Well, what's the res on Rage?  Is it confirmed to be at least 720P? 

I also doubt another graphics hype train is going to help Rage in the end.  From what I've seen, the gameplay just doesn't blow me away.  And looking at Crysis 2, good graphics, combined with hype about those graphics, doesn't lead to huge numbers.

Rage runs on the newest tech and still manage to maintain 60 FPS on consoles

This is insane

no way a 60 fps game will have the best graphics.
if games like KZ2/3, GOW3, UC2/3, or even Gears 3 could look as good as they do now (or close to it) with 60fps they would. all those games are in 720p, and gears even has to forgo AA to achieve it. so obviously those games are pushing consoles to their max.
So no way, rage will be in HD (720p) and it wont be a locked frame rate it will be like Black ops on PS3.
this game will use lots and lots of tricks to make it look good. and i doubt it will even look better than Crysis, let alone Uncharted 3

Console games in general use lots of tricks to make them look good especially linear little to no exploration games like KZ2/3, GOW3, UC2/3 and even Gears 3.

RAGE has an open world with "dungeons" kinda like Zelda games exept there are tones of small dungeons. It also uses megatextures so no 2 obejects/environments in the world look exactly the same as artests can basically "paint" the intire world like one big canvas.

have you even played these games (other than gears). you have no idea what you are talking about. ignoring you calling this games linear with no exploration (which does not make their graphics any less impressive to more open games). being linear would have absolutely no correlation to the amount of tricks being done to fool the player to believing it has better graphics.

i can garentee that Rage will have inconsistant frame rate, not locked, will have screen tearing, and be sub HD. with subpar animations. Uncharted will be locked 30fps, great AA, 0% screen tear, have best animations, and be in HD.

id didnt just use some voodoo to find some secrect lost power in these consoles, that no other developer knows of, to make their game have all the stuff KZ, GOW, and Uncharted have, and then be kinda open world and 60fps. sorry im just not buying it

I dont care if i get banned for this but you and lot of other Sony followers on this site are acting like Uncharted or whatever exclusive Sony tells you to hype next is beyond anything which is pure bullcrap, seriously the games i listed there are very linear especially compared to a game like Rage so nit pick all you want but it doesnt change the fact that Rage is bigger and running at higher FPS than of those games so deal with it.

I don't get it, I've watched videos, looked at screenshots and read previews, but I just can't see it, the game doesn't look that great. Sure it looks good, but we are at a point where we have 10 really good looking games releasing every year and RAGE doesn't seem to blow those other 9 games away.

Maybe I just haven't caught on, my mind may change when it releases my mind will change.

Personally, I think its just id propping up their own product.  Which, of course, any company will do, but I feel its going to bite them in the ass when their promises fall flat.  I mean come on, 60 FPS with HD (at least 720P) graphics, graphics that are supposed to be some of the best and not a mess of low polys/low res textures, with huge, expansive levels.  If Sony's first parties can't do this, there is no way a 3rd party developer can.  Especially with a multiplatform engine.  Even GeOW3 is fargoing AA to help get more out of the 360.  To me it seems just like like Crysis 2 with all its graphics hype.  Sure it could be easy on the eyes, but the graphics were inconsistent throughout the game, with texture pop-in and dips in frame rates.  I think when it gets closer to launch, id is going to realize they bit off a little more than they could chew and things are going to get cut.

Even though I disagree with his method of putting out his argument, he does have a point. All we know about RAGE is that it looks good based on what ID want to show us, everything is monitored and marketed to send a specific message and that is that the game looks and runs great. The same message and marketing was sent out about games likes Crysis 2, Alan Wake and GT5, when those games finally released, we finally saw all the faults they were hiding during their marketing blitz; framerate problems, screen tearing, sub HD, bugs, pop in issues and etcetera. Gears 3, Killzone 3 and Uncharted 3 are known quantities because we've seen the previous iterations already running on consoles and looking fantastic, RAGE is still a mystery, it could come out and suffer a whole bunch of technical issues, we'll just have to wait and see.

Pointing out Sony followers is silly, you've been on this forum long enough to see that other console owners do the exact same thing, even Nintendo fans have started following suite with the Wii-U tech demos.

Pre-release graphics hype is always the worse, Lair taught me to always remain sceptical, especially when the developers have never worked on the current consoles before even though it's six years into the generation.