Xbox One: Display Resolution Issues?

[RedStarRocket91]

 

After an unveiling marred by controversy, Microsoft has done everything in their power to try and win gamers back to the struggling Xbox One by insisting that the upcoming platform will have the best games of the next generation. Concerns over apparently inferior hardware and the revelation that a significant amount of the system's memory would be reserved for use by the ever-divisive Kinect peripheral were dismissed with the promise that any games released on the console would look just as good as those found on the rival PlayStation 4.

 

However, in recent days both Call of Duty developer Infinity Ward and Battlefield developer Dice have confirmed that while the newest instalments of the incredibly popular franchises will natively render in full 1080p resolution on the PlayStation 4, the versions found on the Xbox One will only be capable of rendering at 720p. In layman's terms, this means that putting your favourite military shooter disc into a Microsoft console will leave you with less than half of the pixels to be found if you were to put its counterpart disc into a Sony machine. What were shrugged off as negligible deficiencies in hardware have apparently proved to be far less irrelevant than promised.

 

Does the lower resolution frustrate you enough to reconsider your next-gen purchase, or do you feel that there isn't enough difference between 720p and 1080p to get worked up about? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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[Caboose The Ace]

I think that gameplay should always go over graphics but yes graphics do improve the game a bit and it is nice to have a good looking 60fps 1080p game to play

[TDM]

Halo 4 I'm pretty sure is in 720p, And it looks beautiful. I dont think its that big of an issue. As long as you like the game, Your fine.

[KhevaKins]

Wouldn't the choice to use 720p be that of the publisher and not necessarily the problem of the console? Like this doesn't mean a game can't use 1080p when on the One, it just means these games use 720p. A game that is designed for the One specifically could run at 1080p, where as the publishers in this case have decided not to. Like Halo 3 was released at 640p but then Halo 4 released at 720p. The resolution can be changed depending on the efficiency at which the console is used and the software. So no, I don't think this is a major problem.

[Caboose The Ace]

It could be a big problem as call of duty is more closely working with Xbox than PlayStation.  

[Absolute Dog]

Matt, these are game consoles, not remote controls. Who cares if it can scratch it butt while whistling "Dixie"? It has to be a game console before all else or it fails.

[Phil Roberts]

now I'm just guessing here but I think that the guy who wrote the article is a PS fan. XBONE runs at 720 upscaled to 1080, PS4 runs at 900p upscaled to 1080 none of the machines are capable of running a high graphic demanding game such as BF4 at 1080p that is a fact. the hardware will allow them to run the games in native 1080p but not at the so called 60 fps it would be at 30 or just a tad over.

[Phil Roberts]

even running at 720 and 900 they only just manage 60 fps. graphically there is very little difference between the 2 they both hit the same fps and slow down in the same places. I'm just glad I didn't get suckered in like all the other console gamers, i'll just stick to my PC running the game at ultra over 60fps than at medium to high at just on 60fps. Sony and M$ said they would do this and that before the release and on release only did less than half of what they said. same as the 360 and the PS3 this seems like a ritual for M$ and sony just to get people to buy their crappy consoles. don't get suckered next time save you money and buy a medium to high end PC cost more to shell out but you save in the long run.