The next gen consoles should at a minimum look like the High end pc graphics of this year. I understand that there is always going to be better looking stuff on the pc but I like the fact that I can buy one console and not have to worry about upgrading just because a new game came out. It'll be interesting to see what the next gen consoles are capable of.

metro 2033 looks nothing like the storys pics, thats just wishful pc fanboyism.

xbox 3 will kick ass mark my words

I like how people are considering both Microsoft and Nintendo as catering to the casual market simply because they choose not to go broke in giving you guys a high end PC in a box. So if Sony chooses to only make the PS4 a little stronger than both the Wii U and NextBox what will that consider them then? The next gen of anything has to be more than just putting more horsepower in it, that alone doesnt define a generation in gaming. Every generation, a new method of playing and interaction has been introduced, only PC gamers have been using a mouse and keyboard for eternity and still call it next generation gaming because the graphics are better. (The only thing i want to do with a keyboard and mouse is check out the latest sells on Amazon!) Remember gaming is a widely excepted form of entertainment now not because the PC market brought it there, but because console gaming has grown so much in a short amount of time...

mind the complexity of each scene in a game, it contains multiple objects to render with effects which i doubt it will display them all in such details.

but eventualy someone, sometime, will be able to play a game like this and better.

I think what you're asking is a bit unrealistic as for that to happen the graphics chips in next gen consoles would have to be insanely good, thus raising the cost of consoles. A high end PC would more than likely have a gtx 560ti/570 or amd/ati equivalent and up. To implement that type of technology in a console more than likely will raise production cost dramatically. A GTX 570 at minimum right now is $320 and up, so how much would a graphics chip cost for future consoles? They are pros and cons for implementing high end graphic technology in consoles as it does add value in improved graphics,A.I and such; however it can prove to be expensive. Which will consumers prefer is the question.

art style over polygons

the day things are truely realistic I have no reasons to play games

If you thought games are expensive now... we would really have to start coughing up more money. Or consoles will run $1,200 IMO

Imagine this gen, in HD. thats what you should expect.

Maybe in cutscenes.

I imagine next-gen will look like current ultra PC settings in 1080p (hopefully) or 720p.

It's not the question if next gen consoles can produce graphics models that detail. It's the question how often game publishers are willing to spend the cost and time to have developers design such graphics. More detail models = more time to create it and more time to create it = more expensive. Since more artists are needed to create all the models in the game = more time + more artists = more expensive.

Even with current gen PS3 and X360 hardware can still produce details models but most games don't do it simply because of cost and time.

So, unless next game costs like $120 before DLCs, we just have to keep dreaming many next games have such detail models. Don't think so, ask yourself how the game publishers are going to pay for several times more work to make the graphics happen + the game itself. Then again, to many gamers, as long the next gen hardware spec looks incredible, they are happy to keep wishing. That's what keeps the new hardware selling. More wishing than actual results.

Not with a frickin' 6670, I think is the correct response.

I can't wait to see this as real as possible

http://digitalbattle.com/wp...

Okay this is kind of ticking me off but I'm just going to say it. Why are there PC fanboys rambling in every article? They're honestly among the most annoying. Every article not relating to PC gaming has some PC fanboy boasting how good graphics are and what not...The worst part is these type of comments get more likes than dislikes. Second, What is making everyone think Next gen is near? Sony plans a 10 year life span with their PS3 and Microsoft already stated they are not announcing the Next-box anytime soon. I don't mean to speak for others when I say this but I don't want next gen coming anytime soon. I already have plenty of home consoles and handhelds. I just don't want companies to stop supporting this gen gaming system because a new one is coming. Meaning another 600-700 dollars to dish out for a new gaming system. It's just too much man. And I know I'm going to get replies from Pc fanboys telling me to get a PC. No when I game on the PC it doesn't feel the same to me. I watch walkthrough's or shows on my PC while I game at the same time.

Doom 4 and Half Life 3 looks like this

i hope the next gen games focus more on animation

Remember when games were about gaming?

Sorry going by the pic i thought Adrian Brody had a new movie out my bad.

As proven by image 9 this can be done on PC right now, just developers are not taking advantage of the technology.

Can't see the next gen consoles being all that powerful if they come out this year, why?

Well HD 7970 ($550) is out and GTX 780 ($600) within 3 months meaning PS4 & NXB will have to use older hardware which is inferior giving the PC almost 2 year advantage.

If they come out sometime in 2013-14 they would be out before HD 8000 and GeForce 800 meaning they could compete with PC at least, but of course PC would still be superior.

You know what p!sses me off people that say we don't care about graphics but when next gen comes they love them.
They always say Game-play over Graphics or Art-style over Graphics. I say why can't we have them all.

I like tits

they will never match the power of a hign end pc, specially by 2014 in which well have massive new video cards and 4gb vram will become a standard..

I've never understood the point of these articles. Why speculate on something that's not even announced yet?

Want to know next gen? It's always next gen on the PC xD Every 6 months xD

Something almost that good could be rendered on it's own at very low fps with the most advanced DX11 features employed valiantly (look to crytek for that stuff). It wouldn't be practical in games though except for perhaps cutscenes (?).

The lighting can't be as perfect though because it is raytraced in those images.

But on PC in 5 years... I dread to think.

I love how each slide reloads the ENTIRE page, rather than just a frame/iframe. F*ck you, gamingbolt. You're amateurs and click whores.

How have these hacks not been banned from N4G yet?

I have to say, why are we still using consoles? They just keep coming closer and closer to computers in functionality anyways. I think M$ and Sony should make cheap gaming computers instead, and get game studios to use them as a reference. That way they take priority in compatibility, but the games still work on normal computers. That way we can get rid of the stupid "exclusivity" of some games, and make them all compatible. I think it would also make things easier for developers (or at least the ones that make a PC port anyways...)

I hate these articles especially since they always make graphics out the "be all and end all" of gaming, there are plenty of great looking games out there but most of them lack in gameplay, Crysis comes to mind, thats why I belive, first give me great gameplay before you give me a great looking game.

No they wont at 1080 p at 60fps if the rumors of Xbox 720 are true but if you consider 720 p and 30 fps, they just might.

The rumors say xbox720 is 6 times faster than XBOx360.

Current gen models use around 30k polygons after normal mapping.

According to the rumors they could have.

30 X 6 X 4 ( I multiplied by 2 to consider tessellation) 720 thousand = 0.72 million polygons.

The models in the images are all over 1 million polygons.
So at 720 p , 30 fps , they might just look like these 0.720 million poly is not too far from 1 million.

that last pic was'nt really that next-gen tbh

The ps3 used too many new features that made the too spensive . But today Blue ray, HDMI, Bluetooth and large hardrives are alot less spensive. That say now they can focus on the processor and memory.........next gen will be 8 or 10 times better than this gen:......look at Nintendo wiiu against Nintendo Wii andu you will see the difference.

Next gen ND´s game will look very much like that.

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau