Microsoft Chief of Staff For Devices and Studios Group Aaron Greenberg has been forced to recant his earlier comments, explaining that Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome is native 900p.
@deaconblade Update from team, Forza 5 is native @1080p, Ryse is native @900p, but Xbox One upscales all titles to 1080p & they look amazing
— Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) September 17, 2013
This clarification comes two days after his initial declaration that Ryse: Son of Rome and Forza Motorsport 5 will both be native 1080p. After visiting developer Turn 10, he verified that Forza 5 really will be native 1080p, and 60 FPS to boot, but Ryse is actually 900p, aka 1600 x 900.
@deaconblade Agree, was just over at Turn 10 tonight, game is stunning at 1080p, 60fps. Cannot wait for launch!
— Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) September 17, 2013
Aaron asserts that Xbox One does automatically upscale all its titles to 1080p, so regardless of the native resolution, all titles on the console will still have highly detailed graphics.
It is a bit of a surprise that after all this time, console game makers are still not quite ready for native 1080p or 60 FPS, much less together, but maybe that really is the nature of HD development. We also found out in recent weeks that some Playstation 4 games are not running native 1080p, and surprisingly, Platinum is gunning for both with Bayonetta 2 for the Wii U, or should this really be a surprise? Anyway, maybe we should be paying more attention to the merits of individual games and not just focus on their technical specs to discern if we will enjoy them.
The other end of this, of course, is Team Xbox really does not need to get into this now, so close to the console and game launch. It is up to Crytek and Microsoft Studios to prove doubters wrong when Ryse finally comes out. You can decide for yourself if the game looks good here.
