Sony's Andrew House on PS4 and Xbox One: Graphical Differentiation Will Increase; Talks About Future

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prayformojo said:

platformmaster918 said:

prayformojo said:
The gap between PS4 and Xbone is not as big as PS2 and Xbox. Anyone old enough will tell you that that gap was pretty wide, and in the end, didn't really help MS at all. I think we will see PS4 exclusives that look better, but that's about it. Unless a dev wants to seriously jeopardize their relationship with MS, they are going to make sure one version doesn't blow away the other. There was a lot of bad press thrown on IW for making Ghosts 1080p on PS4 while shipping the Xbone version at 720P and I'm guessing that won't happen again.

Most weren't angry at IW for doing that.  In fact I didn't see anyone panning IW for it (don't start giving me links I'm sure SOMEONE said that I'm just saying it wasn't the general thing).  MS was catching shit for it because their system was obviously underpowered which they had been trying to downplay all Summer in one manner or another.

When I said bad press, I meant that simply having this come to light was bad for both MS and IW. It was bad for MS because of the reasons you state and THAT, in turn, is bad for IW because they want a good relationship with their business partners and you don't do that by gimping one version over the other. MS was probably none to happy about it and I'm sure behind the scenes, phone calls were made of the angry variety.

My money is on the next COD looking identical or damn near close.

I don't know how MS could demand that.  What are they gonna do?  They NEED COD and if MS wants to try to strong arm them or charge more for putting it on their system or not advertise or something then Activision can take offers from Sony.  They have the biggest franchise and early COD DLC has contributed a LOT to the Xbox brand's growth.  Now I'm sure contracts are worked out but COD is going to sell regardless unless MS starts charging $80 for it or something which would just drive people to the PS4.