What im talking about is on the backside of a gamebox it shows the info such as number of players, output resolution etc. Most if not all 360 games say its 1080p output, while the ps3 versions mostly say 720p.

I believe that ms is just showing that the game can obviously be upscaled to play in 1080p, while the ps3 version shows true output only. I have a 1080 tv and ive played numerous ps3 games where it only says 720p.

Do you guys think that some gamers look at these numbers to justify buying it on the 360 over the ps3 because of the so-called higher resolution?

yes, its scaled, both consoles upscale to 1080, but for gamming 720p it's better.

no thats wrong 360 says 1080i not p i is a lot worse then p id explain it but that will take to much time

nvm i was looking at forza 2

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I don't think MS'd go into outright bullshit... almost all (or all) of my PS3 games say 1080i, that's probably what it is with the X360.

The Xbox 360s scaler is more flexible, so it can do a wider range of monitor and HD TV resolutions

If they are smart they will.

720p looks butt ugly on many 1080i/p native displays, and there's sometimes a considerable increase in input lag as well. And even if your current TV is native 720p, you will probably upgrade to 1080p at some point in the future. And when that happens you don't want half your game library to all of a sudden look like shit.

If you ask me, Sony's decision not to include a quality hardware scaler inside the PS3 is one of the most moronic decisions ever made by a game company.

"1080p tvs and valkyria chronicles... "

^^^ The PS3 upscales with a combination of hardware (vertical) and software (horizontal), as I recall. Frankly a lot of people would say the PS3's upscaling has better output than the hardware upscaler in the 360, especially for DVDs. Probably has something to do with a custom scaling algorithm that's not just built into a cheap off-the-shelf component.

That being said, if you tell a PS3 that a certain resolution is supported on your TV, but you don't like said resolution... why don't you just disable it as an option for your gaming?

For some reason Sony doesn't consider it a marketing point so they don't put it on the box, but most games will upscale to 1080p.

The 360 scaler is very high quality and works 100% with all games. Upscaled DVD doesn't look all that good on the 360 because the playback software (not the scaler) is crap.

The 1080i/p software scaling quality on the PS3 is sometimes on par with the 360, but often it looks considerably worse. And half the PS3 game library doesn't support any kind of scaling at all. If I disable 720p in the video menu, then games like Valkyria Chronicles, Heavenly Sword, and Uncharted (PAL version), will only display at 480p. There's no way to force these games to display at 1080i/p.

Typically games that can be forced to run at 1080i/p (by disabling 720p in the video menu), looks blurry and low res. Games that list 1080i/p support at the back of the box tend to look fine.