I'm not doubting that a significant power difference is there. My point is just that I don't think it's quite to this degree.
I mean, it's probably general consensus that Ghosts is the worst looking game on next gen platforms right? As far as I'm aware it's not doing anything overly impressive in any regard. It's a very, very average looking game. That's the reason why I have a hard time believing this rumor. Especially when you consider there are other games out there that look much more graphically impressive and are being presented at a higher resolution.
If this is true though, there's no doubt Microsoft is in for a PR nightmare regardless of whether it's the hardware itself or some kind of disconnection between Microsoft and Infinity Ward in terms of proper product support. I'm just very much skeptical at this point.
That's a fair point. I suppose it's a time will tell type of thing. First party games will generally look and run better, that's a given. I just think if some of the development teams on these games are able to churn out fantastic looking games at 720p/60 FPS, 900p or, in come cases, 1080p and/or 60 FPS I just have a hard time believing it's incapable of handling a mediocre looking game like Ghosts.
I mean, it's quite possible that we may see this kind of resolution gaps between Xbox One and PS4. As more news keeps coming out I'm generally coming to expect it as we get farther into these consoles life cycles and developers are tapping into all the power that these consoles are capable of. If this was a case of a game like BF4 running at 1080p on PS4 and 720p on Xbox One then I wouldn't have much trouble believing that. But Ghosts? I just don't know. Just seems too implausible to me.
I'm not sure on Ryse's FPS but I would assume 30, yes. I just making the point that Ryse's visuals blow Ghosts out of the water which makes me skeptical that the Xbox One can't handle Ghosts at 1080p. But then again, I'm not particularly well read in terms of hardware specs and what these consoles are doing under the hood. Just, from the outside looking in, I have a hard time believing that Infinity Ward has truly hit a brick wall with Ghosts on the hardware.
And yes, your point on Killer Instinct is well taken. I was just pointing out that the game is incredible looking and, really, Double Helix is doing some pretty awesome things with it. But the point remains, fighting games are generally less hardware taxing. I still just get the impression though that KI is doing so much more in terms of graphics and effects than Ghosts is. If Double Helix can get their game running great at 720p with the kind of visual fidelity they have then I just have a hard time believing that Infinity Ward is incapable of doing more with a worse looking game.
As I said though, I'm not exactly a hardware guru and will never claim to be. So in truth I could be dead wrong when comparing those two games. Regardless, I'm still skeptical about this rumor. There's no doubt the Xbox One is lagging behind the PS4 in terms of hardware but to this degree just seems unfathomable.
