The older I’ve gotten, the more I realize how much of an asshole early MCU Tony Stark was.

Completely missed the point again. There are no “max settings” on consoles. For that matter, there are no optimum settings or minimum setting either. The entire purpose of a console is to allow developers to target one single (now 2 with “pro” consoles) hardware configuration. This allows them to optimize the game to…

SLI is dead, no-one’s building $4000 PCs anymore, don’t be hyperbolic. You can have a 2080 ti, an i7, and an m2 drive (next gen ssd) driven machine for half of that. Besides, you’re missing the point.

Unless something has changed, VRR on console (because of HDMI & TV Tech limitations) is limited to 48-60 fps at 4k. That’s how it is on my Samsung TV, and while it works wonders within that range, it’s still limiting, and entirely useless for games that target 30 fps.

“I’m extremely ready for all of these overused actors to take 5 or 10 years off because I’m at the point where they instantly make things worse through no fault of their own...”

I bought a 1440p UW for my pc 2 years because the hardware wasn’t there yet for 4k60+.  It still isn't.

*Dated today, against pc hardware from last year. Pursuing pretty instead of stable experiences is gonna bite Sony/Microsoft in the ass eventually.

“And that means another round of mid gen refreshes are almost inevitable”

Yes true, it just happened on my second xbox one when I went to install Warzone for my little cousin 2 days ago. Unless Xbox one being last gen now because of this holiday wasn't clear.

Parts are only going to be available for so long and emulation is a legal grey area, with harsher laws in many of those games’ country of origin (Japan).

Sure, when your ps2 breaks and the psx backwards compatibility software prevents you from booting the title, they’re gone too.

“Both gta onlien and rdr2 online are prequels (or maybe just non-canon) to the single player story modes”

Short Answer: Yes

Just remember that even if you purchased via disk, you don’t “own” anything. You've just acquired a license to play it that can be revoked at any time.

You have a 2080 Ti, just use Integer Scaling.  Great results, and it works for every game you own (even removes film grain if you want).  Nvidia has effectively abandoned DLSS in favor of it anyway.

Avengers Infinity War/Endgame?

Based off the following paragraph, I assume they mean at 4k, and that performance wouldn't be entirely unexpected for a graphics intensive open world title.

“In an experiment you should never, ever try at home, the experimenters at YouTube’s DemolitionRanch...”

Some of the leaks I've seen (data logging and images) suggest Warzone may be sticking around for another year at least, even if MW gets retired by CoD 2020.

“And I’m thinking more of the vanishing single player games of that size - I should not have used things like Destiny or CoD as my example, because they are about multiplayer and have ways to make money long term from that. But I don’t play a lot of games like that, so those are the AAA names that come to mind. Skyrim…