Comments on: PS3 vs. XBox 360: A Side By Side Comparison http://nerdapproved.com/gaming/ps3-vs-xbox-360-a-side-by-side-comparison/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Elliott Svenkeson http://nerdapproved.com/gaming/ps3-vs-xbox-360-a-side-by-side-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-75085 Elliott Svenkeson Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:35:54 +0000 http://nerdapproved.com/gaming/ps3-vs-xbox-360-a-side-by-side-comparison/#comment-75085 There is a fundamental flaw in this type of side-by-side analysis. Namely that the games are the same. I will explain. I'm not involved in the industry, so all of this is speculation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I understand, when game devs make their models and their texture maps, etc. they only make them once. Why would they need to start from the ground up all over again to compensate for the differences in game console hardware? Most of the games this time around are 360 games, which are then ported to the Playstation3, because the Ps3 can handle it. The graphics look the same, because their built the same. You generally won't get a higher detail brick wall from one to the other because the game devs who made it use the same picture for both. Numbers don't lie. The ps3 can handle a higher resolution brick wall. The problem is game devs don't bother to make one for it. In fact, the only definitive difference that actually counts from this type of side-by-side analysis is in framerate. If testers want to compare to find which has the better framerate, they use the same texture maps in both consoles. If they want to find which can handle higher resolution texture maps, they should adjust the resolutions in each until the two wind up putting out the same framerate. There is a fundamental flaw in this type of side-by-side analysis. Namely that the games are the same. I will explain.
I’m not involved in the industry, so all of this is speculation. Correct me if I’m wrong, but from what I understand, when game devs make their models and their texture maps, etc. they only make them once. Why would they need to start from the ground up all over again to compensate for the differences in game console hardware? Most of the games this time around are 360 games, which are then ported to the Playstation3, because the Ps3 can handle it. The graphics look the same, because their built the same. You generally won’t get a higher detail brick wall from one to the other because the game devs who made it use the same picture for both.
Numbers don’t lie. The ps3 can handle a higher resolution brick wall. The problem is game devs don’t bother to make one for it. In fact, the only definitive difference that actually counts from this type of side-by-side analysis is in framerate.

If testers want to compare to find which has the better framerate, they use the same texture maps in both consoles. If they want to find which can handle higher resolution texture maps, they should adjust the resolutions in each until the two wind up putting out the same framerate.

]]> By: Adam Thomas http://nerdapproved.com/gaming/ps3-vs-xbox-360-a-side-by-side-comparison/comment-page-1/#comment-74378 Adam Thomas Tue, 13 May 2008 21:27:30 +0000 http://nerdapproved.com/gaming/ps3-vs-xbox-360-a-side-by-side-comparison/#comment-74378 When actually looking at FN3 and Madden you can notice extensive graphic improvements in the PS3. When you play them at the same resolution then yeah, they are noticeably close but the reason anyone purchases the PS3 ocer the 360 is because it can run at higher resolutions than the 360. The PS3 is obviously blu-ray which runs optimally at 1080p opposed to the 360 which does not offer such. How can these be compared equally when you are trying to find the better of the two? When actually looking at FN3 and Madden you can notice extensive graphic improvements in the PS3. When you play them at the same resolution then yeah, they are noticeably close but the reason anyone purchases the PS3 ocer the 360 is because it can run at higher resolutions than the 360. The PS3 is obviously blu-ray which runs optimally at 1080p opposed to the 360 which does not offer such. How can these be compared equally when you are trying to find the better of the two?

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