The developers might not use real 4K resolution unlike on the stronger-on-paper Xbox Series X.

„The technology that Sony‘s using for the PlayStation 5 is AMD SmartShift and a lot of people are just assuming the PS5 is going to be right there with the Xbox Series X, and it may be, I don’t know for sure, I’m not a developer, but this SmartShift tech is worrisome I think. What it does is it moves power between the CPU and the GPU and developers haven’t had to worry about that, especially on consoles, in the past.

This could, at the launch at least, prove troublesome, to the point where you could start getting stories from Digital Foundry or whatever saying „Y’know, the PlayStation 5 version is actually kind of wack.” That will get cleared up over time, developers will figure it out, Sony will figure it out and explain to developers “here’s what to do,” but my understanding is they’re not doing that yet and that’s the issue. So, you go into launch, and people [could be] disappointed, with, like, Madden, NBA 2K, Call of Duty. That could leave a bad taste in people’s mouths,” VentureBeat’s Jeff Grubb said on the recent Basement Radio Arcade podcast.

„I’m going to hate myself later for responding to this I can feel it (people attracted to this sorta topic are toxic), but a lot of people misinterpreted what I said, which is partially my fault. Of course, Resident Evil: Village will run fine at launch, that was never in question by me but people are should get ready for the really real possibility that the PlayStation 5 is going to end up being the more expensive console between the two, I’m trying not to say much here as I was asked not to but prepare yourself, which does put the Xbox Series X in a position it’ll be the less expensive and more powerful console. I used RE8 as an example, but I’ve heard from other devs that PlayStation 5 struggles with 4k games in particular so you’ll see a lot of fake 4K. That doesn’t matter to some, but get ready for that too. The Xbox Series X doesn’t have the same problem,” AestheticGamer added on Twitter.

So we might get a weaker console that costs more but has more third-party support than its rival that is cheaper and has more horsepower. Outside support is important for a console, as the exclusive titles don’t necessarily mean success.

The Xbox Series X might launch on November 6, followed by the PlayStation 5 on either November 13 or 20. Their initial competition might be a lot more closely than it was between the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.

Source: WCCFTech

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