GTA 4.ps3 vs 360 winner take all well almost

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Legend11 said:

MikeB said:

jrix said:

MikeB said:
The exclusive episodes for the 360 are nice, but offers no real system selling potential. Free online multiplayer, free Home integration + DLC, no disc scratching / RRod worries, alledged better graphics for the PS3 version, no annoying drive noise, etc should be of greater importance.

A PS2 GTA fan will probably prefer the PS3 controller which is very similar to the PS2 controller, also all major PS2 exclusives (Gran Turismo, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, The Getaway, Jak & Daxter, God of War, etc, etc) are more or less all comfirmed to come to the PS3 exclusively.

Really... Does nobody here see there are some very strong points to the advantage of the PS3 summarized above? IMO much stronger than the 2 non-free future espisodes nobody knows anything about and cheaper entry price (but lots of hidden costs as well as much lower entry specifications).

umhh...better graphics? how do you know? just because is ps3?.. or is just your personal opinion.. ?

if you compare the games that come out in both consoles you'll see that there is a clear winner and it isn't the ps3.

I included a source above. With regard to multi-platform games, most are about on par the biggest difference is with regard to Oblvion which looks much better on the PS3 than the 360 (read my sig, they are only scratching the surface though). Current exclusive games do look better on the PS3 as well, multi-platform PS3 versions are improving, the 360 game engine design isn't ideal to port over to the PS3 but better results can be accomplished with some effort (redesign, which will benefit even the 360/PC version, but to a much lesser extend, ironically due to PS3 related redesign the 360 version benefits from this as well).

Eurogamer just released an article on March 25th (their 10th in a series) comparing PS3 and 360 multiplatform games... I'll save everyone some time and sum up what they said...

Army of Two - 360 runs at 720p with anti-aliasing, PS3 version runs with a border and below 720p resolution and to add insult to injury it has no anti-aliasing.

Blacksite: Area 51 - They call the conversion of it to PS3 "horrifically, jaw-droppingly awful" and that the PS3 version is "ten times worse" than the already mediocre 360 version.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - They are surprised at the worse colour balance of the PS3 version as well as the "inclusion of horrible motion blur and some truly horrendous frame-rate drops" compared to the 360 version.

Conflict: Denied Ops - It's development must have led on the 360 because the PS3 version is substandard with frame rate drops, pared down visuals, and the anti-aliasing on the 360 version replaced with an indistinct blur on the PS3.

Dynasty Warriors 6 - They're surprised at the "love and attention" that the 360 gets at the hands of these developers since it's gameplay is identical to the PS3 version even though the Xbox 360 must contribute so little to KOEI's overall revenue. The only way to tell the games apart is that the pre-rendered video sequences look better on the PS3 thanks to Blu-Ray.

Lost: The Video Game - "The Xbox 360 version is considerably better than its Playstation 3 sibling. "The PS3 version definitely lags behind, not just in terms of refresh speed but also in the introduction of annoying screen tear which is far less prevalent on the Microsoft console. It's yet another game that 'benefits' from the PS3 Vaseline effect, whereby the 4x multi-sample anti-aliasing of the 360 game is replaced by a blur that attempts to simulate the same effect.".

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - Pretty much the same, they just mention that the 360 version scales up nicely.

So for those keeping track that's:

360 - 5
PS3 - 1
Tie - 1

source: http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=128362

Wow, so even 18 months later, despite having PS3 devkits for longer PS3 is still struggeling in its ability to run multi-platform games on a Core 360 level, some of those downgraded are game breaking. Sony really needs to go to someone else with their console design next gen - if there is a PS4 - because launching later at ahigher price with inferior hardware is pretty pathetic.

Thank god most games lead on 360 for better textures, real-time rumble, shorter load times, higher frame-rates and no graphical downgrades.