Microsoft dev boss ‘fully expects’ to see more Xbox One games in 1080p

The Xbox One costs more than the PlayStation 4, but Sony’s machine is pumping out games at a higher resolution so far. Microsoft doesn’t expect the Xbox One to remain behind PS4 in terms of visuals for long.

Xbox director of development Boyd Multerer says that developers will reach 1080p on the One as they get more familiar with the hardware, according to an interview in the Official Xbox Magazine. That number refers to the number of horizontal lines a game renders for each frame of animation — the higher the number (1080 is max on most modern TV units), the crisper the graphical fidelity. Many Xbox One games on the market run at a sub-1080p resolution. Titanfall, arguably the console’s most-important release, renders 792 lines for each frame. Most PlayStation 4 games, however, display a full 1080p. Multerer thinks that once developers have more time with Microsoft’s particular graphics processor, they will regularly achieve full HD with their products.