Of course, Sony isn't standing idly by either, with plenty of its own compelling first-party games in the pipelines, from inFamous: Second Son to The Order: 1886 and a new Uncharted.Īnd this is the reason I don't care about resolution discrepancies. (I sometimes think Microsoft should put together a major JRPG studio just to see if they could make a real push into the Japanese market, if only for the thrill of a new challenge.) This is where I think Microsoft is actually doing many things right this generation, with a wide variety of exclusives such as the fantasy world-building sandbox game Project Spark, the parkour action title Sunset Overdrive, and the weird time-stopping game Quantum Break on the horizon-all very different titles from the usual shooters we associate with the Xbox brand such as Halo and Gears of War. Since Microsoft can only do so much to bring its graphics in line with the PS4, the company will need to double down on creating must-have Xbox One IP. In the end, it isn't resolution that sells a system, it's content.
I suspect the gap will continue to narrow, especially with cross-platform titles, while PS4 exclusives will continue to be the best-looking games on consoles.
On the other hand, titles like Wolfenstein: The New Order are already being confirmed at 1080p and 60fps on both PS4 and Xbox One, so we may already be witnessing a closing of the gap in that regard. But it could be a problem with other cross-platform games like the next Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs, and so forth. Of course, Madden and Call of Duty often sell better on Xbox platforms, and I doubt this is going to change overnight. When the next Madden and Call of Duty roll around, this kind of performance gap is only going to hurt the Xbox One." "Even if your average Joe doesn’t know or care how many lines of resolution a game is rendering, the narrative that “games are better on the PS4″ is proliferating quickly, and the sales numbers seem to back that up. On the other hand, if games continue to look significantly crisper on the PS4, Microsoft may face a messaging problem. Many will not be able to tell the difference unless they have both systems already. For everyone else on the fence, you can see this news as a string of things to come, revealing that all the negative Xbox One rumors may be coming true sooner than you think.But will it really matter in the long-run?Īs I've said previously, many gamers will neither know nor care about the resolutions on each system. If you're okay paying more for a weaker system, then go ahead and do so. In addition to this, the Wii U has been confirmed to have more 1080p 60fps games than the Xbox One, meaning that you will get more true next-gen games on Nintendo's console than Microsoft's console. You're paying more for an inferior system that runs games at lower resolutions and fewer frames per second.
This also gives us pause regarding other rumors, as it means that it could stand to reason that the allegations of the Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts being relegated to 720p while the Wii U and PS4 versions maintain 1080p could come true, as well.īasically, what this means is that anyone who decides to buy an Xbox One over a Wii U is getting gypped by $200. In addition to this, all those rumors about the PlayStation 4 version of the game being better turned out to be true.