Virtua Fighter 5: 360 Version Has Better Graphics

After all that "only PS3 can do Virtua Fighter 5" talk, 360 fans are proud to say the 360 version is graphically superior - by some margin, in fact. Truthfully, the 360 sheen is so apparent in a direct HDMI cable switch comparison, it's like looking at Soul Calibur 2 on Xbox compared to PS2. VF5's here, online, and all is right with the world.

[jiggyjay]

Let the defending begin! Let me sum up the comments that are going to be said on this thread.

Sony Fanboy1- Lazy Devs!

Sony Fanboy2- the 360 had more Dev time!

Sony Fanboy3- Tekken is far superior anyways!

Sony Fanboy4- One word RROD!

Edit

Sony Fanboy5- We can at least play this game online for free.. LOL

Sony Fanboy6- XBL has so much lag that you won't even be able to play this online. PSN has no lag!

[thereapersson]

You can't seriously believe that you are better than any of the other dimwitted Sony fanboys on this site, can you?

Seriously...

[karlostomy]

LOL!

don't forget these ones:

Sony fanboy5:.. but wait for teh cell/bray potentialz
Sony fanboy6:...if it was developed on ps3 first it would have been better...oh wait

It sure is a letdown for ps3fans

[JsonHenry]

If they were so different, why did they not add side by side photos comparing the two?

I personally believe the 360 IS the more powerful system (the PS3 is bottlenecked beyond belief) so I have no doubt that the 360 version looks better. BUT I will still like to see pictures, especially after making the claims that there is such a big difference between the two versions.

[razer]

Dimwitted Sony fanboy like yourself.. How such a fanboy has so many bubbles is beyond me..

[fredy]

- A Sony fans Excuse list posted a while back

"I hate EA" (and UBI, Activision, Capcom, id, Epic, and 2K)
"EA is MS's b!tch"
"MS funds all review-sites"
"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"
"someday"
"fantasy"
"lie"
"f**k Peter Moore"
"f**k MS"
"EPIC UNREAL engine is CRAP all the sudden"
"Konami and their sh$tty PS3 online PES"[we like EA Fifa, afterall]

Wasn't this game done on the PS3 first?

I thought it was always the other way around going from the 360 to PS3 might suffer?

[jackfatal]

just 1 sentence!
they had soooooooooooooo much time to improve everything to the easier console!!

if they didnt improve the graphics with 6 months of poring then no one will buy this game!

oblivion,graw2,lost planet!! hellooo??? i dont get wats ur points YOU xbots??

[mikeslemonade]

This is an arcade port orginally anyway. It wasn't built from the ground up for the PS3. 360 fans will be eating there words back next year. It's easy to say things after a one year headstart and still get your butt kicked by the Wii. The truth is that the 360 doesn't sell in Europe or in Japan.

[Wii60_FTW]

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[psycho360]

nasim/shemie where r u?????????? Go on bring excuse no 110 MS paid Kaz to cripple the ps3.

[XerockX]

You can't play this online on ps3 because there is NO online mulitplayer ...period...just thought i'd tell you.;)

[Doppy]

I've played both of them running side by side, and the only difference graphically is that the xbox 360 version has slightly better colors and lighting than the PS3 version.

The biggest difference is that the Xbox 360 version seems to have more fluid animations than the PS3 version. Will all this make me go out and buy the 360 version. No, but it is nice to know developers are improving on games that are released later on other consoles.

Now that you know stop all the fanboy comments from the 360 side and PS3 side. Why don't you all act like Nintendo fanboys and keep quiet.

[ruibing]

Thanks for summing some of the things I was going to say up, you really saved me a lot of time. More 360 fans should do this for PS3 fans.

[BrianC6234]

Fghters are so boring. There's nothing to see here folks. Lets move along.

[jiggyjay]

SonyFaboy7- "Fghters are so boring. There's nothing to see here folks. Lets move along."

SonyFanboy8- "Better colors don't mean better graphics."

SonyFanboy9- The PS3 is a year old while the 360 is two years old.

SonyFanboy10- MGS/FF13/Lair/HS has better graphics than any 360 games out there!

SonyFanboy11- MS uses last gen DVDs! There's now way that would look better because PS3 uses Blu Ray

SonyFanboy12- Wait and wait and wait and wait.................and wait...

SonyFanboy13- [email protected]

[robep3]

First of all have a LOOK at Ninja Gaiden Sigma SAME EFFECT on characters in that game on the PS3 SO IT CAN BE DONE.
AS you 360 FB'S say if a game is better ON PS3 OH they have had a year longer to develop for the PS3 SO SAME HERE.
Also there has been talk of a patch to provide the missing features for the PS3 THAT'S THE ADVANTAGE OF ALL PS3'S HAVING A HARD DRIVE unlike the cheaper consoles available on the market and as developers are stating GAMES like UNCHARTED only using 30-50% of the spu's in the cell chip at anytime lets see what happens 12 months from now.
By then PS3 GAMES could be using dual layer on BD DISCS so how many
of those OLD FASHIONED DVD GAME DISCS MS INSISTS YOU USE WOULD YOU NEED while the PS3 VERSION COULD STREAM FROM ONE DISC MATE.
Then we have COD4,GTA4(STATED DVD A PROBLEM LOL)UT3,HAZE AND OF COURSE GT5 which unlike FORZA 2/PGR4 the cars look real and dont look like they have been WRAPPED IN CLING FILM.(IE PLASTIC LOOKING)
Also have a look at R&C,MGS4 SO PLENTY TO LOOK FORWARD 2 over next
few months and into next year & beyond!!!!!!!!!!!

[robep3]

Hi ALL

PS3 screen shot my Plasma HDMI GUESS WHAT unlike the review stated low and behold SHEEN on the characters & costumes

maybe GAMESRADAR SHOULD BUY SOME NEW GEAR FOR REVIEWS LOL

Rob.

[UnblessedSoul]

Lol funny stuff

[the worst]

so sorry it not better
ps3 is the best version
hahaha sucker
wait until the lag kicks in
you get killed and none
of the players moved

[SmokeyMcBear]

oh i see.. extra shiny textures means better graphics.. ok, i see now

[bluebrad1974]

better gaming hardware leads to better graphics.

[kornbeaner]

Why does sarah look like shes made of vinyl???

[Solotov]

Nice job, Sega. It is a decent graphics improvement over the PS3.

[unlimited]

its only slightly better..and what did u expect this game release like in feb of this year on the ps3....buy tekken and play online on the ps3 now thats the game you want to play..

[jjfunaz]

Please see Post1
"Sony Fanboy2- the 360 had more Dev time! "
and
"Sony Fanboy3- Tekken is far superior anyways!"

You managed to hit two predicted arugments with one post congrats!

Seriously though I think the extra time was spent porting and adding online play. Microsoft makes developers jump through hoops to get XBL funcionality into their games. I don't think that the graphics are that much supioror if any but I would like to see some side by side comparisons

[vilmer]

Too shiny.

[mesh1]

kids the shine is called HDR a very complicated and powerful next gen effect that uses all light source to extraordinary clearness so u new comers to games calm down plz . and yes yet again the 360 shows its capability online play, BETTER texture's ,better hdr lighting/better antialising its a new game.

[wageslave]

Want a good example of terrible lighting?

See Uncharted Drakes Fortune trailer here:
http://www.us.playstation.c...

use a critical eye to note;

The shadows are all one color.
The only thing casting shadows is the characters.
The shadows look "flat" ie; light is not reflecting, but coming from a single source.

If you've watched the trailers for Uncharted, watch it again, but pay CLOSE attention to the shadows and lighting.

Its the superior lighting in the Xbox 360 that shows through in VF5's superior graphics. Note in VF5 how ripples in clothing have different "degrees" of shadow, how the light i s more natural and variable.

[unlimited]

yeah its more shiny and plastic...xbots got the perfect game..i am so so mad..lmao..

[Grassroots]

Why is it to the point where the tiniest marginally difference is worth bragging about. I do wish the ps3 version had online, but I'm not going to double dip for just that. Enjoy a great game.

[InMyOpinion]

Because a year ago the PS3 was supposed to trash the 360 completely in terms of graphics. And it has'nt. Lots of promises but still no proof of it's massive graphical advantages. That's what the fuzz is about.

Still, I have to say GT5 and Drakes Fortune (crazy water effects) look extremely beautiful and as good or even better than anything the 360 released thus far. Maybe Mass Effect can rival them graphically, but I'm not sure.

[Kaneda]

A year ago PS3 did trash most Xbox 360 games...if you compared both system launched titles. Xbox 360 didn't get anything til GOW... PS3 already got RFOM...1st week...

[bluebrad1974]

You don't know much about the 360 do you? I have yet to s ps3 game surpass Kameo (360 launch title) in graphics. Enjoy the pics.

[PimpHandHappy]

and i didnt see jaggies

once again the 360 proves it puts a nice sheen on the graphics. Nice and shiney

[Meus Renaissance]

I seem to remember when delayed versions of multiplatform games coming out on the PS3 a month or two later, having improved visuals to a certain degree. Nothing significant however. In fact, this notion was bought forward by many Xbox owners when PS3 fanboys tried to boast.

This is similar to that. Developers have more time to tweak little things to further improve their product. Unless people are implying the PS3 can't handle VF5 with improved visuals, or support Online play for titles, I have no idea what this story actually is meant to mean.

[supaflypriest1]

from my understanding, the PS3 was suppose to be so powerful that anything that was release for it first would look so bad on the 360, even if it was released months after... the 360 was suppose to be xbox 1.5...I just don't get how an xbox 1.5 can achieve in some cases, better graphics than the almighty PS3, oh i forgot, the PS3 hasn't reached its potential yet, got it...

[s8anicslayer]

you sound like my little sister bickering with her friends you biatch!

[bluebrad1974]

There have been approx. 3 ps3 multi-plats out of around 35-40 games that have been marginally superior. Oblivion is the most recognized, and it took around 11 monthes of extra dev time. Games like Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six, Madden, NCAA, NHL, MLB, Fight Night and a whole host of niche titles are all superior on 360. And most of those games the ps3 version had anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 monthes extra dev time. As far as I'm concerned, that above and beyond enough proof that the 360 is the superior game machine.

[FullyLoaded420]

but...but.... its the cell....

and FREE ONLINE!!!

wait....the PS3 version doesnt have online...

nevermind....(sigh)

*goes back to watching movies*

[mesh1]

haha i almost cacked my pants very funny bubble for u.

[karlostomy]

and another bubble from me too

Goddam the funny posters get downbubbled too much.
Dont the ps3 camp have a sense of humour?
Oh that's right. There is 'potential' for humour. But the developers are too lazy.

here.. have two bubbles... oh wait...

[PimpHandHappy]

and it doesnt look as good as VF did single player.

i wonder if it will lag?

[blusoops]

You have Tekken 5 DR, which was a PS2/PSP game, not a true next-gen game. Wait for Tekken 6 and that should be more comparable to VF and DOA.

[Tryst]

But seriously, Teken 6 is p!ssing all over this game, and it isn't even finished yet!

There should be a rule on this site to stop X-bots posting news.

Now, the graphics difference between the two more noticeable than the graphics difference between CoD4? Remember people, this game has had more than 6 months extra time to gloss up. CoD4 looks better on the PS3 and they had the same Dev time.

[The Chief of Mjolnir]

Read the first post.

You got some of them.

[sagapo]

Well, we can compare it with FightNight3 for x360 and PS3, where the PS3 looked better (only just) imo. But it has been in developement longer.
VF5 has been longer in developement for the x360, so it could explain the "better" graphics, wich tbh don't meant sh!t when the game itself should suck. ( i'm not saying VF5 sucks, just tried to make a point...)

[LOFT316]

I got a few games on th PS3 when it came out that i already had on the xbox Fight night which i thought looked a lot better and tiger woods and virtua tennis and they all looked better and you just have to put it down to more devopment time virtua fighter should be no differ'nt thats what you'd expect when a game comes out a good few months later on another console

[Hockeymac18]

You're correct, it's probably due to the extra development time. However, I do believe the better looking version of Oblivion on the PS3 is probably partly due to more development time as well.

And as an aside (just because you mentioned it), I was under the impression that Fight Night 3 was NOT one of those games that looked better on the PS3. I seem to remember a comparison video when the PS3 version came out comparing the two and the conclusion reached was that the 360 version looked better in most ways (lighting in particular). I'm not sure, though, since that's just what I remember (we all know how memory can be sometimes) and as such could just be me.

Anyways, good points.

[bluebrad1974]

Here is an event that was held by an unbiased 3rd party with thousands of attendees. Guess which version of FNR3 was voted the best looking...

http://news.teamxbox.com/xb...

[richie]

same old story the ps3's been had once again.

[fenderputty]

or you could insert the comment <here>.

Both would work just fine, right xbox fans. lol

[gamesblow]

This is sega, folks... They're not developer geniuses here. I mean, look at all their games. They look like donkey piss. They're not a graphics heavy talented group over there at Sega. They're use to simple things... Hell, they tried to make games for their own Saturn and failed miserably at doing it... Know why? cause it was hared to dev for. Same with the ps3. It's hard to dev for... xbox 360, easy. Right up Sega's talentless hack ass alley.

[SabreMan]

absolutely wrong on all counts, graphically Virtua Fighter 5 is stunning on both consoles so are titles like Sega Rally and Virtua Tennis, you seem to be missing the point all Sega titles are pickup and play arcade games on a home console.
Virtua Fighter 5 is one of the deepest games you will ever play and calling Sega titles to simple is ridiculous, infact it's bordering on blasphemy.

As for you comment about the Saturn, it wasn't hard to develop for it has some superb titles some still unmatched, Panzer Dragoon Sega anuone. unfortunately for Sega they made the Saturn a 2d powerhouse unlike the Playstation that beat it hands down regarding it's 3d capabilities. In the mid nineties the console gaming world embraced 3d games and the Saturn simple couldn't keep up.

so in conclusion stop talking irrelevant trash

[InMyOpinion]

Is that why Sega has always been graphical pioneers?

"The 1993 release of Virtua Fighter was widely held as one the greatest achievements in Sega's history; utilizing their newest arcade cabinet, the Sega Model 1, they managed to create graphics and gameplay that were revolutionary, as recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, which has a Virtua Fighter cabinet on display."

They practically invented the type of 3D games we play today with games like Virtua Cop, Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing, Daytona USA etc.

As far as I know Jet Set Radio was the first game ever to use cel-shading technology so you have Sega to thank for that as well.

Shenmue for the Dreamcast was revolutionary in so many ways it would take to long to list them all. Real-time weather, quick time events, free battle system, a free quest mode that you could decide to play at your own pace and which let you interact with almost anything.

My guess is that you were born in the late nineties and know nothing about gaming history.

[Hockeymac18]

How old are you? You seem not to really know why the Saturn failed. It had nothing to do with "talentless hacks", but rather with the management at the company (32x...Sega CD...why did they do this!?).

There was also the issue of an extremely complicated hardware architecture (from what I remember, I believe they had two GPUs essentially...someone correct me if I'm off on that though) that very few developers wanted to work with (man...why does this sound so familiar? Almost like a system that's out right now!...).

That being said, the system put out some truly amazing games that I still to this day love (Panzer Dragoon Saga...oh how I love thee). It was simply outpaced by the PS1 in terms of marketing, third party relations, very complex architecture, etc.

The dreamcast kicked MAJOR ass (perhaps the greatest console of all time in terms of the first two years), and I'm still mourning the loss of the system (although I do still have it connected to my TV). If you think the DC sucked, well...I don't know what to say. Anyways...you seem to not totally know what you're talking about, so perhaps you should read up some more?

I'll admit some (key word) of the more recent (second key word) Sega games have kinda been of a rushed/poor quality (what the hell is going on with Sonic TEAM!?), but to say that the Sega didn't put out amazing games for the Saturn is purely ignorant and silly (I'd know since I had a Saturn and the best games by far were almost all from Sega).

[The Karate Kid]

Game looks exactly the same on both consoles. (Minor Differences)

PS3 version the fighter has *Jaggies* but texturing on the fighters are better more realer. (Not a huge Difference)

360 version the fighters has no *Jaggies* but the fighters looks alittle more plastic and a little less real. (Not a huge difference)

Both difference equates the game from a graphical standpoint.

360 version gets the edge for Online play & Extra Features!

But again without processing, this game is a last generation game with *Just* next generation graphics.

I do have a little secret, of a extended remix version on PS3 with extra fighters and online play!

[wangdiddy82]

this was the first fighting game on the ps3 and it was almost a launch title.. It was released 4 months after the ps3 came out.

SOOOOOO My 360 better be able to push this game out and make it even look slightly better or ill be pissed.. Ive had my 360 for 2 years and there's not one good fighting game on the system.. VF5 on the ps3 has been the best fighting game out so far.. I really didnt like the game but reviewers praised it.. Anyway its good to see that the 360 has a good fighting game now.. I wouldnt be bragging so much because the graphics arent that much better than the ps3 version.. And like i said it was a launch title on the ps3.. Just go back and play DOA to see how the first fighting game on the 360 looked..

[lawman1108]

That was not a good fighting game?

[jwatt]

A game that took a while to get ported over should have better graphics it's the online enabled that's a big deal. I played the ps3 version and I also have a 360 but I still probably won't pick this up. I would rather play DOA or Tekken Online.

[TheMART]

"we’re proud to say the 360 version is graphically superior - by some margin, in fact. Truthfully, the 360 sheen is so apparent in a direct HDMI cable switch comparison, it’s like looking at Soul Calibur 2 on Xbox compared to PS2. VF5’s here, online, and all is right with the world."

It just says it all. It's funny that Sony fanboys always like to hear about the only game that was really a bit better on the PS3, Oblivion, that came a year later on the PS3 compared to a fast PC port for the 360 and they don't want to hear about real improvements like this VF5 version a half year after the PS3 version.

They always say with PS3 games: "It got a 360 port, thus it can never get better then the original"

Well dudes, here is your proof. A PS3 port looks better on the 360. How about that? The 360 'ports' on the PS3 look less. The PS3 'ports' on the 360 look better. Obviously the 360 hardware is better for gaming if they can achieve this with just a port. You can talk Cell and BluRay all day long, but in the end, the 360 gets the better games and better versions of multiplatform games.

That MUST hurt. Simple as that. Ubisoft and EA games all are better on the 360. Two major dev's with many games that many people want. Now we see a former PS exclusive doing better on the 360. What's next?

Even before the PS3 launched some of the PS fangirls wanted to rub it in. With guys like DJ in front talking all kind of SOny marketing blabla from so called 'devs'. Just stuff straight off a userforum. A lot of bull about paperspecs (anyone remember all those PS2 FLOPS and other numbers but in the end the XBOX 1 had better graphics?). Same story all over again.

These days are good for 360 gamers. Reality proves the PS3 is a big lie. Yeah it's payback time for all that sh!t we had to hear for months

[Meus Renaissance]

Sometimes I wonder if you're trying to convince YOURSELF that the Xbox 360 is the only console that someone needs.

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

same here.

i`ve been thinking that for a while.

[magera]

me too.

[Wii60_FTW]

3 DUMBASSES IN A ROW! ^ ^ ^

[harv052]

Reading your posts has the same effect for me as watching a toilet flush...console arguments...so juvenile...

[jessupj]

I'm trying to keep calm, but you xbox fanboys are just too much to handle. It's called game development. We keep giving you the same legitiment reason but you just refuse to leave you fantasy world.

You think just because you have a lot of better versions of multiplatforms your console can perform better? At least I can admire your logic, but that is your bias view. The core is much harder to program for. You need ALOT more dev time for PS3 games, ALOT!. How long have GT5 and MGS been in development for? Maybe too long, I might agree with you there. But learning new things takes a long time sometimes.

In hardware terms the PS3 is a lot superiour to it's counterpart, 360. That is a fact people. So enough with the stupid bias fanboy statements saying the 360 console is superiour in hardward. If a game is worse, it's because of the development team and the slow learning curve.

[wil4hire]

How about Call of Duty 4..

Or Oblivion...

Which all look better on the ps3.

The Xbox's days are over. Its maxed out its potential to look a LITTLE better than the ps3 version of an old damn near launch title.

GOod job!!

[Anego Montoya FTMFW]

true.

for how much time they`ve had, theirs NOT much of a difference.

[ry-guy]

Eh, I disagree on CoD4.

People have been comparing screen captures and, for instance, the grass in the PS3 verison looks like it has been transplanted sticks. While the Xbox 360 verison looks much smoother and lusher.

On Oblivion: I would hope it would look better since it took exactly a year to be ported (Xbox 360: March 20, 2006; PS3: March 20, 2007). This is like failing an exam and then taking the same exam a year later, I would hope you improved.

[lawman1108]

Xbox 360: hardware to software ratio: 6.59 (hardware total sold = 6.8 million; software total sold = 44.8 million)
PlayStation 3: hardware to software ratio: 3.58 (hardware total sold = 1.9 million; software total sold = 6.8 million)
Wii: hardware to software ratio: 3.44 (hardware total sold = 4.5 million; software total sold = 15.5 million)
.........OUCH!!!!!!!!!.....44 MILLION to 6 million .........who's day is over? PLAYTHRUYOURT3ARS