PS4 vs. Xbox One Multiplatform Resolution & FPS Revisited – Has the Xbox One caught up?

PSGamer: It has been 8 months since we first published our PS4 vs. Xbox One Multiplatform game comparison and a lot has changed since then. The Xbox One has divorced the Kinect, freeing up 8-12% (depending on which source you trust) of processing power under the hood and both consoles have had SDK updates making them both more accessible and easier to develop for.

When we published our comparison back in July 2014, the PS4 had a distinct advantage. A third (31%) of all multiplatform games had a higher resolution and frame rate on the PS4 – but have things changed? Has the boost from cutting the Kinect-dedicated memory improved the Xbox One’s visual fidelity?

[BitbyDeath]

No, it won't catch up due to hardware, but it doesn't need to either.

Just look at the PS2 vs Xbox. Nobody cared that the PS2 had worse graphics and it sold just fine.

Games (exclusives in particular) are what is important and if you prefer what Xbox has then you get an Xbox, if you prefer what the Playstation has then you get that.

If you want multiplatform games with the best graphics then use your PC.

[Why o why]

Xb1 owners dont want improvements. ... they say ps owners shouldn't want them either or we would of got pcs.............what ever init

[Cindy-rella]

Lol. Looks at the system specification for both systems. No the xbox one hasnt caught up and it never will unless Microsoft releases a more powerful xbox one hardware to match that of the ps4. I know some fanatics cant accept facts that xbox one will never be as powerful as the ps4 and no matter the software that is released for it it can never match the ps4 hardware power. All the software stuff is doing is making the Xbox one hardware a bit more efficient to utilize its power more.

[Griever]

Looks like the author did not read the latest BF Hardline news or he would not have written this. The hardware difference will always be there and the developers on PS4 can use it to make either the resolution better or the fps or the graphics. No amount of optimization can bridge the gap between hardware performance of PS4 and Xbox One because both consoles will receive it over time. Just like two brothers growing older together. The younger one can never catch up with the older one because he grows at the same rate too. The difference in age will be there forever.

[Mr Pumblechook]

"PS4 vs. Xbox One Multiplatform Resolution & FPS Revisited – Has the Xbox One caught up?"

The Witcher 3 and Battlefield: Hardline say not. Both are triple-A games which are coming long after the last XBO SDK update. Of course they will be perfectly playable, despite the performance difference from PS4. However first party Microsoft titles will take best advantage of the Xbox One hardware. Forza 6 and Halo 5 will possibly be in 1080p 60fps. Quantum Break in 2016 too.

[Cindy-rella]

Both the consoles use a processor of x86 64-bit Chip with an 8 Jaguar Core. The clock speed of both the consoles are 1.6 GHz for ps4 and 1.75 for xbox one. Though both the consoles seem to have the similar power, the PS4 is the more powerful gaming console having 1152 cores, when compared to the 768 cores of the Xbox One. The PS4 also has a higher TFLOPS of 1.84 as against the 1.33 TFLOPS in case of the Xbox One.

The RAM in both the devices is the same 8GB, but the GDDR5 memory used in the PS4 is faster than the GDDR3 used in the Xbox One.

I dont understand people disagreeing with facts. All it does is highlight how stupid people are. Its like disagreeing that the world is round. Once again, the specs of the hardware of the xbox one will never change just like the ps4 specs will never change. Ps4 will forever be more powerful. The order 1886 is the best looking game on any gaming platform even besting the best looking games on highend pcs. Pcs can be more powerful than ps4 by miles but for right now the ps4 has the best looking game on any game platform. The devs for the order 1886 wasnt utilizing a lot of ps4s specs so imagine how much better games can look and will look later on on ps4.

[deadfrag]

Why do you talk PC for multiplatform games when we are talking about consoles!?Dont you like the fact that the PS4 still has the edge when we talk about multiplatform games on consoles,or you just cant stand the truth!I like to play Forza horizon 2 , Sunset Overdrive ....on my Xbox one but i can also accept that 90% of multiplatform games just run and look better on the PS4 console and thats the reason i pick them most on the Ps4 . PC is not welcome to this thread because the discussion is console related.

[BitbyDeath]

Just covering all the bases.

[RocketScienceLvlStuf]

It certainly hasn't caught up. The xbone is too weak sauce to catch up to the PS4.

This year evolve and the witcher are 900p with Dying light also running at a lower resolution on the xbone. Thats what we know so far.

At the end of last year call of duty, shadow of mordor and dragon age where all 900p. Often with other lower quality details.

And xbone fanboys swore that the resolution debate would end after new SDk's and other secrets sauces where exploited. Lol.

[Locknuts]

Yeah I agree. And there is a far smaller gap between the PS4 and X1 than there was between the Xbox and PS2. The Xbox could even do some basic shader stuff. It was pretty cool. Still, nobody cared.

[FromTheAshes]

"Just look at the PS2 vs Xbox. Nobody cared that the PS2 had worse graphics and it sold just fine."

Of course the PS2 had "worse graphics" than Xbox 1, it released a WHOLE YEAR prior to Microsoft's first console.

The PS2 was state of the art when it released and was the one of the cheapest DVD player on the planet...It was worth its value...

[nitus10]

You also have to remember that when the PS2 came out HDTV's were just starting to become popular however they were quite expensive at the time.

So if you displayed a cross platform game on the Xbox and on the PS2 to a Standard Definition TV the difference was not all that apparent unless you had them side to side and while the Xbox graphics were better they were not significantly better.

When the PS3 came out backwards compatibility allowed for PS2 games to look allot smother especially when displayed on a HDTV which at this time were so much cheaper.

It should also be noted that most PS3's still play PS1 games but when displaying to a HDTV (especially a large one) the output is very grainy even with smoothing on.

As for gaming on a PC I think most people here have a PC so what you have just said is pointless. The choice between PC gaming and Console gaming really boils down to what the gamer prefers, since both have their respective strengths and weaknesses.

Personally I prefer console gaming even though I have a gaming PC. Others may prefer the PC and like I have said that is their choice.

[alabtrosMyster]

The thing is that the PS2 had the games library to attract people... and well, many people wanted and og xbox because it was the most powerful console of its time (comparable to the GameCube, but overall it seemed better).

The XB1 has none of these benefits, other than people buying it mainly for its brand (strange I know) it has nothing.

[Rimeskeem]

If you are that obsessed about resolution and framerate then get a PC

[Bnet343]

I don't think anyone is obsessed , it's just used for console war. I don't think in all actuality PS4 people really care about resolution seeing as The Order 1886 was 800p. We all know PS4 hardware is superior, but that doesn't mean Xbox One games can not achieve 1080p 60 FPS (Forza 5, and that was a launch title)

[Nekroo91]

Oh the irony of bringing The Order resolution when its higher than the Sunset Overdrive and Ryse 900p...

[lsujester]

There are definitely some people who are obsessed with having their box be better. Sad, but that's the way it is. Most people don't care that much, though, as long as it looks nice.

On a side note, The Order's resolution isn't really 800p. It is 1080p cut down to wide screen format, not really the same.

[Griever]

Read my words CAREFULLY,

"THERE. IS. NO. SUCH. THING. AS. 800P!"

Search for it and you will never find it. Order 1886 is NOT 800p. The game only has a different screen ratio just like most of the bluray movies out there. In order to make the view wider, they reduce the number of vertical pixels. The total number of pixels on screen is still more than 900p. How can "800p" be more than 900p??? Think about it. There is difference between screen ratio and resolution. Please educate yourself on the matter.

[SoapShoes]

It wasn't 800p. Lol! Granted it wasn't full res but saying it was 800p isn't correct. I agree with graphics not mattering much but it does play a big factor in what system is bought and with how long the previous gen went I'd say it is amplifying it way more because people waited so long and now want the best graphics console can get.

I see a lot of people saying if you're concerned you'd get a PC but in order to get a PC looking significantly better than PS4 you will be paying a lot more and most people can't afford that.

[revenant]

The order isn't 800p because it isn't at 16:9 ratio that normal tv operate.

for example

720p =720 vertical x 1280 horizontal= 921600

800p =800 verticle x 1422 horzontal = 1137777

900p =900 vertical = 1600 horizontal =1440000

TheOrder =800 vertical x 1980 horizontal=1584000

[USA007]

I think you've learned that "PS4 people" do care about resolution, lol.

[SniperControl]

Forza 5 was gimped to run at 1080p@60.

[thekhurg]

Need to understand the difference in resolution before claiming the order is 800p

[imt558]

The Order is 1080p...NATIVE, in 21:9 aspect ratio and black bars ARE part of the 1080p image! Pixel density is 1 : 1. NO UPSCALING.

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

@Bnet343

The Order wasn't 800p. The borders were rendered in game. If you'd like to say that The Order had a visual downgrade, that would be true to a certain extent since layers of pixels and rendered objects were changed/removed from the game and replaced with the borders, but saying that the game was in 800p resolution wouldn't be accurate at all.

[nitus10]

No the Order was 1080p it is just that it had an aspect ratio of 2.4:1 (Cinemascope) which translates to 1920 x 800 pixels when displayed on a HDTV with an aspect ratio of 16:9 which is pretty much the industry standard and a compromise. The console still has to output 1080p.

Of course if you have a 2.4:1 aspect ratio HDTV (you can get them) then the game would have filled the screen.

What I have just touched upon is a problem which won't go away since display content is dictated by the maker of that content and because the display media (in this case the HDTV) may not have the same aspect ratio you are going to have what is called letter-boxing".

This is why I stated that the 16:9 aspect ratio of most HDTV's is a compromise.

[kstap33]

And MS software is superior, and I'd take that any day. Too bad Sony couldn't make the hardware and MS make the software.

[Bathyj]

No and it never will. But who cares seriously? As long as devs are making each version as good as they can I dont care.

[CaptainObvious878]

Agreed. That's all I care about.

I don't care if a game is 900p, as long as the developer has utilized both consoles equally to the best of their ability within the constraints of budget and time, I'll be happy.

But if a developers aims for parity and purposefully hold back a platform to simply "avoid the debates and stuff" they won't be getting a penny from me.

[Bathyj]

Thank you Captain Obvious ;P

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

I agree, and only if the resolution was reduced to either improve the framerates or graphics. If it's 900p and runs like crap (Assassin's Creed Unity) what's the point of any sort of downgrade? What developers should focus on first is getting the game to run with stable framerates, then worry about graphics and resolution.

[UltraNova]

I've always wondered about something, which requires more time and effort, to try and get the exact same result (or as close as possible) from two different platforms or to just develop a game and simply optimize each individual platform based on their strengths and weakness?

I'm inclined to go for the second route.

[realplayer82]

No it hasnt bf hardline 720p on xbone.

[Gamer777]

Hardline 900p on PS4 just like BF4.
Edit: You can't use one game to demonstrate how much a console has improved. In general games post 2013 have performed better on both consoles.

[ps4gamer1983]

And?

[Gamer777]

@ps4gamer1983
Most games perform better on PS4 than on XB1. Some don't however, whether this be to coding or maybe the game consuming high amounts of CPU (in which the XB1 has the edge).

[SilentNegotiator]

Literally nothing changed to even be asking this question. In terms of 1080p games, both systems are holding pretty steady at ~50% Xbone, ~90% Ps4. Non-1080p games are an exception on Ps4 and 1080p games on Xbone still only account for about half of all xbone games.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/xb...

This article is clickbait garbage.

[qwerty676]

BF Hardline I feel like they could have upped to 1080p for ps4 and 900p for xbox one. In my opinion interest for this game just isnt that high and they just didnt care to use those last months to up the resolution.

[kstap33]

Why do you feel that way? Just curious to see what you know that the devs don't. Armchair developer, are you?

[Agent_hitman]

Well, even if X1 has DX12 APi it won't help much due to its hardware limitations compared to its PS4 counterparts. To take advantage of its DX12 you also need specific powerful hardware to take advantage of (PC ehem!PC). Its not like a magic would pop up and make the X1 better than the rest, especially if you take into account its 700+ stream processor, that's too limited and I don't think it can do better even if you optimize it more. And it shows really, most of multiplatform games on the X1 runs at 720p only. Same goes to PS4 too.

[Neonridr]

I wouldn't really comment on DX12 unless you happen to be someone who is helping to program the API. We have no clue what direct benefits it will or won't have to the console and saying you know otherwise doesn't amount to much.

[wsoutlaw87]

Lol its an api, not some unknown magic

[Neonridr]

wsoutlaw87 - ok, so why don't you share exactly what benefits DX12 will for SURE have in regards to performance on the Xbox One. If it's so easy that anyone can detail it, I would love to hear what you have to say on the subject...

[Software_Lover]

Why, why do people do this? Just enjoy the games for what they are........... games. I had forgotten about resolutiongate. An article out of nowhere brings it back.

[SilentNegotiator]

1) No one is not enjoying the games over the resolutions, but mature people can discuss them.

2) Discussion about resolution NEVER went away and won't until the generation winds down, just like last gen.

[Bigpappy]

A lot of these people writing these opinion and question article, do not even try to research news are find anything that could contribute to informing readers. They hang around sites like this and see something like the Battlefield expansion sill 720p on X1.

Perfect time to get fanboys to fight over who gets the better resolution. There is no other explanation for why a resolution debate is need at this time. If the person is asking due to DX12 being talk about, that still make no sense because DX12 games aren't available yet.

Mind you. I am not saying DX12 games will have higher resolution. Just saying is not out yet and should spark a resolution fight, with a bunch of name calling.

[2pacalypsenow]

seing as BF hardline is 720p on xbox 1 , no it hasnt

[StormLegend]

Golf club was 720p on XB1? OMG lol

[Saijahn]

Just enjoy the games, and to say there was a disparity on this subject would only be accurate if the XBOX one didn't have a single 1080p, 1080p/60 fps game.

I think the X1 had a bad rep and undeservedly so, when we know that devs are the one's making the games. The hardware may be limiting but as time passes it's being optimized more and more.

As I've stated from day 1, if you're only interested in games that are 1080p/60fps, hey that's your choice but you're going to miss out on a lot of great games and experiences all over some numbers.

[stonecold3]

you only have to look at evil with in on ign ps4 1080p 30fps xbox one 900p 30fps on this article they have both machine at 1080p 30fps i can guess so far i know who has the better mulitplats i wont debated it both are good consoles regardless what you own .

[DougLord]

Doesn't matter. Has PS4 caught up to DR3, F5, SSOD, HMCC, FH2, Ori or SR? They released The Order to catchup to Ryze. But ISS vs SSOD, DC vs FH2 and KZ vs HMCC. That's Xone 3 Sony 0.

[Skankinruby]

Lol how are those victories? I know you don't mean sales. So maybe your personal opinion? Because other than that you have nothing

[MasterCornholio]

Why are you afraid to compare a remaster to another remaster (TLOU)? And why are you leaving out indies from both platforms?

You sound pretty insecure to me.

[Automatic79]

@MasterCorn

He could have easily said Titanfall vs Killzone and Xbox would have won that as well. Why do you only focus on remaster instead of focusing on all the IP's showing MS ability to put out great IP's. I know because you have an agenda instead of excepting reality. So far MS titles have scored better then PS titles. Before you say I am a fanboy I own both and even Sony heads admit Xbox One has better exclusives.

[q8kik]

@MichaelLito79

Since you brought up Titanfall why not put it against FF:RR? (both available on PC)

Oh i see why, you're not even trying to hide your agenda.

I don't get why certain fanboys like to ignore high rated ps4 games like MLB and Guilty Gear xrd and only mention low rated exclusives.....truly an insecure bunch.

[pivotplease]

Love how SSOD gets way more mentions than LBP3. Neither game was mind blowing but both were solid experiences. Yet SSOD gets all the attention despite being far from Insomniac's best work.

[remixx116]

Ah good to here some insight from our psuedo-intellectual buddy Doug.

In what manner of "caught up" do you mean, are you referring to resolution and fps, as this is what the topic of this article alludes to because if that's then case the MS loses that battle, what about sales.....wait no that's another loses for the boys back home.

@micheallito79 and if were talking games and quality then why leave out ffxiv, lbp3, tlou re,mlb the show, and guilty gear, because by his stupid ass logic wouldn't that make it Sony 5-MS 0,wait wait wait no let's just leave those out to help keep the relevance of his comment mkayyyyyyy.

Also why the fack would you include screamride lol, I'm sorry but I wouldnt mind if Sony never catches up to that. Not saying its a bad game it just seems like you were reaching kinda hard with that one. Also ori isn't exactly out yet so if we include that we might as well toss in bloodborne for the Sony boys right. No no no of course not, then that defeats the purpose of his comment and that's to make things look as lopsided as possible.

Typically I would have left him alone but Michael I assumed you were smarter than that but hey who am I kidding you have just as much an agenda to push as the guy you replyed to, face it both sides have some improving to do and neither of the fanboy camps want to admit it.

[MysticStrummer]

"...our psuedo-intellectual buddy Doug."

That's being very kind.

OT - Evidently not, given the recent announcement about BF:H. It's a very odd time to write such an article actually. It makes me think this person has no business pretending to be a gaming journalist on any level.

[Chevalier]

It's even better when we hear how Ori being published by MS somehow makes it not an Indie game. Remember to only count Indies when on Xbone. Great experiences like Transistor, Hellraid etc. on PS4 don't count. Xbone has selected few Indies due to 'quality'.

[MysticStrummer]

"Has PS4 caught up to DR3, F5, SSOD, HMCC, FH2, Ori or SR?"

PS4 has gotten games I'd rather play than those, so yes.

[kickerz]

The old pixel counters are out in force today I see.

[Garethvk]

it is going to depend on the title as word has it Hardline is 900 PS4 and 780 Xbox One.

[Yetter]

so many people bringing up BF Hardline. Its pretty obvious Hardline is a straight up skinned version of BF4 with some new game modes. They spent absolutely no time on trying to optimize their game, they just slapped a new paint of coat on it and called it a day.

[jhoward585]

muti-threading of multiple compute cores is a complete game changer for both PS4 and x1.

From the article:
SDK updates making them both more accessible and easier to develop for. Totally agree.

I think most devs are going to use less polygon/less number of textures in their games now that they have more lights and shadows to work with.

Sony's ice team are building a tool based on this, and I think other devs will do the same things.

Doing it this way would definitely make 1080p possible on both gaming console.

[WelkinCole]

Xbox fans still don't get it. Its not the resolution by itself that matters but rather when it is compared to your closest competitor that it does matters and for good reasons.

For multi-plat forms it really does matter to many multi-console owners. If it is an exclusive then gamers on that particular platform have no option. You get what you get be it on the PS4, X1, WiiU or PC.

Why shouldn't resolution be compared BETWEEN the two if we constantly compare everything else?. Sales, game review scores heck even how they look is compared. Even useless non gaming apps that are available on both platforms are getting compared but some how resolution which is important to gaming is not important to compare?. LMAO!!.

However lets still continue to believe that resolution between these two closest competitor don't matter lol!.

[GenuineGamer]

Xbox one is only getting sub 1080p due to lack of system tools, incorrect usage of esram, and devs lack of correct use of xbo's unique architecture. THAT'S IT!!! no two ways about it.

The ps4 is not some beast holding the throne over xbo. I thought this was obvious by now... smh I'm so sick of feeling the need to defend the xbox from this bs. The abomination that is bf hardline isn't helping this stupid debate either.

to be fair if you are simply coding a certain way and not utilizing the xbox ones unique architecture with esram and caching capabilities an so on then yes ps4 is going to outperform xbox one every time. Because it has the strait up power that's easily accessible.

Xbox one needs a different approach to realize its performance potential. and some dev's obviously aren't taking the time to do this.

If anyone actually cares to take a look at how xbo works you might start to understand why its under performing. Devs aren't taking time to optimize correctly for it. Then you get devs that do and the results are amazing.

If all it takes is pure numbers to be king well just look at how much memory is onboard for xbo. Its like triple what ps4 has.

8gb ddr3 ram
32mb esram which through dx12 tiled resources can hold 6+ GBs
8gb flash memory
And heaps of sram

Don't even get me started on the custom gpu architecture.

Xbox one is more than capable im tired of this debate and games coming out that obviously aren't utilizing its hardware correctly :(

dx12 cant come out soon enough so its easier for devs to use the hardware correctly.

PS4 is a beast and its a great console so im not trying to put it down or fanboying out. I always aim to have every console, But xbox one is just as capable if not more, especially with combined cloud computing.

[paranoid1971]

is your real name Misterxmedia?

[GenuineGamer]

Name one thing i said that isn't fact.

All i did was speak truth of the current situation.

No myths, lies or bs secret sauce talk. just plain and simple truth that anyone can find for themselves if they simply look into it instead of being a sheep and believing everything biased media sites tell you.

And here we are with biased individuals like yourself downvoting me and then bringing a crackpot like Misterxmedia into it.

Anything to try break the legitimacy of my statement huh?

Quit trolling im no misterxmedia.

[MRMagoo123]

@genuinegamer

"Name one thing i said that isn't fact."

there ya go.

"But xbox one is just as capable if not more, especially with combined cloud computing."

[rainslacker]

"smh I'm so sick of feeling the need to defend the xbox from this bs"

Then stop feeling the need to defend it from this BS. You're not required to. When it comes down to it, it's up to MS to say and show what their system can do.

In the end, the games will do the talking. Games sell the system. Not the new API's, not the cloud, not the hidden GPU's, not rumors or confirmations of OS updates that add features, and more often than not not the features of the system. Games. When/If games catch up in resolution/framerate, then it will be known.

In the meantime, you defending it won't matter to anyone since they don't care what may happen one day, they care about if the system is something they want to get now.

If you want to discuss it because you feel that it's worth discussing, then that's fine. Just don't defend a piece of plastic on behalf of MS, because speaking from experience, you will never really convince most people who has already made up their mind and won't accept knowledgeable discussion on all this nonsense.

[quenomamen]

BF Hardline says it hasn't caught up.

[GenuineGamer]

So typical for people to take one of if not the worst performing game on the system and set that as the benchmark... :(

[MysticStrummer]

It's the most recent announcement concerning the topic of this article, so why wouldn't it be referenced?

[MasterCornholio]

"if not the worst performing game on the system and set that as the benchmark... :("

Why dont we use the Fox Engine as a benchmark?

Ground Zeroes:

"But chief among the advantages here is a committed approach to hitting 60fps on both platforms, where performance is hitch-free during all our tests."

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

You can't say that game performs horrible on the XB1 so it isn't a poor port. Phantom Pain will be the same.

[Fro_xoxo]

Damn. The same old song.

Look at the source of the article .. psgamer.co.uk ^_^.

The XO doesn't need to catch up to anything. If there were no 1080p games on XO at all, then you might have an argument, but there are.

Continue using the XO to justify your PS4. .

Bloodborne is releasing soon. .The drought is nearly over.

[NeverHeavyMan]

With all due respect, if the PS4 is in a, "drought", (and has not only more digital games out, but retail too), what is the X1's situation like?

[kickerz]

Exactly! Its prolly not the best idea to make a ps4 vs xb1 article if you are a playstation gamer site (or Xbox site) It's just gonna be full of biased BS.

[MysticStrummer]

"If there were no 1080p games on XO at all, then you might have an argument, but there are."

XB1 could get Pong on it at 1080p 120fps, but that doesn't cancel out yet another multi plat with res differences, and a larger than usual difference at that.

There hasn't been a drought. How many times does that Listwar link need to be posted before it sinks in?

The same old song in all this is "La la la (I'm not listening to you)" by the XB1 Boys Choir.

[Chevalier]

You mean 4 months with only Scream ride isn't a drought?!

Since December we have had Guilty Gear Xrd, The Order 1886, followed by Bloodborne, Toukidan Kiwami and MLB 15. So if that's a drought I think we'll be okay.

We're playing new games every month so there's no need to justify our purchase. Xbone though going a whole quarter without a major release.

[ThePresentIsAgift]

Here's an idea, remember how the Playstation 2 could run Gran Turismo 4 at 1080i 60fps but could barely run a gimped version of Max Payne.

Hardware failure or lazy developer?

Metal Gear Solid 3 but not Max Payne 1, lmfao.

Development is key, end of.

[parentsbasement]

I have both , right there in front of me ....I have Gamefly.....I can order the multiplats for either system ...both controllers are only inches apart....ALWAYS reach for the X1 as the whole gaming experience that I can see is far more important than the resolution that I cant see...other than the exclusives (still waiting ) the PS4 actually bores me when im on it....the UI , friends list and messages have ZERO appeal to me ....the lack of a snap feature means it sits idle till the next exclusive.....so if its hardware versus software , give me software......

[rainslacker]

Sounds like you get bored playing games if it's the UI features that excites you when playing a game. Seriously...when you're actually in a game, and don't have the UI up at the same time, how are the experiences that different?

Controller preference aside, more often than not the experience is the same, and the resolution and/or frame rate are better on the PS4.

[parentsbasement]

because when im in a game I DO have the UI up and that IS the difference ...snap friends , snap party , snap messages , achievements and on and on ....but if your talking about playing only by yourself and your screen is filled only with the game at hand, I could see it....and MANY people play that way , I just aint one of them, so my choice ( again , both consoles are only inches apart ) is a pretty easy one....

[MRMagoo123]

".so if its hardware versus software , give me software"

PS4 wins software and hardware tho

[underwaves75]

the consoles are so close now, and will stay that way going forward that the only thing that matters anymore is the exclusives. It actually started with the 360 and PS3 ...

[bf000777966]

it will catch up with the xbox one point one(xbox opo)

[Vasto]

DX12 + The Cloud!

[Goku781]

Even if MS had the power advantage they had with the first Xbox, they lack the creativity, and heart to do what Sony has done over the years. Buying off IPs just so other consoles wont have it and taking a let the other guys go first is not showing heart or soul in their products To the customers. Xbox has no identity, only Halo and whatever IP they decide to but next, not create. Only on Xbox, just means its a timed exclusive till it's on PC eventually. Sony PS has soul, Nintendo blood sweat and tears. MS Xbox products are nothing but Trojan horses to push MS agenda to only make money, not expand upon or innovate the art, or industry. So no, a year later and thier only exclusive game with a glimmer of proof of advancement has been most likely pushed back for a TV show. They havent caught up or learned anything, and one of the headlines a year later still read Xbox One game coming out 720p. A sad but true fact, although to thier credit that company may have been too lazy to even bother with trying to push the Xbox-one harder than that.

[NeverHeavyMan]

Such questions will never make sense to me. It's like asking can the GTX 960 (or even 970) one day, "catch up", to the 980 in performance. It's just mathematically and physically impossible, no matter how much optimization goes on.

One of them will always be more powerful, so no catching up will ever occur.

[DarXyde]

In terms of performance? No. That would only be possible if (a) the PS4 stagnated and Sony never released a response to Direct 12 and (b) the Xbox One's current SDK put it on par with PS4's current performance. Microsoft does have a CPU advantage though. Should be interesting to see that play out beyond unanimous abominations like Unity. I don't know if Sony could upclock PS4 through a software update, so I think Microsoft will keep that advantage.

That said, can Xbox One outperform PS4? If the cloud comes to be, I'd say so, but it's not the Xbox One's power if we're cherry picking. It's like Goku's most powerful attack being the spirit bomb lol. Not his power, but still able to use it.

[MRMagoo123]

the tiny tiny mhz diff between cpus makes no difference at all and benchmarks say the ps4 cpu performs better even with the tiny fraction of hertz less.

The cloud isnt going to do anything, look how it did on titanfall, the cloud cant do anything important in real time that the hardware couldnt do itself faster.

[DarXyde]

I'm a bit skeptical about that.

There do exist Xbox One games that either look or play better than the PS4 version. Considering PS4 development is more straightforward, one would imagine it's much easier to get the most of its performance. I guess I just don't understand that very well.

As for the cloud, Respawn had a certain vision for Titanfall. The cloud may not have done much, but that doesn't mean that is the limit of its application. We don't assume launch titles utilize a console to the best of its abilities, do we? Obviously, Microsoft has good faith in the cloud. Let's see how that one plays out.

[Flames76]

Since the XOne has the better looking games there is no need to catching up

[Angels3785]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[Shineon]

Ps4 is puny and weak get the Alienware Alpha!!!

[sovkhan]

for 4k € more, yep it sounds like a big deal /S

[Neo_Zeed]

They should also mention that the biggest game of the year will be higher resolution on PS4. The Phantom Pain is already known inferior on Xbone.

[ScaryMonkey]

Nope it hasn't, in fact there was just an article today about a new game that's 900p on PS4 and 720 on xbone, its 2015 there's no more excuses, xbone simply cant compete.

[BlackWolf12]

All major AAA games released have shown the PS4 running at a higher frame rate.

Nek minut, see an article claiming that the Xbone has caught up..

*sigh*

[skratchy]

But Witcher 3 is 1080 on PS4 and 900 on Xbox One and Hardline is 720 even on Xbox One... So, no it's not catching up.