Recently, they have shrunk considerably. Now the only problem is dynamic resolution, but the FPS and graphical quality all seem to have been bridged... 

They seem to be non existent recently. I don't recall the uproar that was more often a thing during the earlier days... 

Perhaps I should've referred to the upcoming ones instead. That said, I feel I should inform you that the Fallout 4 thing was not GPU related, but a hard drive issue that is solved by using an SSD (which ironically degrades performance on the other). For the sake of being fair I will also leave DICE games out there since they have proven consistenly awful (900p on the PS4 when there are more impressive games hitting 1080p on the XONE). The Syndicate one does seem accurate, though it does note how the XONE benefitted from crowded areas due to the faster processor (and that's the point I am getting).

People seem to take it for granted that in any fair instance a game runs better on the PS4. However, it depends on how the game is created. The difference between Syndicate and Unity itself is the most obvious lead, since it shows that the XONE can outperform the PS4 if a game is processor intensive (rather than GPU intensive, like Syndicate). Taking this into account allows for any gap to be bridged by taking different approaches to a game that play to the console's strenghts (as you said, this depends on the dev, but there is no more to each console than there is to the other).

What PS4 exclusives are you comparing S.O. with? Certainly you don't mean all.

The only bottom line here is that either console can outperform the other depending on the game. It's all on the dev to decide whether they want to clutter the GP or CP no U... 

I don't know, but I have compared Halo 5 to Killzone and both versions of Fallout 4 (and the latter in an SSD seems to have the edge during shootouts)... 

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As you wish... so long as my point also stays...

I appreciate your input but, OP said S.O. looks on par with PS4 exclusives. I'm asking him to be more specific because, IMO all the games you list up there looks graphically better in terms of detail than S.O.

Reading your subsequent posts, it seems like you don't regret your console purchase! What's your Gamertag? I'd love to follow your X-ploits* online.





*The term "X-ploits" is a copyright of Lewis, Lewis, and Boobs. All rights reserved.

I don't think SO is really good for a comparison. Halo 5 seems to look well, as even the dynamic resolution only kicks in when playing the completely disastrous open world Warzone maps.

As a whole, the difference between consoles is irreconciliable. One has processing power, the other graphical power. Some games use the former, but most will prefer the later. However, you can rewire it to use the former, hence why both can rival each other when good programmers are in charge (case in point, Mad Max was a game that ran slightly better on the XONE, and so did Unity, since they relied more on processing than rendering. Fallout 4 can perform slightly better or the same when using an SSD that eliminates the decompression bottlenecks when loading). It's not that there isn't a difference, but when you look at it from another angle, you realize that it isn't that big in the grand scheme of things. 

I know what I am saying because I know for one that gaming doesn't use the same resources as heavy processing. There's a reason Intel Ivy Bridges at twice the clock rate of their slower APU counterparts still ran slower even with a better GPU... 

Sony did it right by designing a console. MS screwed up because they didn't create a console. They created a computer. 

Back on track. OP, I suggest you register on Halo Way Point and join a company ASAP.

Keep out of Warzone for the time being (Assault is fair game). The regulars are farming XP for the Achilles armor... 

I want yours too! It's rare I can play with other fellow Euros nowadays... Mine's on my GamerCard down below... 

From the ones out around the same time. So first 12 months or so.

That said even the stuff like The Order isnt ZOMG what a huge step forwards comparatively. (Note this isnt under a microscope side by side stuff it's just general looking at the game running on my TV)

Gears of War on the other hand so far looks pretty underwhelming to me visually in single player.

But my comment was more meant to highlight I expected a pretty big technical gap in the exclusives (think PS2 being Xbox One to PS4 being original Xbox) and the difference is so much smaller it just struck me.

Really does make the bickering seem incredibly trivial on "battle of the ports".

Look at comparisons of 80s games across spectrum, commodore 64, Amiga and Amstrad etc to see just how big differences in games used to be. It seems the closer to parity weve become in games, the bigger the shouting about the differences has become.