14 DAY TRIAL // Adrian Chmielarz, the former boss of Polish developer People Can Fly, has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 is almost 50% faster than the Xbox One in terms of performance when developing games, although this big difference might not be so important.
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are going to be released this November, and both Sony and Microsoft have begun showing off the power of their next-gen home consoles through demonstrations and statements.
Now, developer Adrian Chmielarz has confirmed that the PS4 holds a big advantage over the Xbox One, based on his experience and from what he's heard from other game makers.
In order to flesh out this statement, he explained a few things on NeoGAF, saying that the speed is obvious when developing a game.
"Devs I know -- and as someone has shown it before, some other devs already talked about it too -- claim that there's 50% speed difference WHEN DEVELOPING in cross-gen/next-gen PS4/XO games. So there we are, I said it and I stand by it," he said.
However, this advantage won't be used by developers when making multi-platform titles, as it's in their best interest for the two versions to look the same.
"I know that devs -- well, most of them -- will do whatever they can do get you the best games possible. You're going to see a lot of multiplatform games this next gen, just as you've seen them in this gen, so it's in studios' best interest that there's no clear advantage in one version over the other."
"Does it mean studios will cripple PS4 versions to match XO ones? Not really, do not underestimate the devs. Most of the time devs have a target and they meet this target. If it's a multiplatform game, it's designed with this in mind from the start.
"So maybe it's not maxing out one console while going 100% on the other. Maybe it's 100% on both, but they take extra time for super-extra optimizations on the weaker hardware to make sure things look the same as on the more powerful platform."
Finally, Chmielarz noted that one of the best looking games of this generation, The Last of Us, was made on the PS3, which is a weaker console than the Xbox 360, according to him, so power isn't everything.