Microsoft on Xbox One 1080p drama -- "It's all a game of trade-offs"

i thought these were next gen? 1080p is old technology.

wow xbone sucks

I'll say this, do games still look good on the Xbox One? Yes, they do, but that is not what people were expecting from next gen... There were so many numbers thrown around during the build up that I think 1080p 60fps was expected from this next generation of consoles, and we didn't get it, so we are a little upset, as anyone would be when they are let down or told they can't have something they expected to get. But I don't think that 1080p is necessary for a good gaming experience

To guarantee 1080p 60fps takes some significant hardware, especially with the amount of detail gamers are expecting. I have a pretty powerful gaming PC, and I have to drop details on the newest games to get steady 60fps at that resolution. So if I can't do it with a $300 processor and a $400 gpu, guess what... expecting a console to do it at a significantly lower price is unrealistic :-/

Man oh man, excuses, excuses...

This is kind of a silly statement. When your competition doesn't need to make these trade-offs nearly as often, you can really state it as gospel.

Personally, if the Xbox One came with a much larger GPU and more RAM in substitution for Kinect, I would have gladly paid the extra hundred dollars. However, it is kind of difficult to justify purchasing hardware that is less powerful than my 5-year-old PC that does all the same thing and then some.

Sales numbers speak volumes, especially in North America, about how much 1080p really means to consumers.

I remember during the 16-bit war, everyone raving over the snes scaling and rotation abilities. The Genesis could mimic it, but it never looked as good.

1080P OR 720P none of this upscaling BS and then calling is 1080p or 720p when it is not.

And yes there huge difference from 720p and 1080p unless you are blind of corase

what 'trade off' is he talking about. How does a good GPU affect game play? is there some kind of bandwidth we are not aware of where the higher gpu power the less features are in a game?

Ryse was a good game that could've been great if it had a longer story and more variety in the combat. I hope Crytek makes Ryse II and puts in the stuff they left out in Ryse.

still reporting this crap then. not once have i played a game and resolution has been whats made it good. this resolution nonsense needs to go away. if a games good its not the resolution that made it good. and if playstation fanboys are so hot on resolution why did they not all own saturns as saturn had a higher resolution than playstation 1

This "my pc can run 1080p easy and next gen console MUST run it too" is getting tiresome...

Rawrimscary, I earn $150 per hours and I still bought PS4 and Xbox One! See? I am better than you in every way!

Consoles are not about high end graphics and I don't understand why people can not grasp this? And why people think that who ever buys a console can not afford PC is beyond me. I paid 12k for my 50" TV, do you think I can't afford your shitty PC?

I run all my games at 1080p on my pc that has a $150 AMD 5850 graphics card from 2010. I play current games at max or medium high settings, only game I currently play on medium high is everquest II. There should be no reason why a brand new xbox is having games developed that run under this resolution. Plain and simple.

ive hdad both consoles since launch... xbox is more fun the war needs to stop before people judge both systems fairly.... ps4 4 sold asit became a dust collector

Ryse is an awesome game, Dead Rising 3 is another awesome game, Forza 5 is an awesome game, Titanfall is yet another awesome game, if you think these games are shit and haven't even played them, it's quite possible you're an idiot or don't like having fun.

my thing is, if it doesnt run at 1080p, its partially a big deal - because generally they bump textures or shadows, right? but in MS's case the sacrifices we're made either to improve fps or maintain a steady 60 fps. so, if this is the case, it had better be better looking than its competitor running at said resolution, because if u can tell the difference, and its minimal or worse...then you have a problem, and your statements defending that problem are moot *points at MS*

I thought he lost any credibility when he started citing amazon reviewer scores. Why not just go with gamestop or best buy review scores? If its something like an appliance then okay, I am curious what they have to say, but something like games its a lot less credible.

1080p/60fps is certainly noticeable, but of course, does not determine the complete picture of 'graphics'. Efficient use of texture quality and after effects can make some darn good looking games within the confines of the system.

Still, the existence of the PS4 and the quantity of cross platform games doesn't make the Xbox One being give or take 30% less powerful not worth mentioning, even though it's still a powerful system that is more than capable of generating some great next gen graphics.

So wait.. what was all that talk about 1080p 60fps at E3 and how next gen consoles will look better than last gen blah blah blah. And now that's it's out and we get 720p... oh wait it's not a big deal now what?! Lol I know graphics ain't everything but damn.. I think we deserve 1080p for this gen. Step yo game up Microsofty

they are right, resolution alone does not determine how great a game looks. but when you have lower resolution and less shaders and less compute units and no gddr5 then it becomes a very different story. notice how he did not talk about that at all, microsoft yet again hiding the disadvantages of their console while sony admitted the disadvantages of the ps3 and fixed them this gen by taking away cell architecture (which was the only disadvantage of the ps3) and making it an x86 build to make it the easiest system to develop for.

ye, maybe ryse did look good at 900p (and better than their 1080p titles). That is because less resolution = more room in vram for shaders and lighting and so on. On ps4 it would look even better and be 1080p at 60 fps.