Can the leap to next-gen graphics be this drastic? [PICS]

"If you take the graphics of current gen games like, say, Uncharted and Mass Effect and compare them with the best looking previous gen games like Resident Evil 4, you'll realize what a drastic jump the visuals department has taken over the years. It may not have been apparent as time went by, but now that you look back at it, you realize just how much graphics in games have improved. And while many of us believe that next-gen games won't look significantly, we think that as time goes by, we'll realize that, yet again, games have taken a huge leap as a visual medium. Below we have two images that show how big the jump between current gen games and next gen games could be, in terms of visuals. It's all hypothetical, of course, but you should still have a look at it."

[fluffydelusions]

Depends mostly on what price point Sony/MS want to release at and also at what time. The longer the way the cheaper better hardware will be.

[ATi_Elite]

BF3 PC, Metro Last Light, and Crysis DX11 look like that now!

I'm eager to see what consoles will do next gen but any console over $400 is asking WAY TOO much when compared to a $500 PC of today.

Sure consoles can better utilize their hardware and get better performance through optimization by it being all the same specs all the time.........

but at some point the consoles are gonna have to offer up something innovative to distinguish themselves more prominently from the PC.

I'm hoping every Next Gen Console game (Xbox720/PS4) looks way better than Crysis 1 PC but more importantly I'm looking forward to what innovations and add ons that the consoles will have to get Console Gamers excited about consoles again and not just better graphics.

Console Exclusives = check
Better graphics = check
something else = ?

will it be better kinect/Move games, more cross platform play, or some new feature. Just gotta wait till E3 2012.

As an Exclusive PC Gamer i'm excited to see what Next Consoles will bring to the table.

[Mrmagnumman357]

Totally agree with everything but crysis 2 DX11, i dont know why, but it just looks very cartoony to me... but BF3, Metro last light, and modded crysis 2 DX11, are incredible, and the night levels of C2 look amazing either way.

[honkyjesus]

*insert PC elitist comment

[Colwyn]

I want very powerful consoles next gen so I'm expecting to pay a premium. I wouldn't mind paying £500 just as long as it can run games like bf3 on ultra for pc and better. People can't expect very powerful hardware and want it to be cheap. I work and gaming is my hobby so I don't mind buying something I like. My mobile phone which I normally change every year or so almost cost as much. To each his own, if someone wants weak hardware then they should buy older hardware from years ago or buy a Nintendo

[nepdyse]

A gtx-580 alone costs $500, consoles aren't getting that kind of graphics not for a long long time lmao. Agree with me or not its the truth. That being said you don't need a 580 to play bf3 on ultra, since console players don't mind playing at sub-HD resolutions and 30fps.

[cannon8800]

That's not always true though. They might take a longer time to make sure their console is in perfect working order and still keep the original hardware that they were working with, and then come out with a cheaper product. Or they could be taking their sweet time for new tech to come out so they can utilize it on their console and still come up with an expensive product.

[cannon8800]

@fluffydelusions

That's not always true though. They might take a longer time to make sure their console is in perfect working order and still keep the original hardware that they were working with, and then come out with a cheaper product. Or they could be taking their sweet time for new tech to come out so they can utilize it on their console and still come up with an expensive product.

[Knight_Cid]

I hope not. Costs are insane enough as it is

[iamtehpwn]

It really needs to be atleast close to that in order to impress, honestly. I don't want just a smoother looking version of PS3/360 games.

But at the same time with dev. costs are already a fortune, is it even plausible to make games that look like that?

[KillerPwned]

I would say more likely to see this type of stuff on PC way before any console comes to these standards.

Battlefield 3, GTA4 (modded), and The Witcher 2 as examples of just the beginning of the next gen.

I believe that this upcoming next gen is gonna be more about innovation then graphical power of the consoles.

[TheGameFoxJTV]

Funny thing is that the witcher 2 runs on 9, and still looks DAMN amazing which makes it a current gen game, that looks next gen. I can almost max it on a 2006 260GTX XD

[KillerPwned]

I max it out with ubersampling with a MSI GTX 560-Ti Hawk Edition and it looks fantastic. To just be running on stock without any mods and such a early version of DX is amazing.

[PersonMan]

How about we just get games that are more fun? Seems like better graphics lead to shorter games with uninteresting plots.

[Drummerdude41]

I could really care less about the visuals to be honest. The only thing i would care about for future consoles is how much more the interpreters on the system can handle to give better physics, AI and more depth to a game. In my eyes photo realistic graphics is just another form of art. Like a tattoo people aren't gonna freak out if each one doesn't look like someone smacked a life like image on you. It's more about the skill and technique used to make each one a masterpiece. Just my opinion though cause some people reeeeally do care about graphics that make their eyes bleed!

[-Gespenst-]

Ah who cares, just look out your window if you want to see some really good graphics. Just make us some fun games with good stories.

[Mrmagnumman357]

All I can say is Metro last light, and BF3. Pc games will look like this next gen, console games probably not. Also, metro last light getting delayed till 2013, is the best news pc gamers could get, it means they are going to push the pc version to insane heights that look close to cgi, just like the trailer they showed, and the train sequence with the incredible physics. Although i really wanted to play it this year, it will be worth the wait, because knowing 4A games, the pc version will set the new benchmark, and will have mindblowing graphics, and the same great gameplay from metro 2033

[ElementX]

Is it just me or are speculation articles a waste of time?

[Ck1x]

There is no way in hell the next gen systems will produce fully lit, animated and detailed characters and envirionment as these images, all the while implimenting great physics as well. They may utilize some great visual trickery and multi layering techniques with textures and all. but u wont see 20 characters all running around as detailed as these in these pics...

[kesvalk]

when will ppl stop thinking about graphics and start thinking about AI, live worlds and multi-genre games? i am ok with PS3 graphics if the games boasts smarter and more interactive NPCs/Worlds and have the option to play in more than one way...

[MasterD919]

They look great in comparison to this gen but even then I think we are cheating ourselves and only lining up for disappointment.

A $700-$800 console won't sell too well right now and I doubt that's where we are headed.

[honkyjesus]

Can they look like screenshots for Rage released in 2007?

[zero_cool]

Science is unique in that its methods demand not only that the ideas proposed be tested and replicated, but everything science comes up with is also inherently falsifiable. In other words, unlike religion and politics, science has no ego, and everything it suggests accepts the possibility of being proven wrong eventually. It holds on to nothing and evolves constantly.”

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