I'm fairly certain that games like Halo and Call of duty have created a sense of weight without sacrificing movement speed. In real life, you certainly would run slower if you're wearing heavy protective gear, but I doubt it'll have the same impact as you moving your head/arms/gun to your left or right. So no, it wasn't added for a sense of weight.

Anyway, I'm not sure what the article was trying to prove, I could have come up with better and more relevant examples (people have been saying R1 and R2, which is a big omission in my opinion).

Also, I'm fairly certain that the same can be said about the Wii and 360. I agree with Kantor, except:

"Yes, every console's graphics improve over time. I don't see why the PS3 needs an article or thread about it"

Finally, I disagree with the closing paragraph of the article, Uncharted is still the benchmark for the PS3, Killzone 2 might create a more gripping and immersive experience (and perhaps even be a better game), when Drake and Sev are standing still in game so that the only things that matter are lighting, draw distance and textures, I guarantee that Uncharted kills killzone 2 visually.

It is obvious, but it is odd to think that we are going to see better looking games than God of War 3 and Uncharted 2, which I think are better looking than Killzone 2. Evan Wells, head of ND, said that he expects to see the same sort of jump this generation as he did last generation, so Uncharted 3 should look seriously impressive

based on post history I'm going to go out on a limb and say it wasn't a joke.

Personally, I think it was done to increase accuracy in shooting as far as aiming goes.  It takes more subtle movements to aim.  Turning, I'll agree that weight is the reason.

Either way, those factors do not effect visuals at all.

I wasn't impressed by any of the PS3 Launch titles to be honest, that's why I waited before buying my PS3, then again, the 360 and wii's launch titles wasn't great either but I was more impressed with the 360 than the ps3's launch titles (maybe because it was the first next gen to the market?), I remember playing PGR3 for the first time, OMG!!!

Don't forget people we're comparing launch titles to the best titles the PS3 has to offer to see the differences so it's all fair.

Also add some comparisons if you want here's another one:

Genji: Days of the Blade

VS

God of War III

Is it just me or did I not see much improvement at all using those screenshots. They probably should have picked some better ones if they wanted to show improvements from Resistance to Killzone 2.

I actually think the Ridge Racer 5 pic looks better since the GT5P looks too matte/plastic.

I don't see any real difference between the Sonic and Ratchet pictures. Only very subtle differences in Fifa 09. I can't really see anything in the Virtua Fighter/Soul Calibur shots to compare to (used completely different levels and characters), so they mostly look the same.

That's the issue with these kinds of comparisons. The images are too small and they're usually crap.

Not very far at all.

Yea, good progession

Agreed.  The only way to get a good comparison is to watch side by side HD video in actual HD quality.