PS4 vs. Xbox One Graphics: Xbox One Won't Run in Full HD?

By Justin Sarachik, Christian Post Reporter Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Leaked information reported that the Xbox One could not produce games in true HD, rendering it inferior to the PS4, but now Microsoft is firing back.

The new console could only produce 900p graphic compared to the PS4's 1080p, according to Extremetech, an anonymous insider on NeoGAF, who correctly revealed Microsoft info in the past.

"Xbox One fully supports native 1080p output at 60 fps. It is up to individual developers to determine what resolution best fits their design goals. At launch, Xbox One will present all titles at 1080p-whether natively or upscaled," said a Microsoft representative to Extremetech.

It has already been proved that Xbox One's big game, Ryse, is in 900p. The representative commented no further on the manner.

Interestingly enough, an Xbox One representative went on Reddit and confirmed the 900p claims, but stated the models used were for stress testing, so they were not an indication of the final product.

The PS3 already supports 1920 × 1080p, although not many games are in that format. Most are in the standard 1280 × 720p. Xbox 360 currently only supports 1280 × 720, and the One could still use that and 1600 × 900, putting them at a graphical disadvantage.

NeoGAF user CBOAT also correctly guessed most of the events at the year's E3, so this info is up in the air as far as validity.

Both systems will be black and feature eight core processors on a frequency of 1.6GHz with custom AMD graphics processors, and Blu-ray drives, reported The Guardian U.K. PS4 will have slightly better graphics in the lighting and shading departments because of its 18 Compute Units (CU) of processing power compared to XBOX One's 12 CU.

The Xbox One will be $499 while the Playstation 4 is set for a $399 release.

PS4 launches on Nov. 15 while the Xbox One comes on Nov. 22.