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Forums - Gaming - Epic's Fergusson: Xbox 360 'Approaching Upper End' Of Visual Potential

His Qoute....

"I mean, I'm not the technical guy... all I know is that with the two to three more years of optimization that we've had, we're much further along than I think, three years ago, we thought we were going to get.

So I think we're certainly approaching the upper end of it, as far as what developers are able to do with it, but just looking at all the demos we saw today -- ours and others -- it's clear that all the games just keep improving, and keep pushing that bar.

I think it's just a matter of, you know, it's a slow cycle; you only get a kick at it every couple years, and so it takes a while for people to see that progress.

There will be games in development that won't ship until 2010, and I'm sure they'll look killer, just because, again, they'll have more time with it, and learn from mistakes and optimizations of others. So, I don't know; I think we're getting up there, but I still think there's room to grow."

http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=18914

 

What I pretty much get from this is that the 360 may be reaching it's visual limits. yet this does not mean that newer games can't look better, it is still more about how you use the hardware. Nevertheless this will only get the system so far.

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You need reading comprehension or may be take out your fanboy's glasses.



mysticD said:
You need reading comprehension or may be take out your fanboy's glasses.

 

how so? What do you see? If you dont have a better deduction then you have no right to critisize mine....



      

      

      

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no console reaches it's limits



^PS2 did



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So still 2 years away till we will get the best looking Xbox360 games?? that's sweet.. We can expect some great looking games then! I already thought it was close to it's max but they seem to think otherwise.. good news!



 

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blazinhead89 said:
^PS2 did

 

 because big companies stopped developing for it imo :)



By the time come ..... 720 is coming out. so is pointless to get the best looking 360 games at that time.



The 360 really has nowhere to go is the point. I mean it has a few pretty decent processors and a decent GPU but its not like optimization or learning how to run parallel lines of code is going to save the 360. With the PS3 performance will improve for years to come as devs get better and better at running different lines of code to the many PS3 processors (something that is, I believe, the future of gaming. It won't be faster cores which take more energy and run hotter, it will be more smaller cores in sets of 8 or more, see some great intel tech demos on the subject).

Its not that the PS3 potential is unlimited, its just far more scalable so it will be current for years after the 360. I mean Epic already has pointed to games that didn't reach their potential because of the 360 like Gears of War. They released a better looking PC version which they themselves said contained levels the 360 could never handle.




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