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[Tesseract]

So the real news here is that I should just stick to playing games on the PC for a while.

yup.

 

[IAmRandom31]

Why are the textures different?

High detail vs. Medium Detail

 

[bobbytkc]

I don't know what the Xbone is doing to the textures, but it really doesn't look all that good. It's like contrast and sharpening post-process filters are getting applied or something.

People are now going to say the Xbone looks better than a PC.

 

[Stimpack]

The two are largely identical - you have to really look hard to find any differences, and when you do, the XO stands out as slightly more sharper and colourful.

Boom.

Please, look right here, and you can find this all over the video as well as aliasing. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then I don't know what to tell you.

 

[Newlove]

It's really impressive to see they have motion blur in there as well. I'm happy and surprised at how good it looks. Xbox One's colour is better though. Can't wait to get it on PS4.

 

[Vicious Possum]

PS4 version looks better. That distorced pixeling is a signal of the lower res?

Also XOne version looks darker, maybe to hide those defects?

Not a huge difference anyway. At leasy not by youtube video.

Not trying to argue with you in any way, but to my eyes the X1 version looks crisper and more colorful.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

The higher contrast remind so much of PS3\360 again lol .
Truth is some people like it that way even thought they miss a good amount of detail .

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

the xone version looks to have superior AF too.

maybe lower res=higher res textures, af etc?

surprised. i thought it was going to get destroyed, graphically.

 

[I-hate-u]

Gamma settings, picture calibration, and adjusting your image on your television will fix any discrepancy.

This pisses me off to no end because it happens with every comparison. The PS version always seems washed out compared to the Xbox versions. Why don't they set the TV settings to be the same for comparisons?

 

[statham]

I wouldn't be surprised if you had this post saved on notepad and just waited until midnight to copy and paste it on gaf.

HAHA , they look the same.

 

[Artex]

Jaggies are pretty horrific on the 'bone.

 

[Loakum]

...ok...color me confused. They say the PS4 has a higher resolution of 900p, while the Xbox One is barely at 720p..but judging by those images, I have to say the Xbox One's pics has more vibrant color and shaper image. Am I the only one seeing this?

 

[Wishmaster92]

 

[Nasser]

The xbone version looks slightly better and more natural to me. AND I THOUGHT THE PS4 IS PCLIKE.

Spoiler

but I'm always wrong.

 

[VanWinkle]

PS4 Paracel Storm!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3Objaswg-Rw

Wow, multiplayer looks like absolute poop graphically.

 

[Pseudo judo]

How did DF make the 900P version look blurrier?

Does no one read the article. It's nit DF' fault, it's Sony's. The softness on the PS4 image is a byproduct of Sony's scaled getting the image to 1080P.

 

[MilkBeard]

Gamma settings, picture calibration, and adjusting your image on your television will fix any discrepancy.

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If the article is read fully, one can ascertain DF's comments about image recording discrepancy between the two versions.

 

[SRTtoZ]

 

[abacab driver]

Oh the crow. hahaha

 

[VFX_Veteran]

I don't know what the Xbone is doing to the textures, but it really doesn't look all that good. It's like contrast and sharpening post-process filters are getting applied or something.

That image clearly shows the sub-surface scattering enabled on the PC version only. It's skin texture is lit way better than the other two.

 

[Lunzio]

This one is going to be a doozy. Both are looking good.

What I will say is that it appears as though XONE may be using higher contrast/"crushing" blacks to make the textures pop more in order to hide what it couldn't do.

All signs point to PS4 looking and playing better though. YouTube compression doesn't quite help either case.

 

[$h@d0w]

Looks terrible on Xbox one, the choice is clear.

 

[MARNEY]

oh snap

Dude you just made the xbone version crash...

 

[Creaking]

This game just looks disappointing all around if you ask me.

It's crossgen, give Battlefield a game or two.

 

[Toki767]

From a quick look, it seems like the PS4 version is more in line with the PC version. Which is weird when people are saying the Xbox One version looks better so they'll get the PC version. This whole situation is strange.

 

[ZERATUL PL]

Xbox One version looks better except for power lines... PS4 version of power lines are better.

Overall no next-gen this fall. No 1080p, no next-gen. Shame on you game industry!!!

 

[IN&OUT]

Again PS4 is pushing 44% pixels and ,maintaining higher FPS than X1 !!!

THIS IS HUGE!!!

 

[Surface of Me]

Funny how people are skipping over the fact that press wasn't allowed to play XBone's multiplayer.

Funny how people are skipping over the fact someone who has played PS4 MP said it has crashed multiple times.

Again PS4 is pushing 44% pixels and ,maintaining higher FPS than X1 !!!

THIS IS HUGE!!!

Not as huge as the hard on for Sony you keep waving around.

 

[KINGofCRA5H]

It seems the XO's textures has higher contrast and are sharpened to make up for the lower resolution.

This makes sense.

 

[d1rtn4p]

Heard what I needed to hear. Cancelled both my preorders. No reason to get a next-gen console right now if you already have a high-end PC. When some exclusives come out that I really want, I'll pick them up.Just freed up a Knack launch bundle and Day One Xbone on Amazon for you GAF.

 

[MThanded]

.@ the people saying the XBone version looks better.

I thought I've seen it all

lol. That's how I feel I just watched the videos. Not sure how you can come away with that conclusion. Even DF doesn't agree with that.

Heard what I needed to hear. Cancelled both my preorders. No reason to get a next-gen console right now if you already have a high-end PC. When some exclusives come out that I really want, I'll pick them up.Just freed up a Knack launch bundle and Day One Xbone on Amazon for you GAF.

It took you this long to realize your orders of magnitude more expensive PC would outperform a 400 dollar console?

 

[shadowsdarknes]

The Xbone clearly looks superior there, by far.

Is that a joke?

 

[Mung]

Ps4 has a better resolution and framerate.
Only a few weeks ago people were saying that this would not be the case.
MS will obviously focus on subjective metrics from now on.

100 dollars cheaper for a better resolution and framerate. MS have fucked up (understatement).

 

[Liha]

https://twitter.com/TheKevinDent

He is still claiming BF4 on Xbox One is 1080p native. What a clown.

lol

 

[wapplew]

Something wrong with XO contrast, go check XO vs PC, it even look better than PC sometimes...
Darker to hide detail?

 

[Gaz_RB]

Gamma settings, picture calibration, and adjusting your image on your television will fix any discrepancy.

Yeah the gamma differences pretty much made the XB1 look way different. He mentions in the article how the default XB1 looked darker, but he just left them both at default and didnt try to equalize them

 

[Painraze]

The Xbox One version looks better. Dat secret sauce.

 

[medze]

Wow PS4 wins this one hands down. The jaggies on the Xbone version are pretty awful, especially in that scene where theyre driving with all the towers and wires in the background. PS4 seems to have better lighting, fog, and shadows. This is particularly evident in the face of the characters.

 

[Wizman23]

It looks like a next gen game on both next gen consoles. Everyone wins.

 

[bigboss370]

Uhhhh...

XBOX LEFT __ PS4 RIGHT


Why is the camo different?

XO guy is wearing washed out clothes >_>

 

[vpance]

ITT people get fooled by crushed blacks. I'd really like to see how some of you guys calibrate your TV's.

People just luv that super contrast and colors. And crank up that sharpness too, lol.

 

[biRdy]

so because of xbones scalar, the differences are so little. Not sure how people were saying the PS4 version looked miles ahead of xbox

 

[dynamitejim]

Looks like XB1 has crushed blacks and uses some kind of sharpening filter to make things not look so blurry.

 

[olimpia84]

Xbox One version looks better. What in the fuck? Did they mess up the labeling in their pics?

 

[Barack Lesnar]

Are those pics in the OP labeled wrong? The X1 version looks sharper, less blurry. Look at the textures, they're cripser. Lol. Joe Schmoe won't notice a difference if this is the big gap everyone is talking about. I don't know what to think at this point. Maybe the gap will widen as the gen progresses.

 

[Thaster]

They do both look pretty similar for the most part. The PS4 version does look a bit better though.
But those power lines were all I had to see to determine which one was best. lol

 

[SwiftDeath]

Xbox one version runs betters and looks crisper overall.

PS4 has higher resolution, and they are pushing it at 900p while trying to maintain 60fps which causes a few issues.

Look at 1:10 in the DF comparison. PS4 version has higher framerate drop.

PS4 obviously more powerful, but since it was pushed to 900p, it lost some performance.

From Digital Foundry in the article themselves

On the merits of what we've seen so far, Battlefield 4 is already set to be a formidable launch window effort from DICE. Our observations so far reveal a clear gap in fidelity between PC and PS4, and again to Xbox One, but sub-pixel break-up aside, based on what we've seen so far, the Microsoft console manages to hold up despite the undeniable, quantifiably worse metrics in terms of both resolution and frame-rate.

The XB1 has undeniable and quantifiable worse metrics for the frame-rate

You're cherrypicking the worst part

Gamma settings, picture calibration, and adjusting your image on your television will fix any discrepancy.

Yeah the gamma differences pretty much made the XB1 look way different. He mentions in the article how the default XB1 looked darker, but he just left them both at default and didnt try to equalize them

Yeah the calibration seemed way off between them. Colors were wrong

 

[krypt0nian]

Well maybe the extra $100 is paying for all the added jaggies?

 

[MDSLKTR]

Still going ps4 only for this year's bf but disappointed a bit at the 900p. Wonder if a couple more months would have let Dice accomplish full hd. At least the engine looks solid now, not every Frostbite game will be a massive 64 player game.

 

[The Elite]

I don't get it.

Is the PS4 version bad?

Neither are bad. PS4 version is running at a higher resolution but both look good. Not great.