Shinobi-san said:
This is another misconception i see on our forums... If the gap between PS4 and X1 is small then how would you describe the gap between PS3 and 360? There are some games on X1 that is running at HALF the resolution than on PS4...thats pretty crazy. At the end of the day Sony has ~30 - 50% more gpu physically with near linear scaling. That is anything but a "small real-world performance gap". Quite literally its the difference between buying a low ranged gpu to a mid ranged gpu. Theres approximately $50 - $100 retail difference between the gpu's in these consoles. |
When we see huge differences on the scale of 720p vs 1080p (125%) it's more to do with the X1 being more difficult to work with rather than the power difference. The PS4's extra power does of course make it even easier to work with compared to the X1, but it's not directly responsible for that entire difference.
That said you are right, the gap between the two is significant. It will rarley result in huge multi plat differences (generally just a higher res, better AA/AO etc), but it will be a big asset to Sony's 1st parties. Already has been in-fact.
To be honest Sony got lucky. Cerny's goal seems to have been to create the most developer friendly console rather than the most powerful. MS essentially handed them the latter on a silver plate the day they chose to bundle the Kinect.
