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greenmedic88 on 04 May 2008
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The real reason why these pointless arguments persist is not to state why one version of GTAIV is better than the other, but to some how prove which CONSOLE is the better piece of hardware.

Foolish? Yes.

Will it stop? No.

Does the performance of GTAIV serve as the ultimate benchmark for which system is "better?" No.

Performance on both consoles is a moving target. GTAIV only serves as the current benchmark due to its commercial and critical success, not that these aren't obvious reasons to use the game as a measuring stick.

Most will agree that there are better looking games on both consoles though.

Re: specific issues on each version, particularly the resolution issue. The 640p issue for Halo 3 seemed relevant because it was supposed to be the hardware benchmark standard for the 360. Bungie opted to place priority on lighting effects and frame rate over output resolution. It was their call.

By comparison, what resolution do all the other versions of Halo 3 run at? 000p. There aren't any.

My personal issue with the output resolution was that it made the game look more jagged than it should have when displayed at 720p. And it looked excessively softened/blurred at 1080p. Did it detract from the way the game played? Not at all. But again; this was supposed to be the benchmark game for the 360, and the fact that it could have looked smoother was a disappointment.

Now if GTAIV (have to pick up my mail next week) looks as jagged as Halo 3 due to the lower output resolution, then I have an issue if the 360 version looks significantly smoother. Would it make me go out and buy the 360 version in addition? No. Not unless I have freeze issues that seem to be a legitimate problem on the PS3 if aren't worked out by the time I start playing.

The only people who seem to care about comparing GTAIV versions of the game are the single console, polarized opinion gamers, when the gamers who should REALLY care about which version is better are those who own both consoles, and are simply trying to determine which version to play.