Dr.Henry_Killinger said:
The problem is your using subjective terms to qualify the disparity. Lets consider the facts here. Generally speaking for the first half of the previous generation, the 360 out did the PS3 on multiplat games, usually because the games got ported from 360 to PS3 and the Cell was difficult to work with (Unless you're Hideo Kojima) However, the disparity was within a few frames. Both had resolutions at 30fps 720 or lower for most games, with PS3 being more choppy then 360. For a gap of 200, at the end PS3 tended to have better looking multiplats so the disparity was basically eliminated. 7th gen was arguably the larger disparity in performance for price Now we have a hardware disparity (which cannot reasonably be overcome with software alone) leading to consistent game disparity of about twice the frames or twice the resolution and the price disparity again. Thus the Gap b/w the PS4 and Xbox1 is larger than the 360 and PS3, and it would be even larger still if the ps3 didn't cost 600$ Since PS4 has a larger marketshare, is easier develop for (for virtue of not having esram), and fanboyism has no place in business decisions, Xbox1 games will probably be ported from PS4 if not on PC first. Downgrading a game for the illusion of parity damages the perception of the game, this is why the PC version of games will usually be the trailer if it looks better, and why we aren't seeing the 360 version of Titanfall, along with the fact that MS wants it to sell more XB1s |
Again, let me just preface the response with my having pointed out that 'If true' part. It's really hard to take unnamed sources seriously, however, we've already seen developers who've done this purposefully. Crytek for example, openly admitted axing certain things for Crysis 2, because only the PC could handle them. It's developers like that, that concern me, and leads me to believe that there may be more than a tiny fragment of truth in that article I quoted.
But, do I know for sure this is the case for the majority of devs? No. Nor do I know that any devs but Crytek have done this since. I just think that since devs have already shown the capacity for it, it's very possible that it's a behavior they could continue in the future.
