Well said.

I cannot complain about the architecture. Multiplats are mostly always even on both platforms even with ps3's harder to develop for architecture. The exclusives show both consoles true colors and that was the plan from the very beginning with the ps3.

If that would have been so easy, I am sure they would have done it. Both, RSX and Xenos were state of the art at the time. The CPUs have been custom made because there was nothing available for the performance per watt ratio needed at the time (the design was pushed by Sony, BTW - MS bought into IBM after). The PS3 dev started actually before 360. CELL was half way done when IBM sold the PPU to MS. And with the deal with ATI they could beat Sony to the market. Sony wanted more headroom for a longer lifecycle. PC type architecture simply can't survive to long - tech is getting updated all - what - 6 month ?

No, and no.

You lead on a PC for rapid prototyping. You have to go down to the target to optimize for the specific platform.

On the PS3, that also means a different render backend than DX. 360 has specific EDRAM, memory setup and specific optimized cachelines you need low level code for.

Further more, you'd want to optimize for memory constraints on consoles (and won't bother on the PC). You also might want to be careful how and when you load resources, how you manage resources on the console.

All things which could possibly be backported to a PC, but might not be necessary - or simply aren't done because nobody cares.

And the CELL is still a monster. Most PCs to this date do not run 6/7 parallel execution units. The amount of action on screen of latest games is unmatched with current main stream PCs. My one year old Quad cannot compete with it. I can possibly run some (maybe half) of my games with higher res and better AA - but with half the effects, too.

The bottle neck in those consoles is the graphics chip, not the CPU. And it survived the last 4 or 5 years to still be competitive, while my one year old PC is not.

will whip the Ps3 are you kidding? look at gta 4 i can put as much traffic on the screen as I want and it runs fine vehcile density consoles 33 my old PC 50. Botom line is Gpu in the PS3 is weak tha's why games have low resolutions. If PS3 is so great then explain my every multiplat on the PC absolutley destroys the PS3 version.

Mass effect 1 was great. I feel they dumbed down alot on the 2nd one and seemed more action like. Mass effect 1 the citadel was an explorable city. Far as I got in Mass effect 2 it was reduced to a location list no traveling through it. I disliked it alot(the citadel) part. I also feel they went more action oriented then rpg

It always makes me mad when you see something you have done in the first mass effect or dragon age can make something change in the 3rd because bioware make 6 games in what 8 years? that did this but today 0 games do this.

I wish we had trilogies today were we can share saves and have multiple endings/path's on all 3 because of choices from anyone of them.

Its so funny being the bad sheparad from one to 3 then the end having just you and joker ha ha yet everyone is like hey your a hero with a 90% casualty rate.

Fallout can't hold Mass Effect's jockstrap. The one Fallout even in the ballpark is 3, and that's only because the DLC was extremely good. When Ken Rolston was in Bethesda's employment were they good. That's about it. They're now the world's greatest copy/paste developer out there. Bioware at their pinnacle was ten times better a studio than Todd's team. Go look up the games

Rogue Galaxy never got that critical love. Beautiful PS2 game. Was it L5?

@IamTylerDurden1 Yep, Level5. Love their stuff. Dark Cloud 3 please...

Something non-post apocalypse or dystopian. Just world saving. Fighting bad guys while doing good and dealing with ethical/moral/psychological quandaries.

The reason why fantasy RPGs, and Fantasy as a genre, are more popular than Sci-Fi, is because of the low technology/high magic tropes. If all of your problems can be solved with looking up the answer on a smartphone, well, there's just lower stakes than if a character has to have a sword fight, and climb the tower, and rescue the fair princess and recite the ancient incantation to seal the evil.

Obviously you can have universe ending stakes in Sci-Fi, but that requires abstract reasoning, and an ability to RP in a way that is progressive instead of regressive. Couple that with Sci-Fi games and media generally being faster paced, and you've got a genre that attracts a very specific demographic of gamers.

A Starship Troopers game as a real time strategy like the command and conquer series would be awesome.

@fist

We have that today but its a small team with a smal budget
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Its not a major rts sadly but a start

Porkchop

Your getting me excited for something that doesn't exist. Damn

TLOU2 is the finest game ND has made. U4 was fantastic. New ND is a more impressive ND. I don't rate Crash n Jak like i do Uncharted and TLOU. Even Uncharted 1 and 3 were not as well crafted as TLOU, TLOU2, U4 imo. Idc if ppl troll TLOU2, most ppl are clueless, that game was incredibly impressive.

TLOU2 combat, visuals, and acting were the best of the genre. I found the story deeper and more profound than most but it's subjective. The level design was excellent also. The score. Audio. Animation. It was a masterpiece to me. The rope physics, detail. TLOU2 deserved Elden Ring scores and ER deserved TLOU2 scores. If any game deserved 97 in recent years it's TLOU2. Best game i ever played and if ppl come with Abby bs i already know it's not worth it. Those who call TLOU2 trash are foolish. Just look at it running...