Why doesn't the background resolution change as you change resolutions?

[WHS]

How about each person look at the screenshots I posted. one is the 4k and the other is the 2k and you can clearly see the same fov for both. Monitor aspect ratio was 16:9 but according to asus that should not matter. I should see more fov on the sides and I clearly do not. I do however see a clearly larger area when looking at my desktop of the same resolution. Just not the game. Assumption about consoles was fair. I play on ps3 ps4 and pc for the whole time this version off FFXIV has been out and I can see the holdings back now. I used to argue and defend consoles but I am not going to keep doing what I know is not right. I do in fact now believe the consoles are holding this game back if nothing more than the argument I am making right now about higher resolutions. They are not able to do it and letting pc see more field area would in fact be an unfair advantage to a console player. If any dev or mod would come right out and say right now that the game will get a greater fov on pc than on console because it can then that would be fair and in that case console would not be the hold back. I so far have not seen anyone actually say that is going to happen.

[Underdog2204]

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So having (in your own words) "an unfair advantage" based on your platform of choice is "right"? Even though those players disadvantaged still have to pay a subscription to play just like everyone else.

Just let me try and do the mental gymnastics to try to get that to make sense.

Oh how great the game would be if we had "No Playstation players" groups in partyfinder eh?

[worldofneil]

How about each person look at the screenshots I posted. one is the 4k and the other is the 2k and you can clearly see the same fov for both. Monitor aspect ratio was 16:9

They're both the same aspect ratio so you get exactly the same field of field. The resolution is irrelevant, the game calculates the field of view based on the ratio.

according to asus that should not matter

That Asus advert you linked simply shows how many more extra pixels there are compared to a regular screen. Whether a game actually supports showing more in that extra screen space is another matter. As you've seen with FF XIV, the game is designed around aspect ratios as to how much you see, not specific resolutions.

Edit: Also just saw from your link about the monitors, there was also some text above that picture you posted, that said:

This gives you the benefits of greater image detail and up to 77% more onscreen desktop space than standard Full HD (1920 x 1080) displays.

More space, nothing about how games will handle it.