Sony and Microsoft have been quite vocal over the last several months as each head into the holiday season with plans to launch their next-gen home consoles, the PS4 from Sony and Xbox One from Microsoft. On Oct. 1, Microsoft’s Phil Harrison, corporate vice president, spoke to Edge about the PS4 and how he feels about the Xbox One stacks up against the competition.
When the discussion shifted to the topic of comparing the technical specifications of the Xbox One against the PS4, Harrison voiced that the number of gigaflops or teraflops “never really” matter. Instead of focusing on raw power, it is about having the best games and best experiences.
Harrison believes that it is clear the “Xbox One has the best games.”
"Every platform I've ever been involved in somebody has said 'oh, this has got more gigaflops or more teraflops than the other one,' and at the end of the day it never really matters," Harrison said. "It's all about having the best games and having the most impressive experiences, and clearly Xbox One has the best games."
Recent stories have reported that developers are finding that the PS4 is faster than the Xbox One.
When asked if he has heard any such feedback from developers, Harrison went on to say that “any time that you ask a developer – including, by the way, our own internal studios – in the run up to launch of a console you’re going to get a slightly nuanced answer because the operating system’s not finished, the performance of the machine’s not locked, and as you may be aware we can increase CPU and GPU capability on Xbox One.”
"So I think it's impossible to draw any conclusions from that based on pre-launch unfinished hardware and unfinished operating systems,” Harrison concluded.
Microsoft will release the Xbox One on Nov. 22 in North America for the retail price of $499.99.
