GameSpot: Xbox 360 Vs. PlayStation 3 Graphics Comparison: Now With PC!

MURKERR - 370 days 7 hours ago

where each console is utilised to the best of their abilities,whats the point in doing multiplat games?

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Jamegohanssj5 - 370 days 6 hours ago

If you remember Bethesda gimped the PS3's version of Fall Out. Of course it's going to look like crap.

TGSI

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Kushan - 370 days 6 hours ago

That wouldn't work, you can't compare completely different games because the whole thing is subjective. Imagine comparing something like Gears of War to Uncharted - sure, they're kinda similar gameplay-wise, but Uncharted is set mainly in forested areas, whereas GoW is set in Urban areas. Both games will have been designed with this in mind and thus the engine optimised for such things.
Even FPS games will be designed in near-entirely different ways from each other - Fallout 3 was designed for large, sprawling landscapes, but Halo 3 was designed for somewhat large, but smaller overall "Chunks" of level (if that makes sense).

The comparisons are pointless anyway, the difference in the level of detail between the two consoles is so minuscule that it makes no difference to the gameplay at all. It's never going to be a deciding factor over which console is best or which console joe public is going to buy, for that we need to look at the exclusive games and extra features each provides. Graphical comparisons reveal nothing.

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MURKERR - 370 days 6 hours ago

do genres of -shooters,adventures,racing,rp g's

each CONSOLE has exclusive games in those genres just do a graphics comparison

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The Killer - 370 days 4 hours ago

they know that ps3 exclusives is on a different level and will make 360 exclusives looks cheap, thats why they dont do it! i mean which 360 exclusive even looks close to MGS4?? or uncharted? killzone 2? did u guys see uncharted 2?? heavily rain?? do u think any 360 exclusive will even come near them in graphics??

the answer is big NO! so they want to take an easy way to make the 360 games looks better or on par with ps3 game by comparing multiplat games!!

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Alvadr - 370 days 2 hours ago

I had both 360 and PS3 versions of this game to decide which to play over xmas.

Aliasing on the 360 is way better, a lot less jaggies than the PS3 version. This seems to depend on the time of day but its really not a big deal as the game still looks fantastic...... The 360 has a lot of screen tearing in high detail areas.. like when walking round Megaton or in a large battle with a lot of detail.

In the end last weeks trophy patch sealed the deal for me and I went with the PS3 version.

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thewhoopimen - 370 days 1 hour ago

I think character models textures were slightly higher on geow2 than mgs4, but MGS4's looked much more seamless. I caught many a time, plates on the shoulder plates clipping into the walls, arms legs on geow2.

Anyway, my chief gripe with your argument is that you know (as I know if you played with mgs4) that everything in MGS4 from faraway up to magnifying glass range was readable and sharp (if not super high quality texture). Geow2 had a huge vaseline effects from 300+ feet away. It doesn't even have upclose textures. Did you try reading the bulletin board in the hospital? Completely unreadable. Take some time and look around Naomi's ramshackle clinic in MGS4. Did you notice how empty it was with NPCs running around anywhere compared to MGS4's marketplace in the 1st chapter?

Did you notice how MGS4 cars sitting in the 1st act actually have real suspensions that rattle when explosions occur? Geow2's empty hulks dont' even explode or flip when a grenade is tossed nearby.

There is no comparison between the two titles. Geow2 felt rushed even compared to the first game. MGS4 is a far more polished title with far more going on onscreen, better CG, better rail sequences (brumak vs. Metal gear ride) (drill rig vs. MGS4 motorbike rail OR MGS4 on Drebin's armored vehicle). More interesting weapons array, more approaches to objectives, more unique texture assets(50Gb does add up). Geow2 still looks like a skeleton world to me. Boxes boxes, empty stalls, only bunks no kitchens, no maintenance rooms, just empty corridors with occasional rooms filled with repeating junk. Notice how locusts just walk around. They don't take pisses, they don't lounge, etc. They just wait around until you show up to pop you.

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Ital50Stal - 370 days 1 hour ago

two words, one title...."Alan Wake"... msg4 n killzone cant compare to alan wake.
compare those screens

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Kushan - 370 days ago

No, some of you just don't get it - you cannot compare two different games on two different platforms, it just doesn't work. Even if they're the same genre, the whole design of the game may be completely different. Lets take an example: Bioshock Versus Resistance: FOM. Bioshock is INSIDE the whole time, FOM goes outside AND inside - the engines have to be designed to cope with this and thus various compromises are made here and there, regarding things like clipping and object occlusion.

Or, if you don't get that, try thinking back to when you were a young boy at school - ever do a thing called "Fair testing"? Well let me refresh your memory - fair testing is the concept where you test something by changing just ONE variable. So in a lab, that one variable might be a substance that's added to a chemical - the lab equipment, the conditions, etc. are always the same, otherwise you can't prove that the substance being added to the chemical is what's causing the change. The same logic applies here, to really tell which console is superior, you can't compare one game to another, you have to compare the SAME game or you'll have changed too many variables and thus the comparison is void.

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Jamegohanssj5 - 370 days ago

Wow guys really. The Playstation 3 version of Fall Out looks bad. I mean the game as a whole looks bad, but Bethesda screwed us. Everyone knows that I love the PS3 and this is coming from a true fan. How in the hell do you make Oblivion look good on PS3, but make Fall Out look like garbage?

TGSI

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Ramzadel - 369 days 22 hours ago

@1.9

Wow, you broke the record for the fastest time to land on my ignore list

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DarK-SilV - 369 days 21 hours ago

"two words, one title...."Alan Wake"... msg4 n kill zone cant compare to alan wake"
so you want to compare the PC version of Alan Wake which was running in 1080P to MGS4 and kill zone2
let us see the Xbox360 version then we can compare them

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ChampIDC - 369 days 20 hours ago

You guys wanting to compare console exclusives are forgetting one thing. The PS3 both came out a year later and is more expensive than the 360. If it didn't have better graphical capabilities, that would be pretty sad.

Besides, I'm sick of these stupid graphics comparisons. Games are about FUN. People always seem to forget that.

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lokiroo420 - 369 days 20 hours ago

Well said!

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dem0n - 370 days 8 hours ago

I wasn't one of the ones who disagreed, but I know the PS3 version of GTA tends to look darker and has a blue tint. I even changed the settings on my Samsung 42in, with the same results. I prefer playing GTAIV on the PS3 because of the controller, but I also purchased the 360 version for DLC and achievements.

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read disc error - 370 days 3 hours ago

the token sony fanboy goggles that refuse to see jaggies and lack of AA. you'd be in a state of denial too if you paid $400 for a machine to do something that a $200 machine can do better.

1)PC
2)360
3)PS3

Not even a question.

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ASSASSYN 36o - 370 days 1 hour ago

Agreed.

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Cenobia - 370 days 1 hour ago

The difference is so minimal I don't see why anyone would care. If you're really that big a graphics whore that you can see any major differences, than you should obviously get it on the PC. Really people are just looking for anyway to call the PS3 sh!t, when they are perfectly okay taking a hit to graphics to play it on their 360's. Hypocrites much?

They look almost identical and play fine. I don't see why people have to keep arguing about minor differences. Like I said before, if you really care you own a $1000 computer that can do all the graphics at max.

Personally I purchased the PS3 for all the exclusives (we can get into how PS3 exclusives look better if you really want to). I can play games like this on my PC if I really cared that much about the graphics quality of multi-platform games.

Also, I don't see why this darkness problem that seems to be plaguing all the PS3 screenshots can't be fixed by adjusting your TV. None of my games have ever been that dark.

@read disc error- you're $200 machine can't play all of the games I want and needs a bunch of extra's to do the same things (wifi, rechargeable controllers, hard drive, $50 a year, etc). I know why I purchased my PS3. If you wanted a machine that could render better graphics for multiplatform games, why do you even own a 360? You could have used that $200 (which is obviously less than you actually payed, even for just the console at the time you purchased it) to a computer that can give you the better graphics. Hell, you could even buy a 360 controller for it.

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ASSASSYN 36o - 370 days 1 hour ago

Is it really that serious to purchase two of the same game? I mean it is you money and all I am just curious as to why would you?

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Cenobia - 370 days ago

Dude, wtf. Like 5 comments up you just said the PS3 versions look like "a55" and now someone who has actually seen both versions (unlike you who has seen only screen shots) says something you basically call him pathetic.

He's not the one judging games from a few pictures and then saying one version is worse than the other. He's actually played both games.

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Sangria - 370 days ago

Actually i work in a video game shop, so i can freely take some games to make comparision, and once i saw it, i decide to buy or not one of those versions.

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no_more_trolling - 369 days 21 hours ago

working minimum wage. go back to college and stop playing games

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Cenobia - 369 days 20 hours ago

Wow, you're kind of a douche bag aren't you?

You know absolutely nothing about this person, and you think you can comment about the pay grade of his job?

What are you 14? You really need to grow up. This is a website about gaming. He can comment on games as much as he wants. You have no right to attack him personally, or tell him to stop playing games (which is why you're supposedly here, you stupid hypocrite).

Get your head out of your ass.

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Sangria - 369 days 5 hours ago

If there were no sailor, business would not exist, fool.

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iistuii - 370 days 7 hours ago

RGB wont help the fact that it's got no AA in the game at all. Its a jaggie mess and what i wanna know is why is this on all multiformat's after 2 years ??

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thor - 370 days 7 hours ago

Learn to read. He said it looks like they have RGB full turned ON. The "excuse" he's making is that everyone knows the PS3 version of Fallout 3 looks like sh1t so they should compare other games that haven't been half-arsed on PS3.

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ASSASSYN 36o - 370 days 1 hour ago

Yeagh it's a conspiracy against you, and sony that happens to effect every cross-platform game. Or maybe the ps3 isn't what sony, and you conspiracy theorists sony fanboy whinny little loyal babies have hyped it up to be. I myself realized this back when the first rainbow 6 vegas came out.

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bee2427 - 370 days ago

the only game i own out of these is gta 4 and i havnt played it in awhile but i dont remember the game looking like a blurry mess on the ps3 as its portrayed in these comparisons. also i hate gamespot and theyve always shyyttted on the ps3 so im taking these comparisons with a grain of salt... its stupid anyway to bash the ps3 when you look at their exclusives, obviously some developers take pride in their work and others dont

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thor - 370 days 7 hours ago

It's more expensive to do AA on PS3, so most games use just 2x or Quincunx. Quincunx has the unfortunate side-effect of making the image look a little blurred but it gives the impression of greater AA level. This isn't to say the PS3 can't do AA, however, as games like Warhawk (4xAA) demonstrate. Killzone 2 also has very little aliasing.

You'll see games looking the same because they use the same assets (character models, environments, textures etc.) so the only major differences will be in framerate, anti-aliasing and post-processing. This is where the PS3 version falls down unfortunately.

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thereapersson - 370 days 6 hours ago

Thank you for explaining things for those who are unsure about this stuff.

edit: found this online.

"Quincunxes are used in modern computer graphics as a supersampling pattern for anti-aliasing. Quincunx antialiasing samples scenes at the corners and centers of each pixel. These five sample points, in the shape of a quincunx, are combined to produce each displayed pixel. However, samples at the corner points are shared with adjacent pixels, so the number of samples needed is only twice the number of displayed pixels."

http://www.nvnews.net/previ...

Hence the "2x" multisampling (anti-aliasing).

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darkride66 - 370 days 1 hour ago

I remember seeing the close up comparison of models and textures for the 360 and PS3 version of Fallout 3 and the PS3 version was the clear winner. You'd have to be blind not to see it. These far away shots reminded me, didn't someone complain about the draw distance of the PS3 for this game, because I don't see a problem in these comparisons. Other than that, I thought the PS3 version looked better, more realistic. If you look at the textures on the ground and rocks their shadows are far more subtle. At any rate, people claiming Fallout 3 is gimped on the PS3 need to actually play the game or check out the reviews. IGN thought it was worth 9.4 on the PS3. That doesn't sound very gimped to me.

Reminds me of the Orange Box. I played through all 3 episodes on my PS3 and that game was freaking awesome. You'd think it was unplayable the way 360 fanboys were bashing it on the forums - crowing about the 360 version. Personally, the 360 version could look twice as good and I'd still play it on my PS3 over the 360. After 4 360 consoles I learned that if you buy the bulk of your games on a console you can't rely on, what's the point. I'll never buy another MS console again.

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HDgamer - 370 days 2 hours ago

Exactly, its a fact that the pc is more powerful than the consoles. But fanboys with an unhealthy level of obsession will never accept this.

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darkride66 - 370 days ago

It may have something to do with their parent company having exclusive deals with MS, but after almost of decade of using Gamespot I finally abandoned them. The pro 360, take a shot at Sony every chance you get had got so bad it was like a slap every time you read their news. Have a look now. There's an article about Fable II's downloadable content that makes you go away feeling like the 360's the best console in the world. Sure the DLC is delayed again, but let's crow about much software we've sold, NPD numbers, the size of the fan base, how MS's apologized for this, the contest they're running.

By contrast look at their article on Home's Beta. It's a tiny article. They focus on voice chat being taken away temporarily. They put temporarily in quotation marks, to imply that they're lying. They use language like "blame" and "evicted", highlight "lingering issues". It's the freaking beta. That's the point, to iron out the issues.

And it's been like this for at least 2 years now. I thought it was just me, but the bias in their news reporting become more and more blatant as time went on to the point where I now don't consider them a credible site in any way, shape or form. It's sad. They used to be great. Now reviewers get fired over pressure from advertisers. WTF?

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HemiHalo - 369 days 20 hours ago

If they are such 360 fanboys then why is Gears 2 not on the Game of the Year poll? No More Heroes is!!! I mean come on!! Oh yeah, and they gave MGS4 a 10, remember? I'm not a fan of MGS, I'd rather just play Splinter Cell, but I must admit that game is damn near perfection.

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darkride66 - 369 days 15 hours ago

Gears isn't on their game of the year poll because Gears 2, while good, isn't close to being game of the year.

And if they hadn't given MGS4 a perfect score they would have shown their hand to the entire world, that they're truly biased against the PS3 for some reason. Just look at their articles. Compare any two news articles about MS and Sony and check out their word choices. You'll see what I mean. It's been going on for 2 years now with them, and knowing that their parent company has exclusive deals with MS to show their content exclusively on XBL, does it really surprise you that they have a pro-Microsoft/anti-Sony slant? Just follow the money.

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power of Green - 370 days 11 hours ago

I was just in the GTA4 PC vs 360 thread below and I agree, the PC version crushes the 360 version.

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Magic_The_Celt - 370 days 5 hours ago

Well duh, PC versions of games can and will always crush console counterparts

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Nicaragua17 - 370 days 8 hours ago

LOL the ps3 has some of the best looking games this gen,silly Xbots.Anyways,the PC versions look better than the console versions,and the ps3 versions look better than the Xbox 360 versions.

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Ps3Fanboy777 - 370 days 7 hours ago

Nothing you can do, like most 360 users they care about numbers, not actual games.

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BLUR111 - 370 days 5 hours ago

No it's just way of smacking you in the mouth and telling you that playstation is NO LONGER King.

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Ps3Fanboy777 - 370 days 2 hours ago

I stand by what I said. Now what son? Meet up like rubber duck cluck cluck click click we all know what your mom likes to lick lick...

*Okay I just sent him another 5 or so PM's... Never knew people checked them! Ive got a fish and im realing him in... Muahah haaha hahaha

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Traveler - 369 days 15 hours ago

Please go away, PS3fanboy. We don't need super fanboys like you dragging these conversations downhill.

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Traveler - 369 days 14 hours ago

Look, I love my PS3 and Uncharted is my favorite game in a long time, but Gears 2 hangs with anything the PS3 has and that is the truth. Uncharted 2 will probably look a little better and Killzone 2 as well, but it isn't by some massive degree so why be waving that around? The truth is, based on everything I have seen and everything that developers have told us, the two consoles are basically more or less equal. One might have a somewhat higher potential performance and one might be somewhat easier to get good performance out of, but by and large they are basically on par in the graphics department. I am a fan of both consoles and I have played many games on both of them, and what I see is two consoles that are basically equal in performance.

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karlostomy - 365 days 19 hours ago

You have said what we all know, yet for some reason is never acknowledged.

I guess if people have paid $400 - $600 for a supposedly superior product, then there exists a psychological need to argue for superior results even if they do not exist.

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TheMART at Xboxkings - 369 days 22 hours ago

Look at the disagrees... WHat is there to disagree about? The PS3 misses the shadows, misses the sun/lightning effects on stuff like rocks. If you disagree, type a damn message.

PS3 fans are freaking stupid.

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Sony Defense Farce - 369 days 15 hours ago

Obviously, they did buy the console after all.

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Dr_Nefarious - 369 days 13 hours ago

One last thing you forgot about your rocks my friend. Why does the PC look simular to the ps3 rocks? They seem a little blurred up to with those same missing shadows. Oh noes the 360 has some how became more powerful than the latest and greatest pc graphics card!!!

Pfff whatever man, just keep dreaming.

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olivia - 369 days 21 hours ago

the 360 been out a year early what the hell the do you expect.if look at those numbers the 360 no. are awful with a year head start.

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lokiroo420 - 369 days 20 hours ago

At least the 3do and ps3 run longer than a month before getting its coffin.

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