| WereKitten said: The point is that we've reached diminishing returns in graphics. And not just about PS3 vs 360. Even the most powerful graphical beast of a game (Crysis) won't look noticeably better to an untrained eye than the best looking ps360 games. My gf is more likely to appreciate the fact that it renders well beaches and luscious vegetation than if it employs object-based motion blur or HDR/iris effects. The nitpicking is for us game geeks, exactly like dissecting each film scene composition and lighting is for movie buffs and students. Thus when we say "noticeably" we mean for us, though the rest of the world lives by different rules.
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I disagree with this, because "diminishing returns" is always relative. Now, I don't discount the fact that we do oftentimes place too much emphasis on graphics, but every generation shows advances that are easily distinguishable from the generation before. Every step of the way over the past 15 years, I've bought the latest technology thinking, 'Damn, could the graphics EVER get any better than THIS!"
Yup, they always do, usually in six to twelve months! I particularly remember being floored by the "realism" of Madden 2001 when the PS2 launched. Game doesn't look so hot anymore.
Ten years from now systems will be able to render so much more architecturally, and I think facial animations especially will improve to such a huge degree, that the tech will make Killzone 2 look silly. Wash. Rinse. Repeat ten years after that, and then ten years after THAT ... etc ...
