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Gametrailers: 360 version of GRID better; Uses PS3 footage? ...WTF?

youtube.com User- ShinGino says" In gametrailers' recent comparison of GRID, a new racing game for the 360 and PS3, they claim the 360 version of the game does much better handling crash physics. The problem is the image they used has a triangle, R1, and R2 button explaining the control scheme in the left hand corner. What the hell?"

Ashton5831d ago

and I am glad that they are caught red handed for once.This is seriously low to use PS3 version to make the 360 one look better.

Crazyglues5831d ago

I was shocked, I thought Gametrailers was better then this, guess that check from Microsoft did clear after all.

360sucks5831d ago

this game sucks anyway
gt5p is 100x better

kevoncox5831d ago

An honest mistake in production? Mistakes happen you know.
Fanboys phasers set to dumbarse!

Spinner5831d ago (Edited 5831d ago )

Yeah... Wonder how many other games they did this to, but can't tell because the controls aren't mapped on the screen.

zypher5831d ago

um, there's nothing honest about this. this video will be viewed by the unsuspecting viewer as proof that 360 GRID > PS3 GRID, when that simply is not the case. it makes me wonder if and how often "mistakes" like this have been made in comparison videos before.

justgamez5831d ago (Edited 5831d ago )

it's that sites, mags and journalist are all swayed by self bias, swag, advertising dollars and other various forms of payoffs.

I have played both games for a few hours each side by side and sometimes I forget which version I am playing until I squeeze the controller.

Just look at the comparison video between Gears and Gears 2. They darkened the detail a bit in Gears. Brumak on the original Gears of War has a lot more detailed then displayed in that video comparison. I played the level today just to see for myself.

You can't trust gaming media outlets at all. We have to rely on user feedback but there is just too much fanboy nonsense to know who to trust with that as well. Guess we are all alone and have to make our own decisions or rely on a few close friends. Which is what I do most.

Ashton5831d ago

I hear you man,,,They took a dump on Gears 1 to make gears 2 look better,,,we really need an unbiased website,,,but it seems sadly that's really hard to find these days.

kevoncox5831d ago

zypher -
The fact tha tey used the wrong video has nothing to do with which looks better. Gamer trailers view the games on both consoles, They realize the 360 version is better. They go to make a comparisom video and used the wrong file when they merged it....

How does that make the ps3 version different. They saw which one was different before the video was made.

Chuck Norris5831d ago

Is this the same site that used hdmi cables for the 360 version of DMC while using components for the PS3 when doing the video comparison?

callahan095831d ago

No shock at all from me. Did anybody notice how they've given absolutely no attention to the new gameplay footage of Killzone 2 and Resistance 2? They just let it slide like it doesn't exist, not only do they not post 720p versions, but they don't post them at all. Period. No comparisons to Resistance 1, no analysis, nothing. And yet, the same day they show the Gears 2 gameplay footage, they go balls to the wall with all kinds of crazy analyses and so forth.

gameraxis5831d ago

i always seen shane (editor in cheif) praising the ps3 thinking itsgonna win(from early on) then on IW seems like he's having doubts i dunno what the hell to belive. not that it matter but don't do THIS just be even

prunchess5831d ago

Its got to the point that you cannot trust a review from any site these days. Only those that have both systems running on the same TV can judge for themselves.

Gametrailers have been pulled up on this kind of stuff before. Eventually this kind of game journalism is going to be the end of them. If this was deliberate then rightly so.

pharmd5831d ago

we have been getting F'd in the A by those douchebags.... i refuse to approve any gametrailers.com stories on here anymore

biased bastards!

sonarus5831d ago

lol it was prob a mistake

JasonPC360PS3Wii5831d ago

but you PS3 fans wern't saying gametrailers was biased when you were posting links for the GTA IV review, even though in the end it ended up in favor of the 360 when the vids came out on many sites. So why are you ok with GT when it's a pro Sony review, but it's biased now?

Megaton5831d ago

Viacom + Microsoft = Massive advertising contracts

Viacom = MTV = GameTrailers

Could be an honest mistake, but it could also be pure trashy favoritism. Neither one would surprise me, judging by how they handle themselves over there. Only the people working at GameTrailers know for sure.

jahcure5831d ago

maybe it was just a "bug" like the one on gamespot that has random 9.5 ratings attached to games for no reason.

gaffyh5831d ago

Maybe Gametrailers is a little biased, but it's the only (decent) site with a wealth of game trailers available, actually works most of the time, and has got good enough servers to cope with bandwidth.

I'll still use GT, but probably not to view comparison videos anymore. Most likely GT will ignore this problem and hope that it goes away, I hope that it doesn't they need to make a public apology atleast.

Wicked Sick5831d ago

I dont think that really matters.
These guys are trying to hide the truth or manipulating it.

I dont think anyone cares which version is superior, this goes beyond that.

This is about principals and truth and this shows in what troubling state the gaming journalism is today.

How can a respected gaming website do these kind of things?

Its disgusting fanboy behaviour that doesnt belong on the professional level.

And if it is a mistake, how can they make such a mistake?

Surely they must preview their videos since they are edited?
It makes you wonder if these kinds of "mistakes" have occurred before?

Give credit where its due and dont manipulate the media so it fits your agenda.

DecayingMadness5830d ago

PS3 fanboys are just insecure little *itches that need to have games with the best graphics. heck I don't give a sh*t. I see why the only thing you guys boost your PS3 for is for the graphics never any gameplay because you realize the games on it suck. or your just to dumb to notice. your like a *uckin woman drawn to a diamond since its shiny and you really want it but you are to ignorant to know where the thing came from. support Microsoft and you support America. support Sony and you support Japan. If you haven't noticed Japanese are racist as hell towards Americans(notice the 360 sells like crap there). Sony fanboys are just like the morons that buy diamonds they don't give a sh*t where they get it from or who is being oppressed because of it. half the people that have a PS3 don't even play it, but how often do you use a Microsoft product? oh thats right all the frakken time because you are most likely on one right now.

callahan095830d ago

@ 1.22:

I think you're the racist douchebag here. Inserting nationality into the argument is just ridiculous. It's not about what country makes the product that determines whether I buy it, and the way you call Japanese people racist for not buying Xbox 360's is just simply bullsh*t. You ought to be ashamed for even harboring these kinds of thoughts.
"Sony fanboys are just like the morons that buy diamonds they don't give a sh*t where they get it from or who is being oppressed because of it."
Yeah, because buying a f*cking playstation is the same as buying a diamond that people were killed and enslaved in order to harvest. Jesus Christ, why don't you just get the hell out of here right now, nobody wants to read a word you type ever again.

@ 1.18:

Anybody who clicks "disagree" on your comment is a biased Xbot fanboy, plain and simple. It's impossible to disagree with your comment, because it represents complete truth that anyone with half a brain can recognize, and you still even said it could be an honest mistake. Your comment satisfies all that is right with a good and logical post. I commend you for it.

To anyone who disagree:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id...
http://gigaom.com/2007/12/1...

Take your pick of any other number of articles that talk about the $500 million deal signed between Microsoft and Viacom, under which Viacom is obliged to advertise and promote videogames. Hmm, what could that mean?

http://www.viacom.com/ourbr...

There's a list of some of the MTV-related brands that Viacom owns, including GameTrailers.com

So yeah, it's true:

Viacom = MTV = GameTrailers.com
Microsoft + Viacom = Massive Team Up

Couple that with easy to find examples that show a bias against PS3 and towards 360, and then add a dash of this BS we've been discussing here in this comment section, and what do YOU think is a fair assumption to make about the objectivity of GameTrailers.com?

lawman11085830d ago

Yeah god forbid anyone who says the 360 runs games better MUST be biased. The only thing biased around here is THIS site.

anh_duong5830d ago (Edited 5830d ago )

ps3 owners should count themselves lucky.. if GRID was available for the wii then i have no doubt in my mind that gametrailer would have used wii GRID footage (captured using a vhs camcorder) and claimed it to be original undoctored PS3 direct feee hdmi gameplay.

lessthanmarcus5830d ago

Racing games play better on PS controller anyway. FPS = 360 controller. Fighting, RPGs, Platform, Racing, everything else = PS controller.

TresTrendu5830d ago

Well i can tell you, i don't know why. Cause they 360 demo look's and run's way better than the ps3 demo.

zethos565830d ago

I've known GT to be biased for a while. I mean their 2007 GOTY was Halo 3!

callahan095830d ago

Halo 3? Was it really? That's lame. I loved the game (for about a month), but Call of Duty 4 was waaaaaaaaaaay better, and a multiplatform, so it is approachable for PC owners, PS3 owners, 360 owners... definitely should have been that before Halo 3. If they picked Halo 3, in my opinion that's just that much more evidence of them being in MS's pocket.

BLuKhaos5830d ago

Open your eyes you F---ing tool since when does the 360 pad have a pink square button?

MADGameR5830d ago

Who knows how many videos they falsely made 360 version look better.

Pinionist5830d ago

I never really saw single comparison between XBOX360 and PS3 game that wasn't biased towards one or another console, and on top of that, they never were compared properly. If you want me to see differences, then at least show be the exact same things. Otherwise it's like showing the same thing with "xbox360" and "ps3" on sides of the video.

prowiew5830d ago

what the hell. Game sucks anyway.

Will-UK5830d ago

watch how they try and cover it up

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Sev5831d ago

Yup I can add them to the likes of Kotaku, and all the other biased sites.

America the land of the pay offs.

Relcom5831d ago

advertised 360 products a majority of the time. Also their reveiws heavly favor the 360.

BLUR1115831d ago

it was most likely a mistake on using the ps3 crash clips insted of the 360 crash clips or there too lazy to run both consoles for the graphic and phisics test for the vid. if so then there probaly tired of doing these compare videos... idk

Delive5831d ago

I had gone to gametrailers in the past to see footage of games and such, but never really paid that much attention to the comparisons (Until the DMC debacle). Since I only went there once or twice a month, it never really stood out. If this trailer is true (which it looks to be), this is low and unacceptable. I guess I'll have to add then to the list of unreliable game media sources along with Gamespot.

Homicide5831d ago

It is pretty strange. Gametrailers always makes the 360 version look better. They first wouldn't turn full RBG on and made fun of PS3 fanboys because of it. Then they turn it on and compare without full RBG on Uncharted and said there were no differences. The only comparison video that made the PS3 look better was Ironman. But of course, nobody cared about that game.

TresTrendu5830d ago

I think the 360 owners should be outraged of them trying to make the 360 version look worse by using ps3 video in it's place.

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Vojkan5831d ago

IS anyone surprised? Biggest fanboys and biased site on the internet, even more so that 1UP and GameSpot. Just listen to last invisible walls episode, they are such 360 fanboys that my head began to hurt after crap that they were saying.

BLUR1115831d ago

1up is more populated by ps3 fans, and you talk about biased site's lol! look at what site you just said that on.

prunchess5831d ago

C'mon man! I think that both sides are quite evenly matched on this site.

A lot of the latest articles that have either been pro 360 or anti ps3 have been very difficult for 360 posters\owners to defend or support. Maybe that is why you feel that N4G is biased?

TresTrendu5830d ago

The ratio is 65% ps3 and 35% 360 might even be more ps3. But that is just calling safe.

The Lazy One5830d ago

Sometime in the future, I will say these exact words

"PS3 has a better GPU than the 360," which I know full well it doesnt, and can back up fairly well with a good amount of evidence from a variety of hardware breakdowns. (the main power difference that balances the two is in the cell)

You would be suprised how many agrees and disagrees I get for saying something sony biased, though completely false of my own admission.

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