Microsoft: PS4 is Not 30% More Powerful than Xbox One

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With the launch dates of Sony and Microsoft's next generation consoles inching near, saying the two sides are entering full-bore marketing blast mode would be a gross understatement. And with new hardware comes debates over which system offers the best performance.

As reported by VideoGamer, Microsoft's director of product planning, Albert Penello, says allegations of a 30 percent advantage for the PlayStation 4 are missing the bigger picture.

"I’m not dismissing raw performance. I’m stating--as I have stated from the beginning--that the performance delta between the two platforms is not as great as the raw numbers lead the average consumer to believe," wrote Penello in a NeoGAF post. "There are things about our system architecture not fully understood, and there are things about theirs as well, that bring the two systems into balance."

Penello's comments were in response to concerns over the internal components of the Xbox One. The alleged performance advantage is mostly attributed to the advanced GPU and RAM found in the PS4. Penello cited the experience of Microsoft programmers in explaining how the Xbox One will succeed, despite the numbers.

Microsoft's Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb agreed with Penello's points in a later Reddit post. "We have some of [the] smartest programmers in the world working on Xbox One," said Hryb. "I am very much looking forward to the next few months (and beyond) as the truth comes out."

The Xbox One launches on November 22, while the PS4 launches on November 15.



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RaciPosted:

Wokze So what's more powerful, the Xbox or ps4?


I believe that the Xbox is more powerful

00thefear00Posted:

RemeAmaze
Third_Eye I'm pretty sure most people do understand the experience is what matters. If all your friends are getting Xbox Ones and you want to use your old LIVE acc, get an Xbox One. For me, the PS4 is better spec-wise and is $100 cheaper. When I was younger, I saw the PS2 exclusives as better. Still got love for the PS exclusives, which is another bonus to the PS4. That's just me, however. Everybody has different reasons for getting what they're getting. Microsoft's just mad Sony passed them up.


What do you mean by sony passed them up?

Scared_of_Water For those of you who don't know they said this because a gears of war judgement dev said the PS4 was more powerful then the XBOX1 and he didn't say 30% he said 50%.


Microsoft will use the cloud to a massive advantage over phony's shti game streaming... thats where the power will come from so pipedown. Anyone with any knowledge will know that the future of IT is the cloud and this is where the importance and focus should be. Hence why microsoft have hundreds of low latency servers spread around the world, what does sony have?


and this conversation just turned biased due to the fanboy above

sir_grecoPosted:

Smeargle I'm convinced that there's going to be no difference between gameplay and graphics, just like the ps3 and 360.


finally i found someone smart on this website..

UpheavelPosted:

Even if it was. I would still get the Xbox one

DubaiPosted:

It's Microsoft, of course they'd say good things about their console.

GeorgasmPosted:

I'm convinced that there's going to be no difference between gameplay and graphics, just like the ps3 and 360.

WokzePosted:

So what's more powerful, the Xbox or ps4?

Rocky5Posted:

I would just like to fix my previous post :-/ (can't edit)

Lets hope the space on the SOC is used for the rumored DGPU, if so Sony are screwed oO royally, because I'm sick of the Sony fanboys putting down/attacking peoples for their opinions. (I know it goes both ways but have you been on Eurogamer.net recently)

If the rumors are true this would mean the XB1 has a better CPU & a better GPU (since it would be 2)

We wont know till Sep 29/30th since MS are tied down with a NDA from AMD & this gets lifted on the later dates.

Rocky5Posted:

Lets hope the space on the SOC is used for the rumored DGPU, is so Sony are screwed oO royally, because I sick of the Sony fanboys putting down/attacking peoples for their opinions.

MedionPosted:

RemeAmaze
Third_Eye I'm pretty sure most people do understand the experience is what matters. If all your friends are getting Xbox Ones and you want to use your old LIVE acc, get an Xbox One. For me, the PS4 is better spec-wise and is $100 cheaper. When I was younger, I saw the PS2 exclusives as better. Still got love for the PS exclusives, which is another bonus to the PS4. That's just me, however. Everybody has different reasons for getting what they're getting. Microsoft's just mad Sony passed them up.


What do you mean by sony passed them up?

Scared_of_Water For those of you who don't know they said this because a gears of war judgement dev said the PS4 was more powerful then the XBOX1 and he didn't say 30% he said 50%.


Microsoft will use the cloud to a massive advantage over phony's shti game streaming... thats where the power will come from so pipedown. Anyone with any knowledge will know that the future of IT is the cloud and this is where the importance and focus should be. Hence why microsoft have hundreds of low latency servers spread around the world, what does sony have?


Hundreds... You mean hundreds of thousands of servers.


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