Microsoft must think that their userbase are idiots, you'd have to be pretty desperate for an Xbone to get ripped off by this.
They're trying to give false hope again, the simple fact is Xbone GPU is just not physically cut out for 1080P with next generation graphics.
It's like Ford saying their Fiesta will reach 250mph when they've had a bit of time to tweak the engine and hoping people are ignorant enough to believe it.
Sony are only just managing to get enough stock on shelves, I would wait until next month for a less supply constrained figure.
Microsoft still think they are the pied piper whereby they can do whatever they like and their customers will follow them, that may have the case with Xbox 360 which had a lot going for it but with Xbox One they're just going to drive people towards PS4.
Even if image quality is proven to be identical between both versions the near 100% difference in frame rate is damning enough.
Don't let Microsoft turn this into image quality comparisons where the difference is minor when performance should be the big issue.
It's like when everyone was distracted by ESRAM/memory bandwidth comparisons, when everybody should have been talking about the huge GPU differences.
Microsoft always have a decent launch lineup so not surprised they have higher attachment rates, but when it comes to games over the course of a consoles lifetime Sony wins by a mile.
60fps - new frame every 16.66ms.
30fps - new frame every 33.33ms.
In other words... in a 60fps game it takes 16.66ms for the console to respond to your controller input, at 30fps it takes 33.33ms - twice as long. How is that in any way good for gaming?
I don't even think PS4 is that special, 1080P TV's have been standard for a few years now so a console capable of 1080P at a decent frame rate was to be expected... I think what has surprised me the most is just how much of a train wreck Xbone is considering how well Microsoft did with 360.
Microsoft can quickly sweep Windows 8 under the carpet but they'll be stuck with Xbone for at least 5 years unless they want to further damage their reputation by killing it of...
I'd love to see Microsoft take a lie detector test, they're still trying to fool people that Xbone will be able to match PS4 with GPU optimizations and unlocking Kinect reservations. haha
I think once they admit they will never be able to match PS4 things will die down, it's just the blatant lies and spin that is fueling the fire.
The article states the fact that PS4 has so far outsold Xbone 3 to 1 in Spain and then just turns into an Xbone marketing campaign including emotive images.
Does this mean Microsoft are giving up on Kinect as an integral part of gaming? why would they reserve so much GPU power if they felt it wouldn't be needed? presumably they felt that it would be used somewhere along the line but now they don't? once they have used the reserved GPU power for graphics there is no getting it back for use with Kinect later (without breaking many games).
It smells of BS to me, the GPU alone would need a hell of a lot of cooling. The PC GPU's with this GPU sound like jet engines and need 500W power supplies.
It's just not realistic.
They're trying to give false hope again, better ESRAM usage, reduced OS overheads etc. none of those will change the fact that the Xbone GPU is the main bottleneck by far.
The only possible way to completely close the gap to PS4 is to re-release Xbone with a better GPU but that would be as costly (if not more) as their RROD replacement program last time around.
So in other words Microsoft might have sold 4m consoles into retail but retailers themselves are realising they bought too many, the predicted demand just isn't there... so now they're trying to sell them quickly at a small discount before a possible official price drop.
I think you mean Xbone can run 1080P/60fps with last gen graphics.
Xbone is a next gen console and to be able to run next gen graphical engines it will need to sacrifice either frame rate or resolution compared to PS4, it's GPU is just not conducive to 1080P/60fps with all of the bells and whistles that next gen should bring.
Take Forza 5 for example, instead of dynamic shadows around the circuit they just painted dark shapes into track textures at pre-de...
This has been blatently obvious to anyone who has compared the GPU specs for months, even if both consoles had close to zero overheads it would still be a slaughter.
If Xbone had been significantly cheaper I doubt there would be as much furore about it, I think what winds a lot of people up is Microsoft's arrogance in that they think they can sell a lower specced console for more and just keep all of their customers in a state of blissful ignorance via blatant lies
8% will boost 1080P/30fps to about 1080P/33fps, is it becoming clear how much poorer Xbones GPU is yet? with only half as many ROP's as PS4 it is just not physically cut out for 1080P/60fps.
They're behind because they ruled out GDDR5 and went with slower DDR3, fitted some ESRAM to boost said DDR3, then realised they only had enough room on die for a small GPU that is not really capable of 1080P.
The fact that Xbone is much slower goes back to the hardware design/selection stage, there's nothing software can do about that.
It was for me last generation, it's difficult to even purchase a 720P nowadays they're all 1080P.