Comments on: Oddworld Dev Says Performance Gap Between Xbox One and PS4 Will Only Decrease With Time

By: DanielRJoseph

DanielRJoseph — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:04:00 +0000

We will need to wait and see if the bandwidth and latency issues are reduced enough to make real high end gaming possible. When and if that happens it won’t matter what hardware you own. Everyone knows that both MS and Sony make nothing on the hardware. It will all be about the software. I will be playing The Last of Us 4 on my Xbox 1 and you will be playing Halo 7 on your PS4. 🙂 http://qr.net/rtcX

By: Xtreme Derp

Xtreme Derp — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:13:00 +0000

In reply to Kevin Kirby. No.

By: You are flat out wrong

You are flat out wrong — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:48:00 +0000

In reply to Kevin Kirby. Infamous is graphics king now, friend. DX12 won't save the sh*tty GPU.

By: Kevin Kirby

Kevin Kirby — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:04:00 +0000

Xbox One has the current graphics king in RYSE and the X1 GPU was designed around DX12 so we will see the real X1 power when devs get the DX12 dev kits. Games like Quantum Break and Halo 5 will be graphics show stoppers for sure.

By: Xtreme Derp

Xtreme Derp — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:53:00 +0000

In reply to Psionicinversion. lol

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:51:00 +0000

In reply to Psionicinversion. Updated the chalkboard just for you, buddy.

By: Psionicinversion

Psionicinversion — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:46:00 +0000

In reply to Xtreme Derp. you suck, xbox owning all over the place

By: Psionicinversion

Psionicinversion — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:35:00 +0000

Xbox OOOOWWWWWWNNNNNNNNSSSSSSS take that ponies stop riding your high horse DA DAH

By: Xtreme Derp

Xtreme Derp — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 02:20:00 +0000

In reply to jent. Yes the performance gap should close somewhat, not totally but better than launch multiplats.

By: jent

jent — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 02:12:00 +0000

In reply to Xtreme Derp.

I agree with your mostly Derp. I have a feeling with the new SDK the Xbox will close the gap for the most part. Games will come out at 1080p with good framerates on the Xbox 1. You are right that for raw computing power the PS4 has the edge, but as everyone knows raw computing power does not always yield superior performance. The coming of DirectX 12 in 2015 will also help Xbox 1 narrow if not close the gap.

What someone needs to address is the long term. If Gaikai and Microsoft’s inevitable competitor become truly capable, the need for powerful hardware in your home will be less and less necessary. We will need to wait and see if the bandwidth and latency issues are reduced enough to make real high end gaming possible. When and if that happens it won’t matter what hardware you own. Everyone knows that both MS and Sony make nothing on the hardware. It will all be about the software. I will be playing The Last of Us 4 on my Xbox 1 and you will be playing Halo 7 on your PS4. 🙂

Also, check out this in depth interview which might shed some light on the design decisions behind the Xbox 1.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-the-complete-xbox-one-interview