If You Thought that The Witcher 3 on Xbox One Looks Less than Great, Think Again: It Looks Awesome

There has been a lot of talk about the Xbox One version of The Witcher: 3 Wild Hunt due to the fact that it runs at “only” 900p, and doesn’t reach the magical 1920×1080 pixel count everyone wants.

Yet, there's no doubt about that, the game looks stunning on Xbox One.

[ArchangelMike]

We know it's going to look great whatever the platform, but there is so much else going on with this game to talk about than just the graphics. From the combat, to the quests, to the monster hunting, to the lore, the different endings etc etc. I hope we get excited for more than just the graphics and the obligatory "my platform is better than your platform" arguments. The Witcher 3 is one game that deserves much more recognition for all that's going on in the game than just it's looks.

[Kurisu]

I've never played any of The Witcher games. I'm hearing a lot of good things about this though so I think I'll check it out at some point.

[baodeus]

^kurisu

You should. If you agree Red dead redemption is the best at portraying the West, Witcher is the best at portraying medieval period, with some magic and fantasy mix in. The dialogue, the amazing story, the badass characters, pretty tactical and challenging gameplay, the stagerring contents, branching story path, no BS black and white moral...real consequences...should I say more. This series is the creams of the crop, in my opinion, in the RPG genre (wrpg & jrpg).

[UnHoly_One]

I played Witcher 2 and didn't care for it.

My main gripe about it was character development in terms of combat. Regardless of what skills you chose as you leveled up, your character remained basically the same kind of two-handed sword using character. Maybe with a few different abilities or a fireball, but basically you're always a warrior at your core.

I like RPGs where you can create wildly different character types so that I can replay them in totally different ways.

If you look at a game like Dragons Dogma, for instance, it was an entirely different experience playing as some of the other classes.

I'm still watching this one, though, and will probably trick myself into thinking I will like it at some point when it is on sale. :D

[lelo2play]

Even if the X1 version (of multiplat games) looks great, most people will always go for the PS4 version because it will always look better... and that ladies and gentleman is the X1's biggest problem.
Microsoft were stingy on the hardware, now they are suffering the consequences. That is the main reason why the PS4 is the top seller of consoles. Why would a person go for the X1 version, when they can go for the better looking PS4 version at the same price?

At this moment the only way the X1 could stand a chance against the PS4, is with more exclusives... and more exclusives... and more exclusives. Unfortunately for Microsoft, the X1 doesn't have that many exclusives.

[DougLord]

Research has shown that thse VAST majority of people cannot correctly identify the PS4 version of a game from the Xone version when shown them side by side.

PS4 version will sell more because people will buy a multi plat for the system they already own. More people own a PS4. No one is going to spend $450 just for Witcher.

[IVanSpinal]

wow you are a genius

[marloc_x]

YOU, would not be able to tell the difference..

[samchez77]

Not necessarily. People have console preferences for a wide range of reason. In fact, graphics isn't that high on the list as long as parity is close....which it is. Take last gen for example. Xbox360 had the graphical edge in most cases but at the end of the gen, the PS3 won out in sales......

[gamer9]

@lelo

The X1's biggest issue was kinect, and the loss of early adopters and public image. If your eyes are so good that you can cleary see the gap between X1 and PS4 then it's interesting that you are playing anything on console. Go get a PC and count some pixels.

[GearSkiN]

If you buy because ps4 does 1080 on NOT A THEIR GAMES then go for it. Some likes exclusive games the competitor offers.

[Wickerman1972]

@DougLord: It doesn't matter if they can actually tell the difference or not. They know PS4 is more powerful because that information is all over the internet and also has had plenty of time to get around by word of mouth. Everybody knows it! In a poll that was done recently asking people why they chose PS4 better resolution than X1 was the reason most often given. Whether you want to believe it or not Mattrick's decision to go cheap on the hardware has hugely effected sales of the console.

[PONTIAC08G8GT]

"Why would a person go for the X1 version, when they can go for the better looking PS4 version at the same price?"
"Unfortunately for Microsoft, the X1 doesn't have that many exclusives."

I bought an X1 because I don't like the Playstation, the games, or the controller. I like the exclusives on X1 better, the controller, Live, I actually use my Kinect for Skype and not having to wear a headset when playing online, and majority of my friends own one so I can play online with them. It's a pretty stupid to say "why would anyone buy an X1 because the PS4 looks better." There are more things then graphics, but that seems to be only thing that matters to you.

As for having "more" exclusives on PS4, doesn't mean they are better. Bloodbourne is the first amazing exclusive for the PS4, while the X1 has a lot of great exclusives. FH2, Sunset, TF, Forza 5.

[NuggetsOfGod]

So you think because ps4 can do 900 & 1080p games and 99.8% of them being 28 - 30fps means sony didn't cheap out on the hardware?

Just enjoy the game.

I should be playing this 1440p @60fps with two gtx 970s. :)

If people want better graphics why go for ps4 & not pc?

Ps4 will look barely any different than the Xbox version. They will both run at similar fps.

I am pleased that cdpr have never shown ultra settings.

[TheXgamerLive]

The story was written by a child , "LOOK WORSE"? And since when is 900p subHD, lol. that guy is an idiot.
And NO!, Multiplats most of the time look better on the Xbox One due to DX giving it better lighting and small details. Don't read a number 900 vs 1080 etc... and disagree, just look with your eyes at most any DF digital Foundry video. eyes only.
That said both versions will of course look incredible.

If your denying your lying.

[ShinMaster]

the hell are you talking about?

[kraenk12]

You have some serious issues. keep telling you that, it might come true some day.

[MazzingerZ]

Agree. Who cares about resolution? Let's sell tons of copies on both consoles so the Witcher desv/publisher sees console gaming as a serious plattform for next iteration.

I'm console-only gamer since last 15 years.

[poppinslops]

Yeah, I'm playing the first Witcher on PC and the amount of crap I went through to get it working (have to run it on min-specs even though my PC could EASILY run it at high/max, Valve/steam were no help and it still crashes) has ensured that it's the last PC game I play for a while.

Master race, my arse...

[uth11]

@poppinslops- Stuff like that is exactly why I became exasperated with PC gaming after many years of being a PC-only gamer,

[CaptainObvious878]

I agree, as long as the developer is pushing both consoles and not holding one back for the sake of parity, then we should be able to move on and talk about the actual game content and design.

I really wish I could automatically do that right from the start with every game without a worry. As a big Sony fan I'm honestly sick of talking about resolution, but unfortunately there's still a few publishers that think parity is acceptable.

[3-4-5]

Never played the series.....Have an Xbox One....Looks like a good game to start the series with.

[Palitera]

I'm much more interested in better frame rate than on 900 x 1080p, so I hope both versions are well optimized to what they can do and keep at least their 30+ FPS steady.

[borneblood123]

The xb1 does have it's strengths with consistency in frame rates.

That's one very good thing about it.

[Fro_xoxo]

of coarse, it's a pretty game.

there isn't much of a difference between 900p 'nd 1080p to affect the graphics significantly.

[Eonjay]

Im pretty sure no one thought it looked less than great.

[meche334]

Tbh the only difference I might see is more aliasing in some games i see no difference between 900p and 1080p or even 720p

[crazychris4124]

Stevie Wonder could see the difference between 1080p and 720p

[meche334]

lol i see a difference but its not big of a difference to me

[borneblood123]

To be fair 720p vs 1080p on consoles is nowhere near the same as 720p vs 1080p on PC.

The consoles have such excellent upscalers in them and decent TV's have superb post processing that it is really hard to tell the difference.

900p vs 1080p on consoles is near identical.

[hello12]

As much as i love my x box 1 i will be getting the PC version.

I can go higher than 1080p using Nivida DSR so its no brainer really. I don't know about about 60fps will see i like to turn everything on and that can lower frames rates 30fps should do problem with my rig.

Witcher will test both consoles hardware in its current state hard. I am sure x box 1 will maintain 30fps at 900p the unknown is will PS4 hold 30fps at 1080p?

[livedeht]

@ knws, Finally u admit 1080p 30fps is better then 900p 30fps....lololololol some ppl are unbelievable, trying to convince themselves that lower res is the "same" as a higher res SMH....btw I don't have a gaming pc but I have all three consoles, so third party is always on ps4, who wouldnt lol....btw b4 any1 says but but but Xboxlive....witcher is single player lol

[_LarZen_]

Of course it looks great on XBO. It's just that it will look sharper on PS4 that makes people make articles like this to make them feel better about owning an XBO over a PS4.

It is without a doubt frustrating having the console that always is drawing the shortest straw.

[tinynuggins]

I don't feel that xbox one is ever drawing the shortest straw. It doesn't bug me that a texture off in the distance might be sharper on version that I don't have. I'm just happy it looks amazing. Can't wait to dig into it!

[Svinya]

Not as frustrating as reading idiotic comments like yours.

[Sm00thop]

Well you haven't seen the PS4 version yet and let's be honest the Anisotropic filtering on PS4 is a problem that seems to just get brushed aside.As you can they were never intending to take advantage of Direct X12 either.

@ErchachoESP
@Bacon_is_life Why if MS give you for PC and X1 the best optimize tools called "Dx12",you don't want to use it? Parity with Ps4 version?
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@ErchachoESP no because few people would actually use it. It's better for us to focus on more important things right now then patch dx12

[Jayszen]

Last gen all we got were comparisons of multiplat games where the Xbox version was marginally better than the PS3 version and the fanboys were rubbing their hands in glee. This gen the fanboys keep writing articles that suggest such comparisions are not worth it precisely because the XB1 is drawing the shortest straw. What goes around comes around.

[GenuineGamer]

Or stupid fanboys that act like that switched from 360 to ps4 and continue the bs

[Why o why]

Trus me... the irony and hypocrisy is rife but the games will play pretty much identically. It would be a bigger deal if there were performance hits outside of res like some games have shown. Gameplay will always be paramount but graphical upmanship will always be a barometer like it has been since there was more than 1 console vying for our custom.

*grins* seems some people act like they dont care like they used to until the next dx or some other performance boost is touted. Some find it hard to actually admit they like better graphics and performance or that they would ideally wish their version was the better one.

Like, who are people trying to kid. Lol...jokes aside it seems like no version will miss out so this title should and will be enjoyed whichever version you choose.

[GenuineGamer]

I like to think some of us are more mature than that and simply have an interest in dx12 and how xbo hardware was designed to take advantage of it.

I cant be the only one sick of these fanboys putting down xbo all the time, yeh its had a rocky start using legacy drivers compared to ps4 launching with its intended api. but things change.

Lets face it, if xbox one had dx12 from the start and eSRAM was easy to use out the gate then we would not be having these resolution differences.

I am so sick of all the hate in this community, Is it really so hard to grasp that xb1 running dx11 is limiting its potential?

Does everything always have to be about ps4? Something positive happens for xbox and there's always someone that's gotta put their damage controlling 2c in about ps4. Im just sick of it.

If the witcher 3 was built with dx12 i have no doubt it would be hitting 1080p.

All i see is the potential in xbo with dx12, im not into NEEDING to have better graphics than this or that platform. Because ultimately i will own all of them and enjoy them all.

[YodaCracker]

Yes, if by "drawing the shortest straw" you mean drawing a straw that is almost identical in length to the PS4's straw to the point where you need to get out the measuring tape to determine which straw is shorter.

[uth11]

considering the author of this is normally cheerleading for the PS4, if he says it looks awesome on Xbox, then you can take it to the bank, lol

[gamer9]

Lol yes millions of PS3 owners were so frustrated about having slightly inferior graphics, oh no wait, they weren't, they were having fun playing awesome looking games.

Must be frustrating getting blown out of the water by PC on every single game right? Why even buy a game on the inferior PS4, looks so dated already.

[Sm00thop]

Game looks like its going to be great. Shame they never had the time to make use of Direct X12, but its a non issue really. IGN just posted that this'll be 900p on Xbox and that Direct X12 won't be able to help with getting it to 1080p, the guy already said they can't even think about patching in Direct X12 with the timeframe they have, just makes me laugh that they're trying to make out that this game is using Direct X12 when its blatantly not going to be.

[Bathyj]

It would be nice to see some PS4 footage. Did I read the other day implying MS has some sort of deal to prevent CD from talking about it? Thats kind of annoying being expected to buy something going in blind.

Anyway, Im sure it will be great. GotY contender.

[corroios]

Stop with the talk that there isnt any diference between 900p ao 1080p, because there is.

There are gamers asking where is the 30 or 40 por cent diference, because they never see it, but for the PS4 reach 1080p it need to pump that 30 or 40% more that the Xbox One.

Will the game be cool on the Xbox One yes, i hope so, but the better version will be the 1080 native.

I just hope that both consoles got a good version of the game and not something that doenst runs well.

[ScorpiusX]

Xbox one purchase day one , can't wait love this franchise ever since Witcher 2

@Sm00thop hopefully they will do so with Cyberpunk 2077.

[-Ghost]

I've never played the Witcher but I decided to preorder this one and I can't wait. It's great to see that the developers also made it for new comers.

[Lennoxb63]

Getting this day one on X1. Resolution doesn't really matter. But don't think that us Xbox fans don't care about the res. It's just that playing an amazing game that looks this good is much more important than a higher resolution.

[GreetingsfromCanada]

For a site called dualshockers they are seem pretty non flame wary

[xHeavYx]

Yet the title is a very clickbait title.

[samchez77]

It will be just fine. Relax Xbox Fanboys. Any difference between teh Xbox & PS4 versions will be barely, if at all, noticeable and purely phsychological.

[DarXyde]

In the end, they'll be comparable. If it runs a little better on one and you have both consoles, unless you really care about the achievements/trophies, may as well go with the superior version (assuming there is one).

Same price.

[WizzroSupreme]

If CD Projekt Red can make a multi-platform masterpiece that's just as amazing on consoles as PC, then that'll be a real accomplishment of this gen. Take notes, Bethesda.

[amnalehu]

There is no doubt that it will look great in xb1. Just like there is no doubt that PS4 and in some cases the pc version will look better than the xb1 version. Its going to be an amazing looking game no matter what you play it on.

[MonstaTruk]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: the hype last gen was to buy expensive 1080p HDTV's for bluray movies and the hope of 1080p games. Now that this gen one console has *somewhat consistently* met that criteria and the other one *somewhat consistently* has not, it's not a big deal?! The f*ck you say...take that "smooth frame rate over 1080p" BS somewhere else...

You rather make excuses for them, than demand better by using your wallets?! Pathetic & weak...*smGDh*

[ScaryMonkey]

Enjoy the game on whatever console you own and for the PS4 guys just know it will look better.

[DJStotty]

Writer says it's not a comparison but mentions the ps4 looks/will be better no less than 3 times even though he stated himself he has not seen/played the ps4/pc version.

It was an article about how well the xbox one version looked. No need at all to mention other versions