lol has no-one informed you what happened when you got to grand pulse on the x360 version the frame rate fell all the way down below 28fps, the ps3 maintained a steady framerate, so the x360 port even though it was a good one it just could not handle the amount of objects and activities going on as well as the ps3 version could.

i think its better this way.

Chrizum said: MikeB said: @ Chrizum There are important differences between games consoles and PCs. Wanting a powerful console does not mean people should buy a PC, neither does wanting a powerful handheld console mean people should get a PC, neither does wanting a more powerful smartphone mean people should get a PC, neither does wanting a more powerful car mean people should get a PC, etc. So it's about the games, right? And not the power of the hardware?

It's a combination of many different aspects.

Sure the PS3 sees a lot more high budget exclusive game releases than the PC does nowadays.

There are some crucial system power related advantages to making games on the PS3. First of all you know that every PS3 has basically the same system configuration. This means you can fully utilize the hardware and perform as much specific optimisations as you require. On the PC this is not the case, so many different configurations to take into account and the best selling PC games are actually designed to run well enough on pretty basic configurations.

Sure a PC can be upgraded with way extra memory or a more moden GPU, but it does not beat the PS3 in every regard. For example the Cell processor in terms of true performance can beat the best quad core PC CPUs out there. Also PC games aren't using Blu-Ray discs, with regard to storage capacity there are advantages on the PS3 as well.

The end user experience is also very different and usually a PC is less suitable for living room usage for many people. Different tools for different purposes.

For example with a PS3 you can easily connect 4 dual shock 3 controllers and start a game like LittleBigPlanet to play with friends. From many different perspectives a games console is usually a far more elegant solution than using a Windows PC regarding multi-media playback and gaming.

28 FPS isn't horrible (even SubHD Halo 3, which lacks anti-aliasing and is a high budget 360 exclusive drops below that). Movies do 24 frames per second and many cartoons do way less frames per second. 28 FPS can still look very fluid for animation.

I don't like the idea of porting games from ps3 to 360. Look at what they did with Final Fantasy XIII.



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This is going to rock

It will certainly help with Mike Acton's prediction: "Good data and good design works well on the SPUs (and will work well anywhere)‏. Sometimes you can get away with bad design and bad data on other platforms -...for now. Bad design will not survive this generation."

This is good news for all PC/360/PS3 gamers, nomatter if they know this or not. It will also help development with future game consoles.

Lol, you're pretending to not know exactly what he meant, squillie? :p

It's well known the XBox 360's capabilities is severely holding back multi-platform developers.

The current situation with the 360 I see as a love and hate thing.

If the XBox 360 stays on the market for many more years, the positive aspect is that there's a bigger 360/PS3/PC installbase for multi-platform game companies to take advantage of. Allowing for bigger multi-platform game budgets.

If the XBox 360 is discontinued by next year, that would also be positive as PC/PS3 games development can gain a lot from this from a technical perspective.

As time goes on and the PS3 installbase increases, scenario 2 gets ever more interesting and relevant.

Yeah, I'm sure it'll be discontinued next year. After all, it's not like they have Gears of War 3 lined up for next year, nevermind Mass Effect 3, which could even release in 2012, and Natal games.