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CatFangs806 said:

This is something that's been going through my mind a long time now. I keep thinking the 360 is being maxed out only to be surprised by newer games that keep pushing the boundary like Alan Wake and even Battlefield: Bad Company 2.

I know the system's GPU is DirectX 9 based, so there's some limits on the graphics. Yet at the same time, some of these games look about just as good as Crysis, at least on an HDTV with the highest and best possible resolution. The system uses a Tri-Core (3 core) processor that's still worthy today, since many PC games today only require a Dual-Core (2 core) processor. Although I think the biggest limit on the 360 is the amount of RAM, which is only 512 MB. I'm suprised the system can even run the games it does on this small amount of RAM. I know consoles run differently, but even Epic Games said Gears of War 2 was hard to develop because of the low amount of RAM in the system.

This may have been discussed before, and I don't mean to ramble on, but do you guys think the 360 is nearing it's maximum limit, or does it have more untapped power that's waiting for the right developer to unleash it? And if it does have more power inside it, when will you guys think it will reach it's limit




You were impressed by BBC2 on 360 ? I can understand why Alan Wake after seeing it but BBC2 wasnt imo that impressive.

On topic: I cant see a real progress since years. Alan Wake is the first attempt since GeOW2 to push 360s limits. 

And to the bold one. Do you say that some of the Xbox360 games look almost as good as Crysis if they are on an HDTV ? With the highest and best possible resolution ? Xbox needs for 99.9% games just an HD Ready TV since the games are almost always 720p or even under that, same goes for PS3.
Have you seen Crysis maxed out on an HDTV ? Its miles away from any Xbox360 game. 

Imo we wont see a lot more then we have seen. Xbox is easier to programm for then PS3 so ofcourse it takes less time to use full of its potential. Also PS3 is close to maxed out with Uncharted 2 and GOW3. Next Step on the PS3 will be not as big as the Step between Uncharted and Uncharted 2. 


Crysis 2 could imo show off everything what the Xbox360 can do.