The guys over at GamingBolt have chatted to the Senior Producer of Sniper 3, Jean-Baptiste Bolcato, about the difficulties of developing on the Xbox One compared to the PlayStation 4 and some interesting things were stated.
The interview doesn’t start well for the Xbox One with Jean-Baptiste stating
It was clearly a bit more complicated to extract the maximum power from the Xbox One when you’re trying to do that. I think eSRAM is easy to use. The only problem is…Part of the problem is that it’s just a little bit too small to output 1080p within that size. It’s such a small size within there that we can’t do everything in 1080p with that little buffer of super-fast RAM.
The problem is that the limitations on the Xbox One are entirely hardware related and unless Microsoft has some amazing software wizardry up its sleeve then this is something that simply will be a problem until the next generation.
However Rebellion doesn’t think it’s going to be a problem as he goes on to state
They are releasing a new SDK that’s much faster and we will be comfortably running at 1080p on Xbox One. We were worried six months ago and we are not anymore, it’s got better and they are quite comparable machines.
Now I understand that Microsoft can help resolve bottlenecks with a new SDK that handles the swapping better but in reality the hardware limitation still exists. You still cannot load the same amount of information into the RAM that you can on the PlayStation 4 and while they may get the Xbox One running at 1080p it is only logical to think that the PS4 will still be running better.
He goes on to explain why he feels the Xbox One has this issue though by stating
The Xbox One is a bit more multimedia, a bit more hub-centric so its a bit more complex. There’s stuff you can and can’t do because it’s a sort of multimedia hub. PS4 doesn’t have that. PS4 is just a games machine.
Rebellion are currently targeting 1080p and 60fps on both versions so it will be interesting to see if they manage to pull it off.
Last Updated: February 10, 2014
Rainman
February 10, 2014 at 07:58
Sounds to me like somebody was scared to get on MS’s bad side.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 10, 2014 at 08:00
Yes, and a Ferrari is just a car.
Rainman
February 10, 2014 at 08:15
If you compare the PS4 to a Ferrari, what would the XBone be?
Umar Reborn
February 10, 2014 at 08:15
a Tata
Rainman
February 10, 2014 at 08:17
That is a bit harsh. More like a Landrover the best 4×4 on tar.
Umar Reborn
February 10, 2014 at 08:20
Maybe a hybrid? think that’s more appropriate
TiMsTeR1033
February 10, 2014 at 08:21
Thats giving it too much credit. its more like a MR2, it looks like a sports car but is far from it. haha
TiMsTeR1033
February 10, 2014 at 08:19
I was gonna say a smart car.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 10, 2014 at 08:23
Well I could be nasty, but seeing as I started there a more honest comparison would be some high end SUV because it’s still fast, just more multipurpose.
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
February 10, 2014 at 08:24
Jeep SRT-V8?
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 10, 2014 at 08:26
Good call, they’re about the same size. 😉
Even if I had the money to waste, that Jeep is ugly.
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
February 10, 2014 at 08:28
It sounds fast, looks fast, but really not worth anything after all, besides the big noise and presence
Hammersteyn
February 10, 2014 at 08:35
So is the clothing, but I guess it makes sense if you own a Jeep. Now excuse me while I go to the pie shop with my red Ferrari jacket,cap and keychain
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
February 10, 2014 at 08:37
Driving your Fiat 500 again?
Ave217
February 10, 2014 at 09:45
a unicycle….
just_got_wicked
February 10, 2014 at 09:48
Ford Pinto
Willem Swanepoel
February 10, 2014 at 09:15
I prefer a car that allows me to change the parts when I want to.
So I think I have an OPEL ASTRA that can fly past the Ferrari ;-)~
Rainman
February 10, 2014 at 09:17
En toe jy wakker word is jou koffie koud 🙂
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
February 10, 2014 at 09:18
Well the one plus point for the Opel, is that it will still run wayyyy past 120 000 km…. not so sure about the flimsy stallion
Rainman
February 10, 2014 at 09:20
Been looking at pictures of Justin Bieber in his Ferrari again?
(only way that stallion looks flimsy)
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
February 10, 2014 at 09:22
Nope, but now we all know what your fantasies include…
Rainman
February 10, 2014 at 09:23
What can I say – I like girls… You mean to say Justin Bieber is not female?
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
February 10, 2014 at 09:26
Getting back on Topic, the Ferrari’s are nice to look at, but they won’t do 120k Km’s. They are not really built for that… Now if you want a car that catches fire spontaneously.. Then you get a 458 🙂
Rainman
February 10, 2014 at 09:30
Not going to argue that fact, but at least it is one nice ride while it lasts.
p.s My opel did not last 120k km’s either….
Kensei Seraph Moe Ninja
February 10, 2014 at 09:26
Sounds like that could be a plot for a gender-bender story, maybe not a very good plot but I’m sure it could get at least 3 movies.
Umar Reborn
February 10, 2014 at 08:15
I mean…these are GAMING consoles no?….Xbox One, this is not an RPG. Choose one class and stick to it…
TiMsTeR1033
February 10, 2014 at 08:18
I said this shit months ago. The Xbox One will fail this console race, I wish it wasn’t the case as I love my 360 and thought it was a amazing console and still is. I am sad to say the Xbone was just too focused on being a central media hub or jack of all trades and perhaps a master of none. The PS4 keeps things simple its a games machine. I mean in all honesty do we really need a console with all these snap in features? We need games machines, that have a few added extras eg plays movies, mps, and can also surf the web ect. Looks like the poor sods who bought Xbones gonna regret it a few years down the line.
Alien Emperor Trevor
February 10, 2014 at 08:24
We already do, they’re called PCs. You’re welcome.
Willem Swanepoel
February 10, 2014 at 09:13
I bought a xbox controller for my PC to play some other games that is not nice for a keyboard.
I guess I have a Master Race BOX elite pro now ;-)~
Captain GUZ
February 10, 2014 at 08:38
B B B Burn…..
TiMsTeR1033
February 10, 2014 at 08:42
apply some cold water to that burn, it looks nasty.
Leon de Bruin
February 10, 2014 at 08:29
Very interesting
TiMsTeR1033
February 10, 2014 at 08:31
giving people an understanding to the difference between the two consoles
Skyblue
February 10, 2014 at 09:53
Jesus Tim!
TiMsTeR1033
February 10, 2014 at 11:00
correction Jesus Christ.
Purple_Dragon
February 10, 2014 at 10:17
Can’t believe how they stuffed that painting up. I remember when it was big news.
Hammersteyn
February 10, 2014 at 08:34
I haven’t seen or played Tomb Raider on The XBOX One and probably never will so I have to trust other peoples opinions. All I know is the XBOX One hasn’t had to most positive of starts since it’s announcement. It’s only February and it’s still not available locally plus it’s gonna cost way more than the PS4 even though it’s not as powerful.
Captain GUZ
February 10, 2014 at 08:40
Only gonna get worse with the Dollar/Rand exchange rate. By the time the XBOX gets released we’ll be looking at R20 a Dollar
Hammersteyn
February 10, 2014 at 08:40
Dammit Zuma!
Skyblue
February 10, 2014 at 09:54
Shurrup Captain Optimistic :p
Uberutang
February 10, 2014 at 08:47
Both consoles will eventually settle to 1080/60. It will just take less effort to get there on a PS4 vs the XBone. Lets hope they use the extra time then to work on game mechanics and AI as just getting to 1080/60 should really not be the ultimate goal, it should be the starting point.
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 09:06
Stripping all the multimedia features from the PS4 was and is an absolute fail. Sure it’s a gaming device, but the precedent was set by the PS3 which was also a useful media centre. An all-in-one for the lounge, which considering the price of these boxes seemed right. Why now take three steps backwards and make a machine which is only for games, period? It makes no sense at all, and ruins the usefulness of the PS4 for people like me who have kids who also want to watch streamed movies sometimes. I for one thoroughly regret pre-ordering my PS4 – it’s a useless brick that never even gets plugged in apart from periodically checking for updates.
Willem Swanepoel
February 10, 2014 at 09:08
interesting.
I never thought about it but now… almost everyone I know who have/had a PS3 used it for more for media than gaming.
hmmm
fred
February 10, 2014 at 09:22
Not so much , casual gamers are happy with their smartphones and tablets.
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
February 10, 2014 at 09:09
Since you regret getting it, how much you selling it for?
Jonah Cash
February 10, 2014 at 09:14
So you bought a PS4 specifically not for gaming????? Why not just buy an Apple TV for R1299.00 from Takealot???? Why would you pay R6300 for something you didn’t need???
I am amazed at this… Another hype train victim???
GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness
February 10, 2014 at 09:16
Same reason people HAVE to have the latest i-something…. Don’t need it, just need to have the latest for braggin rights…
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 09:17
Because dude, it’s a PS4 and I’m a lifelong gamer. ‘Nuff said surely? Can an Apple TV play Tekken? Or Gran Turismo? Not so much hey? I knew I’d want one sooner or later when compelling games finally get released on it, so why not just pick one up straight away then?
Jonah Cash
February 10, 2014 at 09:20
Because you don’t seem to want it!!! Or just go and buy a streaming device and presto problem solved… And see their adverts for the PS4 all have a tag line, and that is what you got as far as I can tell. I already have 4 games for my PS4 and as soon as Infamous is out I will have 5, I am a gamer and I like to play games on my gaming console. That is all I wanted, a gaming console and that is what I got and it is freaking awesome at that!!!
TiMsTeR1033
February 10, 2014 at 09:26
That’s all we ever wanted a great gaming console.
Jonah Cash
February 10, 2014 at 09:33
It is probably the biggest reason why I now own a PS4 and will never own a Xbone…. Microsoft wanted to force me into buying a multimedia machine that had to be on the net, and Sony said we will give you a quite decent gaming machine to play your games with decent graphics… I went with the latter!!!
Marcus
February 10, 2014 at 12:44
That’s all we ever wanted a great gaming console… a great gaming console… gaming console… I love you, PS4!
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 09:32
Well fair enough hey – silly me for actually thinking that in 2014 we wanted more for our hard-earned cash rather than a whole lot less! That’s what gets me – essentially the PS3 is now the superior machine because it’s so much more versatile than the 4. Surely next-generation should mean next-generation features, not stripped out features but oh with Social Media integrated and the ability to stream yourself playing games but not stream movies from a media server on your own LAN. It’s just weird thinking.
Jonah Cash
February 10, 2014 at 09:36
I have a Samsung TV that can go on the net, I have a tablet on the net, I have a laptop on the net… I don’t need another thing that can stream things, but I did want a gaming console that could get me closer to what the PC games have been having… And now I have it and I am sooooo happy!!!
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 09:42
Awesome man good for you! Can’t conveniently stream from tablets to big screens, and no I didn’t get a Smart TV because at the time I didn’t need it – my PS3 streamed everything awesome beast that it was/is! Apple gives me the heebie-jeebies and if I want to play latest games with the awesomest graphics my beast of a gaming rig will always be the actual answer.
FoxOneZA
February 10, 2014 at 09:44
Web browsing is a chore on a Smart TV. I have one from Samsung and I hardly ever use it. Also codec support for Smart TV’s are limited so you can forget trying to watch Flash vids with auido support.
just_got_wicked
February 10, 2014 at 09:50
Yea selling millions of consoles and being labeled as a better media machine than the Xbox One sounds like a fail. http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/15189/20140203/ps4-vs-xbox-one-media-player-bluray.htm. What are you smoking?
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 10:03
Both Toyota Corolla and VW Beetle are recognised as the best-selling cars in the world friend. Does that make them better than say a BMW M3 or McLaren P1? Sales do not automatically equate to superiority.
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 09:13
Well the longer I wait the more it’s worth right thanks to our awesome R/$ exchange rate! No but seriously the trouble is there will come a day when I’ll “need” it, ie when DriveClub is out, or Gran Turismo 7. And then I’ll have to pay a whole heap more to get another one which doesn’t seem to make any sense really.
Or maybe I’ll just pull a YouTube and violently destroy it on camera instead… 🙂
Jonah Cash
February 10, 2014 at 09:16
Dude I would buy it from you before you do something as stupid as that!!! But seriously you only like car games?
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 09:19
And fighting games. Remember I have a PC for FPS and all the rest – never got the whole aimbot thing that you have to use on consoles because those sticks are so inaccurate.
Jonah Cash
February 10, 2014 at 09:22
Oh I like third person action adventure games not so much FPS games. I played Killzone: Shadowfall and it was good and beautiful on the PS4. But will probably only play it in another years time…
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 09:35
I also got Killzone, and yes it was pretty cool and very pretty on the PS4. But other than that…? AC IV I finished on my PC some time ago, same with NFS Rivals and COD Ghosts. FIFA was good the first 20 versions that came out then got a little stale, you know? Warframe WarThunder and DCUO are all already on Steam for some while already. Where’s the hot new IP?
DriveClub methinks. Or me hopes, at least.
Jonah Cash
February 10, 2014 at 09:39
I am a huge Fifa player, I am online playing every night at least 4 to 10 games… But the offline mode doesn’t interest me any more. FUT online is pretty addictive. But I am also a huge Liverpool fan, and I follow the BPL very closely. So I am happy to pay each year for a new Fifa. Infamous for me will be the big attraction, or so I hope!! Hahahaha
DriveMagazine
February 10, 2014 at 09:39
And do not even get me started on GT6! Again, why was that not a PS4 game? Oh yes, because it’s just a PS3 game with a couple of new cars thrown in and the devs were too lazy to bother porting it to the 4. To their own “latest greatest” platform! That surely says quite a lot.
FoxOneZA
February 10, 2014 at 09:42
Regardless of resolution, and graphics, it’s going to come down to the games. You can achieve 1080p on low-mid range end hardware in a multitude of ways without having to sacrifice too much onscreen detail. Such tools exist in the PC community, time MS paid attention to the Master race 😉
Alex PsyChoPanthis
February 11, 2014 at 07:59
Please agree with me in saying that that is exactly what we want…. a games machine?