FIFA 08 Preview "PS3 version not as sharp and crisp as the Xbox 360 version, has anti-aliasing issues"

MyGEN go hands on with Fifa 08 on the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles and walk away happy with the improvements implemented into the Fifa franchise since the last 3 Next-Gen appearances Fifa has made on the Xbox 360. They also note that the PS3 version seems to be a little rough around the edges

Hit the jump to read the rest of the preview.

[toughNAME]

of all the multiplatform games...which ones look better on the PS3?

**that havent been delayed****

its a pretty short list, get used to similar articles

[DeadIIIRed]

We should be getting ready for less of these articles. I'm not surprised it looks somewhat better considering it's from EA.

[MarioFromTexas]

Did he say he couln't tell if it was the PS2 version or the PS3 version. Come on....this is getting out of hand. This guy is an idiot and the person who posted this is an idiot. How can crap like this be approve when Ign and gamespot stated that the game looked better on the PS3, slightly better but not noticeable enough. You xbots are in denial. Do you really beleave that the 360 is going to dominate? When? PS2 has been outselling the 360 for the last 2 years,2 YEARS!!!! That tells you that the 360 was rushed because the market wasn't calling for a nextgen at that time. SO in another 3 years M$ is going to release xbox720. Can't outsell last gen, can't outsell current generation...BAD MOVE by M$ and sells are starting to show it. Sony one way or another their getting a console in your house, wether it's the $129,$169 or the $500 it's money an expanding it's user base which is the most important thing in gaming

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I have to agree this is pathetic. You can't tell the difference between the PS2 version and the PS3 version according to this guy...

We're talking about the same game here where he is claiming the XBOX 360 version is slightly crisper. It goes from that to suddenly you can't tell the difference between a PS3 and PS2 version?

What more proof do you need that this guy is an idiot?

I'll wait for reviews, but I really doubt it. But if this ended up being Madden 08 all over again, hell there's Konami's Pro Evolution 08.

EDIT: Only a buttf*cked XBOX 360 fan would disagree.

[Chris_GTR1]

MarioFromTexas you just owned yourself there. you say that ps2 has better sales than the 360? what a dumbass. well did u know that the 360 HAS MORE SALES THAN PS3! seriously that was so stupid of you to say. also remember that the 360 cost almost 3 times more than a ps2. ps3 is almost 5x more than ps2. ps3 is newer and still getting outsold by 360 thats something you should be comparing and not the ps2 wich either way is still owning the ps3 even more so than the 360.
either way you are fkn retarded. 360 is winning the next gen race. and it still is, and halo is out in 20 more days so expect a sudden sale of over 500,000 360 console sales this month.

[GoLeafsGo]

'nuff said.

[Fisher339]

no more ea sports games for me, until they stop half-assing them

[InMyOpinion]

For the most part it's EA Sports that mess up their games (NFS Team also). I think that both Skate and MOH: Airborne seem like great titles. NFS: Pro Street might be fun too, if they don't f#ck up the framerate as usual...

[sak500]

Princetab- "EA
'nuff said"

Ps3 multiplatform 'nuff said

[Bloodmask]

the XBOX 360 version is more crisp version of the two. It has a by far more advanced GPU utilizing a unified shader architecture. Not to mention that anti-aliasing is no strain on the processor with 10 mgs of embedded ram on the GPU.

[Douchebaggery]

The PS3's lopsided architecture and lack of video ram clearly makes it a inferior machine

hail the x360

[hazeblaze]

#1- This is coming from a frickin 360 website
#2- This was debunked 2 weeks ago when the game was shown at GC and reported that it looks the same on both consoles
#3- The PS3 actually has the more advanced GPU, the 360 only has a unified shader and must do all the work by itself unlike the RSX which can also utilize the memory and power available to the spu's

So get your facts straight, fanboys suck.

[macsto]

For the last time, this is a MULTI-PLATFORM WEBSITE. NOT AN XBOX 360 WEBSITE. Sony fanboys need to stop having a hissy fit and accept the truth.

[SabreMan]

you clearly have no clue, i suggest research before posting such comments

[paracardium]

please 360 is clearly inferior and the more you xbots realize this the better off we'll be.

[cuco33]

i would love to see it, because as it stands majority of multiplatform titles all seem to look better on 360. so what was sony tooting their horn about 'play beyond' and 'next gen starts when we say it does'? seems like the inferior system is the one with the "crappy ports"

tis sad but true

to below: i'm no fanboy. i do only own a 360wiiPC combo and do plan to pick up a ps3. it shocks the crap out of me that a sport europe loves isn't better on a console that europe loves. one would think sony would at least make this title a 360 port rather than the other way around. note that your mentioning of the system being launched a year later was really caused by the delay of about a year for launch.
so as i was saying, play beyond?!

[Ri0tSquad]

The xbox 360 came out on November 22nd 2005 and years before that developers got there hands on developer tools and started developing games on the 360. XBox 360 is easy to develope for and the dev tools aloud them to take a full advantage of what the system could do. The Playstation 3 launches about a year later and many developers have a difficult time trying to develope for the system because of its architecture which was way different basically new crap unlike the 360's architecture which is similar to a PCs I guess. Thats probaly part of the reason for the delays. I really don't need to explain a whole lot just look at the games the ps3 hasn't even been out for a year and devs don't even have nearly as much experience with the ps3 as much as they did with the 360 and there games (more 1st party some 3rd) are looking better then the XBox 360s games/versions LOOK just some. Some look inferior and to really compare them is really unfair its like comparing madden 2001 on the ps2 to madden 2008 on the ps2 of course 2008 is going to look better because of the experience they have had with the system over time. Its not that difficult to understand but if your a fanboy in your case well then thats another story.

[InMyOpinion]

It's kinda hard for me to "realize" when the games that are on the 360 look better. I thought Lair would show some of that "can't be done on the 360" power, but how wrong was I to be. Poor textures, some kind of dark filter that hides details and a framerate from hell, it looks like crap.

[JasonPC360PS3Wii]

"I hate EA" (and UBI, Activision, Capcom, id, Epic, and 2K)
"EA is MS's b!tch"
"EA=Peter Moore"
"Just Wait"
"Just wait till 08"
"just wait till 09"
"Lazy"
"Lazy devs"
"ring of death"
"lazy"
"EA sucks"
"EA can't make good games" (Battlefild, most sports titles, Burnout, The Sims and upcomming Crysis and Army of Two)
"f**k EA"
"wait"
"when"
"somday"
"fantasy"
"lie"
"f**k Peter Moore"
"f**k MS"
"waiting"

[Ri0tSquad]

The EA devs were even considered lazy with Medal of Honor** Airborne on your precious Xbox 360 you will most likely defend within a heartbeat please stop bashing you only make your self look that much dumber then you probaly already are.

[tatotiburon]

jajaja great list dude

[razer]

Metal of Honor Airborne, not Call of Duty.. If you are going to accuse people of looking "dumb" you better have your own post straight. =)

But I do agree with you, EA seems to take a lot of shortcuts and appear to me more worried about pumping games out than spending the time to make the actual games shine on their respective consoles.

[xboxrumble]

everything on there was either whined upon by BS3 B#$%h boys or disowned in some way or fashion...while they never accepted the BS3's architectures has been BS up till now.

I've never so much whiners....when in fact its has to do wiht the BS3's hardware not the devs, especially when certain devs get more support from Sony.

@Jason xg1 you forgot: "I'll just get it for my PC, anyways"....

[InMyOpinion]

You almost captured the entire vocabulary of a Sony fanboy in that list lol!

[sak500]

LOL nice list. But who can blame these droids who follow their masters.

120fps
4d graphics
BD = next gen requirment
2x hdmi = dual screen gaming
100 usb ports
pwn 360 games from day 1
massive damage
based on real japanese wars = here comes a giant crab
GT / MGS for year one release
ps3 backward chip for 100% gaming (now gone??)
rumble old gen
6axis revolutionary controller = shake and twist (wii anyone)
5million to be sold w/o games
200 games by march 08
cell+rsx = pixar / Indutrial light magic quality
With ps3 who needs PC
xbox 360 = xbox 1.5
ps3 10x 360 power
devs are learning with new tools
games will show quality 4-5 years down the road
phew..for the rest pls visit the tribute site for ken
http://www.1up.com/do/newsS...

[gerrard]

your boring me shut the f**K up and W**k over your 360

[Adriokor]

AT least they could get a soccer game right, this better be the same quality, after all fifa=europe.

[vaan]

That's ok, I think PES will be better, and that is looking great on the ps3.
But even I admit, the gpu is better on the 360. I hate nvidia, but hey, no big deal really. The whole PS3 is way better than the sum of it's parts and the 360.

[Ace_Shooter]

PES '08 look better on the PS3 than the 360?? To me PES '08 looks better than Fifa '08 but, that's just me. Like everyone above, EA just doesn't step up their game with PS3 development.

EDIT: lol Vaan, i was typing my post as you were. Anyway though Vaan if you look up in wikipedia you can see the specs and NVIDIA's RSX (the PS3s GPU) is actually more advanced in certain areas, important areas actually. What helps the 360s GPU is the daughter die. But comparing the GPU's ALONE (without the 360s daughter die) the RSX is more powerful.

[Foliage]

I'm pretty sure you are in the majority.

[killercam19]

oh ohhh lol

[Foliage]

Is anyone surprised that the "EA" development team is dysfunctional? I thought we went over this a billion times already.

[Stinkey]

i wouldn't take this too seriously because it's obvious that he is going to be partial to the 360 version of the game telling by the site. what they hell did he mean that he couldn't tell the difference between the PS3 and PS2 version. Thats when he lost me. I hate when people go out their way to bias and in turn look like idiots.

[macsto]

Actually its a multiplatform site.

[Foliage]

The 360 crowd approves anything that is positive to their fanboy cause.

[xboxrumble]

Likewise: The Ps3 crowd approves anything that is positive to their fanboy cause.

[tomfoolery]

Another hack n slash port for your Blu Ray players.
This trend will continue undoubtedly,until ps3 catches up in sales,
which probably won't happen this gen.
Therefore,EA will continue this gloomy future for all ps3s games,
Play Behind.

[Mr Marbles]

I dont think this will change, and what ever the excuse or reason for this is irrelivant, EA lazy, devs need time to learn the Cell, all that BS means nothing, cuz in the end the 360 is proving to be a better console for gaming. I personally am not going to by a console based on promises and potential. (actually I already did but im selling it)

[toughNAME]

playstation antion rarely owns up to anything

theyll just keep making excuses

[mephixto]

Doesn't matter wich is better. I'm gonna play it on my pc its 3x better there than in any console.

[Jeremy Gerard]

no it's not, not unless you go out and update your PC at a minimum cost of about $800, and if you do that you are an idiot, you could have played it just as well on one of the consoles for less money, you PC gamers are not too sharp.

[fopums]

you know there is such thing as karma, wouldnt you just hate to have your 360 go RROD of the 25th?

I wont lie, Im not a fan of sports games, so it wont affect me, but the PS3 owners who are can take it as is or just refuse to buy it. simple as that.

[Maddens Raiders]

LOL

-- ""PS3 version not as sharp and crisp as the Xbox 360 version..." --

..so says the man w/ the sh*t eating grin.

PlayStation Nation:

.................BOYCOTT Electronic Arts...............

[Jeremy Gerard]

i was waiting to see how long it would take for some moron to blame Peter Moore for this, you guys are pathetic, Pete Mo probably has not even picked out his office furniture yet.

[tomfoolery]

WTF!!
Maddens,take some advise son...........cut that line out of your act.

[Mr Marbles]

Why thank you, thank you very much. :)

I picked it out for him.

[tomfoolery]

very nice.

[Jeremy Gerard]

and @MR Marbles, yeah, you wish you did.

[gEnKiE]

ok, people got to make up their minds. I could of swore i saw an article where the ps3 version was sharper....either way, this is getting annoying...

[MarioFromTexas]

already stated that the PS3 version looked better, but minimal differences. This xbots make up more stories and stephen king...I heard there is going to be mass fires on september 25.....RROD...remember what your mother told you don't play with matches...having a 360 is the same thing

[Lord Anubis]

if you saw both games you will see, grab the screenshots for both versions.

[Jeremy Gerard]

What did you just say?

[hep]

Just after that comment of the PS3 version looking crappy.....

"Hopefully this was an issue with the TV or cables, lets hope the final game corrects my first impressions. "

Don't shoot it down just yet. The site or the game.

[Komrad]

i assume you're either going to buy it? or not? simple really.

[Lightning Mr Bubbles]

I have to agree this is pathetic. You can't tell the difference between the PS2 version and the PS3 version according to this guy...

We're talking about the same game here where he is claiming the XBOX 360 version is slightly crisper. It goes from that to suddenly you can't tell the difference between a PS3 and PS2 version?

What more proof do you need that this guy is an idiot?

I'll wait for reviews, but I really doubt it. But if this ended up being Madden 08 all over again, hell there's Konami's Pro Evolution 08, so this time the joke is on EA.

[RINGOFDEATH]

Ever since Peter Moore joined EA .. Notice only EA games for the PS3 is being develop poorly,other developers like Bethesda Softworks (Oblivion) and Codemasters(Dirt) has the better of the two...

Screw Peter Moore and EA 2K sports better anyways .

[mrlakadaddy]

this article was written on april 9 2007? this is news? come on people this is really ridiculous can we stop talking about nonsense? the truth of the matter is that ps3, xbox 360 and the wii will be around for a long time....there are people fighting wars, people starving and people dying and all you guys can do is fuss and fight over gamesystems? i wonder whether your parents fought for such lofty goals? i will play whatever game on whatever system i dont care which...damn i wonder how my boys in iraq are doing? this site is going to the dogs...any adults around?

[Reason]

Look at the top right-hand corner of that link: "release date: 27/09/2007."

There's no month numbered 27.

That means "04/09/2007" is September 4, 2007.

Don't criticize news items if you can't interpret basic international timestamps.

[PimpHandHappy]

6 years ago. The game (like madden) doesnt change much. I wonder if this will move 360 in the EU?!?!? Becuase it sure wont move anything in this counrty!

Yea this article was 6months ago!!!

hahahahaha

thats funny

all this site is good for is the links! Let my fellow gamers do the surfing and let me drink my beer on the beach....

peace

btw lets wait and see when the game is released b4 we comment on how it looks....dont jump the gun like u did on that 6.5 rerview on Warhawk

just chill and wait!

[Reason]

The article isn't outdated.

[kingboy]

Fanboys are really ruining journalism

[mrlakadaddy]

look under the authors name and it will show you the actual date this article was written...the date you are referring to is the date game is scheduled to come out....thats a julian date...the 27th day of september 2007, the release date of the game...rest assured i have been around the world...read before you criticize...have a nice day reason

[RedSeven]

Did N4G recently have an article with EA apologizing for bad porting to the PS3? Is there a deadline for these games? I just honestly don't understand sometimes how a company goes through testing and finalizing of a product and not think, 'hey wait a second this port looks like sh!t.' Who is pushing the green button on these final products? Can someone please finish developing a game? Bioshock is a great example of a company that said, hey lets make sure our game is good. Take note dev's.

[mrlakadaddy]

all you guys are wasting your time reading this...its really old news written on april 9 2007

[rev20]

I dont even understand what your arguing about its been stated numerous times that pes is better on the ps3 its sharper more fluent and better to control.

Great fifa is better on the 360 anyone that plays football game seriously and follows football knows PES is the best football sim around, so its fine ill take the better game.

[resistance100]

Well with it being EA plus 360 was lead platform its not surprising.

Still i like most football fans will wait for PES 2008 to hit in november and fifa is just poor and always has been

[mrlakadaddy]

it is current

[zonetrooper5]

Well the geforce 7800 graphics card in the PS3 is not really that good, nor is the ATI graphics card in the 360. Both of them are already outdated, hell, even my geforce 7950gt OC 512mb outperforms both of them.

[SageFrancis]

its ok, the only football game that matters ( PES2007) is better on PS3 than xbox. I couldnt care less about Fifa and EA's shoddy games

[jackwei22]

you fanboys are acting like children which is better who is at the end of the day it comes down to the game. Looks how superior the dreamcast was in terms of graphics and ram to the PSone and did it stop the PSone oh no the Dreamcast was losing to a considered inferior consoles in temrs of graphics, but games and gameplay was better. even though the PS2 laid down the finishing the blow of dreamcast you can say the same with PS2 and xbox despite how much longer PS2 was out the games were the best that is why PS2 dominated.

Gameplay comes first before graphics in, which true gamers surely understand and those care about graphics thats all aren't quite there yet.

[xg-ei8ht]

Its a 360 site, and its old news. Damm its old.

At the bottom, click here to see more 360 screenshots, now that says it all.

On the suject of GPU.

The 360 cannot do x4aa@ 1280x720p.

Thats why most 360 games were done @ 1024x600 then upscaled, then added aa.

PGR 3 ANYONE?

The same is being done for PGR4.

The GPU in the ps3 isnt like the one in the 360, and uses cell&spu's if the need arises. HDR can be done on ps3 with aa because of cell.

Although fanboys would have you believe it cannot, stating that the rsx is a 7800gtx,lmao.

[macsto]

You are an idiot. Its an AUSTRALIAN website, so the date format is not the same as the one in north america. THIS IS A CURRENT NEWS ITEM, THIS SITE IS MULTIPLATFORM. Here is a Ninja Gaiden SIGMA review from the SAME SITE, http://mygen.com.au/review....

People need to learn to read.

[beavis4play]

how many "news" stories are going to be about a game "looking better" on the 360 or "looking better" on the ps3? this sh1t is getting old.

[good2face]

I haven't seen FIFA 08 myself, but I have downloaded both demos of NBA Live 08 on PS3 and 360 and run them both on the same LCD TV. The PS3 version definitely has a lot more aliasing issues. The 360 version is quite smooth and sharp. Even players legs at a distance look smooth. On PS3, you will see all these jaggies. Is this just what's going to happen with ALL EA Sports Titles? 360 version will be smooth and have solid framerate while PS3 looks jaggy and stutters? That really sucks. I hope they are able to improve the PS3 implementations to match the 360 because the 360 version of Live 08 looks amazing.

[sajj316]

I also downloaded Live 08 and compared to my 360 demo. Def aliasing issues on the PS3. Is it because they haven't enabled it yet on the PS3 .... but its close to launch?

[good2face]

I doubt they would leave something like AA out so late in the process. AA does not come free and would affect the playability and framerate of the whole game. I think this is just the way the PS3 version of Live 08 will look. I'm hoping that 2K does a better job on the PS3 NBA 2k8 b/c I'll probably end up picking that up instead although Live does look great this year.

[Retro-Virus]

Are there people out there who actually care about this pile of turd which you call a soccer sim ?

My left foot !

Pro Evolution Soccer FTW !!

[HondaSIRowner]

You have any proof that 360 is a more powerful system?? and everyone knows EA is bad at developing.

[Goshyujin_Sama]

Fifa is garbage and will always be in the shadow of PES/W11. Besides the PES 08 version plays smoother and looks better on ps3 and that is much more significant than this. Fifa characters control like tanks while pes is a true football experience. Also EA has been doing ps3 games half-assed for a while now, so no surprize here.

[skylar2000]

How many games does xbox 360 have that looks a level better than the ps3 version? answer is none. Slightly better but not that much. However, the PS3 ports such as GRAW 2, FNR3, Virtua fighters 5(not a port), Tiger woods pga tour 08, Dynasty Warriors Gundam, Oblivion, Dirt looks a level better than the xbots 380. Enough said halo's
b .iat.ches.t

[BLACKJACK VII]

LOL !! How many subpar PS3 multiplats need to come out B4 the fangirls realize that SONY LIED TO YOU ABOUT THE CELL & THE 'POWER' OF THE PS3 ???

http://www.digitalbattle.co...

[chrisin3]

in Europe right?