Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Xbox One’s 1080p upscaling makes games look worse

Killer Instinct Crushed BlacksThe Xbox One has had a number of major issues in its short life, and it seems like the problems just keep rolling in. Forum denizens over at NeoGAF recently pointed out that the post-processing being performed on some Xbox One titles, to upscale 720p to 1080p, is causing some serious visual artifacting. While this certainly sounds bad, there is some good news: Microsoft could theoretically fix this ugly problem with a patch.
A NeoGAF member by the name of “Gizmowned” posted a series of comparison shots of the Xbox One Launch title Killer Instinct. Supposedly, one set of screenshots was taken normally from in-game footage, and the other set of screenshots was taken with a post-processing filter turned off. While the unfiltered screenshots certain contain many more “jaggies,” the dynamic range is shockingly better. Unfortunately, that means that gamers are being shown video that lacks a substantial amount of the game’s visual information.

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