It amazes me the quantity of people that come onto this site to regurgitate technical specifications they have read but have zero understanding of.

I honestly think that unless you are either
a) a games designer
b)a console hardware engineer or
c) an extremely gifted tech guru (like Ben Heck) then your comments about Cell, Xenos, teraflops and all other such jargon mean precicely squat.

Both systems are very evenly matched, ask developers working on both systems or doing ports and they will tell you this. Sure each console has its respective strengths but neither machine really outclasses the other.

At the end of the day, why do you care about all of this techie mumbo jumbo unless you are actually in the business of making games. Does someone out there actually play through Gears and then say afterwards, "yeah it was good but it doesn't have as many polygons as Lair"

Nonsense!

I think that the F.E.A.R. comparison doing the rounds today crystalises the debate; if differences in visual fidelity are going to be that imperceptable then both sides of the idiotic fanboy debate will win. The trouble is neither side will notice because they will be too busy slinging peurile insults at each other on comments sections like this one. View

Who cares who wins, since when did buying a console become a competition. Sure even non fanboys will have a system they like the most but why does it matter to anyone which company has sold the most units?

I know it sounds like kind of a tired question but I Just can't figure it out, do you people need sales figures to prove you are having fun playing your PS3 Xbox 360 Wii? View

Not only are these pictures literally years old now this is NOT news.

Please re read the N4G guidlines, there are journalists that use this site as a legitimate resource and it is becoming increasingly clogged with mumblenews. Screenshot comparisons made by no name bloggers are not newsworthy they are only interesting to those that want to brag about how amazing the PS3/360 is in the visuals department.

Screenshot comparisons are seldom newsworthy and what you have discovered deepbrown is that by pandering to the sensibilities of fanboys you can generate a comments war and hence ensure your stories hit the top of the N4G news page.

This is an abuse of the system, please stop Deepbrown you and others like you are ruining this site.

Those who agree, please raise your hand. It is us the users who are responsible for ensuring this does not happen.

Deepbrown this is not a personal attack, it's just that your behavour on this site is starting to get tiresome and frustrating for those that want to use it in the spirit of objective and relevant journalism. View

This article really does not read like a hands on in the least, the writer really does not come accross as though they had any actual play time with the title. Just a regurgitation of stuff we already know.

Don't have a PS3, but if this title plays as good as it looks, Sony may well have the Lara Croft of the next gen on their hands. View

Please can we avoid this site as a resource in future. Three speech is clearly a site that has been created by a PS3 fanboy expressly so that they can write stories to flame with here.

It saddens me but fanboys really are taking over this site. It's a shame really, it could be wonderful but instead all we get is 'Exclusive a is heading over to console b OMG!!' or 'check out this screen comparrison where console a totally owns console b'

Think before you approve people and report more vigorously, the lame option is there for a reason. View

Posting rumours is fine but this had absolutely no substance beyond an off the cuff remark by a no name blogger.

Please stop posting this kind of thing, it is not news it is not even a rumour.

And aother thing, enough with all of these screen comparisons already. Really, apart from a select bunch of zealot fanboy wag tails who is actually interested? View

This is NOT a duplicate story, as it is not specifically about the advert, it contains lots of other details about sony's new marketing strategy. Please read before reporting. View

all those who are completely and utterly sick of fanboy nonesense go here

http://forums.n4g.com/m_207...

The admin for this site are a helpful bunch and with enough support I think we can weed the bad apples out. View

http://forums.n4g.com/m_207... View

Seriously, given the guidelines set out by N4G (the ones that everyone has to read through at reg) I am surprised there are not lots more accounts being banned because of these sorts of attitudes.

Fan Boys are a cancer in the games journalism industry. Sites like N4G should be used constructively by objective people looking to behave professionally rather than 15 year old idiots looking to spread which ever brand of flaccid fan boy propaganda they adhere to.

As stated above, what does it matter if a game makes its way onto another console, it's not like it is being cancelled on the other?

I beseech those that are sick of this sort of rampant fanboyism to leave negative feedback where it is required. It's fine if someone doesn't like a particular console or gaming franchise and has a constructive reason for that opinion, but people who blindly and dogmatically herald one console/brand over another only serve to cheapen this industry.

And seriously could we quit the homophobia; nothing makes someone look like an un intelligent fool more quickly than a prejudiced remark. View

Nice rumour mongering whoooop, I heard there is a mini game where you can melt kittens in tubs of acid, or maybe I just made that up. View

Wow talk about being a tease View

This is a duplicate story

http://n4g.com/psp/News-320... View

Why do people continue to assume that the PS3 is a more powerful console based on nothing but sony's word. The Ps3 and the 360 according to most devs are very evenly matched. There has been lots of chatter about the cell chip but so far little to show for it. Sure the PS3 may need a little time to stretch its legs but does nobody remeber all of the fuss that was kicked up about the emotion chip in the PS2 and how it was dubbed a 'reality synthesisor'. My guess is that if there is a noticable performance gap between the two machines, then it will be less noticble than the one between the PS2 and the Xbox.

As for those games, I haven't played either but they both look like the mutts nuts (ie great) to me, although gears may have a slight edge (owing to devs being more familiar with the hardware and the excellent U3 engine). View

Gaming fun, whilst I agree with you in spirit I think you need to take into consideration the length of time each of the respective consoles you mentioned have been available at retail.

I think that in the end the DS could end up being the console to push handheld gaming into the stratosphere in terms of market share but we need to sit back and wait until the playing field levels out until that call is made. View

Is it not possible that this could happen? Look at the adoption of laptop computers over desktops. People looking for an every man PC solution will more often than not go for a laptop whereas desktops are becoming a niche hardware line for harcore PC gamers, designers and sound engineers.

As soon as the technology is cheap enough I think that we will see a gaming solution that does both. Sure you will be able to link your console to your HD/Holo set but crucially when you leave the house you will be able to take your device with you and play it via it's own in built screen.

Sounds far fetched at present but there are already UMPCs that can easily handle the likes of F.E.A.R. I for one would not rule out some sort of convergence that sees the handheld market encroach on home console technology so as to supplant a large portion of the home console market share. View

Excellently written, well balanced article. How refreshing it is to see someone offer some genuine objectivity in a field of journalism so often plagued with rampant fanboyism. I only wish I had written it. View

very interesting concept, huge potential but even so I am going to sit in the back for this one to begin with to see how it pans out. Vetting a system like this is going to be nigh on impossible and the whole system means nothings if the games cannot be implemented in a meaningful way. For that to happen there need to be games in the first place and at present the cost of development is scaring all but the big boys and a few true believers away (understandably). And another thing, how does the PSP fit into all of this? View