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Windex4980d ago

the graphics gap is getting bigger and bigger and we are still far from next gen according to analysts, Sony, EA, MS, and devs.

piroh4980d ago

GT5 = photorealism good enough for PS4

it only does everything

tacosRcool4979d ago

yes. Old DX9 level graphics not good enough anymore. Dude we have DX11 graphics and do you see how cool tessellation looks?!?!

lonix4979d ago (Edited 4979d ago )

Ps3 does not use dx9 level graphics it uses OpenGL

Dx10 was a waste of time and dx11 isn't much better

Joule4979d ago

I don't understand why people don't see Heavy Rain having one of the best graphics? They are so good, people must be blind

reload444979d ago

Heavy Rain - most realistic character design
Gran Turismo 5 - photoreality
Uncharted 2 - best art design and animations
Killzone 2 - best interactivity and atmosphere
Metal Gear Solid 4 - best ingame cutscenes
Final Fantasy 13 - best CGI cutscenes
God of War 3 - god of graphics

upcoming games The Last Guardian, Killzone 3, InFamous 2 will change the situation

kingteekej4979d ago

It is not out yet!!! And can you all (alot on this forum) please stop saying "it only does (insert)/everything in the end of every comment. We get that the ps3 does more than whats required of an entertainment system, but its so irritating that people buy so much inn to sonys commercials, that they are literally promoting everything that comes from sonys corner without even trying it.

PS: Waiting for GT5

SeanRL4979d ago

Yes, a PS4 is needed, it will probably make another step by being smaller, more powerful(same graphics but more stuff going on), maybe even holograms. It's needed, just not quite yet.

bjornbear4979d ago (Edited 4979d ago )

guys - I agree GT5 looks better than most games out there, and HR is also quasi photo realistic

but consider a game that is:

open world / free roam/ huge (say oblivion size or even GTAIV size) and then try having those graphics

THATS why we'll need PS4/new xbox/new PC tech - and other tech - the PS3 can achieve mind boggling quality graphics, but at a price.

you don't have games like infamous looking like GT5 (YET - infamous 2 is looking en par with Uncharted 2 which does still make me all giddy)

tbh, when I think graphics and power, I consider not only LOOKS and POLYCOUNT, but how its used

I loved HR, and it looks AMAZING, but I (and everyone else here should be too) am aware that it was a VERY limited game. things were generally static and quite enclosed.

the day we have a PS3 game that looks as good as HR/GT5 and is open world like Infamous and you can go inside most buildings and MOST objects are movable with HAVOK and so on, to have photorealistic open world levels with procedural destruction

(that not even crysis 2 has fully - you can't destroy a whole sky scraper piece by piece ala Red Faction Guerrilla now can you)

etc...then we won't need a PS4...but i doubt a game like that will ever work this gen on console, maybe next?

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gamelova4979d ago

Its actually amazing just how much better GT5 looks compared to prologue

BrianB4979d ago

Gears of War 3 tops all of them imo

8-bit4979d ago

Wow that was a great laugh. Thanks for this

AKS4979d ago

I just thought I'd add that MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is massively underrated and frequently overlooked. It's an absolutely gorgeous game.

N4PS3Fanboys4978d ago

And yet graphics continue to be one of the least important factors in determining a game's quality.

acedoh4978d ago

most of these games are excellent quality. SONY has proven they can make a great product and although many were impatient when it came to these games they are here and for real and only getting better.

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awiseman4979d ago

Are the best and I dont even hav a ps3 LOL

plb4979d ago

For me, it's between GoW III and Uncharted 2.

Eazy-Eman4979d ago

Wait 'till Uncharted 3 comes out. But wow, if you think about it, Uncharted 2 represents the pinnacle of graphics on a Ps3. Imagine what a next-gen Uncharted would look like;Lavish jungles,beautiful scenery,unprecedented textures...oh god I'll stop there!

Areeb114979d ago

God of War 3 is Sony's Biggest Franchise. It is a part of Sony itself. Uncharted can never achieve the old school status of GT5 or GoW3 or even Twisted Metal.

and one another thing. when you are playing uc2 next time take your ak 47 and just zoom in on any random texture.. it doesnt look that amazing at all. its just the colour palette and lighting is amazing.

and lastly: Poseidon Boss Fight. Nuff said.

BkaY4976d ago

that was just mind blowing....

for me

its
1. GOW3
2. UNCHARTED 2
3. HEAVY RAIN

PEACE

heyheyhey4979d ago

I'd have put Valkyria Chronicles somewhere in there, due to the exquisite art style

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel3d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow3d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1822d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie2d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere1d 20h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin2d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere1d 20h ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow1d 6h ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere1d 20h ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow1d 6h ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX2d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney1d 1h ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody2d ago (Edited 2d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno2d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno2d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii2d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno2d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers18d ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

Profchaos17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

How rediculas really. You can't say a word that's allowed in most PG films and prime time TV but the game is based around killing the enemy team using guns, explosives etc.

It's just backwards.

just_looken17d ago

What your talking about is called block list

In 2006 a spaceship dropped of the playstation 3/xbox 360 i say that that generation was the last great gen with game functions/tech that has yet to comeback

Anyhow the playstation 3 if you block listed a id they could not talk to you in chatroom with either text or voice. But that was pre mind fucked 2018 when people were more human than sheep.

But hey gta 6 is coming out billion dollar budget without a single player custom character creator and without singeplayer coop off/online something saints row 1-3 had on the xbox 360.

z2g17d ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing17d ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H917d ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola17d ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn66917d ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle17d ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Sony Could Increase Your Game's Difficulty If It Sees You Complain About It

Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.

jznrpg18d ago

This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.

Profchaos18d ago

Souls games will be like that players struggling make it harder

PassNextquestion18d ago (Edited 18d ago )

I think if used correctly it could work well

jambola18d ago

cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me

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