XBOX ONE Resolution Issues. Are They Just Drummed Up Controversy?

There are some youtubers and other fanboys on the internet that are claiming that the XBOX ONE has resolution issues due to the ESRAM.  This has all started over the Call of Duty Ghosts statement made about the game running at 720p on the XBOX ONE VS 1080p on the PS4.

Lets be clear about something, the XBOX ONE version is running at 1080p, but the game is being upscaled to 1080p from native 720p instead of running at a native 1080p.  This is not due to the fact that the XBOX ONE is incapable of running games in native 1080p (Forza 5 runs at a blistering 60fps at 1080p), it is in fact on the end of Infinity Ward that they can't get it running in 1080p.  That isn't to say that they can't patch it in the future to run at 1080p on the XBOX ONE, it's just going to be upscaled from 720p for launch.

The Call of Duty series launches games every single year.  How long have they had the XB1 dev kit?  Did they start it on the PS4 and then port it over to the XB1?  It is more than possible that they just didn't have the time to figure it out before the launch window. 

I don't think there is a major issue here.  Forza 5 displays at 1080p, so we know that 1080p is more than possible on the XBOX ONE.  If Infinity Ward and other devs are having a hard time getting games to run at 1080p it is a problem worth looking into, but to say that it will never run games at 1080p is just a straight lie.

Lets also remember that these are launch titles.  Titles at launch for the 360 VS titles that have come out in the last 2 years on the same console look drastically different.  This is new tech that devs are still learning how to develop for.  Sure, it has similar architecture to that of a PC, but that doesn't mean it is the same as a PC.  For example, the PS4 has 8GB of GDDR5 ram VS the XBOX ONE having 8GB of DDR3 ram and 32MB of ESRAM.  Call of Duty isn't going to work the same on both consoles, period.

People are trying so hard to call the consoles limitations, expectations, etc. early so that they can say "oh yeah I called that since before it came out".  They do it so they appear to be so smart about these things, when all they are really doing it making themselves look stupid and drumming up the hate and controversy about the consoles.

In the end it is all about the games.  You won't get Halo, Titanfall, or Gears of War on the PS4, and you won't get Killzone, Little Big Planet, or Uncharted on the XBOX ONE.  Why is it such a big deal that one console has to be better than the other?  Can't we just be satisfied with the one that plays the games that WE want to play and not worry about what other people do or like?

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