly better lighting.
If they're going to want me to buy "CoD 57: SuperMega FutureWar", I'll have more interest if it has decent, realistic enemy AI, destructible buildings, and a moderately sized, richly detailed open world at 1080p locked to a rock-solid 30fps, than I will if it's the usual cookie-cutter sh*te at 8K 120fps with ray-traced explosions because they spent all the extra power on making it look prettier rather than improving the core game.
@get2sammyb Yes, so much this. I want NEW experiences not a higher resolution than 4K.
@Paranoimia I agree other than the locked at 30fps statement.
I don’t mind a 3rd person game running at 30fps so much but a 1st person game at 30fps bothers me.
i don't really care on resolutions beyond 1080p to be honest, so i hope games will have more options on PS5, so that 1080p/60fps will be more or the less the default performance over resolution option. i don't need 2880p checkerboarded up to 8K to be then supersampled back to HD. really high frame rates like 120fps just look really odd to me, i just don't find it very realistic or immersive. i also think it'll be more difficult to show improvements in gfx, most trailers are on youtube or streamed events, which are already using quite a lot of compression for video..
A much better CPU than PS4 should help with physics/AI, but not sure we're going to see much of an evolutionary leap in AI. maybe if PS6 has tensor cores when developers have had a chance to get more adept with them...
personally, i'd like game development times to get shorter.. but that's extremely unlikely. but having studios work on the one game for 4,5,6 years is just not productive..
Better graphics will be great and 4K 60fps should be the norm. But I also want a quieter machine - my PS4 Pro is very loud when playing games like GOW.
I'd rather have a silky smooth game in 1080p/60FPS with a good anti aliasing rather than super good graphics in 4k that runs like arse. Also rendering distance because having beautifully rendered foliage pop 20m in front of you reminds you constantly that a game wasn't created for your console, but a super high end PC.
I heard the human eye can’t distinguish between 4K and 8k, so if that’s true it seems a wasted technology anyway tbh. More likely a marketing tool...
Performance is more important. 60 fps should be standard. 30 fps caps no more. It.. Just..Feels.. Better.. anyone who's gone from one to the other and isn't feeling the difference is out of their mind.
So basically improve everything add backwards compatibility with PS1 to PS4 and get rid of VR, make sense
Graphics are good enough already, i want 60 fps in all games.
30fps is pretty much the one thing bothers me more on consoles right now.
I hope they keep pushing the Performance/Graphics mode option on PS5.
A survey done in the past of the world where FIFA is typically the best selling title? I wouldn't put too much consideration into that research.
Gamers want games, exclusive games, the only reason to buy a console.
Probably all been said in the comments, but:
Better AI,
Worlds that respond to how you play (lasting collateral damage, if you kill someone people should remember and want to find the killer etc),
Higher frame rates.
'bout it.
@ApostateMage Fortnite doesn't even have good graphics???
Better graphics lol who did the ask people in Mac Donalds ?
All people want is the most powerful and greatest never mind the quality of games.
Id like smoother frame rate ( As the division was lagging everywhere last night ) Quite fans with plenty of room to breath. More solid build and PS4 backwards compatible. The ps4 pro gets so loud i have to use earphones to hear game.
@Shigurui Same here put the resolution lower so you can put extra stuff in how it looks.
I want the Legend of Dragoon on my PS5.
@Flaming_Kaiser - I just think 4k is unnecessary for games. Well done HDR is far more impressive to my eyes.
Give me richer, more interactive worlds with realistic A.I, epic storytelling in epic campaigns, fluid animation and thunderous, pristine sound. And VR without the seasickness.
@GamingFan4Lyf I can’t believe people want 8k at this point when we can’t even crack 4K at 60fps and most people don’t even have 4K TVs.
The only reason a company will mention 8K is to impress ignorant people who only care about graphics. It won’t bring any benefit to the community.
I want better games. I want to enjoy the games. More focus on solo player cinematic campaigns. Gameplay is always my focus. The graphics are fine as they are and better graphics are always welcome but cmon just asking for better graphics is a very low bar.
It’s a toxic element that constantly want better when we haven’t nailed what we have yet. 8k?!?!?!? Behave you loons
@Shigurui And the 8K is just to push TV's.
I want instantaneous load times above all else.
@Flaming_Kaiser - All this 8k nonsense cracks me up, definitely a push by Sony to flog their upcoming TV's, maybe we'll see some 8k UI's in the odd game or Netflix will stream it but games? Not a chance.
In my opinion, better graphics matter to a degree. Apart from 4K and higher frame rates, I can't imagine the next generation of consoles yielding the same visual fidelity as the current generation of consoles. That's just not par for the course.
@Stocksy Better graphics are what epitomises the next generation of consoles (arguably). If games exclusive to next gen just look like current gen games but with higher frame rates and resolution (for the rest of that generation) then it wouldn't be next gen at all. It would be like current gen games looking like TLOS Remastered.
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