IGN Review Claims GTA IV PS3 Superiority

IGN Review: "Past GTA titles have had mild-to-serious framerate issues and technical glitches, because the games were trying to do far more than the PlayStation 2 could handle. While GTA IV is pushing the PS3 and 360 to the limit, it also runs amazingly well. Sure, there are framerate hitches here and there and (particularly on 360) there is some texture pop-in, but it actually runs better than I expected. That a game with great AI, an awesome physics engine and a detailed open world runs so well and with such short load times is a technical marvel. For that, I can forgive framerate issues and some noticeable aliasing."

Although the IGN reviewer tries to be more democratic and not blatantly say it, this seems to confirm Sam Housers, IGN, GamesRadars, whatifgaming.com, EDGE Magazines Review comments that the PS3 version runs smoother, has less AA issues, virtually no pop-in and has stronger colour creation.

However, it must be remembered that all publications insist that these issues on the 360 are negligible and the game is "one of the best games ever seen" on both systems.