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A Digital Foundry employee went on NeoGAF to explain what went wrong with their PS4/Xbox One Battlefield 4 visuals comparison:

Here's what the persons said:

"The issue here is simple; Tom had a limited amount of time to capture this stuff and was not able to do so in a normal environment. If mistakes were made normally, it would be easy to go back and correct, but with the way this worked, it wasn't really possible.

Why so different? DF uses their own hardware for capturing while DICE were handing out Elgato boxes to everyone else. The DF hardware is actually much more capable but it works differently and, without the experience of working with these new consoles, I can see a situation where settings were dialed in wrong.

JackFrags used what DICE provided and probably didn't even attempt to change any settings which, in this case, turned out to be for the best."

Interesting.

The question would be: why they just go along with it? Their credibility could go down the drain here.

 

[Glorified G]

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Interesting.

My post from the BF thread:

Yup, I'm definitely done with DF at this point on. I thought the bias stopped with Ledbetter but it obviously extends beyond that.

 

[MysticGoujon]

Posting a news article on NeoGaf, which uses a post from NeoGaf as it's source. Mind fuck.

 

[FearMyWrench]

GAF --> Internet --> GAF?

 

[Alcoholikaust]

good now redo it-

 

[Americanmushroom]

GAF --> Internet --> GAF?

lol this.

 

[dreamfall]

Well, goodness.

Crush those blacks DF! It was alarming to see how many on GAF were completely fooled.

 

[MysticGoujon]

Call me naive, but I think it's an honest mistake.

 

[harrypmgaga]

GAFception

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Im not going to call the whole of DF biased, but the fact this was not mentioned front and centre on their write up speaks volumes.

 

[ChawlieTheFair]

Lets all get elgatos?

 

[Opus Angelorum]

Yo...

 

[Brannon]

The conspiracy theorist in me says they messed up on purpose to delay proper comparisons as long as possible.

Then again, I just woke up so there's that.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

That's great.

I'm just wondering how the fuck did people come to the conclusion that Digital Foundry purposely botched up the video capture to make it look like the Xbox One version is better, when the article about the comparison clearly says that the best console version is undeniably the Playstation 4's.

Then I realise we live in a world where some are convinced that there are the Illuminati controlling governments like puppet on strings.

You guys are fucking nuts.

 

[Nekofrog]

Yeah, it actually sounds like they just dun goofed and didn't have any actual malicious intent.

 

[Dahaka]

Exposed

 

[KingSnake]

So they lose the GOD status?

 

[TheRealTalker]

it is just one full loop.... that is the circle of life

 

[Majanew]

Ok, I just got here and only watched the DF footage. The Xbox One version has better textures and the IQ is sharper. So that's DF's screw up or XB1 actually has that advantage?

 

[Fersis]

So exactly what happened? XBone shots looked better than they really are?

 

[radio_apeshot]

These days have been crazy. Good stuff. Thanks GAF!

 

[dark10x]

God damn it, why do sites do this? That's not an official statement. :\

 

[Skeff]

I'm one to often shit on DF and in particular leadbetter, but I think this is just a mistakes happen kind of thing, perhaps the DF article should be updated to reflect this if it already hasn't though.

 

[newjeruse]

This can't happen. If you want to be considered the comparison of record, and nobody is on their own shit more than DF, you can't whimsically throw up screen grabs as if you're PSNation or any other fan blog.

 

[SniperHunter]

Looks like MS has given these guys a huge paycheck

 

[Donthizz#]

if it wasn't for gaf they never would have admitted doing this.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

So exactly what happened? XBone shots looked better than they really are?

More like Ps4 looking worse

 

[Ein Bear]

God damn it, why do sites do this? That's not an official statement. :

This.

Fair enough if they made an honest mistake. But a post on an unrelated forum isn't the place to own up to it. The original article needs amending.

 

[Fersis]

More like Ps4 looking worse

:0

 

[Omni]

That's great.

I'm just wondering how the fuck did people come to the conclusion that Digital Foundry purposely botched up the video capture to make it look like the Xbox One version is better, when the article about the comparison clearly says that the best console version is undeniably the Playstation 4's.

Then I realise we live in a world where some are convinced that there are the Illuminati controlling governments like puppet on strings.

You guys are fucking nuts.

Because apparently most were expecting the X1 to be equal to the WiiU in terms or power. And the idea that the console is still pretty decent makes their inner fanboyism angry because something something $100 more expensive and DRM practises and stuff

 

[Paskil]

Shameful behavior.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

This has been twisted horribly.

DF just used their own equipment and settings rather than DICE's. It doesn't mean they did it on purpose and you're crazy if you think their capture equipment makes the Xbone version look better than it is.

 

[GameSeeker]

DF botched the video and badly. Please don't draw any conclusions from looking at their video. Look at other comparison videos available on the Internet.

 

[GeoramA]

Admitted...lol

They got fucking caught, simple as that.

 

[Dragon1893]

It could've been a honest mistake but it should've been mentioned in the article from the start.
I guess they didn't want to tell people that their footage was pretty much useless if you were looking for a 100% accurate comparisson.

 

[Wolves Evolve]

DF: "PS4 is clearly better in some ways, with caveats. Here are some weirdly-captured pictures."
Gaf: "BIASSSSED"

Silly season is kicking in for real. Sounds like DF will need a re-do on these videos.

 

[Bishop89]

That's great.

I'm just wondering how the fuck did people come to the conclusion that Digital Foundry purposely botched up the video capture to make it look like the Xbox One version is better, when the article about the comparison clearly says that the best console version is undeniably the Playstation 4's.

Then I realise we live in a world where some are convinced that there are the Illuminati controlling governments like puppet on strings.

You guys are fucking nuts.

a lot of ppl dont even read their articles and just look at the pictures/videos. Those ppl would not have seen "ps4 is better" and just jump to their own conclusion thanks to the pics

 

[Courage]

omg teh bias!!!

 

[deputyspade]

Well, goodness.

Crush those blacks DF! It was alarming to see how many on GAF were completely fooled.

They were just looking for a chance to slam the PS4 as the xb1 has been getting all the negative press lately. I did notice not one legitimate reviewer chose the xb1 version of bf4 as the superior version.

 

[witness]

IGN>DF

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

Looks like MS has given these guys a huge paycheck

Wow.

if it wasn't for gaf they never would have admitted doing this.

Wow.

Admitted...lol

They got fucking caught, simple as that.

And wow.

They were just looking for a chance to slam the PS4 as the xb1 has been getting all the negative press lately. I did notice not one legitimate reviewer chose the xb1 version of bf4 as the superior version.

More wow.

 

[Paskil]

Because apparently most were expecting the X1 to be equal to the WiiU in terms or power. And the idea that the console is still pretty decent makes their inner fanboyism angry because something something $100 more expensive and DRM practises and stuff

Because if you look at the reactions in the thread last night, you could easily tell those who couldn't tell the blacks were crushed and the contrast was all heebie jeebied. Most people don't read the article, they just watch the video and go "HURRDURR XB1 version bettah." They both still look fine and are playable, but there are obvious differences that were downplayed by DF tinkering (accidental or not).

 

[Lunzio]

Twas quite botched. Having only lightly relied on DF in the past, this kind of solidifies why I never went in the first place.

 

[Hyunashi]

I would love to believe it was an honest mistake but ... the timing in respect to the rumors of the last few days really put their actions into question.

Hopefully they fix it up.

 

[moffattron9000]

So they lose the GOD status?

No, they just went from all-powerful Christian-style god to mistake making Greek-style god.

 

[dark_prinny]

 

[KingJ2002]

Take down the article, revise it, put it back up.


it's that simple.

 

[Truant]

Honest mistake. Just re do it and let the nerd circus continue.

 

[Alx]

This has been twisted horribly.

DF just used their own equipment and settings rather than DICE's. It doesn't mean they did it on purpose and you're crazy if you think their capture equipment makes the Xbone version look better than it is.

Actually from what I read in the other thread, "crushing the blacks" is supposed to make it worse ? (well, depending on who you ask)

 

[adamsapple]

Wow.



Wow.



And wow.



More wow.

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