Lens of Truth - Head2Head: EA Sports MMA - Demo Screenshot Cpmparison

Lens of Truth writes "The demo that all MMA fans have been waiting for has finally arrived. The highly anticipated EA SPORTS MMA demo is now available on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Now that the demo has arrived, we decided it was the perfect time to see which version is dominating the octagon so far. Below we revel some differences between these two fighters with some roll-overs images we gathered throughout the demo. Enjoy!"

[RudeSole Devil]

Wow the differences are clear.

[T9X69]

You know, when I played the 360 demo this morning when it first launched, I was like WOW these graphics are pretty impressive, I can't wait to see what it looks like on PS3. Then I played the PS3 version, and was like WTF is looks worse lol. To be honest, if I never played the demos, and only seen these screens and they didn't have the console logos on them, I would have thought the 360 version would be the PS3 version, that's how much better it looks.

[Bricks]

This is exactly why EA butters up PS3 gamers with the lure of Limited Editions and Extra Content. It's to make up for the sloppy job that they know they're going to do. I dont understand why they cant just take the time to make both versions identical.

[edhe]

You must have your head buried to not realise that the 360 nigh-on always has the better looking multiplatform releases.

Which is why Bricks is right - you get extra free stuff instead of a well performing game.

[paintsville]

Well I think that the clear differences that we're seeing here in these two games is due to the fact that the ps3 verstion may be using QAA and the reduced specular maps are probably due to the ps3's memory architecture which usually makes it difficult to render this kinda of texture, alpha, and the like. Still looks great on ps3 and most people that own a ps3 will never be playing it side by side with the 360 version.

[corneliuscrust]

People can argue what looks best in a perfect world all day long. This helps to make the decision for multi console owners... but at the end of the day, no one is going to play the two side by side except to pick apart these kinds of differences

Enjoyment of the game in any case will not be affected whatsoever.

[donkeydoo]

The Xbox 360 looks much better. EA blew this one.

[Sea_Man]

Freaking games look the same... Take your Xbox glasses off!!

[Nitrowolf2]

i am not even a 360 fanboy and i can tell that the 360 version looks better. It isn't noticable in movement but in still shots you can notice there are more details on the skin of the character then on the ps3 version. Also in some shots it would appear the ps3 version looks like it has some blur or something.

[Shogun Master]

I am sucker for the 360's spec mapping power. The game looks great.

[fantasygamer]

3rd party developers need to stop using quincunx on PS3 for anti aliasing that's what causes the blur effect on the textures and its awful looking.

[wsoutlaw87]

your definately wrong and being crazy but none of these differences make the slightest difference when playing and will not make me upset i have the ps3 version.

[ChineseDemocracy]

4 years later, and we're still seeing sloppy ports.

I find it incredibly pathetic that these guys can't get their sh*t together.

[T9X69]

Which is why my PS3 is used for exclusives only :)

That way I know the quality will great, and not have to take chances if there isn't a demo.

[niceguywii60]

It's PS3's hardware not sloppy ports the devs simply did not downgrade the graphics so the PS3 would be on par. Devs for a while catered to the lowest common denominator(PS3) by holding back 360 advantages or using PS3 as a lead eliminating the PS3 struggles with the 360 advantages to begin with.

Now the market is too competitive so developers make the best product they can disregarding PS3's lack of a ability to match the 360 due to competing games.

It's happening more due to the increased developer competition and the games and engines becoming more advanced.

I'd like to see Sony's PS3 developers and game engines on the 360(exclusives) to see the improvements. The more Sony developers come to the 360 the more you will see this Enslaved being the start.

The 360 is clearly the winner, lower resolution, missing detail and washed out color plus inferior lighting could have been much worse the devs did a good job considering the PS3's hardware.

If MSFT had more 1st party devs with powerful game engines tailored for the 360 instead of defacto multi platform engines the myth of the PS3 being more powerful would never have existed.
Of course MSFT started out trying to earn 3rd party support for the long haul when it comes to the 360 using multi platform engines and Sony started out trying to Shock and awe their way to the top using inhouse tools with the PS3.

[GamerSciz]

If you are suggesting that because of the hardware PS3 won't get as good looking as 360 then your the blind one. Truth is PS3 is better in some areas and 360 in others. However, the processing power of the PS3, when utilized properly, helps make up for the loss in graphics so in the end I would call it a winner. Look at the PS3 exclusive vs 360 exclusive. What games keep being known for Graphics king on consoles? Killzone 2, Uncharted and Uncharted 2, MLB 10 The Show, and of course Gran Turismo 5. Don't believe me? Check the images below. I dare you to find a single 360 game that looks better then even KZ2 let alone GT5. Oh and don't forget, KZ3 is looking even better...

All comprised of gameplay footage...

KZ2: http://blog.seattletimes.nw...

Uncharted: http://image.com.com/gamesp...

Uncharted 2(beat this..): http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3...

MLB 10 The Show: http://img651.imageshack.us...

GT5: http://www.gtpla.net/wp-con...

KZ3: http://gamers-underground.c...

However, here the 360 screens do look better.

[wsoutlaw87]

@T9X69 those little defferences make that big of a deal for you?

@niceguywii60 do you actually believe your self when you talk

[ArthurLee]

Unfortunately, it will most likely be like this for the remainder of the generation with any game less then "AAA" status. If EA (one of the biggest companies around) can't get it right then none of em will. And I don't even like EA.

[Hallmark Moment]

PS3 exclusives would be higher rez and run better on 360 and have better color not to mention more detail. Stop with the port excuses it doesn't matter if the game is ported to PS3 or if the game was lead on PS3 then ported to the 360. It doesn't matter if a game is developed simultaneously with each platform being its own lead. Don't reply to me posting FF13 excuses that game was in development for PS3 for years then slapped together at the last minute on the 360.

Again don't dig a a game or two like FF13 defending PS3 when there has been close to a hundred other games rendering your defense and point moot.

[Information Minister]

@ hallmark -
Can you, in your infinite wisdom, prove that any PS3 game would look better on the 360? You seem to know more than all the devs who actually make the games, so why don't you show us something to back up your claims? And how do you explain that the best looking console games are on the PS3? You say that FFXIII was slapped together at the last minute for the 360 and that's why it looks worse? And you really believe the same thing doesn't happen on the PS3 even more often? Bayonetta renders your defense and point moot.

The fact is that a radically different hardware architecture like the one on PS3 needs a radically different software coding to work. Just look at Ninja Gaiden 2 and the extensive re-engineering it got for the PS3. Do all devs have the budget or talent for such a task? Absolutely not, and that's were Microsoft did things really really right. If a game engine is developed for a PC-style architecture, it will nearly always look better on the 360.

[edhe]

not sure if it's a shame or just funny that people still think the ps3 is the better platform after all the years of proof otherwise.

Yes the ps3 is holding back the 360 as companies spend more and more investment trying to make their version up to par on the ps3 instead of expanding what they can do on the 360 which is already more performant than games which are, from the start, led on ps3!

You'd think after 4 years, at least 2 leading on ps3 and with the 'superior tech' that the prophecy would eventually come true but no, it hasn't. The 360 is still the better games console.

[Ju]

Hm, yep. All those ps3 exclusives would run better with higher res and more effects on the 360. That's why we see all those 360 exclusives which don't need to care to be compatible with the PS3 which blow those PS3 exclusives out of the water. Hm...like...give me a sec...hm...Alan Wake ? Oh, sh!t 540p... /s

[n4gno]

Niceguy360, edhe, halmark (what a joke, despite all ps3 exclusives with far better graphics and technic than anything else on 360, they are believing that the 360 can compete) and others clowns trolliars are in full force each time a ridiculous screenshots comparisons article come (game in movement, with same hdmi and set up just look the same, or a little worst sometine for one or other).

Just accept the fact you are playing the inferior hardware, with way less great exclusives, no free online, no good motion controlers, no 3D, etc and comeback to reality with us.

by the way, it's really funny and pathetic to see each time the same donkeys crying "victoryyyyy" for ridiculous screenshots differences from crappy games (please santa claus, buy them a ps3, with just uncharted 1, they have to quit their imaginary world, only the biggest retards are talking in 2010 like before 2007) :)

[edhe]

"Just accept the fact you are playing the inferior hardware, with way less great exclusives, no free online, no good motion controlers, no 3D, etc and comeback to reality with us. "

Inferior hardware which touts better performance.. so not inferior.
Less great exclusives... well that's just down to taste so being opinion, and not fact, it's not arguing. What i will say about it though is that the 360 exclusives are always breaking new ground, and not just graphically. Coop gameplay, game playback, GUI removal .. and that's just gears/halo/fable.
Kinect will be the more successful vs Move and the 360 does do 3d.

Oh yeah and my online service is bleeding edge for a console, can use it from the web, extends to all my friends on the web via msn and delivers streamed 1080p films whenever i feel like it.

Now come back to reality yourself, thanks.

[Soul Train]

Holy MMA! I'm not saying anything, the differences are clear.

[Joe Bomb]

EA sucks...three years and they can't make a decent port.

[donkeydoo]

There are multiple EA branches and EA Tiburon usually has sloppy ports.

[ArthurLee]

"EA sucks...three years and they can't make a decent port."
and they have like a BAZILLION Dollars!!!!

[Shogun Master]

The sweat looks almost as bad as WWE Legends of WrestleMania. Not good EA.

[Tempjf]

Which in this case EA!!!

[Iceballs]

Well it no Mafia II or Bayonetta but it still kind of sad to see such a drastic difference so many years after these two systems have been out.

[edhe]

The common denominator in it all is always the ps3 ;)

[Tempjf]

You know I'm glade to see some sites actually take sports games into consideration for these comparisons. Unlike the popular Xbox fanboy site Digital Foundry. Every non hardcore gamer plays sports games.. Watch go to your work tomorrow and ask every dude you know if they play games. The non hardcore guys that don't want to look like loosers will say " yeah man I love Madden". It's actually amusing!

[wsoutlaw87]

ya it definatly has nothing to do with liking football cuz that wouldn't make sence. But you man, your way too "hardcore" and bad ass for sports, its crazy.

[Joe Bomb]

Me too, obviously all sports game are not the same.

[SilverSlug]

Not that I was going to buy it. I like the sharper look, instead of the soft look. Other than that they are the same.

We will see how the final product looks like.

But in the end, does it matter? I mean, is anyone going here going to purchase the game?

[Fishy Fingers]

EA mulitplats seem to jump all over the place, this time it seems to have "jumped in".

[Baron79]

I really don't get it.

[hackersdelight]

I was just wondering what a cpmparison is? Is this a new way to analyze the differences between the platforms.

[RudeSole Devil]

Yea that's the UK way of saying comparison.

[Tempjf]

Are you serious? Ohhh I see your new to the site. looks like you joined yesterday....... Interesting...

[hackersdelight]

What does it matter when I joined? Are you some sort of internet stalker. You seem like the type that wouldnt even give a reach around. Professionalism is what I'm all about... Sherlock Holmes

[Tempjf]

I just like to track the idiots that come here and know nothing about the gaming industry... People who are more interested in Fu#king grammar then games.. Keep eating them bananas. Monkey!!

[wsoutlaw87]

no ones impressed. wow you know about gaming, good for you. this is f***ing n4g, your not the only one. if the guy wants to come here thats fine. who gives a sh**.

[come_stains]

Comes to a gaming site to comment on grammar... That's funny..

[GoldPS3]

360 version is slightly better but I don't care. I'm not getting this game anyway. UFC is better. EA sports have suck this gen.

[Freshnikes]

Who in their right mind..analysis a game that close..these gotta be the worst articles on n4g..and let me tell you they're a lot of them...but come on son...even if the ps3 was a little better or da 360..I don't know cause I'm not bout to eye fuck my iPad but Who sits that close to the tv to inpect every detail...give it a rest let's talk about the gameplay ....I'm thinking about getting an mma game is this better then ufc...u know shit that matters..

[Tempjf]

Once again another moron who doesn't get it. Dude if you own both systems and a game comes out on both consoles aren't you the least bit curious as to which version is better. Don't you want to spend your $60 on the version that delivers the most punch for the buck? Or I guess money is no issue for someone in your stature?

[colonel179]

Move along!.. This generation has been all about hating the PS3. Developers just don't care, even though Sony has proven over and over again with the best looking games this generation.

Last gen everybody hated on Nintendo for their own reasons, so I guess it's like every gen we have to have something to hate. So who you think is going to be next gen?

[T3MPL3TON]

It'll be Sony again.

[T3MPL3TON]

Look like a whole lot of butt hurt Sonykids. It's just proof yet again that companies will take the time to use what the have with the 360 but not with the PS3. Sonykids lose again.

Anyway. Played the demo this game is gonna be trash. 3Punch Ko'd the AI on Hard three times in a row.

[stonecold3]

games like tekken 6 and gta and final fantasy 13 was another example

[Soul Train]

You obviously missed Halo Reach then, and no I'm not just talking about graphics.

[edhe]

How does the 360 hold gaming back when it's the ps3 that gets the sloppy versions?

I'll give you one of many examples of why the ps3 has been holding back gaming this gen and that's just the Cell - they've forced developers to take breaks from developing games and re-encode their engines in order to make their games run on new CPU concepts. *That* held back many a game. Even forced a few to go exclusive to avoid the loss.

Instead of making games they're making tools! Then there's the different way of double-encoding data into the bluray so there's no extensive loading times - again unique time spent on the ps3 port to make it technically work instead of *making the game*.

Check your facts.

[Soul Train]

Looks aren't everything man. Don't get me wrong Killzone 2 LOOKS incredible, but the game itself really sucks.

[xg-ei8ht]

niceguywii60

Man you never surprise me, it's all good i suppose.

Firstly concerning the two versions.

Textures,lighting,normal mapping are all the same.

QAA is all the difference is, and put the game on your tv and you would not notice it. On my tv KILLZONE 2 is sharp as hell. You only notice qaa in screenshots.

Put them side by side on tv, you'd be very hard pressed to notice.

You second comment was ROFL. Unreal engine for enslaved. Thats the only reason it runs slightly better on 360 and the reason why it was the chosen engine, as it performs good on both platforms, but slightly better on 360.

Once again though, your arguing over multi's being 1% better on the 360 and not all the time.

BFBC2 was better on PS3, and yes i had both versions.

I know you really want people to care about 1% of graphics improvement, but they don't.

[Elite_737]

Normal maps, textures, and specular maps are NOT the same thing.

Texture is basically the image.

Normal maps can fake bumps and curvs in a polygon, without having to put in extra details in actual polygons.
http://amber.rc.arizona.edu...
http://amber.rc.arizona.edu...
Just look at those pictures, it shows how applying a normal map can emulate the detail of the high polygon meshes. The first link doesn't have a normal map, and the second is with a normal map applied.

I'm not going to go into detail about all the other "maps", but this just shows you that they are different.

[Gamingskills]

How do you know that QAA is being used and if it was I'm sure they would have mentioned it I would take a website that has experience over yours any day. I am tired of hearing of the excuse that QAA is blurring the images of PS3 games when 9 times out of 10 the Xbox 360 multi plat games always have sharper images, it's been 3 years and and multi plat games still run better and look better on Xbox 360 save a few! FACT! Also the problem is not so called lazy devs but time constrants! I'm sure if devs had more time they probably could make the game more compareable on both platforms but thats not the case they have deadlines and we all know the Xbox 360 is easier to program for. Now exclusives on the PS3 on the other hand are in development for many years so everything can be finetuned and the game is not normally released until, so hence the many delays we see with PS3 games. Don't blame the devs blame time!

[lonix]

like youre going to notice the difference while your playing

these fighting games suck anyway

[Elite_737]

In this case, the 360 has better textures, specular maps, normal maps, and better anti-aliasing.

Ps3 looks like it's using Quincunx Anti-Aliasing on the ps3, which is commmon in most Multiplat games. It basically does the same thing as 2X MSAA, except it doesn't target specific polygon edges, so the effect just blurs the whole image, instead of blurring polygon edges like 2x MSAA does.

Since MLAA (REALLY GOOD AA) is now apart of the PS3 SDK, expect a lot more ps3 games to have the better anti aliasing.

For intance, just look at God of War 3, not a jaggy to be found.
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z...

Also, the MLAA runs off the Cell's Spus (really fast, faster than MSAA on a GPU), so that would free up room for the GPU to allow higher res textures, spec maps, ect.

[lucifon]

I wouldn't really say the differences are substantial, but noticeable when put side to side.

Whats disappointing is just how much of a letdown this game is :( Looks like UFC2010 will hold the MMA gaming crown until next year.

[writersblock]

But be honest, who is going to be paying close enough attention to notice this?

T9X69 you troll, obviously you couldnt spot the difference immedietly. Slight lighting changes and different sweat looks SO MUCH WORSE?

shutup

[divideby0]

If EA is happy with the diff. between the games, they should fire everyone and start to make games on the consoles which are the same.
Clearly EA PS3 games can be better.
Just EA being lazy

[Sea_Man]

It's actually a fun game.