It's funny how the Wii U can do 1080p and people still bash it. How many 1080p games does the Xbox One have?
It depends on the content. And all next gen consoles upscale the output to 1080p.
Interesting how the similar architecture philosophy of wii u and x1 stumps devs who should know better.
The wii u edram goes underutilized most of the time and the esram in x1 suffers the same fate.
Forza is made by a very capable developer. The polygons in the cars alone are staggering. The environs too. Then moving them all at speed with weather, various lighting, texture effects, particles, etc. it's. Impressive. And that's 1080/60fps.
It's not the x1 can't do it. It's multiplat devs dont care to master the tech when gddr5 takes care of it easily.
So rather than invest in x1 specifics, just turn it down a notch.
Titanfall is a bit of a mystery. It's not graphically that intriguing. Taken as a whole, with the speed, the art direction, etc. it is nice. But the individual parts aren't. The polygon models could be done on last gen. So could the textures. But not at this (very, very smooth) framerate.
Yet it's not 1080p. And this is an exclusive. But I think there's more to it. It was a PC game, a last gen game, and may have been intended for ps4 at some point until ms secured exclusivity for the life of this gen.
But idk about Respawn. Call of Duty guys right?
I played the beta for a while and ran into some glitches. Then trying to exit the beta blacked out my x1. Restart wouldn't even fix it. Had to unplug everything for two minutes and redo. Promptly deleted the beta. Lol
Ps4 has more shaders, faster ram, and is easier to develop for. But none of the current sub 1080 games HAVE to be that way. Esp. MGS which is a last gen game only with better lighting and textures (even same old polygon models -tomb raider did better...) and features the exact same graphics on all consoles except higher res on ps4 and x1. And yet somehow x1 isn't 1080. Lol
Multiplays for Microsoft will feel the wii us pain. Meanwhile properly coded games for wii u (mario 3d, kart 8, x, etc. will shine) as will halo, gears, forza, etc on x1.
What hurts both wii u and x1 is developer enthusiasm. There is simply not that drive to make excellent ports for them. And games are made by people. When you care, you do your best work.
Right now it seems ps4 has that enthusiasm going for it from most third parties.
Edited by Socalmuscle, 19 February 2014 - 10:52 PM.