Just wondering if they mention weather or not most if not all multiplatform titles are 360 builds that use PC friendly tools.

Meh we already know which console has the best graphics. Just looks at the exclusives on both consoles and you'll know the answer. Not to mention the one with the highest rated games. Better luck next time M......

does this really matter? both games look good on their respective system.

lets use logic =)

Multiplat graphical differences + excluisve graphical differences = absolute graphical superiority

PS3 comes out on top.

BUT WAIT! WE CAN'T INCLUDE EXCLUSIVES!! THEY DON'T COUNT!!

Oh well...then i guess the 360 wins =(.../s

Stupid stupid stupid, these multi-plat comparisons never make sense to me =P

Come on in every single description it says, "As usual the 360 has better textures" Like if they don't even try to look at their own screen caps... Modern Warfare 2 looks identical, Dirt 2 looks identical (but they somehow say the 360 has better textures?) Assassin's Creed 2 look identical but the don't even try to acknowledge a fair view!
Screw these comparisons! They are pointless and unwanted, they just make the gaming community look like rabid Fanboys!

some media outlets go out of their way to prove that all multi-platforms run better on the 360, but it's just their opinions nothing more.

But I think they haven't got the settings right. It appears that in most of the games the XBox is set with too high a brightness level, the colors are all washed out the blacks are definitely not black. Did they think that setting the brightness using in game settings to the same value would produce the same results? I'd be surprised if it did.

I'd like to see a comparison where the brightness is properly calibrated so that both consoles are set as close to the same as possible. As it is I can't say whether I like the PS3 images better because they are better or because the testing methodology was screwed up and in most cases biased towards the PS3 (except MW2, that looked better on the XBox to me)

multiplatform games on ps3 are a non issue for many companies now.the difference is so slight now that if you BLINK,you'll miss it.and only because the systems render differently.

i look at it as inexperience in porting someone else's game.EA had that problem porting valve's game to ps3.and sega had a problem porting platinum's game to ps3 with bayonetta.or the dev trying to make a multiplatform engine work for both.instead of separate engines for both.

but EA has gotten way better making games on ps3 after the fiasco of madden.and soon,you may see platinum games making their own games on ps3 or better ports of their games from sega.and third parties are learning the system being that it was so difficult for some before.that means full steam ahead for the next 7 years.

it only adds to sony's momentum when it comes to ps3.bluray won and is a great benefit to ps3,the system is still more reliable,the exclusive games are rocking,no dev houses have closed at sony,more games are coming,online is STILL FREE....and now multiplatform games are a non issue for sony to worry about.

and it will add to accurate motion control,3D movies,3D games and whatever else sony throws out in 2010.

if you got to pull out a magnifying glass to see the difference,then sony just added another check mark into the POSITIVE COLUMN.

dragon age all say hi its a bit silly trying to compare them since 360 holding ps3 gaming development back tekken 6 and final fantasy 13 for example to try to fit some games to fit on a dvd8 and then theres tekken 6 it looks worse than the other version of tekken 1, 2 , 3, 4, tag tekken 5 all 5 tekken games were good but tekken 6 looks like a ps2 game ps3 exclusive already above the xbox 360 t games today like final fantsy vs 13 isnt coming to the xbox 360 which will show final fantsy 13 that it has nothing to compared to the real next gen final fantasy vs 13 uncharted 2 or even uncharted 1 metal gearsolid4 would not be able to fit on a dvd 8 and look at final fantasy 13 on 360 with multi dvd s ps3 more powerful but developers need to steep up there games instead of half a$$ down graded games

Maybe it's just me or my monitor here, but the ps3 version looked to have better contrast and more vivid colors in each version shown. Batman AA more so than any of the other versions, though. How blind and skewed can one site be?

Reguardless the PC cripples both versions in all of the above "multiplatform" games. Which is what really matters here. None of the exclusive games on xbox 360 have ever been tossed up next to an Uncharted, Killzone or Infamous. For good reason, I believe.

The graphics look the friggin' same, the only difference is the lighting most of the time. One is usually brighter than the other.

gawd r we still doin this?

fact. the ps3 is more powerful than the xbox
fact. the ps3 exclusives do look better than any xbox exclusives
fact. the xbox is 99% of the time the lead platform for 3rd party devs
fact. they usually sell better on the xbox

TBH i dont care that a game is better shaded on the xbox

if someone handed me a ps3 and i used to play online for the first time i wouldn't bother with XBL EVER.it just so happens i got an xbox 1st.so i prefer it.i got the ps3 2nd.and frankly i find it much duller to go online with.nothin wot so ever to do with games.90% of my library contains 3rd party games.the only reason i still have my ps3 is for blu-ray and internet smut.and i enjoy vidzone and the odd time the bbc iplayer.but not a games console 4 me.and you can learn to love it for everything but that. ps3=media centre..xbox=games console.

surely you cant hate me for that.i just spent 5 hrs tonite watchin transformers 2 and inglorious basterds on blu-ray.pretty nice movie by tarantino.i recommend it!

Guess gamer zone is the new open zone :)

I think they should change their title to "Multi-plat" comparison because the thought of comparing them both platforms on a graphical standpoint is just........... pathetic. Wait until 2010 before you can put up that title again.

-End statement

LOL,the games look the same on both consoles, in Dragon's Origin the textures of the ground are better in the PS3 version

Wow, this is garbage. Unless you're comparing exclusives, this is a useless comparison.

keep telling yourself it's a corrupt conspiracy done all by M$ ROFL

The fact that people still do this is just dumb.

How about for a better comparison, you put Uncharted 2 images up against.. i dunno.. anything?

PS3 vs Xbox 360 Comparison a.k.a "FLAMEBAIT"

I've noticed on this site that bashing the Xbox 360 seems to be ok, but anything against the PS3 is a crime lol.

If there is one thing to take away from this, it is that the line between the PS3 ver and 360 ver is blurring unlike the previous GS comparisons where the 360, in most cases, clearly performed better.

what a waste. Ps3 exclusives that are worth playing are far to few compared to third party. Even ps3 fans agree that third party games are better than their own exclusives. That's why third party games are the top sellers on the ps3 and the 360 version is always the better on the two. Shame on sony for fooling us with the ps3. Won't happen again.

you would then have to compare other elements of the games. Simply saying PS3 has better exclusive's based on graphics is just as lame as this article. 360 has better multiplats - I personally find this to be true, but still, if most of those games are garbage anyway, does it really matter? Gaming, is going the way of football. It's now more often about money and brands,NOT entertainment and gamers.

Glad ive still got my 360 for the better Multiformats and my PS3 for just the exclusives.Nice one Gamespot, clearly the 360 has what it takes for all the Multi's still.

this is crazy... what gamespot r doin is similar to what to what george bush does..ex if u keep repeating the same statement n 2 the american people heads they will eventually believe it..(bin ladin has weapons of mass destruction) gamespot (the 360 is better because of the multiplatform results) its a tactic that reprograms ya psyche n manipulate ya decision n 2 submission.. never mind that the architectural design was built from the ground up on da 360 n then ported 2 da ps3.. ex lets say me ((((the ps3.)))) (6"0 165 pounds ) n the guys who wrote this is (5"9 170 pounds) ((( is da 360)))) we both walk n 2 a tailor made suit store n the guy who wrote this article ((da 360)) wants a suit. now the suit the guys who wrote this article (((da 360))) gets it customize to meet the guy who wrote this article ((da 360)) curvature..... by the way the suit is magenta.lol now lets say i (((the ps3))) (6"0 165 pounds) wanted to borrow that suit. u get the idea!!!!!! if u want 2 do a real comparison keep it exclusive. if not then they r trying to manipulate ya taughts.....

Sorry graphics are almost the same.. I really do not know why Gamespot wasted their time on this pointless comparison. But the game itself is the best of the best!

Assassin's Creed II per la vittoria!

You know what.

DIRT 2 Looks slightly better on 360, and i say slight, so does Rez evi 5.

Modern warfare is better on both in places.

Batman is better on PS3

But Dragon age on PS3 makes the 360 version look very poor indeed.

http://uk.gamespot.com/feat...

Look at the floor in the 360 version, top pic, ouch.

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Exclusive games at this point look better on the PS3. Multi platform titles for the most part look better on the Xbox360.
This we already knew.

At this point no game engine has been made custom for the Xbox360 architecture. All Unreal Engine games are made for various hardware configurations.
Halo Reach seems to be the only game to be made with Xbox360 hardware in mind. So we will see how that plays out.

They should compare the PC to the console versions...................... ............................... ............................... ............................... .....................

gamespot should call this "multi-plat" graphics comparison since its more accurate this way and they won't get a lot of complaints.I'm a ps3 owner and I'm accepting the fact that 7 out of 10 games look better on the xbox360 for reasons we talked about,but most of these are just sightly advantages which most people can't really see when you play the game (except maybe for bayonetta which is a total letdown for me).the point is,people should care about enjoying the games which their console offer.I like the ps3 games library and that's why I own one.if you like the xbox360 games library then own one,thats it.

The majority of those screenshots only show pretty subtle differences between the two versions of the game.

In actual gameplay you'd never even notice the differences.

Unless there are horrible glitches or horrible framerate issues in one version of a game then I'll decide on whether I buy it for PS3 or 360 based on the controller preference for that game and more imprtantly and where applicable, which console most of my friends will be playing it on, should it have online features.

With that said though, in terms of graphics the PS3 has proven itself to be far superior thanks to it's first party games.

The reality is graphics do not make a game...
This is what I find ironic....

Last Generation Sony Fanboys talked about gameplay and nothing of graphics.....

Last Generation MS fanboys talked about graphics and nothing of gameplay....

In other words....

All fanboys are hypocrites to the extreme and makes these forums fun to look at because of their stupidity.

It has always been this way. I have the PS3 for the exclusives. But the multiplats look and run better on the 360. This is because the 360 is closest to the PC archtecture and Microsoft worked closesly with PC developers to bring them into console game development. 360's similar "simpler" PC architecture paired with a stronger GPU with more shader pipelines and native AA support that doesn't require asynchonous CPU utilization and hacking apart a game engines memory management make 360 a better console for PC game developers wanting to get in on the console market.

That being said Microsoft was much smarter than Sony since they worked with game developers from many PC houses (since they didn't solidified in house game developers besides Bungie at the time, as Sony did). Microsoft had 360 Dev machines in game dev's hands 18 months before the consoles' release. They also listened to PC game development houses like Epic games and added addition memory that cost Microsoft 1 billion dollars to add to the 360's design.

Meanwhile PS3 didn't have dev boxes in 3rd party developers hands until 8 months before the consoles release. David Jaffe even said in an interview that while he was at Sony nearly all of the PS3 dev boxes that Sony sent out were broken and did not have fully working/supported API's to utilize the Cell processor effectively. Sony clearly was not fully ready with the PS3, and rushed its release to cut off some of the 360's momentum. Sony also did not work with external developers, created a convoluted architecture as they did with the PS2 and expected 3rd party devs to suck it up and relearn game engine development. This did not go over well with many premier PC game dev houses i.e: Valve, Epic, etc, and led to sh*tty ports of games that continues to haunt the PS3. This lead to the PS3 having an abysmal launch and besides the great exclusives, nearly all multiplatform games are better on the 360.

Batman is better on 360 check eurogamer and ign so does mw2. Dragon Age ran at a higher framerate on the 360 which is very wierd. The 360 is slighly more powerful than the ps3 the ports to bioshock and lost planet are examples. If you think exclusives look better on the Ps3 you haven't seen the Alan Wake gameplay footage. It's like ps2 and Xbox all over again.

Guess the 360 wins again

I actually do agree with part of your summary, but 10mb of ram is not enough for full scale AA unless tiling is used. But it's still a decent thing overall.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/e...

I don't think Sony really thought the Multiplats would be that bad to begin with, but of course it's made a difference.

It's taken awhile but most multiplats look very close, even sometimes to the extent of just shadows,colour.

As Sony frees up memory, more games texture wise will look the same.

I'm guessing as time goes on, more people with use 1 spu for aa. Can be on par with x8/

If i'd been building the PS3.

I'd have swapped out the memory slots, touch buttons. anything else not really needed.

Then added another 512mb ram, and full backwards compat.

Ram is always a good thing.

But the main reason the ps3 had bad ports is because of the single main processor in the PS3.

Most modern games use at least a dualcore.

And unless your using SPU'S, your asking for trouble.

Orange box, while not terrible, used no SPU's on PS3 from what i've been told.

I guess as time goes on, we'll see what happens.

But as screen tearing goes, both systems have this problem, in some games.

AC2
"The Xbox 360 might also benefit from normal mapping, which gives the floor surfaces, the brick lines, and the door rivets a more 3D look."

Batman
"from a technical standpoint the Xbox 360 benefits from higher-resolution textures, which you can see on the logo located on the guard’s arm in the first set of shots."

MW2
"The game runs silky smooth and looks great on both consoles. Outside of a few blurry textures on the PlayStation 3, which can be seen on the gun stock and the ground textures, the two console versions look largely the same."

Dirt 2
"Dirt 2 certainly lives up to its name. With the amount of mud, sand, and possibly even good-old dirt flying around, whatever difference there is between the two versions simply gets buried. As is usual, the Xbox 360 benefits from more-detailed textures, but the difference in this case is exceedingly minuscule."

Dragon Age: O
"In a departure from the norm, the PlayStation 3 version looks cleaner because of its higher-resolution textures and the increased depth the textures get from bump mapping. While the Xbox 360 version looks worse, it definitely runs smoother." WTF???

RE 5
"Much like the other games, Resident Evil 5 looks marginally better on the Xbox 360. The improved textures and shadow resolution give the 360 the edge, even if it is a very small one. Look at the last set of shots and you’ll see that the rag shadows are fuzzier on the PlayStation 3, and the basket (along with other on screen elements) looks more detailed on the Xbox 360." - Were they using a magnifying glass when comparing this? I mean seriously.

every game looked bett on ps3 except for mw2..which was slightly brighter...and i dont know who the writer was for gamespot cause they saw the complete opposite..

are they blind..ac2 was clearly more crispier on the ps3..are they back to thier old ways

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.