Is this a first? Hitman HD Enhanced Collection releases tomorrow on the PlayStation 4, and developer io Interactive has been outlining the changes and improvements. The most interesting part? The game runs at a higher resolution than 1920x1080 on Sony’s standard console. If you’re playing on a 1080p television it obviously downscales to then sharpen the image – but that’s pretty neat, eh?
According to the Danish studio, if you’re playing on a base PS4 then the game outputs at 2304x1296, which means it’s pushing 44 per cent more pixels than regular 1080p. Those of you on the PS4 Pro will get 2560x1440, which is then upscaled to 4K if you’re hooked up to an Ultra HD screen. The title overlays its UI in native 4K so that it looks extra sharp.
We’re sure this isn’t the first game to output higher than 1080p and then downscale on a standard PS4, but we’ve never seen it mentioned before. Of course, there’s a ton of other work that the company’s done, including improved shadow maps and control scheme tweaks. You can read all about that through here.
[source ioi.dk]
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Have they said a price yet? If it's more than $40 I'm probably going to wait for a flash sale.
Nice to hear they've put some effort in.
Interesting that the PS4 Pro version is still at 1440p 🤔
Had to fix a mistake in the article, I thought today was already Friday. My bad — wishful thinking!
@3Above You'd think they'd be able to get more out of it than that, considering the base PS4 resolution.
@get2sammyb 10 more minutes for you UK folks. 1 hour and 10 more minutes for europe mainlanders like me... (50 and 1:50 when you commented that.)
Just hold on a bit 😜.
Hang on, if the standard model can do more than 1080p then how have they only managed 1440p on the Pro? That's poor no matter how you look at it
Dam that pro support is underwhelming
why didn't they add the other 2 hitman games to this collection
Does anyone know the price for this collection?
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@Splat According to a Twitter user I saw it's $90 Australian, so full priced. I won't be getting it if that turns out to be true
it's not even on the UK store atm, no show so far and it comes out tomorrow supposedly.
but yeah the price will be quite steep for this one so it's best to wait for a flash sale.
@huyi Yeah it's out tomorrow, my mistake.
At £49.99 I really can't see this selling very well at all. Also, Okami HD on PS3 did the same downscaling as these games.
I'm hoping to see a Digital Foundry analysis cause I was pretty surprised to hear 60 fps. Absolution was pretty demanding on PC back then. I can't imagine they turned up everything.
@Orpheus79V yeah exactly, unless they didnt try 🤷🏾♂️
I consider myself a big Hitman fan, have been since Codename 47 but even I can’t justify paying £50 for this when I’ve got both on backward compatible on XB1. I’d definitely get it at £25 but until then nah.
£50 way to much
@3Above maybe they'll update it in the future
@RogerRoger - I'm one of those fans, have been since Agent 47 came out almost 20 years ago, I own every Hitman game, most of them multiple times but I'm not willing to pony up £50 for these games, it's a ridiculous asking price IMO.
Also let's get this right, it is nothing like backing a Kickstarter. IO are now being backed by Warner Bros, one of the scummiest money whores out there, this is WB trying to wring every last bean out of the loyal Hitman fanbase, nothing more.
@get2sammyb it finally turned up on the UK store on the 12th but it's £50! yikes, no thanks lol
@RogerRoger your mad, you know for a extra £3 you could buy resident evil 2 deluxe edition, right?
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