DMC4 360 Looks Better than PS3 version But Controls Worse

GameSpy reports:
"What you probably want to know is what's different between the two versions, and based on our fifteen minutes with each one (PS3 first to jog our memory, then 360 to see the difference), we think that the two versions are fairly similar visually. The PS3 version looks marginally less refined to us, but anyone looking to start a console-superiority argument wouldn't have much ammo here. Both games look amazing. It's the controls, however, where we felt the biggest difference.

Argue however much you will; after five and a half years of hacking, slashing, and shooting demons, we and millions of gamers are very accustomed to the feel of the PlayStation controller, be it Dual Shock 2 or Sixaxis, for the DMC experience. Our gripe with the Xbox 360 demo is that the controls feel too directly ported over to Microsoft's controller, and it's not a good ergonomic fit..."

[sonarus]

ign says its the same gamespy says 360 is better. and at the end of the day i wnt buy DMC4 so i could care less

[aaquib]

I could care less about Devil May Cry 4, but I do think it'll look slightly better on 360 jst because of Capcom's experience on the XBOX 360 with Lost Planet and Dead Rising. This is the first game they built on PS3, so they're still learning. Its possible that by the time Resident evil 5 releases it looks better on PS3, but right now, I'd say they're still getting used to the hardware.

[cloud360]

Actually they built it on a PC engine. i hate DMC. Its a crap hack and slash. I couldt care less. i wont buy it coz it created the formwat war. Hate is a strong word. I hate this crap

Kingdom Hearts is way better and it came out earlier Square-Enix Rule

[beast]

Its the old demo of Ps3 compare to the new just finished demo of xbox. of course visually xbox should be better and even that is debateable, but as the article pertains the control on xbox dont feel right. to me thats more alarming than the old demo version graphics .

[MK_Red]

beast, Great point on new demo looking better than old one. Bubbles for you.
The new demo should look cleaner d more refined and it could mean that current PS3 version could be equal or even better than this.

I still think Capcom shouldn't have announced it for PC. No offence to PC users but come on, it was as stupid as original StarCraft being announced for PS3/360 (At least IMO).

[Hellgiver]

Regardless of this, I will get the PS3 version no matter what. I will always feel that DMC's home is with the Playstation systems.

[HeartlesskizZ]

I knew it and said it b4, game bourn in one console wont feel right on other console. is like playing halo with ps3, fun but not the same.

but aleast this is the most decent multiplatform I see working just fine and equal on both consoles

[urban bohemian]

LOL Starcraft came out on the N64 aswell as the PC lol!

[midgard229]

why check news on it if u wont buy it? tryina find somethin to start flaming about? besides you probally suck at games and DMC is to hard for u, when it isnt that hard for good gamers

[ericnellie]

At one point fanboys say graphics aren't everything - now graphics are everything - with DMC4 just because some punk says the 360 version looks a little better (his opinion) - now all of a sudden gameplay is more important. Fanboys shift to whatever is convenient at the time and saves them the most face. Pick something and stay true! Graphics and gameplay are both important but, to have 1 additional piece of background detail doesn't make one version better than the other.

[cloud360]

Actually they built it on a PC engine. i hate DMC. Its a crap hack and slash. I couldt care less. i wont buy it coz it created the formwat war. Hate is a strong word. I hate this crap

Kingdom Hearts is way better and it came out earlier Square-Enix Rule

[SuperSaiyan4]

It will always will be the case, the CPU is better for programming games and the GPU in the 360 is again better for TRUE next gen visuals.

The PS3 was just built as a blu-ray player come on move along PS3 fans.

[nomad117]

wow

[GameOn]

I think controls are more important than slightly better graphics.
I dont really care though cos i would mutch rather have NG2 or TooHuman over this.

[Panthers]

Go away.

[DrRage77]

the problem with the statment about the controls being better is kind of biased though. the article clearly states that they are used to the PS controllers and DMC on the playstation, so OBVIOUSLY they are going to like the controls of the PS3 better....does anyone else realize this simple fact???

it would be similar if an xbox exclusive game had gone over to the ps3, and people saying that the xbox controls felt better over the ps3 version of the game....well, duh! when poeple are used to one type of controller on a game, and then they try the same game on a different system with a different controller, what do you think the outcome will be 9 out of 10 times??? lol this is not really news if you ask me....

[SofaKingReetodded]

the ability to turn 1's into 0's and vice versa is THE HEART of software games. That being said the only way a processor is better for gaming is in how fast and how many 1's and 0's it can process.

That being said:

360 = 3 off the shelf Power PC cores running at 3.2ghz each

PS3 = 1 PPU and 6 SPU's running at 3.2ghz each

do the math.

the RSX is nothing more than a turbo charger on what is already a monster of an engine.While the Xenos and Xenon both have to wait for each other to complete processing cycle against the Cell+RSX combo each having a dedicated path to unified memory. Add to that the little spoken of "FLEX I/O" bus, a seventh SPU and xbots won't know what hit them come PS3's second generation games.

[SlappyMcTaint]

Actually, the PS3 has 1 PPU and 8 spu's running at 3.2ghz each

edit: to the retarded asshat that disagreed with that ^^ , here's a link to the FACTS, jerkass!!

http://playstation.about.co...

[Ri0tSquad]

Capcom is more familiar with 360 but DMC was born on the Playstation so of course its going to have bad controls on the 360. Its like playing Ninja Gaiden on the ps3 it didn't feel right for a while. Im going to rent this game on the PS3 since thats what it is anyways a rent none of the DMC games are really worth buying since they don't have much replay value to them like Ninja gaiden has had.

[NewZealander]

Does this trend keep happening in 3rd party games being better on the 360? I thought the ps3 cell was ment to show better visuals than the 360 but im still waiting to be convinced on this, what is holding things back? is it the memory ? this is what is stoping me from getting a ps3, until I see better games on the ps3, a big price cut and more exclusives that get good reviews ( Hevenly Sword a good start but need more like this ) Im more than happy with my 360 at this time :)

[DrPirate]

Wow, they said it looked marginally better and for all we know it was their minds tricking themselves into believing it looked better.

I'd like to know if the PS3 build was older then the 360 build, that would affect alot.

[GuCCi512]

if u read the article it says that they played the ps3 version of the demo in April and again in may....so yea the 360 build is newer

[Kleptic]

yeah DrPirate...someone stated that earlier in the comments, and it was in the article...which makes this whole argument pointless...it was obvious fuel for a silly war...

in regards to whoever said that "if a Xbox exlusive went to the PS3, people would say the xbox controller would feel better"...Sigma did exactly that, and recieved nothing but praise for a far better button layout and control scheme (I understand a lot of that had to do with the ability to control the camera in Sigma, but the button responsiveness, layout, etc, is not something they "fixed")...

this is a stupid argument on graphics...and probably everybody in here won't even play the game anyway...PS3 has HS (and Sigma for that matter), and 360 has NG2 coming...neither platform needs another DMC, they have more or less turned to trash after the first one...

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

People are looking back and forth, which looks better, wait.. I think no... It's the same game.

There's no credibality here.

[DADO]

I think the title of the story is wrong.

Statement from the story "Now that we've gotten to play a build of Devil May Cry 4 for Xbox 360, we can safely say that it's just as amazing-looking as the PS3 version, if not a hair more polished"
Where does it say that it looks better?

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

But the joke is on the 360, because it controls worse. haha maybe because it's a PS3 game.

[Bnet343]

"Our gripe with the Xbox 360 demo is that the controls feel too directly ported over to Microsoft's controller, and it's not a good ergonomic fit"

Ha, so basically it's all about personal preference. They thought it controlled worst, maybe someone else might think not.

[Kratos12]

^^^^^^^^^ So same can be said about LAIR. The reviewers said its controls are bad. So maybe it was their personal preference.

[AllroundGamer]

MS and their millions... EA style :D

[MK_Red]

As beast said, they are comparing the new 360 build with old PS3 one. Maybe the new PS3 version is as good or better than this one.

[SofaKingReetodded]

this game was developed for the PC platform and then PORTED over to both consoles. Which one do you think they had an easier time porting over? lol

[Kleptic]

where are you getting it was a "PC" engine...It was announced as a PS3 only title in 2005, then went multiplatform in like March of this year...and Capcom said countlessly that it was a PS3 game first and foremost, and that neither the PC or 360 version would "hurt" the PS3's development...Similar things have been said about MGS4 and FFXIII, the latter two of which have remained exlusive for the time being...

The mentioned games, along with burnout paradise, are more or less the first 4 games that have been built on the PS3 first from the beginning, then started on other platforms...and there in have the ability to illustrate if this makes a difference graphically for a mulitplatform game...we all know what happens when a company starts on the 360 for the most part...and when a company has two seperate teams work on the two platforms (like The Darkness), there is nearly no difference at all (albeit neither platform really gets pushed that hard)...

[TnS]

"360 version has very marginal visual edge over PS3 version, but not enough to start a flame war."
Well, if someone "properly" makes up the title then it is enough...

[AuburnTiger]

MK Red is known for the flame bait articles and for changing the title of the articles just to start a flame war. And then to top it off, he posts some of the most annoying comments but won't say what he means just to protect his precious bubbles.

[Loudninja]

COntrols are more important

[Bnet343]

If they think the controls are worst, that doesn't mean they are, it's because they didn't like them.

[ThaGeNeCySt]

I can see how the right bumper may feel awkward... especially with pressing the right trigger at the same time... i'm used to it though so kudos capcom

[tplarkin7]

The 360 controller is the best one ever made. So, they should be able to do something to make it feel better. It seems like it should be no different then the PS3 situation. (Or, it could be that the previewer needed to say something negative about the 360 version, so he nit-picked.)

[tplarkin7]

I thought that the problem was making games on 360 and then porting it to PS3? It looks like that isn't the issue. The fact that they say it looks "marginally" better on 360 shows that the 360 is the more powerful console. Time and time again, the 360 proves this to be true.

[Djomblade1]

This is a reply to your perhaps post. If you are talking about the 360 controller being the best that the xbox has made then hell yes youre correct. The first xbox controllers were as big as a f**king house! However, in no way, shape, or form could you possibly justify it being better then any controller playstation has ever made. Each controller playstation has made are f**king phenomenal. Ive played a lot on my friends xbox and now his xbox 360. Ive played Gears, madden, tiger woods, fight night and others. And in no way does the controller ever come close I mean not even on the same level as the playstation controllers do. Playstation controllers are the best controllers ever made period! The other controller I liked is the N64 controller I thought that was tight.

[Bombomb]

we all know Ps3 fans dropped the DMC series like a bad habit, once confirmed multi but didn't it start on the PS3 originally so how can the 360 version look better?

[tplarkin7]

I agree. The main argument about poor PS3 versions is that they were designed on 360 and then ported to PS3. That argument doesn't hold water here. Although PS3 owners won't admit that it is less powerful, the time will come when they throw in the towel.

[Blitzed]

Gamespot says they look Identical side by side (instead of going by memory), so now its your argument that doesnt hold water.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbo...

@tplarkin 7

Who said it was MORE powerful, so what exaclty are you talking about. I was rebutting your agument that DMC4 for the 360 looks better than the ps3, meaning the PS3 is LESS powerful. So please remove the towel from your xbox and wipe up the puddle of drool you left when you read the flamebait title of this post. I could care less which console this game looks better on, I just cant stand fanboys.

[tplarkin7]

That still doesn't demonstrate that the PS3 is more powerful.

[MarioFromTexas]

I forgot Halo3, the end of the world but yet only 4 people on screen shooting each other on a clear sunny day...I feel the panic in the air when I see 3 ft tall purple aleins shooting at me in wide open field instead of taking cover. Must take some processing power for that kind of AI. Don't tell the xbots that if the world was ending it would look more like Killzone2 atmosphere than Halo's walk in the park colorful, joyful day. It's sad that these xbots try to find any excuse to justified the purchase of a cheap made product. PS3 1st party tells what kind of power PS3 has and doen't depend on 3rd party

[darkequitus]

Of course the sun goes down when war starts.And of course KZ2 has a million charatcers on screen shown in the trailer.

Fanboy

PC/PSWii360 gamer.

[Hugh Hefner]

You know, that is not enough to affect the game overall, and probably most people will not notice the slight graphical difference. Having said that, is little things like this in multi-plats "slightly more polished", or a "little more refined", or "somewhat smoother", that make me proud of prefering the Xbox 360 over the PS3.

[crunkthug]

i dont believe a american site which supports the xbox360
if i see a japanese magazine or somthin tellin the same then i would believe
this is bs
the game cant be better on any console.
its a multiplattform game, so it has to be the same on both consoles
to this all i have to add that the game was an ps3 exclusive

[SlippyMadFrog]

Just like in The Darkness, Madden, Fear, Splinter Cell DA, Colin McRae DiRT, ect.
I think it's about time the PS3 start to show it's power, because I'm seriously doubting it by now.

[spasticjustice]

yeah, cause we all know not a single multi-platform game looks different on either console.

[Real gamer 4 life]

i will also get it for the ps3, i have played devil may cry 1 and 3 for the ps2. So getting it for the 360 would feel weird for me. and they said that the game is fairly visually similar in both system. and they also said that the ps3 version looked maginally refined TO THEM, and other sources say it looks exactly the same.

[AllroundGamer]

this must be MSs favorite song :D

[sonarus]

I know i will get tons of disagrees but IMO there are certain games that dnt feel right on the 360 controller. DMC may or may not be one of them but games like pro evolution didnt feel right for me i wanted to use the dpad to play that but because of the webbed d pad or wateva its called it affected my ball control. Also the trigger buttons felt wierd when used to change ppls. Also typical fighting games arent as cool also because of the dpad, doa, mk3 arcade stuff like that. I havnt played an action aventure type dmc game on 360 so i cannot judge. 360 controller is however excellent for shooters(offcourse) racers and a whole bunch of other game genres but i dnt think its very good for fighting or soccer especially pro evo soccer

[felidae]

you haven't played any action aventure type of games on the 360 because there are zero.

[felidae]

the PS3 version is from April.

Of course the 360 version looks better because it's the latest built.

[Blitzed]

Gamespot clearly says they look idebntical when displayed side by side. This is simply another attempt to gain hits with a flamebait title.

"For those wondering how this game compares to the PS3 original, the story here is that there is no story; they're identical to our eyes. Capcom had kiosks set up with Xbox 360 and PS3 demos running literally side by side, and we couldn't note a difference in frame rate or image fidelity between them."

Gamespy played the demos seperately so they are basing their comparison on memory (yeah, thats a good method for comparison).

http://www.gamespot.com/xbo...

[spasticjustice]

Even if that is true, that the games look identical. How come everytime the situation is reversed, and games go from 360 to PS3 they look worse. Consider the fact that it's the other way around, and they're identical....think about it...

[DrPirate]

Why do you care?

Are we talking about other games? No. We're talking about DMC34.

[Blitzed]

Well, I wasn't arguing the quality of ports between the 2 consoles, I was calling out a flamebait title and an article that bases a visual comparison on memory. However, if you need an answer, I would say that devs have had 2 years with the 360 and less than 1 on the PS3 so I would expect them to be more adept on porting to the 360. That being said, If I were an xbot fanboy like yourself, I would be concerned that 9 months into the PS3's life (which is "hard to develop for") the graphic quality of it's games are alraedy this close to the 360. What happens if by just a year or so into the PS3, a game is released on the PS3 that looks better than the 360? What will you say then?

***this isnt a bash on the 360, I just cant stand fanboys and was making a point***

[Real gamer 4 life]

lol the guy said hair more polished TO THEM.

[xboxloc]

way cant everybody just enjoy there system i mean it's just a damn game

[RadientFlux]

at least wait in till the game is released then do the graphic nitpicking , a lot of stuff can change between now and when the game is released, that also includes the controls

[Antan]

Well even if the 360 version looks "marginally" better (who knows how the retail version will compare, bear in mind what Gamespot and Ign also), at least we know that it won`t be a shoddy "sloppy seconds" port from 360 so to speak. Like VF5 which started out on PS3 also, the gap is much much closer when multiplatform (well the 2 games i mentioned) games start out on PS3. Im sure as time goes on, and more devs think this way (naturally the install base needs to increase by quite a bit before the "majority" of developers even consider it), the results will improve further still, what with more experience of course. As has been stated before, its easier to "port" from PS3 to 360.

[leon76]

"DMC4 360 Looks Better than PS3 version"-what a joke!!!!

[sticky doja]

Becuase "if" the controls seem worse on the 360 then maybe the developers will get word and tweak them to perfection.

[sajj316]

@Hugh Hefner - two different builds
@SuperSaiyan4 - two different builds

Don't just read the title, please read the article and also base your conclusions on multiple sources and not just one.

First of all, I don't think Capcom is one of those companies that will draw straws to determine which format is inferior. Second of all, the DMC series needs an injection of innovation. That's the more important issue.

[DARK WITNESS]

oooooookkkkkkkkkkkk, so do i want the one that looks better, or plays better ?

well i have always found i cannot enjoy a game if the controls are bad. generally i do enjoy games on the 360 pad more ( its more comfortable and feels more natural ) but if it controls better on the ps3, then i may get that version instead.

Its the same Di£%, the question is does it look better in my pants or in yours !

lol

[Meus Renaissance]

The moment this game was announced to be multi-platform, the source of interest (primarily the PlayStation camp), had dramatically dropped and if you look at all the news article tracking the progress of the game - the interest level is never above 200 degrees (unless when its comparing the consoles).

I don't know anyone who is getting this game. It's a shame.

[tudors]

Having seen what is on offer from both consoles Xbox-360 and the PS3 I am hoping for a three horse race, both consoles are really starting to raise the bar, GT5 looks really good, hopefully it is not a deception by Sony. Based on the future exclusives why is it not possible for both the PS3 and the Xbox-360 mto share the hardcore market.

[TheMART]

True.

I've been playing both versions in the DMC4 stand on LGC, the 360 version plays and looks slightly better, but it was hard to really compare in detail because the PS3 was on larger, but newer Bravia LCD's and the 360 on the launch Samsung LCD's.

I would say: the game in general didn't exite me. Which is too bad, because the first video's I found really good looking. Might be an older build, so curious about the final version!

@ Achira (below)

Weren't you going to be on the LGC today? Been there yesterday. Go and watch it, you'll agree to this comment. Overall: DMC4 was less fun then I thought it would be. On both systems. Does that sound like a xbot? You strange PS fanboy