Dev On PS4/Xbox One Differences: ‘We Are Not Too Concerned Which Console Can Output More Pixels’

"Our native resolution is 384x216," says Discord Games' James Petruzzi.

[Walker]

The difference is huge between consoles and consumers like me care alot about the output pixel than you developers, who wants visual parity to guarantee their games sale ..

[xHeavYx]

It seems that most devs who talk about not being concerned are Indie devs

[Volkama]

It seems that most devs that speak on the topic at all are responding to direct questions from GamingBolt...

[Cindy-rella]

People should demand to have the highest quality of a game, especially on consoles. With the specs of the consoles we shouldnt have games performing the same on pc,ps4 and xbox one since they are all different. Games should be optimized for each respective gaming systems.

One of the reasons i bought a ps4 is because its the most powerful console on earth and its quite a bit more powerful than the xbox one so i dont want parity in AAA games i want to buy.

A lot of fanatical cheerleaders for these companies dont want the best but would sit idly by thumbing their fingers at whatever these companies dont want to do and gladly take whatever shoddy products are developed. When something is clearly better elsewhere they spout rubbish about how its lacking but when they get garbage products on their fav system they cheerlead like its the best.

We clearly know which console is the most powerful and is the best. You can prefer whatever you want but it doesnt mean its the best core gaming platform for gaming. These cheerleaders act like clicking disagree will make their console better or validate their opinions

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Devs are commenting about the ease of developing games for the console that actually does process more pixels faster. That much cannot be denied.

[DonFreezer]

Where were you all of you when the ps2 held back the Xbox? Why din't you cry then when the Xbox was capable of outputing double the frame rate and who knows how much higher resolution.

[xHeavYx]

@DonFreezer
What the he... Oh, one bubble guy, nevermind.

[Cindy-rella]

"DonFreezer  

Where were you all of you when the ps2 held back the Xbox? Why din't you cry then when the Xbox was capable of outputing double the frame rate and who knows how much higher resolution."

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Ps2 was released a year and a half before the xbox and the gamecube which means microsoft and Nintendo had time to look on what was in the ps2 and try to improve their hardware.

[VegasDawg]

Never in the history of gaming has the more powerful console meant anything. Developers are into making money, if you think they are going to spend more time on one console over the other just because, you're a dreaming fanBOY.

[jrshankill]

@ Cindy-rella

You done an excellent job of taking this WAAAAY out of context. This studio makes RETRO STYLED INDIE GAMES.

"Our native resolution is 384x216"

This means the SNES would be capable of displaying these games!

Way to turn it into a GamerGate cry-fest.

"A lot of fanatical cheerleaders for these companies dont want the best but would sit idly by thumbing their fingers at whatever these companies dont want to do and gladly take whatever shoddy products are developed"

smh

[uth11]

Their game has 16-bit graphics. It will look the same whether displayed at 1080p or 720p

[nucky64]

man...your comment makes me think - I remember when 16-bit was a BIG deal.......I feel old!!

[uth11]

16-bit was a huge step up from 8-bit, but in those days, 640x480 seemed like hi-def! :)

[UKmilitia]

8bit was amazing when i was younger,when 16 bit came out and road rash i cant remember the amount of times i said it looks REAL

[thrust]

PC gaming is where ultra settings and high Rez is :)

Console have bad gfx compared to PC!

If you care that much you will have a PC with the best hardware, heck my laptop is a lot more powerfull than the xbox/ps4.

[kayoss]

I care for exclusives that are only available on the Xbox one and PS4. To me that is the priority.

[nucky64]

that's so foolish, thrust. do you realize how many great console exclusives pc-only players miss out on????
a good game is a good game - regardless of how it looks or what platform it's on.

[DougLord]

The average PC gamer has a 2 core I5 or an AMD cpu. Only 43% of Steam users have a 4 core chip. I have a 4 core i7 - but its 5 years old (920). The average PC gamer has an Intel Integrated GPU. If we look ONLY at discrete GFX the average PC gamer has a card with 1GB of Vram. I have dual 5870s. I downloaded Dragon Age for the PC. It ran sooo poorly I returned it. I bought it for the Xone and it runs perfectly.

You aren't the Master Race. You are a bunch of spoiled teenagers who's daddy pays for everything. The number of people running 970s, 980s, 290s or 290x is tiny. PC games are made to run on typical specs and all you get is a bit of extra eye candy. When accounting for better optimization an Xbox look as good as any gaming PC costing <$1,000.

[AndrewLB]

Kayoss/nucky- Perhaps you didn't get the memo but PC has far more exclusives than console. Plus after a few years PC will be able to play those "exclusive" console games.

[lutfarssmc]

Its about the whole package. Price, promise, exclusive game, looks,experience, tech etc.

[kayoss]

@andrew
I think youre not comprehending what i said so i will repeat what i've said, "I care for exclusives that are ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE XBOX ONE AND PS4".
Translation: I dont care about PC exclusives. I dont care if PC have more exclusives. No where in my comment i stated that Xbox and PS4 have more exclusives.

[dreamed]

Why do you guys care so much,if this resolution crap keeps on the games are just gonna get more n more boring than they already are.

IMO this gen isn't anywhere near as good as last gen upgrade,all that you get for £300 are slightly better textures/graphic.

Where's the bigger/more interactive worlds?,....tbh I'm regretting buying into this so called next-gen,there's not much on either system that couldn't be done on PS3/360,......

.but I'm rambling on a bit,my point is that resolution doesn't make a game good'but the way most n4g'ers whine on and on about it you would think the opposite.

I've yet to be impressed with next gen,hopefully Metal gear phantom pain will do the job coz so far it does look really cool,weird story but that's to be expected from Mgs IMO.

Unfortunately a lot of devs seem to be listening to the whiners,hence the good looking garbage games like ac unity/and the good looking but total cut n paste of far cry 4.....I'm sure loads disagree but imo devs need to Start making better content instead of just better textures and nothing else.

Also the amount of buggy games on next gen is a piss take considering the bloody price of these crappy games.....sorry to sound so entitled but I'm sick of buying broken crap that devs just can't fix,even after multiple patches...looking at ac unity.

[SilentRambo]

I agree with you except on regretting my purchase, games need more than graphics to be good. Plenty of games out there that look great but are completely devoid of fun, or story, the list goes on. Iv'e played games that are kinda meh in the graphical department but are super fun. When did the shift go from quality gameplay to, lets just make sure this looks good

[geddesmond]

Which is why Discord games won't be successful. 384x216 is just lazy and amatuer by developers. Me with no game dev knowledge could make a game like that with the right programe. Thats why gamers will never respect or buy that crap.

[Dinkis]

Ppl like yourself need to go away. So sick of hearing how much more powerful the mighty ps4 is.

[Saijahn]

In one breath Cindy you say that we should demand the highest quality game possible and then say that a game should be optimized for the individual platforms.

4k is quickly replacing 1080p as the standard in high quality visuals. So that cancels out the PS4's "massive" power.

The PS4 has the cool feature of shareplay, so that would cancel out the x1 and PC.

The x1 has the untapped potential of the kinect, as well as the ability to do multi-functions at once. Gaming, watching a movie etc. That would definitely cancel out the PS4.

And that's just if every game's features were tweaked to each individual console.

If we're just talking about graphics alone. We'd have to admit there would still be a disparity. As again 4k > 1080p.

I hope this year the tone of the gaming world gets off resolution and start focusing on gameplay. Both Ryse and Infamous looked good but played like regular old gen games.

[trenso1]

So if the console of your choice can output 1080 at 60 frames, but the game is total ass, then that is fine with you? Cause that's what im getting from a lot people here. Calling games "great" and "amazing" just off their visual fidelity. Not knowing if the game even plays well. But I mean as long as it looks pretty right?

[dreamed]

Agreed,IMO I really don't care if its 1080 or 900p,fps is a totally different beast altogether though,its gotta be 30fps at the very least,something ubisoft seem to really be struggling with for the past year.

There's to many fanboys out there and on here (n4g) that are so quick to defend these devs/publishers for shoddy/lazy programming, but as long as the game is 1080p ppl seem to give the dev/publisher a free pass no matter how shite the game plays........but as long as its 1080p eh!!!!!......

IMO any gamer that gives free passes to these shitty publishers/devs are part of the problem with AAA gaming along with said pubs/devs.

Disagrees incoming!!!! From all the fanboys and apologists.....sorry if my spellings a bit bad,I'm having a bit of a brain fart at the moment!!!!

[blackout]

Just like DC all graphics and nothing else. P's fans prepare yourself for track games. Power, power,power. Not one exclusive from the past offers content but those indies. Compare content in DC vs FH2. DC gets murdered. The trend will stay the same. Watch, The order the game already looks good but we all know that will be it. The psi has no soul. Content is what keeps a game alive. Killzone how many of you are still playing that game? Just looking good doesn't mean anything. Once again Sony knows how to dup there fans. I play games not graphics.

[SteamPowered]

Im not concerned about pixels one whit as long as they can make a fun and quality game. Hell I love me some retro games like Divekick and Fistpuncher. Big pixels, big fun.

[DeadManMMX]

Why do articles like this keep popping up interviewing indie game developers whose game have stylized retro graphics.

[Edward75]

Because indie games are huge for consoles, it's a strong selling point edge for the PS4...

And it's an area where the Xbox one is striving to be better in.

That's why indie developers and what they have to say is important.

[thanhgee]

Pretty sure if Microsoft wanted to attract more indie devs, they would have removed their indie parity clause. There really isn't a good reason for Microsoft to even have that policy.

[DeadManMMX]

I think your missing the point of what I'm saying here. This article is talking about the graphics and resolution of a game that is not at all graphics intensive. There is no point to that or a developer coming out and saying we had no problem with making Super Time Force or Sports Friends on Xbox One. You would have no problem making those games on Sega Genesis. This is a pointless article and just one of many that have been popping up over the last year.

[uth11]

it's all Gamingbolt. They seem to do nothing but ask devs about graphical differences between PS4 and XB1

[OB1Biker]

Thats what Gamnbot do.. Stop putting up with this crap guys everyone should be fed up with this type of articles by now

[Edward75]

I looked at it as more of a "substance over graphics" story. Nothing to do with what the game could be made on (system, past or present).

[Revengeance]

Devs NEED to use the consoles to their fullest potential. This parity bullsh*t needs to go.

[Ristul]

Um... a game developer (with a game in 384x216) does not care about the difference in Power of the PS4/XOne. Yeah, big surprise there.

[PoSTedUP]

yeah because your game will play like its from the 90's, and'll be 20 bucks.

[ltachiUchiha]

For 3rd party devs its NEVER been about which hardware is better, its which hardware is the most SUCCESSFUL that they will support. U seen it in the ps2 era when the ps2 was the go to console for most 3rd party games and u seen it with the 360 last gen vs the ps3 and now your seeing it repeat with the ps4 but in the end of the day 3rd party devs win with the more platforms they put their game on. Surprised to still see MS & Sony & Nintendo still can persuade sum devs to make a few games exclusive especially Sony since alot of ppl & the media say their about to go bankrupt which is hilarious lol.

[lonelyplayer]

because that game can run perfectly on a ps2.
According to this page the game is not coming to xbox: http://www.chasmgame.com/

[Kingdomcome247]

I knew this was a Gaming Bolt piece before I even clicked out. It's not exaggeration whenever I say these are the only types of articles that they write. I wouldn't want to be without either console due to their respective exclusives, and unique platform specific features. The resolution gap has actually narrowed considerably since launch. That said, the PS4 has more power still, and it always will. Just enjoy your console, or both consoles for what each brings to the table. Over a year out from launch, and they still can't find anything other than this to write about.

[OB1Biker]

They are the biggest stealth trolls in the media and manipulate people into fanboy wars.

[GamersPost]

"Just enjoy your console"
Well said. :)

[stuna1]

Of course the dev is not concerned if their game doesn't even output at even sub HD resolution.

My question is why even make a statement about resolution to begin with? Since he's not shooting for a graphical marvel to begin with!

[AutoCad]

Has anyone noticed how there hasnt been many resolution articles lately? Instead people have moved on to the next thing which is sales..I cant wait for N4G to move on to the most important topic in hand..Who has the better games?

[MultiConsoleGamer]

Pixels? Really?