Sleeping Dogs: PS3 vs Xbox 360 vs PC

Test your eagle eye.

[yewles1]

Left: 360, Center: PC, Right: PS3.

Where's my cookie?

[DoomeDx]

I cant wait for the
''LOL Why are they comparing the PC version with the console version, stupid comparison. PC Wins''

While its just meant as a fun-thing, instead of a battle.

[Yukicore]

I am so happy that I moved to PC, it's more frustrating to get all the components work as they should, but the result is worth it.

[decrypt]

No need for such comparisons, Console gamers dont care about graphics(atleast they claim not to, specially when PC versions are added to comparison lol).

And yes, the PC version wins again.

[CommonSense]

No, the question is why are they comparing screen shots from cut scenes and not in-game?

[MaxXAttaxX]

That's odd.

This is the hottest Sleeping Dogs article in a while. It's like people that didn't care much about the game now suddenly pretend to because it's a graphical comparison. You guys sicken me.

[tordavis]

There's no lack of DOF. What you are seeing is the sharpness in PC textures vs console. What you think is DOF on console is actually a low res blurry texture.

[TBM]

comparisons meh i beat it yesterday on the PS3, and not only did the game look great on my 46" plasma with the best settings it was fun as hell. more fun than when i played GTA4.

these comparisons are worthless and are just for those people who like arguing back and forth like little children.

[Anon1974]

tordavis said "There's no lack of DOF. What you are seeing is the sharpness in PC."

Yes, the PC is sharper but no - the DOF is obviously lacking. It's too bad too. I don't care if the PC version is capable of higher resolution textures, the DOF they pull of in the console version gives a much more impressive, cinematic feel overall. I'd rather they use lower resolution textures in the background and employ depth of field then make everything so sharp everything looks unnatural. That's just my personal preference though.

[CrazyInsane]

I know you cheated by looking at the link of each image so no cookie for you

[DwightOwen]

These are just the cutscenes; you should see what the ACTUAL game looks like!

[dirthurts]

Cutscenes that are rendered in game. They're not prerecorded, thus, the graphics card is still do the rendering on fly. Yes it accurately depicts the game.

[SeekDev]

How to tell the difference between comparisons (imo).

Xbox 360: Slightly darker than PS3.
PS3: Slightly lighter than Xbox 360.
Center: If you haven't figured it out before Xbox 360 and PS3, then you will after.

[chasegarcia]

nope. open the pictures in ms paint. 360 version looks better than ps3. The Pc version looks best.

[SeekDev]

I commented about how to tell the difference, not which one is better. Some people prefer the graphics of Xbox 360 over PS3 and vice versa, I don't mind either. The differences are minimal at best.

So, I guess, nope to your comment.

[hkgamer]

@chasegarcia

disagreed to you because you just totally ignored the comment you replying to and posted a random comment/opinion.

Seekdev was just pointing out how to tell the difference, I only looked at the thumbnails and thought the exact same thing.

[Abdou23]

Is the 360 slightly better than PS3?!! anyways i will not let that ruin my experience.

[mewhy32]

Well the Xbox definately won this one. I just jumped over to lensoftruth and saw a screenshot comparison for the latest transformers game and I was shocked at how much better the Xbox version was than the ps3. Wow.

[Tito08]

@ mewhy32- It isn't shocking since the Unreal engine is very PC friendly, that's why the games tend to look better on 360 since is the exact same architecture... Unreal isn't too friendly on PS3!!!

[Muffins1223]

None,you have had to much.

[bubblebobble]

my ps3 far more powerful than most pc its got 8 processors beat that and its got ram thats about 4 times quicker than pc plus only cost £150 in 2008 most pc nerds *specky + no girl friends or real friends spent 10 times that in last 4 years and to cap it all sony make easyly the best exclusives uncharted beyond last ov us and ps3 owners have sun tans because they actually go outside and dont sit in dark bedrooms by kevdee

[SPAM-FRITTER-123]

PS3@ £150 in 2008 hahahahaha NO IT WAS NOT.

your stupid uneducated rant gets the the rating of Dumb/10

[tee_bag242]

Lol. He has no idea how much his PS3 cost because his mummy bought it for him.

[Tontus]

The PC version does lack depth of field. tordavis obviously doesn't know what they're talking about, console games have had good DOF effects for years now, it's not exclusive to powerful PC's, the only areas the PC outdoes consoles in terms of graphics is anti-aliasing, resolution and sometimes tessellation (when done well). Considering how much more powerful a good PC can be the games don't look much better than the best on 6/7 year old consoles, I guess this upsets PC gamers who wasted all that money on only marginally better visuals when they could have just bought a console and had access to the best games in the industry which are mostly not available on PC.

[Sarcasm]

Of course someone like you who has never played on a good spec PC would say something like this.

All I can say is that the console versions of Battlefield 3 looked like complete @$$ compared to the PC version.

You don't have a single clue on what you're talking about.

[diefor]

Grear work Square Enix.

[meetajhu]

PS3 version looks like crap. I don't know why all Ps3 games have washed out colours

[BiggCMan]

There are a few options in the PS3's video settings that take care of the washed out look, not many people seem to know about them but when switched, everything becomes much sharper. I guarantee you that any comparisons from any websites never have these options changed.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[MaxXAttaxX]

PS3 version looks great and is FAR from being washed out.
Its dynamic range allows your TV's own contrast, color and brightness preset to not "damage" the overall picture.
Your TV will not display a flat image. So even though a noob's eyes may be tricked, more contrast does not equal better picture.

On the other hand, why is the 360 version so damn dark? It loses detail in dark areas.
And why is the PC version like depth of field (from these pics)?

[Lovable]

@Nathan

How is the game? I'm very much intrigued by this

[MaxXAttaxX]

Best hand-to-hand combat in an open world game of its kind.
Decent third-person shooting mechanic.
The driving is great.
The flow of story is great.

[JellyJelly]

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

A more in-depth comparison than just screenshots of cut-scenes.

"On Microsoft's system, Sleeping Dogs adopts a native 1200x720 presentation, with an 80-pixel horizontal upscale to 720p, while on the PS3 we're looking at a much lower 1152x640, which has more severe implications with regards to overall image quality."

"Generally there are lower levels of screen-tear on the Xbox 360 too. Conversely, the tearing can be quite unsightly on the PS3, with the tear-line moving up and down the screen creating a juddering effect, and this isn't helped by the more variable frame-rate which drops lower - and for longer."

"The Xbox 360 game appears to enjoy higher-resolution normal maps and textures (top) and has less aggressive LODs, as you'll see in the bottom shots."

And so on. Seems like the PS3 version is gimped. This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone anymore looking at 3rd party console games.

[MaxXAttaxX]

60 lines less? Sorry. Couldn't tell the difference while actually playing the game on a TV.

Only thing noticeable was how dark the 360 version is and how any detail in dark areas is lost.
This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone anymore looking at 3rd party games.

[PersonMan]

NathanExplosion: I see what you did there ;-)

[JamieL]

@ NathanExplosion
I bet $100 that if it was the PS3 version that came out on top you would be able to tell the difference, and LOL at your "lost detail in the dark spots", spin. You guys are nothing if not entertaining. Keep trollin, trollin,trollin.

[StreetsofRage]

Nice info jelly. Your 11 disagrees proves their are butt hurt sony boys here. Facts are facts!

[MaxXAttaxX]

Nope, still wouldn't be able to tell much of a difference.

However, the darkness level is no spin. Look at these screenshots. 360 version is full of black crush. And your TV will most likely increase the contrast.

[JamieL]

@ NathanExplosion
I think it looks just fine. Nope, don't see it as a problem at all.

[Dreamer09]

PC always wins.

[HammadTheBeast]

You don't say.

[DwightOwen]

5 people need LASIK surgery for Christmas.

[Freakazoid2012]

Could be or it could be that they remember how lazy some devs have been. He did PC always wins and not PC almost always wins.

Rage comes to mind as an example.
Any Ubisoft game is another.
What about a PC/PS3/360 comparison on Red Dead Redemption? I know its not on PC at all but that is kind of the point
I'm sure I could find more if I looked into it.

While nobody can argue that the PC has the potential to be the best, a lot of developers this gen have also been sloppy in their work

[HD_GAMER1989]

@ zoid2012 ummm i guess you havent played assassins creed on pc with 1080p, everything on ultra and with AA maxed aswell as AF maxed. IT kicks the crap out of console versions however all versions have crappy facial graphics.

[Imikida]

Pc may win in graphics, but lack a lot of other things. Rockstar games come on console first and sometimes don't even make it to pc, plus pc doesn't have some of the good exclusives like uncharted, little big planet, gears of war, and so on. No disrespect towards pc I'm just pointing out that pc isn't perfect either.

[SeekDev]

PC has tons of exclusives, a lot more than you apparently think, and a lot of them are equally as good (I won't say better because I enjoy both my PS3 and PC). Dota 2, Total War series, Star Craft 2, Amnesia: The Dark Descent [ I <3 Frictional Games ].

Rockstar games are not the entire gaming industry ;)

[pr0digyZA]

Anyway we are already seeing a change with Rockstar as Max Payne 3 (PC easily the best and released soon after consoles) pointed out. So if thats the quality we can expect from GTA 5 then its gonna be all roses and dx11.

[HD_GAMER1989]

I love my ps3 exclusives but if i had the choice id rather play uncharted or the last of us, killzone on a gaming PC in native 1080p with dx11 and msaaX16 etc...the one thing about pc that pisses me off is having amazing hardware but faulty drivers and poorly optimized games lead to graphics glitches. Im not the greatest with computers i love the graphics benefits but damn the maintenance on pc to make it possible sometimes is a pain in the ass.

[PersonMan]

Just wait until you upgrade the OS on your PC and a bunch of your games break or don't work correctly.. That's always fun.

[chukamachine]

PC wins of course.

But i actually prefer the colour of the PS3 shots.

All good tbh, played the demo on all 3 systems anyway,lol and will be picking it up.

[RedSoakedSponge]

seriously?! i thought the ps3 screens looked really odd in comparison to the other 2.

[StayStatic]

Gonna check out the demo now on PC , didn't know it was available :D

[ChrisW]

Derp, derp, derp! Played on all 3! Derp!!!

[Brosy]

The PS3 version looks washed out as usual.

[FrigidDARKNESS]

The pc and 360 look very similar while the ps3 version easily looking the worst ps3 version looks washed out and less detailed.

[Trenta27]

I have this on Xbox (achievement whore kinda guy) and it looks pretty good, except for the damn pop up. The PC version looks sweet, though.

[slane3]

PS3

[ALLWRONG]

I bet you didn't even look at it

[Xperia_ion]

PC>360>PS3

PS3 version colors look washed out.

[Lugia5000]

nonono ps3 better, because n4g is like that, even with screenshot proof.

[Xperia_ion]

The N4g pond is big and there is plenty for all types of fanboys to swim in.

[TABSF]

These shots don't do PC justice

You really got to experience the game with everything maxed out and high resolution texture pack. Finally AA and 3D vision the game looks really beautiful.

[ninjahunter]

In the middle you have the representation of the:
PC Wins her her her, i definetelly have to say this every article because im insecure and blah blah freaking blah. Crysis looks better.

On the left we have the:
Ehrmegerd, You dont say? OMG so much better than PS3, I am also insecure because the internet recognizes my system as the weakest of the three platforms, and i also still live with my mom.

And on the right:
Ehrmehgerd PC, shut up. you could probably insert a bunch of tech jargon and come to the conclusion these guys know a few words but dont know what any of them mean. :O OMG MOAR Insecure people because they bought supposedly the most powerful platform even though it doesnt show in 90% of games.

Dislike if I offended you by being at least 66% correct!

[Legion]

Dislike only because of the "I know you are but what am I" mentality of throwing a statement at the end insinuating any dislikes automatically makes them support your post.

Childish at best.

[Dms2012]

Why can't developers get there crap together with Ps3 versions? Not that there is much difference, but its been 6 years for cripes sake!

[andibandit]

So what, its not just about how long a product has been on the market. Developers have lives too, and not everybody enjoys programming for 8 spe's

[soundslike]

Why would you take the screenshots during a cutscene...

Sure they are rendered in the engine but still, quite sloppy and uninformative.

[KontryBoy706]

PC Version FTW. This game is truly awesome running maxed out at 60FPS.

[snowman2149]

The 360 visuals are sharper but also a little too dark for my taste, it loses some of the important details and I prefer they way shadows are rendered on the ps3

[josephayal]

Nothing can beat a GAMING PC.. NOTHING

[Dms2012]

except for a better gaming pc .

[AlphaJunk]

PS3 backdrops and litte details like necklaces look horrible even compared to the 360, but what's new?

[taquito]

not to mention they are showing the pc in the same low res as consoles, you should see the game in 1600p, it is astoundingly crisp, blow those console screen up to fill your entire screen and then you get a true view of how grainy and low res the game is on ps3/360

[Parappa]

The game is garbage on all platforms. Just a mediocre True Crime game.

[vega275]

although the pc version looks great. they really need to patch the damn thing. so tired of it crashing because HkShip.exe has stopped working or it keeps freezing up.

[NeoTribe]

Yeah thats the problem with pc, to many complications. Error after error, crash after crash.

[PersonMan]

I can't believe people are disagreeing with you. There are more complications on PC. It isn't all plug and play. You upgrade graphics drivers which sometimes fix some things, but at the same time make older games worse.

On console, you turn it on, stick the disc in and press X on your controller to play (or A depending on which system you're playing).

The hardware has stayed the same the entire generation so you can literally take a game that came out when the PS3 launched, stick it in and play it and experience it the same as if it just came out.

[vega275]

I have no idea why people are disagreeing they have a whole thread about it on steam. I have the PC version but they really need to patch the game. Its still a good game but the problem are really annoying

[fourthpersonview]

The shittiest screen (right image) is obviously PS3

[FreshRevenge]

I say these comparison threads or articles are pretty pathetic. It isn't like you can't adjust the contrast and brightness settings on a TV.I know for dang sure that when I get or if I get it that my game would not look like those pictures. Everyone has a different type of HDTV so it is going to appear different for everyone. No two eyes are alike!

[NastyLeftHook0]

bingo, that's why i never trust lens of truth or eg because its obvious they never use full rgb for the ps3.

[JamieL]

Maybe because you shouldn't have to go f#$k with a bunch of settings to get it to look right on a console. I bet they didn't do it to the 360 version, so why do it to the PS3. This argument never makes sense to me. "But, but, but, if you change all your settings for each and every game it looks a LITTLE better."
I always thought that was a benefit of consoles. Get home, put the disk in, play. Not get home, put the disk in, go to settings and get everything set right, then play. Weak as hell argument. It's not like they do anything to the 360 version and not the PS3 version. That wouldn't be fair, but they don't. It's just a fair comparison, and 360 was better in this case.

[crowsticky1234]

I don't like the fact that some developers don't put that much effort into the PS3 with the capabilities that the PS3 has. There's no way it would look like this. But I don't care that much about graphics, I really care about gameplay. Why do people compare the PC to consoles. Consoles have limitations compared to PCs unless they not high end PCs.

[StreetsofRage]

Sleeper hit to the max. This game is sweeeeeeet. Don't even bother with these comparisons... if you own both consoles, just pick up the 360 version.

[OooHJohnny]

Now ask you why MS doesn't make/buy exlusive IPs anymore for your beloved 360.

[Lvl_up_gamer]

"Now ask you why MS doesn't make/buy exlusive IPs anymore for your beloved 360."

MS doesn't make Exclusive IP's anymore?

So Halo 4 isn't an exclusive IP anymore?
Gears of War Judgment isn't an exclusive IP anymore?
Fable Journey isn't an exclusive IP anymore?
Forza Horizon isn't an exclusive IP anymore?
Steel Battalion isn't an exclusive IP anymore?
all other Kinect titles are no longer an exclusive anymore?
Kinect added features to core titles like Mass Effect 3, Ghost Recon and Skyrim are no longer exclusive to the 360 and Kinect?

I really don't understand your comment. Maybe you need to elaborate more with what you mean.

[Tito08]

@Lvl_up_gamer: Halo 4 is the 6th Halo this gen..
-Gears is an Epic IP, with an exclusive contract, 4th game in the series, same gen...
-Fable Journey is the 4th this gen, if you count the crappy Fable Heroes..
-Forza Horizon is the 4th Forza this gen.
-Steel batallion sucks balls with the use of that useless Kinect crap, sucky combination between Microsoft & Capcom....
-The Kinect features like voice command & that gun upgrades, are things that aren't needed, why would I waste my time using something that is more useless than going to the system's menu..

Obviously you have exclusive IPs, but it's the same IPs over & over, where's:

-Crimson Skies
-Project Gotham
-Killer Instinct
-Kameo
-Rallisport
-Conker
-Milo(LMAO)
-Too Human(crap)

Not only as retail, but some can be XBLA as well, so it is a more known fact they're relying mostly on same IPs & multiplats!!!!

[Lvl_up_gamer]

@ Tito08

Your comment is irrelevant to the argument that OooHJohnny was making.

You even said so yourself that he is incorrect.

"Obviously you have exclusive IPs, but it's the same IPs over & over"

You are looking to make a completely new argument, an argument that has been going on for years now by a certain group of people on this site.

The only ones that seem to complain about the exclusives on the 360 are those that don't own a 360. Judging by your comment where you say "Obviously YOU have exclusive" only confirms my comment that those who complain about the exclusives on the 360 are those in which don't have one.

Yes MS has IP's that were once on the Xbox from last gen not seen this gen but if you noticed, MS would rather release IP's that they know will sell vs. creating new IP's that won't sell eventually leading them into a negative financial position that can be seen with other highly popular console and game makers today.

If 360 owners truly had an issue with the amount of 1st party exclusives on the 360, then nobody would buy the exclusives causing MS to have no other options than to create new IP's. If MS's exclusive IP's continue to be some of the highest selling and reviewed IP's on the market, why would they put aside money making product for products that may not make any money?

[OooHJohnny]

Dumb MS fanboys, 'seems they like to get it in the a$$.

[2v1]

damn is just me or all 3 look the same

[OniXRuleZ]

PC is best, in consoles XBOX 360 takes de cake!! ps3 colors ar not that good!!

[TheKayle]

pc>360>ps3

as always with third party games....

[Bladesfist]

That contrast on the PS3 looks so bad. Really looks over exposed. PC even at that low resolution looks the best.

[Neko_Mega]

360's seems kind of dark, PC seems to have more shadows and PS3 looks about the same as PC but alittle light an lack of the added shadows.

Look at the first pic an you will see for PC a shadow on his neck that doesn't show up one the other two. Thats what I'm talking about.

[_LarZen_]

The demo for the PS3 version is so bad looking it is almost a disaster. When the cut scenes are done in the demo and you start and turn the camera you cant see your face....its just a blury blob.

[abzdine]

PC is far superior but it still looks good on a screen for both 360 and PS3 as long as there is no PC version nearby :D

[BelieveinGhosts]

Square Enix should be ashamed of themselves, they used to be a Playstation exclusive and yet this game look weak on PS3

[greenpowerz]

PS3 is weaker overall. A Japanese, Sony leaning developer didn't gimp the PS3 version on purpose. They were not lazy.

[kB0]

Think before you speak. Using the brain of yours is much more effective than you're E-Penis:)

Please describe the architecture of the ps3 Greenpowerz and I'll take your word for it:) Actually I would also like to hear the 360 architecture while your at it:)

Do you know what an A/C cord is? How about the word "Fan"?

Once you look both those up and your up to speed with Society add the word boy to the second word.

mmmm K?

Yeah mmmm K.

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

In my opinion they are all 3 so close in comparison that I cannot see what makes one better than the other!

Im thoroughly enjoying my expierence with the game on PS3!

[taquito]

pc version of nearly all games are a full generation beyond ps3/360

next gen won't do what pc does today

1600p
16x aa
ssao
dx11
tesselation

[DC1980]

1) PC

2) PS3

3) 360

[BosMa]

Hmmmm

Why not just a "PS3 Vs. Xbox 360 Vs P.c Fanboys flame here"..

Thats all these comparisons do..

Unless those who have a p.c want ps3 or xbox want p.c etc something like this makes no sense to me, never does and never will.. Even if the comparison is supposed to support this well people buy p.c's by researching specs, not side by side pics, if people own a ps3 or xbox 360 they pretty much made up their mind as to what console to own based on personal pref..

I mean really, if a sire needs a "filler" than im sure myself and many other readers can slap something more "appealing" together..

But it brings hits and comments, so it will continue im guessing.

[OniXRuleZ]

Xbox Rulez!! after pc !!

[FreshRevenge]

well I can see that the majority here are PC gamers so there is the bias right there! The stench of fanboyism is so high here. Of course PC gamers would enjoy to bash the consoles brand! The War will never be over, people are just trained to insult and be stupid!

[HmongAmerican]

I thought the age of game comparison already over. We're in 2012 for god sake.

[OniXRuleZ]

people that compare consoles against top modern pc are fools, they need to compare againts 6 years old hardware pc, ps 3 and xbox 360 will kick there but, ya the console hardware is old but i like it more, i just need to put the DVD or BLUE RAY and thats it, no need to get whorry with ram, grafics, etc.... and i can play split screen up to 4 friends on my 80 ing LED TV, personaly i use my power full pc to play games like BF3 campain, and crysis 1 and 2, and any other beautiful game just to see is true potencial, sometimes i buy the same game twice, like i just said one for the pc to see is true potencial, and another for XBOX 360 to play with my friends....

[InklingGirl]

As always PC > 360 > PS3 in terms of visuals.

[Heavenly King]

Not lately:

In this game, if you look carefully, the PS3 has less jaggies than the 360 version.

[pr0digyZA]

Love the look of the game, wish they did a proper comparison with actual gameplay

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[Nes_Daze]

Nerds arguing over which version looks better, if any difference you can tell while PLAYING the game would be on the PC, pathetic kids.

[Heavenly King]

The PS3 has less jaggies than the 360 version.
The 360 version looks darker than the PS3 version.
The PC, as always, looks better than both, but not by much.