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[Adeptus Mechanicus]

You have been talking to the wrong people (read: Trolls / Fanboys). I have a 360 and a PS3 and the graphical difference is not much - if at all. In some cases the PS3 is even worse (like in SF IV).

But, the PS3 has the advantage of all those Vector processing units. And Intel have been pushing Ray Tracing in games. And the PS3 is perfectly suited for that.

The PS3 has a 10 year life cycle for a reason.

Forgetting about the inferior GPU aren't we?

Ray tracing is still far from a reality on even high spec PC's. It will not make any significant appearance on this generation of consoles.

Key phrases of PS3 owners ...

'just wait ...'
'coming soon ...'
'not yet, but ...'
'almost there ...'
'give it 6 months'
'one day ...'
'in the future, it'll ....'
'most advanced if ...'

You made a slight mistake there. Not to worry, let me help you.
Current PS3 exclusives already blow 360 exclusives out of the water, some in the graphics department, most in gameplay and innovation, so imagine how fantastic PS3 exclusives are gonne be in the next 6 - 12 months. The gap's starting to widen, so imagine the chasm that will open in 2-3 years time.

The sweet, sweet irony

Kerrang!: Care to name these exclusives? I picked up a PS3 a few months back and have yet to find one.

 

[Kerrrang!]

Kerrang!: Care to name these exclusives? I picked up a PS3 a few months back and have yet to find one.

Honestly, if you don't know about PS3 exclusives or which games are PS3 exclusives, no point in me mentioning them to you. Bottom line is every exclusive i'll name (same as with many other bots on here) will get the same response from you. (read: "it's not my type of game", "the PS3 exclusives just don't interest me" etc etc) to which i will say again as i've said to some other bot: If there aren't any PS3 exclusives you like, you have a very peculiar and limited taste in games.

But if you still need a list, try Wiki.

 

[Adeptus Mechanicus]

Honestly, if you don't know about PS3 exclusives or which games are PS3 exclusives, no point in me mentioning them to you. Bottom line is every exclusive i'll name (same as with many other bots on here) will get the same response from you. (read: "it's not my type of game", "the PS3 exclusives just don't interest me" etc etc) to which i will say again as i've said to some other bot: If there aren't any PS3 exclusives you like, you have a very peculiar and limited taste in games.

But if you still need a list, try Wiki.

Read my post again and you'll find that I did not say I have not enjoyed the PS3 exclusives I've played.

I'm well aware of what's out there for the PS3 and have played most of the supposed "need to play" exclusives that have been released. My comment was aimed at your "....blows the 360's games out of the water" jibe which in my experience in owning both consoles is complete and utter rubbish.

As for your comment about taste: I'm sorry, but if you consider something like Killzone 2 particularly groundbreaking you're the one with the "very peculiar and limited taste in games"

I said it before I owned a PS3 and I'll say it again: I have yet to find a game only available on the PS3 that justifies (or justified) it's purchase.

 

[Kerrrang!]

Read my post again and you'll find that I did not say I have not enjoyed the PS3 exclusives I've played.

I'm well aware of what's out there for the PS3 and have played most of the supposed "need to play" exclusives that have been released. My comment was aimed at your "....blows the 360's games out of the water" jibe which in my experience in owning both consoles is complete and utter rubbish.

As for your comment about taste: I'm sorry, but if you consider something like Killzone 2 particularly groundbreaking you're the one with the "very peculiar and limited taste in games"

I said it before I owned a PS3 and I'll say it again: I have yet to find a game only available on the PS3 that justifies (or justified) it's purchase.

Maybe you should read my post again, since i just can't seem to recall calling KZ2 groundbreaking. Maybe i should try that: making up random s#!t.
I also sold my 360 3 weeks ago after having it for 3 years, and i can not think of one exclusive that made it worthwhile. There was Gears, but that was also on PC; and Mass Effect, also on PC.

 

[Adeptus Mechanicus]

Maybe you should read my post again, since i just can't seem to recall calling KZ2 groundbreaking. Maybe i should try that: making up random s#!t.
I also sold my 360 3 weeks ago after having it for 3 years, and i can not think of one exclusive that made it worthwhile. There was Gears, but that was also on PC; and Mass Effect, also on PC.

That's right, use the "I know you are but what am I?" defense

I mentioned the most overused example on these boards for effect and not as a direct quote. However I'm sure if I search the boards I'll see you singing it's praises with all of the other droids.

There you go again, rambling on about exclusives as if the multiplats mean nothing or are somehow less important. As you mentioned a few posts ago, if you didn't enjoy the exclusives it had to offer, maybe it's your warped taste?

 

[Kerrrang!]

That's right, use the "I know you are but what am I?" defense

I mentioned the most overused example on these boards for effect and not as a direct quote. However I'm sure if I search the boards I'll see you singing it's praises with all of the other droids.

Ok, now you're just sounding silly and desperate...
KZ2 is an awesome game, yes, i really enjoyed both the SP and MP, but it is by no means my favourite PS3 exclusive.

 

[Adeptus Mechanicus]

Ok, now you're just sounding silly and desperate...
KZ2 is an awesome game, yes, i really enjoyed both the SP and MP, but it is by no means my favourite PS3 exclusive.

No, not desperate...just heavily opinionated. Which I have a right to be since I currently own both consoles and have found that, sadly, my new purchase was (despite buying it cheaply off a mate leaving the country) completely unnecessary.

That sad feeling is compensated for quite quickly though by the smug feeling I get from proving to myself that I was right about the PS3 all along

The only reason I don't flog the thing right now is that I'll be waiting for God of War 3 in 2010 before likely packing the shiny black box into it's packaging for good if things don't hot up

 

[Kerrrang!]

No, not desperate...just heavily opinionated.

Really? I don't see that.

Which I have a right to be since I currently own both consoles and have found that, sadly, my new purchase was (despite buying it cheaply off a mate leaving the country) completely unnecessary.

That sad feeling is compensated for quite quickly though by the smug feeling I get from proving to myself that I was right about the PS3 all along

The only reason I don't flog the thing right now is that I'll be waiting for God of War 3 in 2010 before likely packing the shiny black box into it's packaging for good if things don't hot up

I know the feeling...waited for 3 years for things to hot up on my 360 which unfortunately never happened. (Unless you count the times the machine itself hots up, which was A LOT!)

 

[EtienneK]

Forgetting about the inferior GPU aren't we?

Ray tracing is still far from a reality on even high spec PC's. It will not make any significant appearance on this generation of consoles.

Ray Tracing is completely independent of the GPU. It's all on the CPU. And the more CPUs you have, the faster ray tracing becomes.

I'm not saying it is going to happen this generation. But it could. And the PS3 is the only console that it can be done on.

 

[Adeptus Mechanicus]

Ray Tracing is completely independent of the GPU. It's all on the CPU. And the more CPUs you have, the faster ray tracing becomes.
I'm not saying it is going to happen this generation. But it could. And the PS3 is the only console that it can be done on.

Right and wrong.

The 360 has a multi-core CPU and is just as capable of performing ray-tracing as the PS3, but would be slower due to having less cores. The point here is that PS3 CPU setup is not that much faster than the 360's that it would allow realtime raytracing in a gaming implementation to suddenly become feasible without assistance from newer GPU architecture to assist...which neither console has...which was the point I was getting at.

It will not happen in this generation of consoles and when it does in fact make it to a next gaming implementation it will not be solely CPU dependent. One look at the change in the role of the GPU in newer architecture to physics based calculations shows where it's headed.

 

[Dolby]

I'm not saying it is going to happen this generation. But it could. And the PS3 is the only console that it can be done on.

Don't be so pessimistic ... there's a good chance it could happen on the PS3 within 6-12 months. Just wait until people get the hang of it, ten the PS3 will show its true colours in future

 

[Kerrrang!]

Don't so pessimistic ... there's a good chance it could happen on the PS3 within 6-12 months. Just wait until people get the hang of it, ten the PS3 will show its true colours in future

. But then at the same time, by that estimation, it will never happen on the 360.

 

[Bona Botse]

"oh noes!! a R2400 console can match my uber R5000 one when it comes to gaming? impossible!"

that's what i hear every time a droid defends the ps3 against the xbox. disbelief. i mean, they'd rather splash out on a decent pc (R8000+) to play xbox console exclusive games than buy an xbox

/runs

 

[Adeptus Mechanicus]

Don't be so pessimistic ... there's a good chance it could happen on the PS3 within 6-12 months. Just wait until people get the hang of it, ten the PS3 will show its true colours in future

You forgot: "2010: the year of the PS3!"

 

[semiautomatix]

did EA admit this, or one dude working for EA?

and if i'm not very much mistaken, Mr Kojima (Sony Superhero) stated the same thing about PS3 a loooooong time ago already. it depends on who you believe and what you want to believe i suppose.

play more games, b!tch less

Don't they say the same thing about the Sony's GPU? All maxed out and stuff?

 

[semiautomatix]

You forgot: "2010: the year of the PS3!"

I do remember:

You forgot: "2008: the year of the PS3!"

And...

You forgot: "2009: the year of the PS3!"

Its an ever moving goal post, ain't it?

 

[Kerrrang!]

I do remember:



And...



Its an ever moving goal post, ain't it?

Well, what's your metric? If it's sales, then 2008,2009 is the year of the 360. (just ignore the Wii)
If it's quality games then 2008,2009 is the year of the PS3.

 

[Adeptus Mechanicus]

Well, what's your metric? If it's sales, then 2008,2009 is the year of the 360. (just ignore the Wii)
If it's quality games then 2008,2009 is the year of the PS3.

Funny how that supposed quality never translates into prolonged sales doesn't it?

Sure, you'll see a little spike in sales for a while, but nothing constant despite PS3 fanboys proclaiming that it is well known that the quality of the last year (and future) of PS3 games far outstrips the 360's, yet the figures don't reflect that. This means one of two things:
1) This trend is imagined.
2) Console gaming consumers don't know about it.

 

[EtienneK]

Games coming out in the next year that I'm looking forward to:

PS3: God of War III; Gran Turismo 5. Total: 2
360: Nothing. Total: 0
Wii: Super Mario Bros. Wii; Mario Galaxy 2. Total: 2
PC: Diablo III; Starcraft II. Total: 2
Multi Platform: Prototype; Dragon Age; Alan Wake; Assasin's Creed II; Mass Effect II; Curse of Monkey Island Special Edition. Total: 6

Nothing on the 360! Who wants to buy my 360?

 

[Solidus]

Games coming out in the next year that I'm looking forward to:

PS3: God of War III; Gran Turismo 5. Total: 2
360: Nothing. Total: 0
Wii: Super Mario Bros. Wii; Mario Galaxy 2. Total: 2
PC: Diablo III; Starcraft II. Total: 2
Multi Platform: Prototype; Dragon Age; Alan Wake; Assasin's Creed II; Mass Effect II; Curse of Monkey Island Special Edition. Total: 6

Nothing on the 360! Who wants to buy my 360?

Hahahahaha, Good One!