Adam Sessler's: On Xbox One and PS4's Resolutiongate, and Day One Patches

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It's become apparent to me that game journalists only care about a system having inferior tech if the name Nintendo is on the box. If it's Microsoft, it "doesn't really matter" and it's "all about the games"

Poppycock.
 
oneils said:
Can't really rely on enthusiast press for super objective reviews of the new hardware. I predict that we will be inundated with the type of reviews that form recommendations buy based on what type of gamer you happen to be. I'm pretty sure those reviews have already been typed up and are ready to go.

Love NFL/Halo/CoDspawn? Love the idea of an integrated set-top box? Get the XBOne. Er, by the way some games are sub-1080p but we think that will improve over time. Don't worry about!

Love NaughtyGuerrillaGames/SuckerPunch/SonySantaMonica/Polyphony? Get the PS4! What? It can't play MP3s or is not DLNA compatible? Don't worry, I'm sure a patch is coming!

Hey, are you the ultimate gamer? Are you sure? I don't know man! Only the most hardcore gamer would even think about this and I'm not sure that you are ready for this!

Buy both!​
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Not sure if this post is in jest or not, but regardless there's nothing wrong with that. It acknowledges shortcomings that both consoles have while providing reasons you might want it anyway. That's exactly what journalists should be doing.
 
hwy_61 said:
Thank you for perfectly articulating how I feel about a lot of posts on GAF during these stupid fucking times.
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In some cases I agree but in others, there is either something going on or just blatant ignorance. You can't just brush off some of thee findings with a broad stroke because of a well worded statement.

There is some things that are wrong here and several videos have already been posted of contradictions. But if you or anyone else wants to type up a fancy statement then those of us who are interested in pointing things out between two next gen platforms will continue to do so. That way most of the consumers looking for opinion can decide.

But let's not mistake some of the ignorance said by some people as being paid off. That doesn't mean they are free of criticism though as you see by this big thread. Something doesn't seem right here regarding the media not doing their jobs a little more.

When you have random rumors from people trying to discredit PS4 as well as cryptic tweets then you start thinking about things a little more.
 
Pyscho_Mantis said:
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More dismissal, why am I not surprised.
 
Tilian said:
Interesting, thanks. Can you say more about this fear or "cushion"? Doesn't a "Sony cushion" (or whatever) also exist? (Aren't the press just as concerned with keeping Sony happy?) Just curious about any implicit power plays here.
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Even going off the base assumption that each company treats journos exactly the same, journos make a name for themselves in this business by having access to what gamers want. In the US, that means the big names are the ones whose friends and associates are in Redmond rather than Tokyo.

The PS4 is also the first Sony launch in history where you can't provide a week to half a year worth of previews just by slopping a few hundred bucks at Play-Asia, without having to please a Sony media relations minion, so it's probably a bit of an adjustment for some of these people.
 
Darkwaknight said:
Over the years I have always read Previews and the like as simple Information on said game/Console etc, like a PR piece with extra Info if you will.

Then came the Review which was usually honest/cutting and warts and all showing of the said game/hardware. Hark back to the Ye-old printing gaming press of CVG/Mean Machines even Edge, and there were some honest and cutting info with no PR fluff in the middle.

Fast Forward to the last 9 months and the X1 specificity, and we have the worst/weakest most apologetic and defending Journalism (I use the Term Loosely) that I have ever had the misfortune to witness. And it has gotten to a state now that I do not Trust ANY review or article on anything Game related when within each line or paragraph we are treated to a Justification on why this is weak/does not work/costs more as if we are standing in a shop buying the item from a Salesperson, when did this shift happen??

Anyone into tech and lets say TV's for example, would read a review on the Latest Series 8 Samsung Vs the Latest LG, now if the Samsung had better blacks/brighter screen/ less blur/higher or clearer refresh rate etc etc than the LG but cost more then this would be in the summary. The Review would state the difference and facts as they are and then leave the price there to say "Yes the Samsung is Better but is it £x's better than the LG?" for example.

Now if you had the same situation but the LG had all the better features etc and was £x'x cheaper then the summary would be "Well the LG is better on all areas than the Samsung (see Non-justified tech piece above) and is Cheaper, the decision is a no brainer".

And this is the EXACT situation we have here on these new consoles, The Cheapest one is the Most powerful, with the most options and is undeniably the best piece of hardware Bang for Buck or simply Bang in total this is undeniable. But there is no integrity or loyalty to the consumer now, with comments like (who can really see, and only fanboys care), it really saddens me that one of my favourite hobbies my entire life has been ruined and reduced to sad people in positions that should know better lying or deceiving the public in this way. Anyone not techy or just plain not interested will be given duff info from these mainstream sources that are looking to underplay and down value the clear discrepancy, and this is simply plain wrong.

I do not buy into the theory that MS have gone MoneyHat mad, I can only assume there is a dire fear within the industry that is petrified of the death of Consoles(lack of MS advertising Budget etc) and so they are vainly (and naively) trying to keep the X1 alive with false hope and cherry aid.

Stop all the Gumf and tell us the facts and let us decide, 12 months ago it was 1080/60 or bust. One console is giving us that (by and large) and one appears to miss the board by a fair margin. Shifting goal posts now is sad and desperate and only comes across as the desperate acts of Shills or lier's (Neither of which are good in a consumer driven environment).

I only hope that once both are out and we have games on each that are compelling and different we return to some genuine Journalistic intent.....although my hopes are very dashed!! /rant off
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I think this is a really good post, but I think you're jumping the gun on the bolded. These are crappy launch games we're talking about. These kind of problems will sort themselves out over the course of a couple of generations of games. The graphics will still show the power discrepancy though, there's a definite PS4 advantage there. Resolution isn't the only graphics bottleneck..
 
People making the TV analogy are pretty spot on. This is the equivalent of CNET taking two TVs and saying "Yeah, one has better image quality and costs less, but most people can't tell. And you know, the content is what matters." They'd be rendering their sole purpose useless if they did that. At THIS point in time, people need clear cut information to make their buying choice, not this bizarre PR damage control being spouted. Truly an incomprehensible situation.
 
Hmmm,

The cynic in me thinks a lot of these "Journalists" were "encouraged" by a certain manufacturer to constantly point out their competitors genuine flaws as much as possible last gen and these same "Journalists" are now being "encouraged" to not discuss a certain manufacturers genuine flaws this gen......
 
Horp said:
This is so embarrassing for him. So, what do you think gaffers? Is it the money talking now or has he truly simply changed his opinion straight up?
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I don't think he's being paid by either manufacturer, but at any given time he has the opinion that will get him clicks online.

How close was that previous video to E3? Everything was 1080 at E3.
 
What he said in the video.

Adam Sessler | June 29th 2013

"Do you want a star for doing your fucking job? Come on! We're buying these new consoles, they better be 1080p running at 60 frames per second!"
 
This resolultion debate sooner or later has to be analized for what it will mean for the future of the multiplatform games.
How much this gap will impact on the vision and development of those games, if we should expect cut features due to the limitations of the Xbox One as time goes and games become more demanding than some crossgen.
I'm not trying to downplay the resolution differences, but to me there are more pressing implications to begin to foresee.
 
It frustrates me that guys like this are arguing against points no one is making ( no one has asked for shitty yet pretty) and constantly show disdain towards their audience.

The relationship between gaming companies > gaming media > gamers is Toxic.
 
Why do people give this guy attention? I think were at the point where public game enthusiasts are well past their useful life.
 
Ocaso said:
People making the TV analogy are pretty spot on. This is the equivalent of CNET taking two TVs and saying "Yeah, one has better image quality and costs less, but most people can't tell. And you know, the content is what matters." They'd be rendering their sole purpose useless if they did that. At THIS point in time, people need clear cut information to make their buying choice, not this bizarre PR damage control being spouted. Truly an incomprehensible situation.
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It's a fucking terrible analogy unless the 2 different TV's also had different media for them which COULD NEVER be played on the competing television, or one might do PIP and the other doesn't or one has an awful remote control and the other is incredible. Maybe one of the TV's has a buzzing noise the other doesn't.

Sorry, that's not a good analogy at all.
 
Horp said:
This is so embarrassing for him. So, what do you think gaffers? Is it the money talking now or has he truly simply changed his opinion straight up?
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I like Sessler, but this whole thing is just really unfortunate to him. I think it's just a case of journalists talking to each other and then influencing opinions. It happens here on Neogaf also, at least I have changed my mind on various subjects. That's not a bad thing imo.

The thing is on this subject he is dead frickin wrong! Hopefully the press will smarten up a bit, because it's getting really bizar.
 
Claude Kenni said:
I have no idea why so many here are developing a persecution complex in regards to the PS4 and gaming journalism. You're the majority, what reason is there to constantly look for and often imagine ways that you think your stance isn't being expressed enough by people who are free to have their own opinions? It seems every day now that an article or journalist's opinion will be posted here and get mobbed for not praising the PS4 enough. Many times the stance will be wildly misinterpreted and that misinterpretation will be ran with. People are acting like there's a steady stream of journalists saying that the power difference "doesn't matter" when I don't know if I've actually seen that said a single time.

When the power of the consoles is discussed it seems that anything less than unrealistically glowing praise of the PS4 is perceived as "downplaying the power difference". Oftentimes the very reasonable opinion is expressed by a gaming site that the obsession some have with the power difference is a bit overblown in regards to determining how much each console will sell. Yet this stance is never considered and saying anything even close to it is written off as "bias" or apologism. Any attempt to discuss the power difference in a wider context where it's treated as anything less than the most important thing ever is immediately discounted. I'm not sure how anybody could not see how out of control the focus on power on this site is. Sure it's worth discussing and a big issue but it's simply not something worth discussing more than everything else combined.

The accusations of bias are becoming completely out of control. There's simply no reason for such a bias to exist in the vast majority of cases people are claiming there is. It's making discussion of articles very difficult as many members here feel a need for every opinion posted to absolutely line up to their own and any attempt to challenge a narrative that has been established here is shut down immediately. That discourages critical thinking, I'm not sure why so many desire views to be homogenized to align with their own when there are multiple valid ways of thinking in nearly every situation. There is no conspiracy in the media to favor one console-maker and thinking such a thing borders on craziness. I welcome diverse views and it's a real shame that some here don't.
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Thank you for this post.
 
TheRagnCajun said:
Can someone please summarize for those of us at work?
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A bunch of idiots think that Adam Sessler playing down technical specs ("our games are 1080p check em out" "uh, no, show me something interesting") then months later continuing to play down technical specs ("720p is not a huge deal, other things matter much more") is somehow hypocrisy.
 
Funchameleon said:
A bunch of idiots think that Adam Sessler playing down technical specs ("our games are 1080p check em out" "uh, no, show me something interesting") then months later continuing to play down technical specs ("720p is not a huge deal, other things matter much more") is somehow hypocrisy.
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Nice of you to call a bunch of gaffers idiots.
 
SenjutsuSage said:
He does seem to give 1080p 60fps a one off mention, but still focuses far more on things like interesting game design, or things he finds more exciting than a game simply looking pretty. I don't feel it's a contradiction of what he's saying. More of a gotcha than anything.
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Yes, his focus is on wanting something new on the game design side, but at the same time, clearly to him, back then, 1080p/60 was some given, a minimum we should be expecting from new systems, that technical advance like that for our $400 or $500 should be expected rather than congratulated. Not something to get super excited over, something to just expect.

Now that it's not happening, at least so much on one system, you'd think he'd be able all over it for the systems 'not doing their job'. But he's not.

Diminished expectations I guess.
 
Funchameleon said:
A bunch of idiots think that Adam Sessler playing down technical specs ("our games are 1080p check em out" "uh, no, show me something interesting") then months later continuing to play down technical specs ("720p is not a huge deal, other things matter much more") is somehow hypocrisy.
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Nice way to paint users of the forum, prick. Anyway he said those things and now deemed those said issues are not relevant. hypocrisy
 
Horp said:
This is so embarrassing for him. So, what do you think gaffers? Is it the money talking now or has he truly simply changed his opinion straight up?
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I dont think its money talking.

IMO, these guys are trying to even the playing field to keep this "war" interesting... Or some of them are biased like a lot of people tend to be and theyre letting it show.
 
I actually feel sorry for Sony at this point...
They had years of the gaming press ridiculing them for the technical problem / deficiencies of the PS3... They step up to the plate and deliver a new console which fixes all the PS3 eccentricities and makes it developer friendly to boot.... Sit back and await the Gaming press plaudits....
But no, the gaming press have decided it's possibly too good now and a console like the XB1 is sufficient.....
 
Primedoughnut said:
I actually feel sorry for Sony at this point...
They had years of the gaming press ridiculing them for the technical problem / deficiencies of the PS3... They step up to the plate and deliver a new console which fixes all the PS3 eccentricities and makes it developer friendly to boot.... Sit back and await the Gaming press plaudits....
But no, the gaming press have decided it's possibly too good now and a console like the XB1 is sufficient.....
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Don't feel sorry for Sony. Wallets will do the talking, hopefully.
 
EmptySpace said:
it doesn't. it's the gaming press who are saying, "they don't matter". they do. a game is the sum of its parts. both versions are the exact same experience so that's out of the gate in terms of comparison. now, there are graphical differences (bf4 having lower resolution and lacking global illumination system, plus running at a lower average framerate). that's where comparisons come in because that's where comparisons can be made. and why are comparisons being made? because these are both valued at $60 no matter what console.

it's the constant and massive downplaying of these differences that is such a copout. remember when all these "journalists" pointed out every damn difference the ps3 version of a multiplat had in their reviews? "the ps3 version looks washed out. the ps3 version had some hiccups. the ps3 version had less vibrant colours. you are better off playing the xbox 360 version if you want the best version out there outside the pc.


this takes the icing on the cake:
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/43049/mx-vs-atv-reflex-playstation-3-review/
"Get the lowdown on the PlayStation 3 version of MX vs. ATV Reflex in this review. Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb discuss the drawbacks of the PS3 version of MX vs. ATV Reflex and reveal the game's lower score."

360 version = 3/5 stars
ps3 version = 2/5 stars for being graphically inferior

or this:
http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/bayonetta-review/1900-249/?review_id=249
Much of the potential of Bayonetta--potential that's realized on the Xbox 360--is lost to technical issues on the PS3.
(yes, that's the subtext of the review).

or what about this?
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/247305/red-dead-redemptions-sub-hd-ps3-display-analysis/
"Its resolution is 640 by 1152, compared to the Xbox 360's 720 by 1280 pixels. At first glance you might say that this is only a difference of "80 pixels," but in reality, when the missing area is calculated, the PS3 suffers an 184,320 pixel deficit - or 20 per cent lower than the Xbox 360 version. This rendering resolution is then upscaled by the PS3 to be displayed on your screen."

or how about this, arstechnica?
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2010/05/read-dead-redemption-360-vs-ps3-our-thoughts/
"This is non-scientific, but after playing an hour of both games, and switching back and forth between the two systems on our display, it's clear that the 360 version has quite the graphical advantage. It's sharper, with much less aliasing. The faces of the characters were clearer in the opening section. Gameplay sections likewise looked better, with smoother graphics across the board. The PlayStation 3 version looked impressive, but there was a noticeable jump in quality while playing on the 360.

Keep in mind that the game doesn't look bad on the PS3—not by any stretch—but based on our time with the game and direct comparisons, the 360 version looks better. If you purchase the PS3 version of the game you're not going to be let down, but if you have the choice, pick up a copy for the 360.

Here's another reason to buy the game for the Xbox 360: if you dislike playing with strangers, there are 16 Ars Technica members in the game's thread playing online with the 360 version, compared to three on the PS3. If you're going to be playing, sign up!"


hypocrites.
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This was needed.

It shouldn't have been because the bias, along with constant insults towards a huge percentage of gamers (pixel-counters, fanboys, internet mobs, how dare you care for a console's power now that we say it doesn't matter this time, etc), is so repetitive and in our faces.

At this point the FUD-spreading, the downplaying and pandering to MS, the double standard, the forced 'balanced reporting' of parity based on magical features, the damage control, the press picking up exact buzz-words and slogans as spread by MS, etc, etc, is so blatant and widespread, that it's becoming all the more difficult to understand where all those people who shout "lol conspiracy theories, nothing to see here" are coming from and what they mean.
 
wizzbang said:
It's a fucking terrible analogy unless the 2 different TV's also had different media for them which COULD NEVER be played on the competing television, or one might do PIP and the other doesn't or one has an awful remote control and the other is incredible. Maybe one of the TV's has a buzzing noise the other doesn't.

Sorry, that's not a good analogy at all.
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90% of the games people buy are going to be multiplatform. The analogy is perfectly fine for anyone who has ever bought a game by EA, Activision, Capcom, Konami, Ubisoft, Square/Edios, Altus, Warner, 2K/Rockstar, Namco, etc. The analogy is perfectly fine.
 
Shahed said:
Not sure if this post is in jest or not, but regardless there's nothing wrong with that. It acknowledges shortcomings that both consoles have while providing reasons you might want it anyway. That's exactly what journalists should be doing.
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Half-in-jest.

Its just really predictable, that's all. We won'tl learn anything new in the reviews. The only thing really left to parse is (are?) the visuals and tech. We know what the launch titles are. We know what their philosophies are with respect to their ecosystems. I think most people have formed a decision based on those outlooks (at least those first 3-5 million owners)

What we quite haven't settled is which system will put out games that are consistently 1080p at a smooth framerate. And I don't think the enthusiast press will be able to answer that question. They don't know either. In a sense their reviews will be kind of pointless to people who find that important. Those folks, will have to a wait a while before making a decision on what hardware to buy. Everyone else has already made their decision (everyone else being those who buy a console during the launch window).
 
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