Jim Ryan on Xbox One X: Specs Are Interesting, But The Proof Is In How Games Look

When asked about Xbox One X's superior hardware, Jim Ryan commented that specs are interesting but ultimately the proof is in how the games look on the screen and PlayStation 4 Pro will remain the best place to play.

[Cybermario]

so in short, get a PS4 PRO.

[jasonpugh]

If you want the crap version for an additional $400 then yes.

[UCForce]

Xbox One never have true exclusive game anymore. Have more exclusive games are also a fact.

[Geeebeee]

what?!?!

[DarXyde]

Can't really expect him to say otherwise.

I'm confident there will be a discernible difference in visual quality. ..the thing is I don't care.

[Ceaser9857361]

Of course PS 4 is the best place to play... Best games only exclusive to the PS4 which most xbox fans thinks is irrelevant just to defend the poor run of Xbox one ... but ya Xbox one x is a beast but it will take more to steal the thunder from PlayStation camp..

[LastCenturyRob]

Of course you are wrong. ""best" is an objective term. Guarantee you there are more Sony players out there that would love having Halo or Gears on a Sony console as opposed to Xbox players that would enjoy Sony exclusives on theirs...and no the vast majority of PS4 players will not purchase a $800 plus gaming pc to play those game properly. Not saying the exclusives on PS4 aren't good. Many are but for every million seller PS exclusive there is an Xbox equivalent. Sony does have more exclusive but many of them are not AAA blockbusters. Quite a few are niche games and not huge sellers. On average with both consoles the top twenty selling games on any given month are majority cross plats with three or four exclusives in the mix.

[Ceaser9857361]

oh Lastcenturyrob Please stop , i really cant wait to get back to you on March. after you said Everyone will jump onto to X and play all the games instead of handful of exclusives..

I really dont like HALO but yes I love the Gears franchise and liked QB too... This two reason why i got the Xbox one. And Sony at least gives importance to talents and gives dev freedom to do what they want unlike MS, MS dont need that since its one huge company and Xbox is a small part of it... Nice games sells well and trust me each games are target to segments of people and you cant expect an exclusive to sell 10 mil but reaching 3 mil to 5 mil is an amazing figure and yes! you cannot expect all PS Exclusive to sale well..

[spreadlove]

Even Jim Ryan can't talk smack about that X specs. I wonder if Jim Ryan thins of the children when it comes to the X, I mean there is 3 X's in the name Xbox One X. It is also often nicknamed the monster, and a beast.

[Ceaser9857361]

SPREALOVE why would anybody talk bad about X when its a known fact that X is poweful. But again he also said Games does the talking and Playstation has the best exclusives and Exclusives sales consoles period.. With Xbox one people now have options to stick with PC or Not..

[crazychris4124]

Odd choice of words but I think he means is they have great exclusives and they will look at their best on Pro. Obviously if you take the same game and run them on both the Pro and X then the X will look better.

[Thatguy-310]

Well he's not denying that they have stronger hardware. He's making it known that they have the better games and better developers.

[KaiPow]

Exactly. Just throwing more horsepower at a project will get some gains, but not nearly as much as if you code for efficiency in the first place.

[pedrof93]

@Wooly

More exclusives is also a fact.

[AspiringProGenji]

@wolly

The true hard fact here is that the Xbox X will only be enhancing ports, while PS4 games are being deleveloped from the ground up on a console that is still alive and kicking. Sony devs don’t need raw numbers to make games look good. They have the talent to produce a quality games. Remember how Next gen GoW3 looked on PS3 on a much weaker console than Ps4?

I believe this is What Jim is saying here... you can have the horsepower, but without talent and efficiency that horsepower will be pointless. And there’s also the fact that the X will never be used to its full potential like the PS4 is being used

[Armyntt]

@kaipow, exactly. Just because the car has 2k horsepower doesnt mean its better than a buggatti.

[conanlifts]

@solid snake

"Higher rated games on avarage and better sales are also facts"
If that is your concern get a Nintendo Switch. It has the 2 highest rated exclusives of the year ( without including MK8).

[freshslicepizza]

@Thatguy
"Well he's not denying that they have stronger hardware. He's making it known that they have the better games and better developers."

Well when you release a small handful of desireable titles per year compared to the dozens and dozens of titles from third party I somehow get less impressed that Sony studios somehow matter at the end of the day like many here think they do. Now when you add all the software totals of Nintendo exclusive games sold per year and compare them to all other software titles then yes, Nintendo can be arrogant they have some powerful titles that people will buy their hardware for.

[freshslicepizza]

@ImTrumPeach
"And the flaw in your argument is that multiplatform games are also on PS4. PS4 has every multiplatform that Xbox has PLUS it has a HUGE library of exclusive games that aren't on Xbox."

And a lot of them are also on the PC, the same argument you guys make about Sony's main competition can be thrown right back at you. Sony is not Nintendo, so the very few titles Sony does make where 'proof' as he calls it to spec s on hardware is a silly argument he's trying to do his PR spin on.

[KillBill]

If they are exclusive to that console then pretty sure there is no comparison to that game on other systems. So a bit redundant is it not?

[OB1Biker]

No hes right to say the proof is how the games look. First as the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and to most people I dont think there will be a huge difference for multiplat. Second a gamer with a PS4 will be feeling that his exclusives, and there are many, look better than whats on the XB1X,specially since theres often nothing similar.

[uth11]

When games with visuals like HZD and Driveclub give even PCs a run for their money, it shows raw horsepower isn't everything, it is what you do with it

[IGiveHugs2NakedWomen]

Pretty much. Xbox hasn't had very much in the way of exclusives that stand out, console or otherwise and those "average" games will still be average even at 8k resolution.

[Majin-vegeta]

He has a point none of MS devs are up to standards like Sony's are 🤷

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Sony is an entertainment company. That’s their bread and butter.

[WeAreLegion]

Yeah, but both their hardware and software are pretty good. Microsoft is capable of creating and/or buying a great lineup of first party studios. Why aren't they? That's my concern. I don't want a two horse race.

[SpaceRanger]

Sony is a hardware company outdoing a software company...with software and hardware.

[Sunny_D]

Why are you making it seem like MS has been in gaming for only this generation? They’ve been in the gaming industry for more than 15 years now. That’s no excuse.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Gaming was a side project for Microsoft. Now with mobile dead, and PCs on the decline they really need to invest more into gaming.

[trooper_]

Keep making excuses for Microsoft.

[rainslacker]

MS has been in the game long enough to have quality devs. I feel that MS devs are of high quality, but they still don't produce the same level as Sony's premeir developers do. MS has Forza which is their real stand out in terms of graphics, but the last Halo and Gears looked rather average and comparable to most of what 3rd party was producing without really trying to hard. Sony's premeir developers though have constantly raised the bar with each successive game released. Even Sucker Punch at the start of this gen raised the bar with Infamous: Second Son in terms of visual effects. Driveclub raised the bar. While not a 1st party, The Order certainly set high standards, and still outpaces a lot of 3rd party games currently releasing. MS just doesn't have these kinds of games on their system. they have good games, but Forza would be their only benchmark game IMO.

[Kryptix]

"PCs on the decline"

Yea, well, I'm going to burst that bubble and say that, that's factually not true.

http://www.gfk.com/insights...

This is why I expect Xbox One X sales to be garbage after the honeymoon launch phase. Once PSX happens, don't think anyone is gonna care that Super Lucky's Tale is at 4k. To put matters worse for Xbox One X, Nvidia's Volta GPU gets a reveal next year which I predict a nice performance to price ratio with good efficiency. What does a PC gamer benefit from wanting to buy a really watered down PC box.

[DialgaMarine]

@WeAreLegion That’s actually exactly what MS did in the beginning with studios like Bungie. The fact is though that you can’t simply throw money in every direction and make true talent. Most of the companies that MS bought out, or did a hostile takeover of, lost the majority of their best employees because they knew MS’s history and had no interests working for them. Fun fact: did you know Sucker Punch, the studio behind several PS exclusives, used to be a part of MS before Xbox was a thing? They hated working for them and broke off at the first oppurtunity.

Sony started out with owning small studios and then built them over time as they grew alongside PlayStation. This is why Sony has actual talent; not devs that are simply paid to rehash crap every year.

[Tobse]

What Standard? They make different games. Ms focus are mp games while Sony focus are sp games. Try adding those graphics to mp games, wont work so well on a console. You cant compare different styles of games that easy. Sure its easy to make your game look good in cutscenes, im not saying it looks bad but ms focus for every upcoming exclusive is mp with good gameplay and not movie like games

[j15reed]

Exactly when your making interactive movies with QTE and hella cutscenes, I'm not going to say its easy to make it look good but it's easier than in a larger scoped multiplayer game.

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

Well... Quantum Break looks just as good as the best 1st party Sony IP's, if you don't think so, you are blind

[chrisx]

The simple fact is that no bone x game will ever look as good as TLOUpt 2. There's only 1true Beast,and its the Ps4pro.

[Condemnedman]

what game play have you seen to make that statment?

[DragonDDark]

Tlou part trailers are in engine...

[chrisx]

Are you new to gaming or what? Its ND, their ingame cutscenes graphics and gameplay graphics are the same. Don't say u where not told.

[Dragonscale]

If its anything like the first the gameplay will be just fine. This is Naughty Dog we're talkin about lol.

[conanlifts]

I said it above but by making this type of comment you are also discount every third party game like cyberpunk, Red Dead redemption 2, Metro etc.

[ccgr]

And how they sell...

[shinrock]

Do Sony exclusives even chart? Exactly how many Sony exclusives has hit top 10? And I'm not talking about in one region.

[DragonDDark]

Uncharted 4/ Horizon both reached number 1 for a couple of weeks.

[stonecold3]

crash bandicoot stayed number 1 for ages in charts when released

[shinrock]

@Dragon So 2 out of the slew of diversity coming from Sony? Ok

[Sunny_D]

So, you want to question if Sony games even chart yet not question how the few exclusives MS releases are literally struggling like Cuphead and Forza 7?

[vivid83]

More than Microsoft ....... what was that supposed to achieve?

[tontontam0]

Lol he forgot ps4 also has third party games.

[trooper_]

So how many Microsoft games charted?

...

Nothing?

Okay.

[rainslacker]

Almost every big exclusive from Sony has charted this gen. Some for multiple weeks.

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

Forza Lootersport 7 sure didn't.
LOL! 😅😅😅

[IRetrouk]

Add gt sport to the list too

[PiCOSMOiP]

It’s on both sides. Exclusive games aren’t what the average gamer buys (except Nintendo). On PS4 and Xbox, majority of 3rd party titles always top the charts. First party titles on PS4 and Xbox will take top spots for a few weeks and completely drop in favor of another FIFA, Madden or Grand Theft Auto. All these comment are just fanboy talks. Everything is subjective

[Jinger]

A good coder and artist will always be better than just raw specs.

Both are needed, but talent is a greater determining factor. Sony has some amazing devs who can make some of the most detailed games, but hardware will end up holding them back at some point and certain things are going to have to be sacrificed.

For example UC4 looks amazing, but they sacrificed the 60fps they were trying to hit. The Order looks like a damn movie, but it was a fairly shallow and gimped experience.

There is also the debate that photorealism isn't the only way to produce a gorgeous looking game.

[2cents]

Can't argue with that.
Microsoft need to make their own console shine with consistent and diverse offerings. 3rd party is great but there is nothing better than a passionate 1st party studio dedicated to a single development platform making both their artistry and the console sing. Sony understand that. Nintendo understand that. It's about time Xbox step up their game and create some memorable experiences outside of the trio.

[Jinger]

They aren't doing fantastic, but they have had some decent variety. 2017 was an extremely bad year for MS tho as far as game releases.

[2cents]

You can say that again!
Along with the cancelations that would have actually provided said variety, 2017 was pretty shabby on the release front.

Let's see what 2018 brings.

[Jinger]

@trumppeach

2018 looks good tho.

Crackdown 3
sea of Thieves
State of Decay 2
Ori 2
ashen

Just off the top of my head

[Jinger]

@TrumPeach

I know this doesn't discredit these games at all, but those are some pretty niche Japanese games that I just couldn't care less about.

It's great tho Sony has such strong 2nd and 3rd party Japanese support, really helps broaden their library.

[Death]

SFV was released in 2016. If you already own it, the update to make it SFV: Arcade is free. I'm impressed you feel this is a new game. The rest are incredibly niche and/or multiplatform and in some cases a Vita game playable on PS4. I think that is the fundamental difference between Xbox fans and PlayStation fans. The list of PlayStation games some people use as the reason PlayStation is best is almost like the joy of finding loose change in your couch cushions with the exception that people actually pick up the loose change when they see it.

[Ashlen]

@Death

I believe the point was to show the numerical difference. In January PS4 has more retail exclusives than Xbox has shown for all of 2018. And the point was correct.

Ni No Kuni 2 is a big game as is Final Fantasy. But if you want to talk about big games there is Detroit, Days Gone, Spider-Man, Dragon Quest XI, Yakuza 6, Ghosts Of Tsushima, The Last of Us 2, God of War, Last Stranding just to name a few.

The point is PS4 has more exclusive games every month next year than Microsoft has announced and Microsoft doesn't even have a single exclusive with a release date.

Regardless of how "big" YOU think they are, there are people who do want them, and that's why PS4 is outselling Xbox 3:1 and will continue to outsell Xbox 3:1 even after the X.

[Jinger]

@Ashlen

Not disagreeing with your post at all because it's a 100% true, but I don't think we are seeing TLoU2, Ghost of Tsushima and Death Stranded until 2019. That being said I'd totally be happy being wrong and seeing them this year, but I also want them to take the time needed to be great.

[DiRtY]

What an unexpected answer by someone who works for Sony.

[showtimefolks]

jim don't worry about it don't you know you can buy the xbox X and play xbox360/OG xbox games who needs new exclusives. so much for xbox X scorpio edition being sold out they are available for pre ordered right now as we speak

https://www.target.com/p/xb...

ps4/pro will outsell xbox one/x in month of november so if your new console can't even win you the month it launches in than no need to talk. I will see when millions of gamers with pro/pc's will buy xbox x just so they can play 3rd party games in better resolution

unrealastic expectations

ps4 has had the most exclusives in last 2 years and ps4 has the most quality reviewed exclusives in last 2 years. There is a reason ps4 is expected to pass 70 million this holiday season while other are yet to touch 35 million

http://www.metacritic.com/b...
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http://www.metacritic.com/b...
http://www.metacritic.com/b...
http://www.metacritic.com/b...

PS4 clearly has the quantity/quality games and they are selling quite well

[Persian_Immortal]

Yep not to mention their sales forecast for April 1,2018 said to be 80 Million Shipped, There exclusives for 2018 should perform amazingly thus further pushing towards the ultimate goal of dethroning the PS1 and becoming the second best selling home console of all time.

[showtimefolks]

imagine a spderman bundle next year

sony is gonna even better moving forward

exclusives matter. Keep your exclusives on your platform matter even more. Nintendo has stayed in home console business without much 3rd party support and that's the power of their exclusives and their long running IP's

sony on the other hand have so many IP's and they keep investing more and more into new IP's. developers who work for sony say it's an honor and privilege because no pressure from top and make what you want to make

[ZehnDrachen]

It's a fact that PlayStation 4 exclusives look better than Xbox One exclusives.

[Fishy Fingers]

Bit opinionated but they certainly do in mine, 1st party at least.

That just leaves the multiplats that make up the other 90% of gamers catalogs, PS included.

[DragonDDark]

Wonder why exclusive games are the most games that get high scores & GOTY awards.... hmm..

Must be because they are mostly better than the "90%" games?

[rainslacker]

I would say this gen is the first time that exclusives actually make up the majority of my backlog compared to multi-plats. For the most part this gen, I haven't found a lot to get excited over in the multi-plats. Not because they're multi-plat, but because there isn't a lot of new stuff worth getting excited over. There are some, but nowhere near as much as I've seen in the PS exclusives being released.

Obviously, I'm only one person, but for the most part, this gen seems to focus on the MP stuff which becomes big, where the standing popular SP franchises make up a lot of the bigger hyped games. Sony exclusives thought, whether 1st, 2nd, or 3rd party have stood out from the crowd. The sequels are all to rather high profile games, and have all been pretty satisfying, and the new IP's are mostly pretty good, with a few duds in the mix.

[windblowsagain]

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[ElementX]

Sony exclusives always look great, even on my slim PS4, but the 3rd party games will take advantage of the X. I don't see any reason to buy the Pro for a handful of 1st party exclusives when they look great already.

[Sunny_D]

Because the Pro supports 225 games already that doesn’t only include exclusives.

[ElementX]

That may be true but to what extent are they enhanced? Simply upping the resolution is nice but can it handle higher resolution textures, draw distances, graphic effects? You would be better off keeping an original or slim PS4 and saving up the extra $100 over the past year to get more than resolution bumps on the X, hardware down sampling for instance will make things look great.

[russo121]

I agree with you, now imagine, if there's no reason to buy a pro, less reasons I have to buy an x.

[ElementX]

Well that depends upon how much you value playing 3rd party games on a console

[Goldby]

@element.

not really. see you already stated "I don't see any reason to buy the Pro for a handful of 1st party exclusives when they look great already." so the same should be said about the X. the only difference is instead fo 1st party titles looking great, it will be 3rd party titles look better than what the pro could do. Not all games are gonna have the native 4k textures. not all games are gonna have increase draw distances. heck not all games are gonna have an xbox one x enhancement.

But the big diffrence between the two (pro and one x) is that one only supports a handful of 1st party titles and is focused on 3rd party titles, while the other is focused for its own 1st party titles (and there are alot of them).

i personally support sony in this matter because they are invested alot more than Ms due to the fact Sony is invested in their own studios.

Ms has its toes in the water thinking about jumping in. Sony is already in the lake swimming laps around MS

and this is all without even including the VR games that both ps4 and ps4 pro support. Theres talks from ms about vr for One X, but what about the One, or One S? they really gonna bring out a niche accessory for a niche console... thats fricking stuuuuupid

[ClayRules2012]

All that “Xbox One X” most powerful console in the world talk won’t matter if Microsoft doesn’t have the talented & ambitious game studio on hand to dip into all of that potential power, and use their imagination to go far into adding not just better looking games, but also adding little intricate details ( like Naughty Dog does with each new game ) all that power will go to waste. The developers should aim to add new things to the visual experience that hasn’t been done before.

Remedy, who made Quantum Break, I believe could craft something visually stunning, given the time, budget etc....QB looks really beautiful & its character models look amazingly lifelike, it’s darn impressive!

[Chocorocket]

jim ryan just dropped the mic like a boss

[DeadSilence]

Sony Studios >>>>>>>&g t;>> Microsoft Studios.

[Father__Merrin]

The extra grunt can't improve animation or story telling or art or gameplay. It can only improve resolution and texture quality and fps. Ps4/ps4pro is the better place to play all kind of games. Ps4 will always be in front and when ps5 releases the x1x will be forgotten about

[rainslacker]

The extra grunt could if it was used for such things. What Ryan is referring to though, and what I have said quite often for a while now, is that extra power doesn't mean much if it's not being used.

Sony showed their extra power being used. MS really hasn't done that, and for the most part, the enhanced games probably aren't going to come anywhere close to what Sony has to offer in terms of upcoming exclusives.

[XStation4pio_Pro]

lol. more power means taking graphics further. plain and simple. even comparing GTS on the ps4 pro to Forza 7 running on the One X specifically (not the S as everyone has been doing) shows a clear and present graphical advantage in favor of the one X -with a stronger frame rate to boot... while only tapping 70% of the gpu. same with assassins creed, shadow of war and the list goes on. Sony's 1st party developers will always deliver beautiful graphics, but now they're going to have to work twice as hard to ballpark what has been relatively easy for the one X. You can disagree, but you're disagreeing with facts and the proof is spread all over the internet.

[rainslacker]

Sure, but it actually has to be put to use to do that. Even if put to use, it doesn't mean that those X1X enhanced games are going to somehow be better, or look better than something like TLOU2, UC4, or Horizon. How the available power is used is much more important than just having the power. I can make something look better with more power, but if the source is still nowhere near as good as the benchmarks from the top devs, it's not going to help much, as there is more to graphics than just pushing pixels.

[Hardiman]

After seeing HZD, Uncharted 4, The Lost Legacy in action in person on my 65 inch 4K HDR tv I'd say the Pro is a very good buy! Add third party titles that have marketing deals with Microsoft like Assassins Creed Origins that look stellar on the Pro on my tv and the reason to spend $500. on the X goes down even further. That's not counting the EXCLUSIVE games coming like God of War(which looked better than anything I've seen on the X and it was running on a standard PS4 at E317) Days Gone, Spider Man, Detroit Become Human and the newly announced Ghosts of Tsushima. The trailer shown yesterday of The Last of Us 2 was the best graphics in a game I've ever seen! Graphics aren't the most important thing when it comes to a good game but with all the recent talk about the X kinda makes you wonder well if games look this good on the PS4 Pro and you can get all these awesome EXCLUSIVE first, second and third party titles why would you need the X. Also you don't have to zoom in 200% to see that Sony's first party titles look better than the third party titles "ehanced" for the X. The Pro and Switch have me very happy and it looks like 2018 is gonna be even better. This is all from a former Xbox fan as well.

[oSHINSAo]

So inmature, while phil spencer admires PS4 and also plays it, this guy comes to feed the console war, Shame, Shame, yes, the best exclusives, but they are not magically turn 4.2 TF into 6 or higher, in Cinematics they dont have to render a whole world, thats why they look so awesome on TLOU2

[EmperorDalek]

Microsoft will put everything into making Halo 6 and Gears 5 the best looking games this gen. Gears 4 is already one of the best looking, so it'll be interesting to see in 4K.

[Realms]

There are some salty MS fanboys Sony makes some of the best looking games on consoles arguably and Nintendo makes some of the most fun games what does MS have? It's no wonder they are salty.

[gangsta_red]

Jim Ryan is the new Greenburg.

[UCForce]

Not that close. Xbox One X have power without identity. And Logic without heart.

[gangsta_red]

Xbox One X has the will with the power of love. It leads by example to bring people of all color together.

[LavaLampGoo]

I mean, my ps4 is dying and I might have to upgrade to a pro when the time comes, but I'm not sure I like all this proto-console war

[timotim]

I agree. With Xs better textures, 4k assets and super sampling for every game, all games should look better for X up on the screen.

[UCForce]

But without talent like Sony First Party Studios. It's like you have power without identity. Logic without heart.

[timotim]

Talent is key no doubt, but talent doesnt just come from first party...it can come from ANY developer thats making a game for the platform. I dont know about you, but im not just using my soon to be X just for first party titles, although I have many of them. Im using it for my go to gaming and entertainment experience. When I hear that the Witcher 3 runs better on X than it does on any other console...I know thats done by talented devs. When I hear that Shadow of War runs best on X than any other console, I know thats done by talented devs because the games are good games. When I see Forza 7 running on X and matching that of high end PCs at native 4k, rock solid 60 FPS, 4k assets, Dolby Atmos and rated the highest rated racer of this year, I know thats talent.

Gears 4 - 84
Halo 5 - 84
FH3 - 91
Cuphead - 87
Halo Wars 2 - 79
FM7 - 86
Ori - 88

Im sorry but thats talent my friend. I didnt create this list to compete with quanity of a first party PS list, I created it simply to showcase that Microsoft has pushed its current platform to its limit when it comes to producing the best visuals its current platform can muster...I expect them to do the same with X. All of those games are being pushed to NATIVE 4k, many with 4k assets, HDR, supersampling, Dobly Atmos etc on X...that requires talent.

[Goldby]

@Tim

forza may have higher resolution textures, but it is no where near the detail PD put into GT sport.?
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Have a watch of that comparison video done by Digital Foundry about the differences in detail between the two games.

[UCForce]

Sure, those MS games are good. But never have that league like older ones. Cuphead and Ori don't count as MS games because those games are also on Steam. Same goes with Hellblade, that game are also on Steam, not just PS4.

[timotim]

Again, Im not using X just for first party games. Im not turning down playing any good games on my X just because they might appear elsewhere haha...I listed those two because Microsft was able to recognize the talent in those devs and got them to do great work on there platform. I dont have those games on Steam, I have them on Xbox Play Anywhere. Microsoft invested heavily in both of those projects and allowed them both to publish on PC despite doing so.

Like I said, talent is key for sure...but I dont just want talent from first party...I want talent from all parties. Witcher 3, Shadow of War, Astroneer, FM7, Conan, FH3, Quantum Break, Tomb Raider, Halo Wars 2, Everspace, Halo 5, Ghost of A Tale, Gears 4, AC: Origins, PUBG, Sea of Thieves, State of Decay 2, Below, Ori 2 etc...these are the good games ill be playing from talented developers on my X at the highest possible level it can be for a console. They will all look very good up on my LG 4k OLED screen.

[UCForce]

Then you don't care about First Party Games. "Sigh" Very disrespectful and disappointing from you.

[timotim]

Haha don't know how you got that from what I said but I'm not surprised. Ultimately what I care about is playing good games regardless if it's first or 3rd party. X is a console that gives me that at the highest possible level.

[Goldby]

every game getting 4k assets, mind showing proof that all 900+ games in the xbox library are gonna have 4k assets

[timotim]

Supersampling will be in all games, not 4k assets. However, 4k assets will be in a lot of games on X as the console is capable of it with its 12GBs of DDR5, not a single game on Pro has had them...we are talking about it looking better up on your screen right?

And for the record, I've watched that video multiple times now. In that video DF themselves say FM7 has the better IQ and textures between the two, but that's not the point anyway as I'm not comparing GTS to FM7 in my comments here. Me and UCF got on the topic of talent. I brought up FM7 to show that talent exists on Microsoft's platform. FM7 is the highest rated racer this year...that shows talent.

[Goldby]

@Tim

4k assets of a low detailed asset is still low detail.

Let us know when the talent behind forza actually put the detail of making polished rims actually look like polished rims, or windsheild wiper jets actually look like what they are supposed to,

Highest rated games dont mean they are the best game. Forza is a better game, GT is a better racing game. no need to worry about salty drivers ramming into you or breaking 1000ft too early just to cause some pile up on a straight away.

GT is about the spirit of racing, for car enthusiasts, forza is just about going as fast as you can

[HeyNowChillax]

PS4 Pro for exclusives, X1X for multiplats if you can swing having them both AND the highest Q settings are important to you on console. Just make sure you keep buying play anywhere titles when the time comes that MS realizes they should make a console like interface for windows.

[Pantz]

All these attempts to dismiss the Xbox One X the past week are funny. Once Digital Foundry starts rolling out their videos It'll all be over.

[Elda]

When the PSX has it's showing next month it'll be all over.

[Goldby]

they already did a comparison between GT and Forza. GT on the pro, and Forza on a PC comparable to the One X.

Guess which one has better detail and more accurate Racing?

[Tsar4ever01]

I'd like to borrow an ARBY's commercial quote and alter it for PlayStation 4.

"PlayStation 4, WE HAVE THE GAMES!!".....or "We have the Exclusives!!" ether one would work.

[81BX]

Lol... sure

[GamingSinceForever]

I don't think that anyone who has been paying attention needed to hear it from Jim Ryan to confirm the case obvious.

As powerful as the One X is advertised as being, there honestly isn't a single game in the pipeline that makes it worth the initial jump. Sure the multiplats will look marginally better but you'd be naive to think that these devs are going to attempt squeezing all the juice out of the One X.

[Bismarn]

Wow Jim Ryan found a way to express absolutely no opinion or insight one way or the other at all.

[proskopos]

and game folks.
sony is the winner here and will always be.
xbox x is just a another box with empty soul

[PFFT]

LOL! What else is he going to say??? Sony signs his pay check. OF course he is going to toot Sonys horn. Its like trying to ask a Ford vehicle engineer how he feels about a Dodge car or truck. This site is by far worse than gamingbolt and the only reason why many of your praise it is cause it seems to favor PS4 over Xbox. You all are sad as F. lol

[Donnie81]

The pro is a really good system and Sony's 1st party has for the most part done an amazing job utilizing the extra power. Horizon Zero Dawn is still breathtaking every time I play it. Hopefully with 2 upgraded systems on the market devs will do a better job of enhancing games on the pro. Lots of lazy upgrades by 3rd party lately if they do it at all. Was really hoping the evil within 2 would have launched with support but it seems by the time they patch it ill be done with it.

[tontontam0]

Horizon Zero Dawn, uncharted 4, ratchet and clank, infamous 2, spider man, etc. looks better on ps4.

[tontontam0]

When sony talks about ps4 pro they always makes it clear that the base ps4 is here to stay.
but when Microsoft talks about the xbox one x it is as if the original xbox one does not exist.

[Max-Zorin]

At this point, Xbox can die like the Dreamcast. They put so much priority into that stupid backwards compatible program, but can't seem to make the Xbox first party better. Sony and Nintendo have all kinds of exclusives coming out, while Xbox barely have anything to offer.

[Elda]

"Artistic Mastery" Those words sums up most of Sony's first party studios & exclusives.PS4 & Pro is the console of choice for my gaming needs for exclusives,indies & multi-plats.

[trooper_]

Please Sony, Microsoft could only take but so many L's this gen, lol.

[rainslacker]

Think this is the first time I've seen anyone from Sony actually comment on the X1X.

I agree with Ryan. Been saying the same thing for a while now....although I don't think it really matters what the games look like, rather how they play, and if the experience is compelling. For the most part, I don't find graphics to be the most compelling part of games.

However, I understand the meaning that Ryan was going for, and if he decided to go with the "it's about the experience", the arguments against his quote would be more in the vein of "Sony knows they can't compete on graphics".

[Tko1111]

A salty bag please.

[sprinterboy]

Why can't gamers understand that these consoles are mid gen upgrades, seriously it's a no brainer, if you have a nice shiny new 4k hdr tv then why not upgrade to a pro or x, but seriously 80% of gamers are casuals who maybe only pick 1 or 2 games a year fifa, COD, WWE 18 or NBA as examples, this 80% casual gamer won't be buying a 4k TV that's for sure, 4k gaming for the masses won't transfer over until nxt gen ps5/xbox2/switch 2, these are the customers/gamers Sony, Nintendo and Ms are really after, the casual

[Wotbot]

The games will look better than any other console out there by a long way.

[KillBill]

"...ultimately the proof is in how the games look on the screen and PlayStation 4 Pro will remain the best place to play." -Jim Ryan. And yet every single multi-platform game, which is the vast majority of games being played, plays better on the XB1X.

[BlaqMagiq1]

Exactly. The PS4 has some of the BEST looking games out there even with weaker hardware than the One X

[holysmokesbatman]

The pathetic bickering on this site is truly something to behold.

[corroios]

This answer is what any gamer will say. Power is very important and going from one generation to another gamers are all over that, but 4 or 5 years later, what gamers want first is GAMES.

The X could be THE BOMB, if Microsoft was able to sell it at 349, in other words very cheap and very powerfull.

If power was the most important thing, then the Switch would be a huge flop!!!!!

[russo121]

The damage control by ms fanboys is huge.

[ironmonkey]

Its all about the studios and developers to make a great looking and amazing game. Unfortunately ms has none......

[chaos-emeralds]

I agree, for small sample: Ratchet and clank on ps4(pro), your not see a game looking that good on Xbox. That's one small example.

[chaos-emeralds]

I think if anything, more people might pick up a pro instead. Made me realise i will.

[EatCrow]

There is not doubt and never will be that gamers will buy and play the games theyre interested in. No matter the hardware it runs on.
If you like Sonys first party games then go there...if you like multiplats the most then go for the stronger hardware. Thats it and if you like MS first party games, though few, then go for the xbox unless you already have a pc. Then just buy a controller for it if thats what your controller preference is.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Sony certainly has some great exclusives but fortunately for the Xbox One X it will play all the new multiplats better than the Pro based on early feedback.

[SSmoke]

LMAO, of course PlayStation’s Global Sales Head Jim Ryan would say that.. Whats he going to say no and side with Microsoft?

[DevilishSix]

Look at the butt hurt ponies. "Uncharted and HZD looks best" blah blah blah. Gears 4 looks pretty fn sweet if you ask me and so does quantum break and Halo 5, etc. Pish and Tosh I say.

Ponies gather up and live in fantasy land all you want because the large majority of games played are multiplats and now that the power narrative that you have preached for 4 years is OVER. Witcher 3, Tomb Raider, Shadow of War, Doom, etc. all the great multiplats from the past few years and going forward will look and play best on the X1X and you can't stand it, lol, not my problem as I will play the best versions while you pat yourselves on your backs to feel better.

But don't worry you will be ok when the PS5 rolls around..............in 2 to 3 years, lol.

[DialgaMarine]

The X’s specs are nothing more than desperation. MS knows their first party is garbage; that’s why they’ve underperformed at every turn this generation, with the exception of Forza. They’re trying to regain their position as the best console for multiplats, but Sony has already beaten them at that game by having the much cheaper console, as well as the majority of marketing deals. Not to mention, Sony’s exclusive lineup is incredible. Nothing MS could announce will get the same reaction that TLoU2 has gotten.

[BIGBOSS08]

Xbox one x will have the better looking multi plats but the amount of people playing on the x will be tiny. It won't affect sony at all. They'll still be eating up the majority of 3rd party game sales. The Xbox one x only exists because microsoft have no idea what else they can do. To make things even worse, Nintendo are getting stronger again too which just leaves microsoft with scraps. Who asked for a more powerful console anyway? Nobody wanted the ps4 pro and nobody wants the xbox one x either. I ain't shelling out another damn $500 when you've barely supported your previous console. It's all about $$$ for those greedy c*nts.

[cbuc1125]

HEy guys....remember me....Mister Play games, not resolutions?

[obidanshinobi]

".....and PlayStation 4 Pro will remain the best place to play."

Yeah, sorry Jim but that's just rollocks when it comes to the multi-plats.
People want to get the most out of their new expensive 4K TVs, 4K textures is a big deal.
The mass gaming market is casual as fuck, were talking buying the latest COD, Battlefield/front, FIFA and Assassins Creed every year and not much else.
Also the XB1 controller is better for shooters and driving games, deeper triggers, better stick positions, I'm sorry but it's just a better controller overall.
Oh, and PSN is garbage compared to XBL.
Sorry Jim, you're wrong.

[sk8ofmnd]

Everyone on the ms team seems to forget... when the pro launched the vanilla ps4 still outshines the pro, xb1s, and soon to be xb1x where as when the xb1x launches the xb1s will be even more pointless than it already is. After the xb1x comes down in price a bit I can see ms getting rid of the slim all together.

[Shineon]

Specs matter if it didnt we will still be playing Atari 2600

[Skankinruby]

Gee what a concept, pay attention to how the games actually look as opposed to silly hypothetical specs on a piece of paper? Sorry little xbots but this console is Microsofts pro a year late to the party and virtually zero selling point against playstation , especially at that price.

[VariantAEC]

Amazing how a base model PS4 still has games that outshine the latest and greatest available on PC. FM6, FH3 and FM7 all maxed out on PC look worse than GT Sport on a standard PS4 where it counts on cars and tracks. Textures and 4K aren't going to change that. DF agrees as well it seems.

[Many-hat5]

I'm confused yet again, by N4G users. It seems to me the very same crowd who one day claim graphics aren't the most important thing, it's the games. Next day claim the very opposite when it's supports their argument. C'mon guys, when you flit back and forth like this, I really don't have a clue what point you are trying to make. It all seems to come to the same thing. You don't give a F**k about games really, you just want to win a juvenile pointless arguments over who owns the 'best' console.WAKE UP! There is no universally 'best' console. There is no war to win.