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Terminal Reality explains why PS3 graphics for Ghostbusters is softer than Xbox 360's |
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What makes this actually even more confounding is the fact that Terminal Reality supposedly cannot wait to "show off their PS3 technology" and that they do have a great technology for it in the form of Infernal Engine.
Today, we have Terminal Reality, the developer of the PS3 version, setting the record straight as to why the PS3 version looks softer. A spokesperson told Joystiq:
For the record, the PS3 version [of Ghostbusters] is softer due to the 'quincunx' antialiasing filter and the fact that we render at about 75% the resolution of the 360 version. So you cannot directly compare a screen shot of one to the other unless you scale them properly. The PS3 does have less available RAM than the 360 - but we managed to squeeze 3 out of 4 textures as full size on the PS3.
Here are the comparative screenshots taken by Richard Leadbetter:
Xbox 360
PS3
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Via Joystiq
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Ok its a long title, but yea.. they are softer. Move along?
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Imo, the visuals are lackluster on both versions anyway, but oh well.
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Of course the developer has some fault on this matter, but remember that Killzone was built from the ground up specifically for one plataform.
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I normaly can branded an xbot by the way but KZ2 changed the playing field.
I know longer think the PS3 is incapable of bettering the 360 I just think Sony have got some serious axes to grind with their departments who put together their development software.
It just seems to be way too hard for developers to multiplatform effectively.
SONY MAKE IT EASIER FOR DEVS AND YOUR PRODUCT WILL SMASH THE COMPETITION!
Well neither 360 or PS3 is going to smash the wii, but yeah the wii is in a different league of their own (a better selling more profitable one).
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The PS3 is supposed to have more greater visuals than other consoles. What is wrong with game developers?
Do they not know how to use the technology?
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And a quick message to Bill Murray-I have five words for you and your friends-
CADDYSHACK GOLF-THE VIDEO GAME
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What the developer didn't do was use the more physic and lighting effects where the PS3 has an advantage there with more cpu calcuations.
I think window does some ram dumping and allocate it to the game when you start to play the game and the PS3 needs to do the same.
But if the developers and programers know what they are doing then look at RE5 on both systems (got PS3), pretty awesome on both.
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but Caddyshack the videogame would rock!!! i can imagine a mini game where u have to kill the gopher
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Ps3 is still clearly better than xbox when the extra dev work is put in. but making it easier for the developers...
Just imagine what killzone 2, little big plannet and gt5 might have looked with even more ram.
I still expect the ps3 to cleanup and win latter in the cycle.
p.s. the new vidzone ps3 feature of 10,000 free music videos is great, best addition i've seen since the photo app, home, life etc! This sort of thing shows where sony are better than ms.
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http://www.qj.net/PS3-is-first-choice-for-Ghostbusters-will-get-exclusive-content/pg/49/aid/128256
That article is why I picked the PS3 version over the 360 version, well that and I can't stand the 360 controllers design. Anyway, so much for the "amazing results"....
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(Oh, the irony.)
You can compare the PS3 and Xbox 360 with cars. Let's say the PS3 is a black car and the 360 a green car.
The black car has less acceleration but a higher topspeed.
The green car has more acceleration but a lower topspeed.
The black car just needs more time to reach the same speed but in the end it's faster.
...the problem is that the cars reach the goal (release date) before they achieve high speed.
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What is the point of it being 720p when it has the visual fidelity of a standard definition game...
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The reduced RAM that the developers were talking about is the XMB which reserves a certain amount of memory for itself, more than the 360 OS menu.
Having said all that clearly the developers made little attempt to find ways of optimising the engine as it's pretty poor for both consoles and texture heavy, where the ps3's strength lies in vertex heavy level designs.
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this game looks like a first gen ps3 game, with the same first gen ps3 game problems (multiplats anyways) where the textures looked horrible and there was a lack of proper lighting. its simply lazy devs. they didn't want to properly optimize it.
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