Infamous Q&A: Only using 30% of PS3 Power

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BenKenobi88 said:
This is EXACTLY what I mean when I say that developers throw around numbers like 30%.

Lair apparently uses 40%, right? And Infamous is basically on par with Lair in terms of graphics...there doesn't seem to be a correlation between 30% and how good a game will look.

A game later on that uses 86% of the capabilities of the PS3 will look better, but by how much? Don't expect games to suddenly look 100x better...every console gets better looking games down the line once developers figure out how to best optimize everything.

I don't give a crap that current PS3 games only use 30% of its power...show me the first game to use 75%+, and then we'll talk...

I would say Lair does look 10% better then Infamous at this point, if not even more.

Basically I think he's admitting that they're not trying to push the graphical-limit with their game. It will probably be more gameplay and storyline driven. But by telling you their game (which will look great) is only using 30%, of the PS3's power it gives you an idea of where development on the PS3 could lead.  There is still alot of time before they'll hit the ceiling so to speak.