Gamespot - PS3 vs Xbox 360 Graphics Comparison

Gamespot says: We're now getting onto our fifth installment of this feature, and with every passing year the differences between the consoles continue to melt away. When we first started this feature, the differences between some versions of games were astounding. Fight Night Round 3 looked drastically better on the Xbox 360 with its improved lighting and shadowing effects. The following year, the graphics on both platforms got considerably more even--Oblivion even looked better on the PlayStation 3. Every subsequent comparison pretty much ended the same, with the Xbox 360 getting the benefit of slightly higher-resolution textures and other marginal improvements that wouldn't be noticed unless the images were put side by side. We'll see if the trend holds true with some of the best games from this year.

[NotSoSilentBob]

It is sad that GameSpot has to do these kind of things to get hits. I can guarantee that if they got the XCM/controller converter for each system and then did a comparison no one YES NO ONE would be able to tell the differences. Games stopped verses Games in motion are 2 different things.

And as it has been stated before, who cares about Multiplats? Yes I know 360 fans only care about it. Let exclusives and I mean FULL EXCLUSIVES not console exclusives speak for the system.

I find it funny how so long ago 360 fans were saying how their system was so much more powerful then ps3 yet now many media outlets are claiming they are the same when it is well known that the ps3 in theory has more power, but it takes more to get it out for everyone to see.

[kaveti6616]

Graphics are not really a reflection of the power of the hardware. At least, not anymore. The 360 has been lauded for being easy to develop for. The PS3 has been lauded by its first party developers for being great to work with. So who cares, really? Let the 360 have the slightly better multiplatform games. I'm down with that. The PS3 gets really great-looking exclusives, but more importantly, PS3 exclusives can get more content on one disc. That's really a plus because a developer always wants to fit their game onto one disc, and with the PS3, they don't have too worry too much about size. The 360 hardware has the advantages of being so easy to develop for that the developers can churn out great looking games for less cost.

Look at Gears of War 2. That only cost Epic 12 million dollars to produce. Graphically, the game looks excellent. The single player campaign is also very fun. I love the level where they get swallowed up by the giant worm. The only thing that sucks is the multiplayer, and that has to do with Epic's retarded decisions in that aspect.

So, in conclusion, both consoles have their advantages. PS3 has its pros and cons, and 360 has its pros and cons. No one should really care, but they'll still talk sh!t anyway.

[thorstein]

to simply put them both on the same TV at the same time. Use picture in picture and take a pic of the screen that way. Simple, easy, and no BS. (of course, this will only lead to photoshop edits).

[Sunny_D]

They both seem exactly the same in a lot of these pics. I never realized how good AC2 looked.

[Saaking]

Isn't this unfair for the 360? It has no chance of winning. Oh, they use MULTIPLATS instead o using exclusives. That's just cheap.

[-Alpha]

Gamespot has been doing multiplatform comparisons for a long time.

It makes no sense to compare exclusives because there is little to complain. You are making a criticism away from the context of the comparison. The point is to compare multiplatforms, so telling them to compare exclusives is irrelevant and nonsense.

It would be hard to compare exclusives because PC would win each and every time too ;)

[Saaking]

Yes, PC would destroy consoles and it probably always will; however, if you compare exclusives (which take full advantage of each system) you can get a better idea of what a console is capable therefore comparing them is a better idea.

Compare GeOW2 to UC2 (both TPS) and you'll see which console can do more. Or compare GT5 to Forza 3. Or KZ2 and Halo. See my point? Multiplats run better on the 360 becuase it's easier to program for, therefore there's no point in comparing. Especially when PS3 exclusives looks miles better than these multiplats.

[kaveti6616]

I wouldn't say that Gears of War 2 is an accurate reflection of the Xbox 360's hardware power, for one reason

Gears 2 runs on the Unreal Engine 3, which is NOT a custom engine for the 360. It's not built from the ground up to take full advantage of the 360 hardware. Uncharted 2 is built from a custom engine that uses 100 percent of the SPUs and does so efficiently, according to ND.

The fact that they are both TPS games is not enough to say that you can compare them. And I would also say, as an opinion, Naughty Dog is more competent at leveraging the strengths of the hardware and optimizing their engine code, whereas Epics engine is really just a versatile middleware cash cow that has technical issues.

Sad to say that I don't think Microsoft has any competent first party developers to really make a great engine for the 360. I was hoping on the X engine, but that may have just been a rumor.

[deadreckoning666]

Lol, graphics are good but gameplay is infinetly more important. Look at Modnation Racers and Demon Souls. Graphics are only impressive the first couple of times you play a game then you get used to them, then gameplay is what holds you until the end of it.

I woulda traded a San Andreas sized city for GTA4, even if the graphics had to be downgraded a little.

@Saaking- Why would they compare exclusives? Everyone ALREADY knows that the PS3 is more potential on the graphics front however this comparison is meant to show the difference of multiplatform games. Since multiplatform games make up 80% of the games on the market then it is these games that ultimately decide which system has the better graphics in a sense.

[Raf1k1]

I don't mind checking out graphics comparisons but this is more of an AC2 graphics comparison between the two consoles.

A proper console vs console comparison would use the games that show what each console is capable of wouldn't it?

[itisa]

In other related news:

Gamespot:"Uncharted 2 won Best Graphic(Technical).
Other mentionable nominees:Assassins Creed II,...,...,..."

Seriously,what does that tells you?

[Christopher]

Normally I'd go with the 360 on multiplats, but based on those screenshots I actually prefer the PS3. Normally it's the PS3 that's washed out, but this time it's the 360.

Either way, I've started playing AC2 and I gotta say, very disappointed with the body detail. It's like they put all of the effort into clothing/gear and let the faces look like a 4-year-old game underneath.

[BWS1982]

AC2 and MW2 look a bit too bright on PS3 there (to the point that it's probably possible to make them identical by changing the gamma and brightness in settings like that one article did here last month using MW2 video clips, if anyone saw that, they made the 360 and PS3 versions identical by reducing the brightness in game) and 360 had the superior visuals in those...but that's easily fixed by tuning. Same kind of thing with DA:O and Batman AA, they were better on the PS3, darker and more robust, with the PS3 showing richer visuals, but that may or may not be able to be changed in DA:O as I saw some of the textures and even geometry appeared to be different in some of the shots.

I actually like the richer look, whether the 360 or PS3 pumps it out, and would just switch settings to get that look if need be. If I couldn't, oh well, I move on, or maybe get it for PC (or get it there in the first place, like I did with Ghostbusters)

[Anon1974]

How about hardware reliability? Has that changed over the last few years? Where's the articles on that? How about online play? Controllers? Overall console value and features?

I still find it irresponsible that sites like this are choosing to focus on the odd, blurred texture from one version of a game to another when there's real issues out there between the consoles that actually drastically affect gameplay or console choice.

You never see an article these days asking "Hey. For the money, which console provides the most features, and which will last you the longest?" Instead we're constantly bombarded with articles saying "This game looks pretty much identical ACCEPT for 2 fps difference that you'll never notice but we did because we hooked each console up to a PC with a measuring program!"

[pixelsword]

Ohh... riight; it has 16xAA on the PS3; no need to compare a multiplat that pushes the PS3 for once. lol

You can't say "because they're doing the 'best' games of 2009" because if they have AC2 and RE5 on there, they're not doing the best games of 2009.

[PJ]

Everyone that says multiplatform doesn't matter is wrong. Those multiplatform games may as well be 360 exclusives after reading the comparisons and multiplatform is key to any consoles success.

[Flanders]

LOL!

The poor liddle Xbot mod is on a rampage again! I know who you are now dimwit...

[kaveti6616]

Flanders, you ignorant slut...

[deadreckoning666]

Seriously Flanders, wow

On N4G if you make any argument in favor of the PS3 then your a PS3 fanboy

If u make an argument against the PS3 then your a 360 fanboy

The logic here is idiotic. Fighting over which system is "better" is dumb enough, but fanboys don't even know how to determine which side other fanboys are on lol.

[zeeshan]

I have the 360 version and it looks great. After seeing the comparision, I think PS3 one looks better. Overall, a great job done by Ubi!

[mrmikew2018]

I hear you bro, but this really wasn't a comparison. This is more of an personal opinion. I strongly believe the journalist at this site or any for that matter should know better.

[thor]

Wow... they really are looking closely to see differences. If I gave you a random image, I bet you wouldn't be able to say whether or not it's the 360 or PS3 version. The only thing I can see that's different is the contrast which can be adjusted. But judging that the 360 version is superior because if you examine a still image with a microscope you can see that one guy's arm textures are slightly higher resolution? That's pedantry at its most extreme.

[commodore64]

@ thor.

I disagree.
The devil is in the detail, thor.

Most often, it is these details that separate what is 'great' from what is merely 'good'.

For example,
A 'great' University thesis will pay attention to these subtle details.
A 'great' Car will have designers that pay attention to every little detail.
A 'great' videogame will have the same attention to these details as these other examples.

Surely you don't mean to imply that we should stop paying attention to the detail that separates a 'great' multiplat from a 'good' one?
How exactly does that work?
What you are proposing seems to be a double standard which serves to gloss over the observable differences in multiplat games and thereby stagnates the incentive for developers to get the most out of each platform.

In the comparison of screenshots of this article, the 360 shows better texturing, detail etc .. on nearly every screenshot.
This analysis doesn't even consider framerate issues and loading time problems on ps3.

I find it strange to think that ps3 fans seem exceptionally fond of highlighting the superior detail of KZ2 and UC2 at nearly every turn, yet seem EXTREMELY reluctant to acknowledge the superior detail of 360 multiplats.

What's with that?

[DelbertGrady]

Must be fake since teh PS3 isn't winning, right?

Now where are the 'credible' comparisons from those german sites where they can't even capture identical screenshots?

[snoopgg]

would make the time to pay attention to subtle details of how to make a reliable console to play these minute advantages of multiplats on. I wont buy another 360 for these so called mini advantages of details in multplats just to have it crap out like the other two I had.

[Consoldtobots]

"Fight Night Round 3 looked drastically better on the Xbox 360 with its improved lighting and shadowing effects."

this is the biggest bold faced lie I have read this generation and proof that this article isn't worth reading.

[Godmars290]

Just wondering if they mention weather or not most if not all multiplatform titles are 360 builds that use PC friendly tools.

[Dutch Boogie]

Meh we already know which console has the best graphics. Just looks at the exclusives on both consoles and you'll know the answer. Not to mention the one with the highest rated games. Better luck next time M......

[hatchimatchi]

does this really matter? both games look good on their respective system.

[bjornbear]

my point exactly, i don't understand why this happens.

The differences between SNES and Megadrive games was noticable, they had different colour pallates, different graphics over all.

However, in this case, the differences are SO minimal that these articles / these battles about multi plats are almost forced =/

[bjornbear]

lets use logic =)

Multiplat graphical differences + excluisve graphical differences = absolute graphical superiority

PS3 comes out on top.

BUT WAIT! WE CAN'T INCLUDE EXCLUSIVES!! THEY DON'T COUNT!!

Oh well...then i guess the 360 wins =(.../s

Stupid stupid stupid, these multi-plat comparisons never make sense to me =P

[deadreckoning666]

Overall, the 360 wins on multiplats and overall the PS3 wins on exclusives. Multiplatts make up the majority of the market therefore I can use logic as you say to make the argument that the 360 has MORE better looking games than the PS3. Lets be fair here bjornbear. I used BOTH multiplats AND exclusives as you intended. Why should PS3 exclusives put the PS3 over the 360 in regards to graphics when MOST PS3 games are multiplats that look equal to or inferior to their 360 counterparts?

[ApocalypseShadow]

sh!t!

tons(no pun intended...well maybe)of fat chicks or a few hot chicks?

megan fox,jessica alba,hayden panettiere,zoe saldana(star trek)and let's say a hot chick pornstar like jeneveve jolie?or....

monique(female comedian),biggest loser chicks,female hot dog champions and female sumo wrestlers?

what should i pick?lol!

[bjornbear]

sorry to let you down buddy, but everything i wrote down to the "/s" was sarcazm, i never intended on making such a comparison because its STUPID.

Gamers shouldn't care about this stuff, not when the differences are so minimal =/

still nice try ;) next time, notsoblockoftextpleasethanxbye

@ jack- great analogy ;) point is, many gamers here are proud of the 100+ fat chicks xD

[Pika-pie]

I have both versions of AC2 and there is no difference in textures or resolution, the (still) screen shots show this.

The difference is in performance. The PS3 version has a great deal of stuttering and screen tearing and it is bad. Ubi has not done a great job in making use of the different memory structure in the PS hardware.

Im not a 360 fanboy, It is the PS3 version I have played the most and have even got the platinum trophy. I just say what I see.

[Krew_92]

Come on in every single description it says, "As usual the 360 has better textures" Like if they don't even try to look at their own screen caps... Modern Warfare 2 looks identical, Dirt 2 looks identical (but they somehow say the 360 has better textures?) Assassin's Creed 2 look identical but the don't even try to acknowledge a fair view!
Screw these comparisons! They are pointless and unwanted, they just make the gaming community look like rabid Fanboys!

[dirthurts]

I kind of like looking at the comparisons. I own both consoles, so I don't really care who wins. But from a technical standpoint they are interesting. That is if you're interested in computer graphics anyway...but I hate that it's fanboy fuel...

[mrmikew2018]

some media outlets go out of their way to prove that all multi-platforms run better on the 360, but it's just their opinions nothing more.

[DelbertGrady]

And what if they do?

[kneon]

But I think they haven't got the settings right. It appears that in most of the games the XBox is set with too high a brightness level, the colors are all washed out the blacks are definitely not black. Did they think that setting the brightness using in game settings to the same value would produce the same results? I'd be surprised if it did.

I'd like to see a comparison where the brightness is properly calibrated so that both consoles are set as close to the same as possible. As it is I can't say whether I like the PS3 images better because they are better or because the testing methodology was screwed up and in most cases biased towards the PS3 (except MW2, that looked better on the XBox to me)

[ApocalypseShadow]

multiplatform games on ps3 are a non issue for many companies now.the difference is so slight now that if you BLINK,you'll miss it.and only because the systems render differently.

i look at it as inexperience in porting someone else's game.EA had that problem porting valve's game to ps3.and sega had a problem porting platinum's game to ps3 with bayonetta.or the dev trying to make a multiplatform engine work for both.instead of separate engines for both.

but EA has gotten way better making games on ps3 after the fiasco of madden.and soon,you may see platinum games making their own games on ps3 or better ports of their games from sega.and third parties are learning the system being that it was so difficult for some before.that means full steam ahead for the next 7 years.

it only adds to sony's momentum when it comes to ps3.bluray won and is a great benefit to ps3,the system is still more reliable,the exclusive games are rocking,no dev houses have closed at sony,more games are coming,online is STILL FREE....and now multiplatform games are a non issue for sony to worry about.

and it will add to accurate motion control,3D movies,3D games and whatever else sony throws out in 2010.

if you got to pull out a magnifying glass to see the difference,then sony just added another check mark into the POSITIVE COLUMN.

[stonecold1]

dragon age all say hi its a bit silly trying to compare them since 360 holding ps3 gaming development back tekken 6 and final fantasy 13 for example to try to fit some games to fit on a dvd8 and then theres tekken 6 it looks worse than the other version of tekken 1, 2 , 3, 4, tag tekken 5 all 5 tekken games were good but tekken 6 looks like a ps2 game ps3 exclusive already above the xbox 360 t games today like final fantsy vs 13 isnt coming to the xbox 360 which will show final fantsy 13 that it has nothing to compared to the real next gen final fantasy vs 13 uncharted 2 or even uncharted 1 metal gearsolid4 would not be able to fit on a dvd 8 and look at final fantasy 13 on 360 with multi dvd s ps3 more powerful but developers need to steep up there games instead of half a$$ down graded games

[nogolis]

Maybe it's just me or my monitor here, but the ps3 version looked to have better contrast and more vivid colors in each version shown. Batman AA more so than any of the other versions, though. How blind and skewed can one site be?

Reguardless the PC cripples both versions in all of the above "multiplatform" games. Which is what really matters here. None of the exclusive games on xbox 360 have ever been tossed up next to an Uncharted, Killzone or Infamous. For good reason, I believe.

[pippoppow]

I find it interesting how the PC is ignored when talking about multiplatform games. Lets compare the PC version to the console version to see the differences as well. There are plenty of PC gamers after all.

I do not think most gamers will go out and buy another console or a PC to play a slightly better version of a game. Will 360 owners buy a PS3 just to play the better version of FF13? Will 360 owners buy a PC to play the better version of Mass Effect 2? Will PS3 gamers buy a 360 to play the better version of Bayonetta or Ghost Busters? Some may but most will not.

Last gen the PS2 multiplatform games were worse than the XBOX. The differences were greater in favor of the XBOX but didn't matter. Just like it doesn't matter now for most gamers.

[Darkfiber]

The graphics look the friggin' same, the only difference is the lighting most of the time. One is usually brighter than the other.

[Wrathman]

gawd r we still doin this?

fact. the ps3 is more powerful than the xbox
fact. the ps3 exclusives do look better than any xbox exclusives
fact. the xbox is 99% of the time the lead platform for 3rd party devs
fact. they usually sell better on the xbox

TBH i dont care that a game is better shaded on the xbox

if someone handed me a ps3 and i used to play online for the first time i wouldn't bother with XBL EVER.it just so happens i got an xbox 1st.so i prefer it.i got the ps3 2nd.and frankly i find it much duller to go online with.nothin wot so ever to do with games.90% of my library contains 3rd party games.the only reason i still have my ps3 is for blu-ray and internet smut.and i enjoy vidzone and the odd time the bbc iplayer.but not a games console 4 me.and you can learn to love it for everything but that. ps3=media centre..xbox=games console.

surely you cant hate me for that.i just spent 5 hrs tonite watchin transformers 2 and inglorious basterds on blu-ray.pretty nice movie by tarantino.i recommend it!

[chrisulloa]

PS3 could be more powerful than 360, but the PS3 coding is too complicated for devs to get everything right on it. So most devs max out their games on 360 (Better graphics). The Xbox has better detail and lighting than the 360 in these photos, but it's probably just the gamma.

[Aleusia]

If that is true then explain why every ps3 exclusive has looked better and performed better than any 360 exclusive.

B..B..But the multiplats

[General Jewels]

Once again Xbox 360 wins another round of graphics, 5 rounds under the belt........With PS3 low quality textures and awful framerate problems, i just wonder sometimes they can pull of one or two great looking games like Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2 and the rest....not so good. Looks like 98% of the games look better on Xbox 360 and run smoother. Oh will PS3 not that powerful i guess.

[Aleusia]

Okay dude as an owner of the PS3 version of Assassin's Creed 2 I can tell you that the framerate is fine, the textures are fine, and the game is overall fine..there is nothing wrong with the ps3 version of ACII. You bots can keep your slightly superior multiplats, exclusives are where it matters.

[Mr Bot]

usually ps3 have more brightness, but for some games they made it look like ps3 shows less and darker colors!!!

its a fact that many games released this year looked better on ps3 than 360, and some games look better on 360 than ps3!!!

what that have to say?? well it depend on what the devs want to achieve!

and one thing for a fact, ps3 exclusives are better than multiplatform games!! ps3 exclusives are the one dominating the GOTY charts everywhere but not the multiplatforms!!!

[chrisulloa]

LOL REVERSED

[sunil]

Guess gamer zone is the new open zone :)

[Wrathman]

just red thru a few posts in there.seems the kids are playing nice for xmas...so far.

oh hell ill take a dig...the gamerzone is full of ps3 fanboys who have nothing to play coz they are bored with uc2 already.like i was after 15mins.

lol

[karan8624]

You only played it for 15 minutes because the wallmart employee told you to get off the display and let the other kids have a turn

[DigitalAnalog]

I think they should change their title to "Multi-plat" comparison because the thought of comparing them both platforms on a graphical standpoint is just........... pathetic. Wait until 2010 before you can put up that title again.

-End statement

[Chucky2003]

LOL,the games look the same on both consoles, in Dragon's Origin the textures of the ground are better in the PS3 version

[rezenu]

Wow, this is garbage. Unless you're comparing exclusives, this is a useless comparison.

[Pootangpie]

keep telling yourself it's a corrupt conspiracy done all by M$ ROFL

[PS3Freak]

The fact that people still do this is just dumb.

How about for a better comparison, you put Uncharted 2 images up against.. i dunno.. anything?

[Traveler]

Yes, but comparing exclusives is even more pointless, because then you are comparing different developers, with different skill levels, different budgets, different development times, and so on.

You can't glean much from a comparison of exclusives because there is no fair baseline from which to compare from. You really just end up comparing the different talents, budgets, game engines and development times, rather than comparing the actual power of the consoles themselves.

Multiplats aren't a perfect way to compare either, but at least they are created by the same developers, with the same talent, same basic development time, etc.

[tawak]

PS3 vs Xbox 360 Comparison a.k.a "FLAMEBAIT"

[Aleusia]

Yep....pretty much, these comparisons are always stupid and always show that both versions basically look the same.

I really dont recall there being multiplat comparisons last generation, kinda shows you the mentality of xbots and the comparisons will be more and more frequent..they are desperate now and will be grasping straws all over the place when multiplats come out.

It is of my opinion that multiplats...pretty much mean d!ck and that exclusives are what determines which system has better graphics and what not. If a port is inferior on the ps3, it's not sonys fault nor is it the fault of the archetecture..it's the dev's responsibility 100% but it won't matter, they are too desperate to care about logic so everytime a multiplat comes out in 2010, expect more of this crap from sites like failtaku, destructard, and joystacks.

/rant

I tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help me Sony, Nintendo, and my fallen friend Sega.

[ImmortalLegend]

I've noticed on this site that bashing the Xbox 360 seems to be ok, but anything against the PS3 is a crime lol.

[mrmikew2018]

Sigh....

[CobraKai]

If there is one thing to take away from this, it is that the line between the PS3 ver and 360 ver is blurring unlike the previous GS comparisons where the 360, in most cases, clearly performed better.

[horndog]

what a waste. Ps3 exclusives that are worth playing are far to few compared to third party. Even ps3 fans agree that third party games are better than their own exclusives. That's why third party games are the top sellers on the ps3 and the 360 version is always the better on the two. Shame on sony for fooling us with the ps3. Won't happen again.

[Lazarus69]

Aren't third party games better sellers on the 360 aswell,besides halo3?

[Bullseye]

you would then have to compare other elements of the games. Simply saying PS3 has better exclusive's based on graphics is just as lame as this article. 360 has better multiplats - I personally find this to be true, but still, if most of those games are garbage anyway, does it really matter? Gaming, is going the way of football. It's now more often about money and brands,NOT entertainment and gamers.

[iistuii]

Glad ive still got my 360 for the better Multiformats and my PS3 for just the exclusives.Nice one Gamespot, clearly the 360 has what it takes for all the Multi's still.

[cellfluid]

this is crazy... what gamespot r doin is similar to what to what george bush does..ex if u keep repeating the same statement n 2 the american people heads they will eventually believe it..(bin ladin has weapons of mass destruction) gamespot (the 360 is better because of the multiplatform results) its a tactic that reprograms ya psyche n manipulate ya decision n 2 submission.. never mind that the architectural design was built from the ground up on da 360 n then ported 2 da ps3.. ex lets say me ((((the ps3.)))) (6"0 165 pounds ) n the guys who wrote this is (5"9 170 pounds) ((( is da 360)))) we both walk n 2 a tailor made suit store n the guy who wrote this article ((da 360)) wants a suit. now the suit the guys who wrote this article (((da 360))) gets it customize to meet the guy who wrote this article ((da 360)) curvature..... by the way the suit is magenta.lol now lets say i (((the ps3))) (6"0 165 pounds) wanted to borrow that suit. u get the idea!!!!!! if u want 2 do a real comparison keep it exclusive. if not then they r trying to manipulate ya taughts.....

[llMurcielagoll]

Sorry graphics are almost the same.. I really do not know why Gamespot wasted their time on this pointless comparison. But the game itself is the best of the best!

Assassin's Creed II per la vittoria!

[xg-ei8ht]

You know what.

DIRT 2 Looks slightly better on 360, and i say slight, so does Rez evi 5.

Modern warfare is better on both in places.

Batman is better on PS3

But Dragon age on PS3 makes the 360 version look very poor indeed.

http://uk.gamespot.com/feat...

Look at the floor in the 360 version, top pic, ouch.

O

[hoops]

Exclusive games at this point look better on the PS3. Multi platform titles for the most part look better on the Xbox360.
This we already knew.

At this point no game engine has been made custom for the Xbox360 architecture. All Unreal Engine games are made for various hardware configurations.
Halo Reach seems to be the only game to be made with Xbox360 hardware in mind. So we will see how that plays out.

[Karum]

What engine does Forza 3 use? Pretty good looking game, surely that engine was created around the 360 architecture?

[hoops]

They should compare the PC to the console versions...................... ............................... ............................... ............................... .....................

[Hakimy]

gamespot should call this "multi-plat" graphics comparison since its more accurate this way and they won't get a lot of complaints.I'm a ps3 owner and I'm accepting the fact that 7 out of 10 games look better on the xbox360 for reasons we talked about,but most of these are just sightly advantages which most people can't really see when you play the game (except maybe for bayonetta which is a total letdown for me).the point is,people should care about enjoying the games which their console offer.I like the ps3 games library and that's why I own one.if you like the xbox360 games library then own one,thats it.

[Karum]

The majority of those screenshots only show pretty subtle differences between the two versions of the game.

In actual gameplay you'd never even notice the differences.

Unless there are horrible glitches or horrible framerate issues in one version of a game then I'll decide on whether I buy it for PS3 or 360 based on the controller preference for that game and more imprtantly and where applicable, which console most of my friends will be playing it on, should it have online features.

With that said though, in terms of graphics the PS3 has proven itself to be far superior thanks to it's first party games.

[hoops]

The reality is graphics do not make a game...
This is what I find ironic....

Last Generation Sony Fanboys talked about gameplay and nothing of graphics.....

Last Generation MS fanboys talked about graphics and nothing of gameplay....

In other words....

All fanboys are hypocrites to the extreme and makes these forums fun to look at because of their stupidity.

[xenovis]

It has always been this way. I have the PS3 for the exclusives. But the multiplats look and run better on the 360. This is because the 360 is closest to the PC archtecture and Microsoft worked closesly with PC developers to bring them into console game development. 360's similar "simpler" PC architecture paired with a stronger GPU with more shader pipelines and native AA support that doesn't require asynchonous CPU utilization and hacking apart a game engines memory management make 360 a better console for PC game developers wanting to get in on the console market.

That being said Microsoft was much smarter than Sony since they worked with game developers from many PC houses (since they didn't solidified in house game developers besides Bungie at the time, as Sony did). Microsoft had 360 Dev machines in game dev's hands 18 months before the consoles' release. They also listened to PC game development houses like Epic games and added addition memory that cost Microsoft 1 billion dollars to add to the 360's design.

Meanwhile PS3 didn't have dev boxes in 3rd party developers hands until 8 months before the consoles release. David Jaffe even said in an interview that while he was at Sony nearly all of the PS3 dev boxes that Sony sent out were broken and did not have fully working/supported API's to utilize the Cell processor effectively. Sony clearly was not fully ready with the PS3, and rushed its release to cut off some of the 360's momentum. Sony also did not work with external developers, created a convoluted architecture as they did with the PS2 and expected 3rd party devs to suck it up and relearn game engine development. This did not go over well with many premier PC game dev houses i.e: Valve, Epic, etc, and led to sh*tty ports of games that continues to haunt the PS3. This lead to the PS3 having an abysmal launch and besides the great exclusives, nearly all multiplatform games are better on the 360.

[SpartanZero]

Batman is better on 360 check eurogamer and ign so does mw2. Dragon Age ran at a higher framerate on the 360 which is very wierd. The 360 is slighly more powerful than the ps3 the ports to bioshock and lost planet are examples. If you think exclusives look better on the Ps3 you haven't seen the Alan Wake gameplay footage. It's like ps2 and Xbox all over again.

[asyouburn]

i preferred ps2 over xbox last gen. funny how history repeats itself.

[Traveler]

It's true. I've played both versions of Dragon Age and it has better texture filtering on the PS3 and runs better on the 360 with a better framerate and less screen tearing. So, it really depends on what you care about more.

I wouldn't generalize and say that "exclusives look better on the PS3", I would say that at this time a couple PS3 exclusives look better. But I agree with you that we don't know what the future will bring. Will Halo Reach surpass them? Will Alan Wake? Will Gears 3 be the best looking game? Will Killzone 3 retake the mantel? Nobody knows. I just like owning both consoles because I get the best exclusives from both sides and I always have a choice about which multiplat game to get.

[Karum]

The 360 is not slightly more powerful than the 360 at all.

Look at the top exclusives on the PS3 compared to any game on the 360, there is simply no comparison. The PS3's technical superiority over the 360 is simply something that is not up for debate.

The games you named are examples of nothing more than games that were poorly ported and coded for the PS3.

The Alan Wake footage shown at E3 for me still does not compare to that of Uncharted 2 or Killzone 2. If the 360 is capable of the technical feats achieved by those games, someone needs to actually prove it can be done, after 4 years of 360 development, nobody has come close.

If you code correctly for the PS3 then it is leaps and bounds ahead of any other console.

Sorry if this comes off fanboyish (as it no doubt will in the minds of those who read this website), I enjoy playing my 360 as much as the next guy but it simply isn't as powerful as the PS3 based on the games we have seen for both machines.

[Bluemaster77]

Guess the 360 wins again

[xg-ei8ht]

I actually do agree with part of your summary, but 10mb of ram is not enough for full scale AA unless tiling is used. But it's still a decent thing overall.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/e...

I don't think Sony really thought the Multiplats would be that bad to begin with, but of course it's made a difference.

It's taken awhile but most multiplats look very close, even sometimes to the extent of just shadows,colour.

As Sony frees up memory, more games texture wise will look the same.

I'm guessing as time goes on, more people with use 1 spu for aa. Can be on par with x8/

If i'd been building the PS3.

I'd have swapped out the memory slots, touch buttons. anything else not really needed.

Then added another 512mb ram, and full backwards compat.

Ram is always a good thing.

But the main reason the ps3 had bad ports is because of the single main processor in the PS3.

Most modern games use at least a dualcore.

And unless your using SPU'S, your asking for trouble.

Orange box, while not terrible, used no SPU's on PS3 from what i've been told.

I guess as time goes on, we'll see what happens.

But as screen tearing goes, both systems have this problem, in some games.

[taga7a]

AC2
"The Xbox 360 might also benefit from normal mapping, which gives the floor surfaces, the brick lines, and the door rivets a more 3D look."

Batman
"from a technical standpoint the Xbox 360 benefits from higher-resolution textures, which you can see on the logo located on the guard’s arm in the first set of shots."

MW2
"The game runs silky smooth and looks great on both consoles. Outside of a few blurry textures on the PlayStation 3, which can be seen on the gun stock and the ground textures, the two console versions look largely the same."

Dirt 2
"Dirt 2 certainly lives up to its name. With the amount of mud, sand, and possibly even good-old dirt flying around, whatever difference there is between the two versions simply gets buried. As is usual, the Xbox 360 benefits from more-detailed textures, but the difference in this case is exceedingly minuscule."

Dragon Age: O
"In a departure from the norm, the PlayStation 3 version looks cleaner because of its higher-resolution textures and the increased depth the textures get from bump mapping. While the Xbox 360 version looks worse, it definitely runs smoother." WTF???

RE 5
"Much like the other games, Resident Evil 5 looks marginally better on the Xbox 360. The improved textures and shadow resolution give the 360 the edge, even if it is a very small one. Look at the last set of shots and you’ll see that the rag shadows are fuzzier on the PlayStation 3, and the basket (along with other on screen elements) looks more detailed on the Xbox 360." - Were they using a magnifying glass when comparing this? I mean seriously.

[ps12&3lover]

every game looked bett on ps3 except for mw2..which was slightly brighter...and i dont know who the writer was for gamespot cause they saw the complete opposite..

are they blind..ac2 was clearly more crispier on the ps3..are they back to thier old ways