Do you say the same thing in frame rate threads? most people are oblivious to resolution and frame rate, why bother?
Let's say for a moment that the machines were equal, or that people would not be able to tell the difference in any way whatsoever, why would they spend 100$ more for the xb1? Why is it important that they do it?
I can understand some people really do not see the difference in resolution and image quality (because it's never been only resolution so far) at least not at a quick glance... however the frame rate is always possible to discern, even if you have a steady 30 fps, compared to anything close to 60 it just hurts the eyes.
Obviously hardcore console gamers, those who are generally not technical at all, are oblivious to these "details" but many also game on PC and have always wanted fluid native resolution games for their TVs on their console as well as their PC, that was pretty much irrelevant to raise hell about this until the PS4 was released as no console was powerful enough to push 1080p games on a consistant basis, so unless you spent time looking at the eurogamer tech analysis articles you could easily forget about this.
Personally it always bugged me, because I have been playing on PC at resolutions higher than 1080p since around 2005 (I had a 24" 1920*1200 screen back then) so I would have liked my console to deliver a comparable experience a long long time ago.
