Well it looks like Sony is standing tall after this PS4 vs Xbox One battle as the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition looks and plays better on the Playstation 4!
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition has been demonstrated running at 60fps on PS4, making it the latest PlayStation game that boasts double the frame-rate as the Xbox One edition.
A Square Enix representative would not explicitly verify the disparity between the two versions, although recent tests of the game have verified the difference in looks and performance of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on PS4 vs Xbox One.
GamesRadar posted a video interview with Tomb Raider executive producer Scot Amos, who pointed out certain parts of the game was "the PS4 version running at 60fps at 1080p".
Square Enix has maintained that both next-gen versions were expected to run at thirty frames per second, and that any achievement beyond this would be "gravy".
"Delivering the core Tomb Raider gameplay at native 1080p and running at 30fps was always our primary goal," the corporation told CVG in an interview.
"Anything beyond 30fps for this version is gravy. Both platforms offer the same outstanding Tomb Raider experience," the company added.
Currently there are a handful of games on the new consoles that demonstrably run at higher frame-rates and/or resolutions on PlayStation 4 than on Xbox One, including the popular first person shooter, Call of Duty: Ghosts.
Many gamers consider frame rate and resolution as important aspects of their next-generation games, while other gamers say its significance is overrated.
It is unclear whether Xbox One games tend to be less visually impressive than PS4 games or that developers haven't unlocked the potential of the Xbox One (though the Xbox One is inferior to the PS4, hardware wise). As developers unlock the potential of both machines over time, the differences may become negligible from the end-user's perspective.
Square Enix confirmed that a Tomb Raider Definitive Edition PC version will not be released. The console versions will ship on Friday January 31 across Europe, and on January 28 in North America.
