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theword on 07 January 2009
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ksv said:
starcraft said:
As alluded too in this thread, I think both Sony and Microsoft will aim to produce a console that makes games look as good as they can at 1080p and 60FPS.
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Though I don't think it is quite there, the argument can be made that the Wii attempted to reach this limit for the 480p resolution.

Wrong. Playstation 3 and X360 is not even close to have the power to be able to make graphics look as good as they can on a 480P resolution, and Wii is miles and miles away. I don't think the next generation of consoles will come close either.

Watch a movie like Monster's Inc. or Beowulf on a 480P DVD. When the consoles can do that real-time in 480P resolution we might be talking. That is still years away.

The resolution means less than a lot of people seem to think, a good looking PS3/360 game would still look tons better than Wii game if you downscaled it to 480P. PC games have been running at HD resolution or higher for a decade, but don't tell me Quake 1 running at 1600x1200 looks anything like current generation games.

 

 True! Current gen games like Gears and Kill Zone are still "miles and miles" away in not just graphicly, but in physics, AI, .... Beside the movies you mentioned, I can name a few more for reference: Lord of the Rings, Star Wars,  Jurasic Park.  The CG in these movies are everywhere but you can't tell it's CG unless you start looking carefully.   When our consoles can do this stuff in real time, then I am happy.  We maybe decades away however.