Modern Warfare 2: PS3 and Xbox 360 HD comparison screenshots

Gandalf - 43 days 5 hours ago

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Eddy Raja - 43 days 5 hours ago

... and into the fire

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ape007 - 43 days 5 hours ago

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Mindboggle - 43 days 5 hours ago

Wow I hope these are fake. COD4 on PS3 and 360 were identical, so why would these be real ??

Then again I don't have a 360 so its PS3 version for me regardless.

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komp - 43 days 2 hours ago

So did they have all the correct settings enabled on the PS3 version? How about super white and other options.

This story is pathetic and needs to be reported. Go back over their Forza3 stuff they did and look at the crap pics they pump out.

If it is true then I expect to be seeing loads of :

"Why the PS3 version needs to be fixed"
"5 ways to make the PS3 version better"
"Has IW raped the PS3 community on purpose"
"10 ways to make the PS3 version better"

Then Hiphop gamer will jump in on it, then VALVE will laff and say they told you so and then a random amount of comments will be applied to the said stories.

Lets just face the fact that MW2 is running the same game engine and as such this game could have been just DLC for COD4, in reality it is only new maps and a few differing weapons.

I wish someone sensible would come along to show a "REAL" comparison, lens of truth maybe or even a reader who has capabilities to do so... make sure you have the settings correct on PS3 via HDMI etc....

thanks.

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thereapersson - 43 days 1 hour ago

Yeah, I wonder what technique they are using to record the shots? There was a game once (I can't remember what it is for the life of me) that I saw compared on some game website, and to make the comparison even, they didn't use HDMI on the PS3; they used component video cables, because the 360 had component. I wish I could remember what game it was, but I am not making this stuff up. I couldn't believe it when I read it...

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STONEY4 - 43 days 1 hour ago

"So did they have all the correct settings enabled on the PS3 version? How about super white and other options."

Super white does make it look a bit better, but Full Range RGB only has a good effect if you're using a monitor and not a TV. On TV's it burns out all the colors. I forgot to turn it off while playing Uncharted 2, and I couldn't find where to go because the exit was a hallway I couldn't even see because of the RGB crap, it was so dark it looked like a shadow in the corner.

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Xbox Avatars Shoe - 43 days 1 hour ago

I never thought I would say Gears of War 2's graphics are superior to another big-budget game's.

It seems like they forgot to put "modern" graphics in "Modern" Warfare 2. IW themselves said the ONLY difference between the CoD4 engine and the MW2 engine is the addition of streaming textures to the MW2 engine, BUT on the box of CoD4 it says that game included streaming textures so how they adding something "new" to the engine if it's already there? MW2 looks GREAT... for a 2007 game but this is 2009 and games are HD.

If IGN gives MW2 a 9 or higher in the Graphics category, I'm never visiting their site again!

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The Creep - 43 days 1 hour ago

Damage control will be here in 5 4 3 2............

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joe382 - 43 days 1 hour ago

this game looks worse than I thought :/

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thereapersson - 43 days 1 hour ago

Damage control? For what?

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The Creep - 43 days 1 hour ago

to be honest screenshots do not do this game any justice.

ive seen it running in motion in all its 60fps glory and it looks freakin incredible

definately up there with the best of them

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FreeMonk - 43 days 1 hour ago

I'd say the X360 versions looks better, but somehow I don't think those pics do justice to the PS3 version.

I've read that the game looks identical on both consoles, so I'm calling Shinanigans on those pics.

If your buying MW2, buy it for the console you own (Obviously), and if you own both the X360 & PS3, buy it for the console that you play online the most with. Simple!

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Hoolock - 43 days 1 hour ago

i see next to no difference in the versions apart from the snow level where the contrast looks a little high on one of the two. What this has shown me though is that this game is pretty ugly =[

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lowcarb - 43 days 1 hour ago

This is a crap comparison because they use different pictures. Heck in one shot the ps3 version is zoomed in and the 360 zoomed out lol. SHow me some identical screens not this junk.

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skagrerrrr - 43 days ago

crap

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Triella - 43 days ago

I can do it too with Tekken 6

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Consoldtobots - 43 days ago

the graphics look like crap on both consoles so who cares?

some of those environments look like PS2 quality nevermind 07.

only noobs and followers will spend $60 on this rehashed P.O.S.

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DocEvil - 43 days ago

I'll wait for a lens of truth camparo... they seem to do it the fairest.

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stewgart - 43 days ago

yes people, it looks average by todays standards in screenshots but MW has always looked fantastic in motion. I'm not a CoD fan, but I hate it when people overly critisize graphics these days. The critics should be forced to play ET on the Atari, that'll sort 'em out.

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callahan09 - 43 days ago

Wow, those graphics are horrible. It's just not even close to attractive to look at. I don't know what the non-snowy levels look like, but these shots miserable. The two versions look pretty much identical to me -- neither one looks even remotely decent.

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OgTheClever - 43 days ago

They look virtually identical to me, with the only noticeable difference being that the 360 pics have a higher contrast, which would normally be more related to tv settings anyway.

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ABizzel1 - 42 days 23 hours ago

PS3 version looks washed out, while the 360 version is sharper. The last images makes the PS3 version look better, but look at it in HD, and both version are a funky mess. Jaggies on the lockers in the PS3, and shadows look like their made of squares on the 360.

This is exactly why Battlefield is getting all this grand hype and praise. Step it up IW in 2011.

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sikbeta - 42 days 23 hours ago

WTF are all of you are expecting? not even xbox owners can be happy with this crap, look like a f*cking slightly improvement of MW!!!!

I said It from the begining, MW2 is in reality more like MW1.5

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ThanatosDMC - 42 days 23 hours ago

Where's the wii version??

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aliveinboston - 42 days 22 hours ago

that they still aren't taking advantage of the PS3. The level of detail is simply not up to par. Apart from the bizarre gamma difference, the PS3 version appears to have a little more detail here and there (wall textures, ice-picks handles, screws on the ice-picks). However, it's not consistent and probably due the screenshots not being exact.

Having said that they have a clever lighting engine that uses some really wise short-cuts that takes a trained eye to spot.

Frankly, I think most games waste too much horsepower on precision and accuracy in lighting. The COD series has been a notable exception. I also applaud them for dropping resolution to maintain frame-rate.

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aliveinboston - 42 days 22 hours ago

Developers have demonstrated this in tests on Beyond3d.

Frankly, it's disappointing that they haven't refined the graphics. Given the leap we saw from Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 2, one would expect that after all these years we'd see a similar improvement in COD.

Then again, sometimes people don't notice improvements. Ratchet, another 60fps game, has made massive improvements (mostly in terms of on-screen action, alpha blending, etc...) but received little or no credit. Their engine outputs near CGI quality visuals.

They've decided that they want to drop framerate to double things like texture detail and shaders. No doubt it's to make the game even shinier but how shiny is shiny enough?

Digital Foundry has a really well written article on this. If you can, Approve it because everyone should read it.

http://www.n4g.com/NewsPend...

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jjohan35 - 42 days 21 hours ago

...the game is THAT UGLY!

Don't use snowy environment as an excuse! Just look at the interior shots and bland interior textures. The computer, desk, and wall look like we jumped 5 years backward in technology.

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Bodyboarder_VGamer - 42 days 21 hours ago

People, remember that CoD:MW2 runs at 60FPS and that's a big part of the game graphics that you just can't see through screen-shots. I already saw the game in person and it looks beautiful.

Another thing things is that the draw distance is almost as good as Uncharted 2 and the environments are huge. The game looks simply spectacular. I'm even thinking on buying the game this month instead of Uncharted 2.

BTW, the version I saw was from the PS3.

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11 360s and counting - 42 days 20 hours ago

overall looks like crap no matter what it's on. BFBC2 FTW!!!!!

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RumbleFish - 42 days 18 hours ago

This is a comment of one of those people who run the site: "Die Bilder der PS3 wurden leider falsch gegrabbt, tut uns leid. Am Montag gibt es neue. Dadurch
ändern sich keine Details etc., sondern der verwaschene Eindruck."
This means: "We're sorry but the pics from the PS 3 have been made the wrong way. We'll correct this on monday. That will not change the details in the pictures but that washed out look." Can't translate better. Sorry!

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mcslick101 - 42 days 17 hours ago

No doubt it looks better on the PC - but we've been downgraded to nod dedicated servers.

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Jeromejones - 42 days 17 hours ago

You guys should wait for the GT comparison or lens of truth before making a final judgement

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darkride66 - 42 days 17 hours ago

Wasn't it just last month they posted a NFS comparison where on the speedometer dials, with the PS3 version it was blurred so bad you couldn't read the numbers, and several other sites posted screen shots where it was clear that wasn't the case?

I'm not saying these pics are fake, I frankly don't know, but it wouldn't be the first time these guys have posted questionable comparisons.

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LastDance - 42 days 15 hours ago

Yep...well they are both equally generic

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pixelsword - 42 days 15 hours ago

...here I come!

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mega BIG time - 42 days 14 hours ago

SO is this "REAL" comparison your waiting for when the PS3 is better than the 360? Any time the 360 and PS3 look similar its just heresy RIGHT? Dolt.

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bozebo - 42 days 14 hours ago

best first post EVER!

good day to you sir

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aaron5829 - 42 days 11 hours ago

And no, it's not a multiplatform game.

It starts with a U

:D

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JonnyBadfinger - 42 days 9 hours ago

Um they are exactly the same. Those screen shots arent taken at the exact same time.... they are close but could be about a second between the screen grabs, which means in the PS3 screenies a frosty wind could have swept across the screen.

Probably 1 of the best ports ive seen for a game recently.

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Tru_Blu - 42 days 2 hours ago

I can care less about what system does what:

I'll be sure to pick up my used copy of MW2 before the end of the year.

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cyberwaffles - 41 days 8 hours ago

i don't get it, what's the big deal? they look exactly the same to me except for the ps3's brighter contrast and that can be fixed from a tv's handy dandy twiddly knobs. am i missing something?

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mastiffchild - 43 days 1 hour ago

But it isn't on all the shots now, is it? For example the one where you're inside with digi scope is much brighter and clearer on the PS3 version-there's even more detail in it's textures.

At a guess these guys have some issues with svreen capture or worse-som,e problems understanding TV setings!

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commodore64 - 43 days 1 hour ago

To be fair, the screenshots are rarely exactly the same, thus a comparison is difficult.

We'll have to wait for the 'apples-to-apples' comparisons, where they measure framerate, frametear, loading times, textures, AA, and resolution to make definitive judgements.

Anything else is just not detailed enough.

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Statix - 43 days ago

Just because the PS3 version looks brighter and has different black levels than the 360 version, doesn't mean it's worse. In general, it appears that most PS3 titles have brighter black levels than their 360 counterparts; at this point, I would have to assume that this is an intentional trait of the PS3's video output, and that the PS3 version is probably actually the more ACCURATE in terms of proper image calibration and reproduction, especially when viewed on a television. An image/output that is properly calibrated for the television is going to look too bright when viewed on a PC monitor; that's simply the results of differences between a PC monitor and a television.

Remember, we're talking about a reference-level Blu-ray and media player here; it's a finely-tuned piece of hardware that aims to offer some of the best image quality you can get in a home-theater. Sony wasn't going to get something like black levels WRONG on a flagship home-theater product like this.

Yes, the crushed blacks of the 360 screenshots might look very contrasty and dynamic at first glance to you, especially when viewed on a PC monitor, but that doesn't mean it's accurate colorwise; crushing the blacks also tends to mean that you lose a lot of details in the darker regions of the image.

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aliveinboston - 42 days 21 hours ago

a great way to hide the lack of HDR. It also has other benefits.

Samsung TV's crush blacks as well. When you see a Sony and Samsung side by side you'll notice that the Samsung appears to have more contrast even when you're comparing identical panels (Samsung and Sony are often made in the same factory). However, when you look closely at the image you'll notice that things that are grey or a dark color on the Sony are completely blacked out on the Samsung. So Samsung sacrificed detail and accuracy for faked contrast.

A lot of people fall for it because it's flashy and eye-catching even though it's actually an inferior image.

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Jeromejones - 42 days 17 hours ago

Brightness or contrast differences should be looked at dubiously, since it may be down to RGB settings. Yes i know it sounds like a tired arguement but still lol

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WenisWagon - 42 days 19 hours ago

Xbox 360 is the clear victor, as usual.

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Amp - 42 days 9 hours ago

How many accounts do you have?

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PlayStation X - 43 days 2 hours ago

difference is barely noticable if your playing =/
both versions look meh
but definetley the best looking game on the sh1tbox 360

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thereapersson - 43 days 1 hour ago

Shıt comments, from a shıt profile, created by a shıt human being

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redsquad - 42 days 23 hours ago

Sh1t comments from a sh1t for brains sh1t house.

Sorry, it's already been said, but scum like you deserves it again...

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K__L__U__T__C__H - 42 days 22 hours ago

lol Thats hilarious, i think you just "OWNED" the ps3 lovers with that one.

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redsquad - 42 days 22 hours ago

So, you're fine with sweeping generalisations aimed at ENTIRE sections of the public then?
I'd hate to hear what you think of gays and ethnic minorities if you're so keen to condemn total strangers in such a way.

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talltony - 42 days 22 hours ago

While I think the 360 might be a little clearer in the bright snow scenes some of those pics arent the exact same thing so i think they are making the ps3 version look worse than it actually is. Why couldnt they show more indoor scenes like this one where the ps3 version has better lighting and shadows? http://www.videogameszone.d...

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likedamaster - 42 days 21 hours ago

Unfortunately he's right, my take is that the PS3 couldn't handle the textures without dropping in framerate. It still doesn't look bad though, its just that the 360 version just looks better.

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The END - 42 days 16 hours ago

the CLEAR winner is the 360 again... but i am not surprised...

THE END!

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54percent - 42 days 21 hours ago

ZOMG!!! IZ TRU!!!1 teh PS3 version is not dark azz teh 360 version!!11 and and andd.... teh PS3 version haz NOT HALO!!111

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4point7BillionLoss - 37 days 23 hours ago

That to make these comparisons one has to stop the game,take a High res image of teh screen, zoom in, and analyse it at an almost pixel by pixel level ....

And this is while comparing one machine which has 3 processor cores and another which has 8?

So an 8 core super computer can't out perform a less powerfull machine ...

HAHAHAH - BIGGEST FAIL EVER = Sony poo station ..

Cry droids ... utlimolo/juuken/nelson/morgain fail has tissues for you ... they're all the same user

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The Creep - 43 days 1 hour ago

loooooooooooooooooool

not lool with you but lool at you =)

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LynyrdSkynyrd - 42 days 22 hours ago

"The PS3 version has that softness to it and looks more believable"

Lets take a look at image number 5.

By "softness" do you mean blurry-as-hell?

Here we go. Im gonna get 100 thumb downs of course EVEN THOUGH IM RIGHT.

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talltony - 42 days 22 hours ago

http://www.videogameszone.d...

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CernaML - 42 days 14 hours ago

PS3 looks much better in that pic. Then again they aren't really the same. Comparisons like these aren't very reliable.

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The Creep - 43 days 1 hour ago

loooooooooooooooooool

not lmfao with you but lmfao at you ;)

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LynyrdSkynyrd - 42 days 22 hours ago

Ok then you keep thinking that while you look at the "amazing" effects of image number 5.

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talltony - 42 days 22 hours ago

that you dont own a ps3. :)

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AliTheBrit19 - 42 days 23 hours ago

xD

Spin fanboy spin!

hahahahahahahaha

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redsquad - 42 days 17 hours ago

Well if it's "crap" on PS3 then it's "crap" on 360, because the gameplay is going to be the same, and you guys ONLY care about that don't you (at least that's the party line trotted out when the visuals of PS3 exclusives wipe the floor with 360 ones)?

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AliTheBrit19 - 42 days 23 hours ago

LOL, You are showed evidence, of HD screens of the 360 Version looking better

You make some crap up about working at a game store, and then say that WE are the ones who are delusional

Oh dear irony :)

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weazel - 42 days 17 hours ago

waaah, waaah , WAAAHHH....
For all of your bleating, you talk a hell of a lot of bolloc*s dude. Where do you come from Ali? (do you know wenis?!?)

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Consoldtobots - 42 days 2 hours ago

Ze must accept the evidence WE GIVE YOU I tell you, the fuhrer in redmon will not stand for less!!!!!!

now back to reality, how does this Ali troll still have bubbles?

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ia_studio - 42 days 22 hours ago

who cares, both versions look like crap.

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ravinshield - 42 days 21 hours ago

you got owned, haha wow

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Mihael-Keehl - 42 days 23 hours ago

scroll up to my previous post to find how how seriously wrong you are.

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Foliage - 42 days 22 hours ago

It's fun seeing someone blind to the obvious details such as Ali.

The textures are more detailed in the PS3 build. The lighting is much better on the PS3 build. The geometry is exactly the same, for the most part. The only advantage the 360 has is the AA, but with the atrocious over saturated whiteness from the attempt to cover poor lighting and texture detail with a bloom effect completely negates any gain the AA could have ever given. The PS3 sports the best graphical version of the game, and this comparison was made while the PS3 was set to it's lowest settings.

They couldn't even make it look worse even when trying to. It's a shame, bloom effects are rarely used correctly, and it's fast becoming the mist of this generation to cover poor detail and technical limitations, as seen in the 360 build. Bloom just doesn't work when covering the whole screen, it does work well if you use it sparingly in interior scenes coming in through windows, even in that case it is rarely done right. We've run many tests for our latest project to get bloom running at it's optimal setting, but it was decided that it should be scrapped.

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suunyd - 42 days 22 hours ago

Ali is a f*cking retard. He thinks his opinion is fact which is bullsh*t. He says he is a multi console owner, which he is. But that doesn't give you an advantage when you have a bias for one console over the other. Please provide facts like Canadianguy and then you might JUST might have an ounce of credibility. Until, then you have a blind bias for the 360.

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AliTheBrit19 - 42 days 21 hours ago

Damn suunyd, that was a pretty good post (Im serious)

But dude, I never EVER say my comments are facts unless I specificly use the word, You're right

All my post is, is opinion, what else do I have? I'm just saying, that these particular screens, make the 360 version look better.

But that's just LOOK, the 360 version would still be my purchase of choice, even if the PS3 version looked significantly better, for the exclusive (or timed-exclusive DLC) and playing on a superior online service (XBL Gold)

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Deadman64 - 42 days 22 hours ago

Thanks for the update, I was seriously waiting up all night for you to make your decision on which one to get. I can rest easy now.

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K__L__U__T__C__H - 42 days 22 hours ago

360 version for me. I'll gladly pay for online, which is the bigger and better service and its almost winter time so i need the extra heat= WIN for the 360 all day

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