Why are people accepting this as fact? It's a rumor. It's theory. Look at the original story, they didn't get confirmation from Rockstar or anything. They "dug around the site" for clues. This is another non-story that people are taking as fact.
Personally I don't really care if it runs at 720p, it bugs me more that "Rumor" isn't in the title. Or make the "opinion piece" text super large.
Why are any of those things bigger in the US? I can see TV since the XB1 is catering to cable TV, which from what I understand isn't as widely in Europe. Patriotism.... Ok... Maybe? I'd imagine for a very small percent? You remember that whole "Freedom Fries" instead of french fries thing? Remember how that turned out to really be a hoax and like 2 stores ever only did that? I don't think gamers really think about buying their next system because it's Microsoft...
The worst part about this "console war"? The fact that it's getting shoved down our throats by every gaming website. It's really showing us how crappy gaming journalism is. Every gaming site seems to be posting rumors and opinions like they're facts. They don't bother to verify anything at all. Repost and done.
This article has the same old tired arguments we've been hearing since the consoles were revealed. It's disgusting that people ...
Excatly. It's some rumor from a random site after they couldn't find 1080 screenshots on a website... Truly the peak of journalism and totally newsworthy.