No. It doesn't have to be resolution. That ~50% power could be put towards framerate or IQ. And added GPGPU customization.
Indeed, but even if it's not - the point is that the difference in visual quality is negligible. Exclusives on both look great, and multi-plat games look the same with no meaningful differences... and that'll be the story this whole gen. We'll never see anything on one which clearly trumps what the other is capable of... and that's obviously a big win for Microsoft, and very unfortunate for Sony.
There is no 'clearer texture quality' in BF4. Some devs are adding contrast/sharpness filters to their games to make them look better than they are. You can get the same "clear texture quality" on PS4 or PC by fiddling with your monitor. That is straight up misinformation.
This is actually provably false. You cannot get the added visual clarity illustrated on the X1 version that you get on X1. Regardless of how it's achieved, the point is that it looks visibly sharper, and I'm not alone in saying that. Everyone who sees the comparisons says they notice the X1 version looks better due to vibrancy (something which can be simulated with TV adjustments), and due to a sharper image on X1 (not able to reproduce with monitor settings.
Watching the 2GB BF4 60 FPS footage files in motion, the difference is easy to spot. Peeping at still shots does not tell the whole story. Most people will notice the difference between 720 and 900 or 1080 when they see the larger jaggies and mosaic patterns in motion. The problem is there isn't a lot of 60 FPS footage of games yet.
This is also debatable, and I'd disagree. I've seen the footage you keep pointing back to, and the difference is not meaningful. It just isn't. There's more noticeable aliasing on the X1, but there's also a sharper image on X1 and more vibrant coloring. Regardless of how it's achieved, or whether or not you can approximate the PS4 version to look more like the X1 - most laymen prefer the X1. That tells me the resolution means nothing. It's meaningless. There's just not an important, or meaningful edge.
Somehow we went from PS3/360 comparisons where a tiny resolution and framerate difference meant a clear winner, now suddenly differences far greater are irrelevant and "virtually indistinguishable." Hypocritical and unreasonable.
This is also false. Only the rabid fanbots and those with clouded judgment ever made a big deal out of the differences between X360 and PS3. They were (for all intents and purposes) identical. The hardware was a wash (always was, always has been). These differences (both last gen and this new gen) are all the same... it's the corest of the core making pitiful comparisons which are meaningless to any normal person.
CoD on PS4's minor and rare framerate drops will be patched according to giantbomb. Problem solved.
Hahaha .... yeah, we'll see... but right now - its not solved. I'm only going off of what's actually been released, and what's actually measurable/quantifiable/provable - and right now, all the facts say the same thing:
PS4 has a technical edge in terms of raw specs, but that edge is meaningless, and not a differentiator. The feature and services, on the other hand, are most certainly meaningful and differentiating... those matter... and the X1 clearly wins against PS4 on those levels, at least at launch, and I'm confident that'll be a trend this gen as it was last.