In terms of parity, it's not always as simply throwing horsepower at the problem. I'll make a case with the infamous case of Watch_Dogs. Before this gen even started, much of expected development was eyeing the gtx680 as a ballpark figure for the coming hardware. This was clearly telegraphed by Epic's famous Samaritan demo, the first rendition of the Elemental demo with voxel cone tracing GI, and the first showing of Watch_Dogs at E3. When solid details about hardware expectations started to be revealed. there was a noticeable shift by devs to temper their titles to the reality of the situation, easily surveyed by the subsequent showings of Watch_Dogs throughout the media circuit until release. Devs were hamstrung from overexpectations and had to adjust too soon. It's easy to call it parity simply looking at res, but under the hood there's a lot happening that needs to be accounted for. especially in a first gen open world title with prominent multiplayer built in.
