It’s a question that wars have been fought over. Which console is the better one? While the PS4 might have pulled ahead of the Xbox One this generation, it seems that the Xbox One X might change that, at least judging by its performance when measured against the PlayStation 4 Pro.
The good folks at Digital Foundry have recently tested both consoles using Middle-Earth: Shadow of War to see which performs better. Although some might have expected this, it’s surprising to see just how much more the Xbox One X outperformed Sony’s console. According to Digital Foundry, the biggest improvement that the Xbox One X has over the PlayStation 4 Pro is improved texture quality. While the Xbox One X runs at native 4K 30FPS and the PlayStation 4 Pro at 1620p, it’s when one looks at the quality of the textures that you see the true difference between these consoles. This is especially apparent when viewing large structures from up close.
But wait, that’s not all. The Xbox One X also features the ability to enable or disable the Dynamic Resolution feature (a feature which is absent from the PlayStation 4 Pro). What Dynamic Resolution does when enabled is to lower the resolution of a game when it sees that the performance might be affected. Along with the Dynamic Resolution feature, there is also the ability to prioritise resolution or visual quality. Prioritising quality will see the game running at 1980p with better texture filtering and depth of field and prioritising resolution sees the game running at native 2160p.
The ability to choose which of these features to enable or disable is a something that is sorely missing from the PlayStation 4 Pro and it’s great to see the Xbox One X giving you the choice.
It is important to note that Warner Bros. has partnered with Microsoft in marketing Middle-Earth: Shadow of War, and it would be interesting to see how other third-party developers embrace the console’s hardware capabilities.
Can’t wait, my Scorpio Edition will be waiting on Tues! Games look really good from early reviews!
Nope, moving from xbox 360 to Ps4, cause xbox one is online always
I was never happy with Xbox 360 too many problems every ps3 I’ve ever owned was golden I now have a pro and love it.
With barely any exclusives. Good job. I’ll stick with PS4 this time around.
Exclusives are great and EACH platform has their own stable, (I shouldnt have to reiterate the standard xbox/ps franchises here, we all know them). That said, exclusives mean near nothing when the majority of consistent online players are on the multiplat AAA titles anyway.
Zaher Alani
Nothing is going to kill anything. Neither one is better than the other. Pc is not a master race. Play what you want. Who cares what you play on. Gaming is a community and if you engage in a meaningless console war you’re a piece of shit and me and Rick Sanchez can prove it mathematically.
Thank you!!!
Consoles? We don’t need no stinking consoles! They’re so 1980 (thanks Atari)
PC for the win. ;)
I bought a ps4 the day they came out. About six months later my wife found a great deal on a Xbox one. Haven’t bothered to turn on the ps4 since.
Grafiks is da best ting bout games. But seriously, only difference I see is the Xbox looks darker.
Yeah, total “killer”. Bull fucking shit… Fuck Xbox in all its iterations…
I dont care how much your system pushes as far as graphics and whatnot, if there aren’t any games I want to play then its useless to me.
Sound a bit salty bruh…
ummmm…. nope…
$500 to play the same games as the standard One but slightly better… Nah.
✊✊ yep I’m in!
“proof”
Go where the games are and this generation Sony is winning outright. So my PS4 will keep its job
They should really consider calling xbox one ? Shit in box. I have one and a ps4 and i do not even turn on the xbox unless its the 360 design. Now that was a good console. But xbox 1 no thanks.
I have three (soon to be four) and two PS4s. One under every tv. I use it every day!
https://youtu.be/Z4j6dXUJBYw
So, in here we have a video that clearly shows a technical comparison, proving that the Xbox gets a better frame rate during gameplay, and on the other hand we have Brock who’s entire argument revolves around “X Box is shite”. Gee, I wonder, which statement sounds more solid… 🤔
Nope.
Butterface!
Bradmin
Mohammed Kalamchi
more console wars bs…. play the damn games who cares what you play them on.
Michael Nash
Arno Olckers
I will stick to my PS4. I was thinking of also getting an xbone but there is nothing on there that I want to play and I am already playing halo by my buddies house and that is all I care about. All my other friends that has Xbox just use the thing as a media player. I set up Plex on my console and built a pc to be my server and now I have a media player also my TV pics up my my server as well so I get all my movies… So Xbox nope
Fuck no, to me, a device to play games, is, a device to play games. If I still I had my PS1, I would still be playing games on it. Basically saying, as long as playing games I’m happy, fuck all this power happy shit, bunch of hog wash. Stop taking attention away from gaming, and game
I have an Xbox One now… I won’t be upgrading for the price they are asking for.
Sticking with PS4. Have no interest in going back to the XBox.
John Coumans
PC?
The only Reason to buy a Play Station is for the exclusive games but recent Xbox games have good exclusives too. Really depends which game you want more
Nah thanks… Will stay with my PS4
Lucky for us PS players we get a PS5…. I heard XBox is consoles are stopping after the pro so
Source? Link?
Stop making shit up.
Still happy with our PS4.
Agreed with the headline completely.
Can’t wait to play Horizon Zero Dawn, The Last of Us, Uncharted, God of War, GT Sport, Bloodbourne, Infamous, Killzone, The Last Guardian, Shadow of the Colossus etc. on XB.
Gonna be great!
Can’t decide if you are trolling or not…
Nadine Engelbrecht those games are all PS exclusives mate
This is trolling: Pro Level.
Nay, console war is always grade school level.
Yawn.
Halo, Forza, Cuphead, Gears, etc. Each platform has their exclusives mate. Good on you that you allow brand loyalty to decide your purchases. As for me, I have no allegiances. I buy whatever sounds cool to me, and as I already have a PS4 (standard not Pro), Im gonna take the 1x leap, and look forward to far better resolution AAA multiplats with more bells and whistles. To each their own.
I’ll stick to my PS4 thanks. Can’t wait for the PS5
PS5 huh?
“Greatness awaits”…in 2-4 years most likely.
Enjoy the downtime.