| Squilliam said: Ok... I guess this is good news for about PS3 3% of the population who A. Cares and B. Doesn't already whore the graphics on the PC. |
Most XBox 360 vocals seem to care, often comparing micro differences of some multi-platform games which sometimes aren't enough PS3 optimised.
It may be hard to understand for some, but the PS3 has technical advantages over the PC (and vice versa), such as the Cell is able to outperform the best consumer PC quad core CPUs out there with proper optimisation. Blu-Ray disc capacity allows for more varierty of assets (mainly textures and audio). Blu-Ray is yet to become standard for PC gaming (and publishers don't want to spread their games onto too many DVDs). All PS3s out there have a Cell and Blu-Ray and that allows for much deeper optimisations in course of time. Ironically the most popular PC games are actually some of the least technically demanding titles on the PC.
Top PC GPUs are able to render higher framerates in higher resolutions, but to truly appreciate going from 720p to for example 1080p you'll need a big HDTV.monitor and if good upscaling is applied the difference is even smaller (like on Toshiba Cell powered HDTV). The irony is that most PC gamers I know own monitors much smaller than my HDTV! With regard to framerates a locked 30 FPS experience is perfectly smooth for most types of games (due to human perception delay) especially in combination with motion blur for faster paced scenes. For a game like Super Stardust HD the onscreen action can get so fast 60 FPS is of benefit, hence it will render 120 pictures per second in stereoscopic 3D (60 pictures per eye).
PC gaming also offers a very different relatively solistic kind of experience, a PS3 is a better fit for most home cinema setups. Sitting on the couch with friends playing with multiple wireless DS3 controllers is very different compared to someone sitting behind a desk with mouse/keyboard, usually playing all by himself. So comparing pretty apples with pretty oranges, still makes this comparing apples and oranges.
PC gaming is also taking the back seat this generation, a lot more money, time and effort is being invested in PS3 exclusives than in PC exclusives and that shows!
