PS5 Could Add 1440p Support if There Is Enough Demand

I feel like there's going to be overwhelming demand from people just trying to prove a point, and then very little attach rate afterwards.

They might as well add the option. Personally it’s not something I use but I know tons of people who prefer using a monitor for MLB The Show because of the reduced input lag.

Downscaled is such a stupid term. It's called supersample.

What's even funnier is that my Sony XBR930E 4K TV says it already supports 1440p resolution...lmao🤣

@Enuo my thoughts exactly

Regardless of whether people will use it or not, if it can be added relatively simply, there's no reason it shouldn't be.

I use a 1440p monitor for my PC, so it's beneficial to have it.

@Enuo Yep, got to cater for the minority, or they shout louder than the majority. You're correct.

I use a pretty good 1080P monitor with my base PS4 now, and I have no immediate plans to upgrade it when I eventually get a PS5 in the next year or so (purchasing a PS5 will be quite expensive for me). So can I look forward to the picture quality being super sharp on my current monitor due to the PS5 supersampling to that resolution?

They might as well add it even if its just to shut the whiners up. All the negative stuff about the PS5 the past 3 or 4 days has massively taken the shine off launch for me next week, and now Game UK have randomly decided to change their delivery service from Royal Mail same day tracked to Yodel Next Day without any notification, im in a less than stellar mood

I bet 1 in 80 actually use that resolution.

Can 1440P resolution be added in a firmware update on PS5 or does it require a hardware revision? I actually might get a PS5 slim (or whatever it's called) a few years down the road to connect to my PC monitor if it supports 1440p.

Doesn't downscaling from a higher resolution look better/no different, tho? I'm not much of a nut for this kind of stuff, but I always thought the rule of thumb is that high resolution images scaling down for lower res displays looks no different than if the lower res was displayed natively. I guess I don't understand why would you want 1440p specifically, if 4k is already being offered?

I have no 1440p monitor but I'm glad people came out to ask for the support, It's quite a common monitor resolution nowadays and it feels dumb to be locked to 1080p because you don't have an expansive 4K monitor especially when 1440p looks so nice.

@SwitchVogel If I understand correctly it's not downscaling 4K to 1440p but rather upscaling 1080p to 1440p which makes for a blurrier image

@PaperAlien I think you mean Royal Mail Tracked 24, as Royal Mail don't offer a same day service. Unless it's for urgent one off deliveries. Which I've never known Game use at all for any pre orders. So if they stated that to you, and not Royal Mail 24, it was a mistake to begin with. When my friend pre-ordered from Game, the morning/evening the first wave went live, the only option was Royal Mail 24 or DPD.

So I think the site or anyone advising you same day was incorrect from the get go.

Where have Game stated it's by Yodel by the way, I've seen many stating this and yet my friend contacted them and they've confirmed twice it's via Royal Mail 24 to his area.

I mean some haven't even been charged for their Xbox delivery that was meant to be today from Game, so I'd say Game are a tad confused on everything from delivery to packing right now, sadly.

PS: Hope you get your PS5 on launch day!

They could have added support for 1440p from the start and avoid so much drama.
Even some of the games are rendered at 2k to obtain higher framerates. Hell, even the competition offers it. So why not add support for it? Clearly it's not a hardware problem, and can be corrected via a software update, so...
Anyway, i'm good whatever the result.
My Sony 55XE9005 TV supports 4k.
And the 2k monitor i use, an Aorus AD27QD, supports internal upscaling to 4k, a feature Gigabyte added mainly for the consoles that don't offer 2k (yeah, some manufacturers are not so lazy...)

I have a 1440p monitor but will be connecting my PS5 to my 4K TV.

Steam survey shows that it's something like 6.75% of the survey in October was using 1440p, more people were using sub 1080p than that.

If you scale that up that's possibly 5 million or so people with a 1440p monitor on steam, how many of them will get a PS5 and want to use the monitor? Who knows less than that certainly.

@deathaxe Wise words.

@God_of_Nowt The ONLY company has has been offering same day service is Argos but that costs a fair bit and your local store needs to have that in stock and I don't think they are offering it in lockdown anyways.

I agree GAME will most likely to have switched to RM Next day pre 1pm (Special delivery) if your lucky, just regular 24 tracked if not (but given it's a console I suspect it's special delivery as it's insurable to £450)

I have got notification of Smyths sending my headphones out by Yodel and so lets see how they do this week.

Like I have been saying, there won't be enough demand because the majority of 1440p users play on PC. And even in the PC community 1440p is a low number.

@deathaxe To be entirely fair, this is the kind of argument used by Sony execs to diminish the necessity of backward compatibility that was so much criticize a year or two ago. And this 1440p problem seems like even less of a hassle to add than backward compatibility, how many millions of people own a 4K TV ? Quite a bit now but I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of people owned a 1080p TV and yet 4K is supported and a resolution target because who's to say how many people will own 4K TV in 4 to 7 years ? Who's to say how many people will own 1440p monitors in 4 to 7 years ?

@deathaxe Exactly, I'm trying to clarify for my friend who's annoyed I have one and obviously I don't want him to miss out, or anyone for that matter. However, all of a sudden the internet started to say Game went from RM 24/1pm to Yodel, yet if that's the case, well, it's worrisome.

Both due to their reputation in our area and also due to them using cars in our area too, not vans. So they won't exactly be fitting many PS5's in a mini cooper haha.

I'm just trying to figure out where this information about RM being switched to Yodel started. It seems no one knows, as Game sure do keep stating RM to my mate.

Oh, and good look with your Yodel delivery. Hopefully you have more reliable ones than us. I'm sure everything shall work out for most people. I just remember the PS4 launch and how that created enough mess without the pandemic situation for shipping haha.

@Enuo exaaaaaaccctttlllly.

Can they update the console to support Atmos sound? Or would we need new hardware for that?

@God_of_Nowt Yes it was Royal Mail Tracked 24 but its always been same day delivery with that, never had any issues with it, Yodel on the otherhand. It says it right in my order details (screenshot below) They are not answering anyones enquiries about it
https://ibb.co/SvkQKJR

@PaperAlien Good Lord, in that case I have no idea what in the world is going on. I know two of my friends have it showing as Royal Mail 24, the other two it doesn't even state the shipping method.

That's in desktop and mobile mode.

Two of them have had replies from Game only to say it's only Royal Mail they are using for everyone.

I'm assuming at this point no one there on a CS level actually knows what the hell is going on.

I just wish everyone including yourself luck. They've handled this so badly so far, even for poor Xbox pre orders that haven't even been fulfilled yet fully and it's nearly the evening of the day of release.

Ah well, best of luck buddy! Keep us posted.

Do people really use monitors to play games on consoles? What is the point in that? I thought that one of the biggest points of console gaming is sitting / lying on your comfortable couch two to three meters from the big screen.

@God_of_Nowt Thanks man! Good luck to all of us who pre-ordered from Game, i've suddenly got a sinking feeling in my stomach. Absolute madness to be changing delivery company a week from release, esp one with a dreadful reputation.

@PaperAlien I think everyone's got the jitters. I've imagined a number of scenarios in which things go wrong, ranging from getting a Series X by mistake to a live cobra being in the box.

@tweakin_frostyz I haven't been able to test, but I believe Atmos may be able to be passed through. I don't have Atmos kit to hand.

However, both Dolby Vision and Atmos can indeed be patched on a software basis. Xbox supports it's via software for example.

However, it requires a license fee to be paid, for what is essentially sound that isn't all that unique to what Sony hope, key word hope, to achieve.

But yes, enough people shout about it, I'm sure Sony may consider paying the license. But their priorities are very much on Tempest right now.

So don't hold your breath!

So... If we scream enough, they will bring back net browser too?

"PLAY HAS NO LIMITS"

Would be silly not to add it imo.

"We want 4K! We want 4K! We want 4K!"

"Okay, here... have 4K!"

"We want 1440p! We want 1440p! We want 1440p!"

@djlard Yeah so the people that don't like when people complain shouldn't have a problem. Here's Sony themselves saying if you want a feature just complain and cry enough so we can hear you and we'll then hook you up 🤷

@Juanalf What an irony, huh?

It's a software switch on regardless calm down it won't detract only add.

I would use this feature! There is a mistake in the article as well, it doesn’t downscale 4K to 1440p. It downscales 4K to 1080p and then the monitor upscales 1080p to 1440p, so you end up with this blurry mess. That was the problem.

At the end of the day, I see no problem with Sony broadening it’s compatibility. The console isn’t cheap, it’s 2020 and it does zero harm to anyone else.

@God_of_Nowt I got an email an hour ago saying my PS5 has been packaged ready for delivery, sure enough Bank Account says yes, so they are processing orders now

@PaperAlien Fantastic, glad to see them roughly sticking to the consumer agreement. Nothing on my friends orders yet, but let's keep our, well, everything crossed!

I counted 32 people on their Twitter tonight who haven't received their Xbox order. Should be quite the month for Game.

@OmegaStriver it's not whether there's a crap-tonne of people using 1440p - it's just a silly lack of flexibility that it's not baked in on day one. If you check out the playstation PS5 FAQ that was put up in the last few days, 1440p is the major thing in the comment section. Not sure if this reflects reality - but there's certainly a lot of disgruntlement out there.

More and more people using monitor for console gaming, because subtitles in videogames nowadays are very small.

I have a 1440p monitor and I found it really stupid that the ps5 don't support 1440p resolution, there is really not a single reason to not support it, why do they want to enrage us for free when they can just add it? They are really letting down a big portion of people here...

@Oz_Momotaro Steam reports that their users that use 1440p are around 6%.

I imagine it’s far less for console users.

since i still have my Samsung QLED (2018) which is 4k 60hz and 1440p 120hz i wouldnt mind having access to this but honestly im just going to get a new TV next few months so its not a big deal. Even though most games wont support 4k120 for a bit i still want that option

Sign and share this Petition to get 1440p supported on PS5!

http://chng.it/Ggt6KRjKqn

@OmegaStriver agreed - consoles are best played on a tv, but even if it's less than 6% I'm sure there's still a lot of people out there playing on their gaming monitor. I just think this approach by Sony where they want us to want things enough before they'll design them is just a bit ruthless IMO. They should be design leaders, and not begrudgingly following the most complaints.