It's going to take at least 2-3 years before we start seeing games that display a dramatic graphics leap over the current gen of machines. Go back and look at some of the 360's launch titles... they're essentially previous-gen games with HD textures slapped on them, and they look fugly as hell when compared to AAA games that have come out over the past year or so. Compare COD2 to Halo 4 or Crysis 3... it's like night and day.

For the first couple of years we're going to see many cross-over games being release for both generations of consoles as developers start devoting more resources to next-gen while at the same time trying to take advantage of the current gen's existing install base... 150 million consoles between the PS360 is pretty hard to ignore.

I agree... a carefully scripted early trailer of the game did look stunning.  So did Killzone 2 way back when the PS3 was first unvieled...

To put it simply... No. This generation will not be won by specs alone. The field has changed significantly since 2005.

Agreed. The power of these eighth-gen consoles has not been fully realized, and perhaps never will be.

how are we still doubting the power of playstation after they proved that their studios can make the impossible possible?

Target Render vs. Actual Product

Killzone 2 Tech Demo

Killzone 2

Killzone 3

And Heavy Rain Tech Demo Vs Actual Game

And the Down Right Technical Marvels...

God of War 3

 and moving into...

So These feel very much possible to me....

"Never Doubt the Power of Playstation!"

Replace CGI with carefully scripted. It still looks amazing.

Now you know how Wii U owners feel. I'm not going to like these next few months will play out now that people are going to be slamming on Nintendo and Sony.

Look at Kirby's Adventure vs F Zero. Star Fox 2 vs Mario 64. Donkey Kong 64 vs Sonic Adventure. Final Fantasy XII vs Project Gotham Racing 3. Halo 4 vs Killzone Shadow Fall.

Now ask yourself this. How many people would believe you if back in 1989 you told them F-Zero was an NES game? I doubt anyone with any knowledge of gaming would buy that. Suppose you told someone prior to the N64 launch that Mario 64 was an SNES game? Again you'd have few takers.

What if you said that Sonic Adventure was running on an N64? I don't think many people would believe you, but you'd have a few gullible souls going. If you told them that PGR3 was running on a PS3? A few more people would probably buy that lie. If you told people that Killzone Shadow Fall was running on a PS3? I think you could fool quite a few people.

The gap between generations has steadily been decreasing. At this point the line is pretty blurry. Generational leap is a silly buzzword. The bottom line is the difference in graphics is lesser than what we've seen in the past. Whether or not you think this upgrade in power is sufficient is up to you.

My concern is that there be actual and genuine innovation in gameplay.  If it is going to be more of the same, with more pretty pictures, the game is what?  If you are just going to get the whole wolvering FPS experience, where he is so wimpy he can only carry two weapons, that isn't much improvement over what is out there.  Need to see how gameplay will actually change at this point.

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