*** Elden Ring ***

[unwashed potato!]

I guess that fits with the people I know then, surprising that 2 out of 3 gamers are still on 1080, figured most would have moved to 1440 at least by now. Looks like we are still a few years away from the higher resolutions becoming common

i'd say it's a similar issues that phones now have. When a monitor hit 1080p, it satisfied almost every users needs. People just don't need a 4k UW monitor for most uses, which is emails/browser.

phones are the same, screens have hit a point now that they can't really get better, so it's no longer a selling point. people don't care if the screen is whatever fancy name apple come up with.

i can't see monitors changing much even over the next 5 years, though perhaps with that said, your stats are from stream, so gamers, which is slightly shocking.

 

[Tom|Nbk]

People just don't need a 4k UW monitor for most uses, which is emails/browser.

Ah we've nailed it, he's too poor for an UW

 

[unwashed potato!]

Ah we've nailed it, he's too poor for an UW

Yep

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Yep

At least you'll be playing ER on PC and I won't :*(

 

[unwashed potato!]

At least you'll be playing ER on PC and I won't :*(

Prefer lounge playing these days so will see which I play it on. On PC I play until 4am, but lounge I find at least I'll get tired and go to bed at a much more reasonable time

 

[Tom|Nbk]

Prefer lounge playing these days so will see which I play it on. On PC I play until 4am, but lounge I find at least I'll get tired and go to bed at a much more reasonable time

I miss my old 4am sessions would have definitely preferred this on the PC as that to me is 'home' however I didn't buy the Xbox Series X for no reason so I'll get this on there. Just need to order it.

 

[agnes]

Prefer lounge playing these days so will see which I play it on. On PC I play until 4am, but lounge I find at least I'll get tired and go to bed at a much more reasonable time

This, I love playing at my PC as I can do much longer sessions, on the sofa, I can game maybe 2 to 4 hours before I fancy just watching a film. That being said, I did boot up Bioshock on the PS5 last night for a sofa session and it was glorious!

Spoiler: Sofa setup

 

[unwashed potato!]

a sofa session and it was glorious!

i bet it'd look better in UW

 

[agnes]

i bet it'd look better in UW

You prat lol I'll back our little corner and state yes, when a game support it properly, it legit looks bloody amazing. But, it's just not that often it's properly supported hence my move to the new LG C2 42" when it eventually comes out. Tired of being an afterthought by devs

 

[Grim5]

Ultrawide just totally rules me out, bit gutted really as liked the look of this and would rather on PC.

well the game does support modding on PC so an ultrawide mod would come shortly I'd imagine

 

[Grim5]

i bet it'd look better in UW

you can in fact turn a TV into an ultrawide monitor using a custom resolution and screen ratio in Nvidia control panel

 

[Wucked]

Yep, it's a shame about Ultrawide support. I have a UW monitor, and its dampened my enthusiasm a bit.

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

If playing on an UW, would you see black bars at the sides, or would the image be stretched horizontally?

 

[agnes]

If playing on an UW, would you see black bars at the sides, or would the image be stretched horizontally?

Really depends on if the game supports forced aspect ratios or not. DS3 had black bars.

 

[Borsch]

Sekiro had a UW mod, can't see why ER wont have one as well - PC master race after all. (4K 16:9 is my preferred res though )

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Really depends on if the game supports forced aspect ratios or not. DS3 had black bars.

Ah, okay thanks. I'm eyeing up this new QD OLED from Alienware so hopefully the black bars wouldn't be as intrusive as on older tech. Still disappointing that a major release from a highly thought of studio doesn't support UW from the get go.

 

[agnes]

Ah, okay thanks. I'm eyeing up this new QD OLED from Alienware so hopefully the black bars wouldn't be as intrusive as on older tech. Still disappointing that a major release from a highly thought of studio doesn't support UW from the get go.

Black bars on OLED isn't at all a problem as it shuts those parts of the screen down. It's amazing! I love OLED tech

 

[unwashed potato!]

Do you get extra content then with ultra wide? I imagine your character must look like a tiny little fella when you've got so much of the background in view

 

[Random Guy Esq.]

Black bars on OLED isn't at all a problem as it shuts those parts of the screen down. It's amazing! I love OLED tech

Thanks for confirming - really tempted to go for that monitor then!

 

[montymint]

Do you get extra content then with ultra wide? I imagine your character must look like a tiny little fella when you've got so much of the background in view

I just like it myself, playing god of war recently was very enjoyable and Kratos want too tiny

https://imgur.com/a/YJnl1zO