Comments on: Console War Questions http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/01/27/console-war-questions/ Sun, 19 May 2013 02:53:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Black Guy http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/01/27/console-war-questions/#comment-1112 Black Guy Mon, 30 Jan 2006 17:09:49 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=897#comment-1112 The only reason Sony had a greater backing from developers last generation is because Sony had already established themselves in the game w/ PS1. By the time Xbox was ready, the PS brand had been on the market for about 5 years. Now that the Xbox is a proven brand, more developers r willing to devlop for the 360; it would be idiotic for them to simply ignore that market. PS3 will probably maintain its #1 position w/ more games, but it will not be consistent with what it had enjoyed in the past. The X360 will close the gap especially in America & Europe where the system is doing very well. Exclusive titles? If u haven't noticed, not too many 3rd party publisher/developers are keen on developing exclusive titles these days and Sony can only buy so much. With increased development costs, there r going to be many more games going multiplatform in order to maximize profit potential. It will primarly b the responsibility of the 1st / 2nd party publisher/developer to distiguish their respective systems. Will the PS3 eventually outperform the X360 on the technical front? Maybe, but iDon't think it will b a significant difference to matter. Recall that there was a noticable performance lag between the same title running on Genesis compared to the SNES, but the Genesis was still able to represent until Sega put their up their ass. It should also be considered that Sony is notorious for grossly exaggerating the performance claims of their products. Remember 1.5 million polys on PS1 or Toy Story running in realtime on PS2? I'm still laughing uncontrollably @ those who actually believed that. The only reason Sony had a greater backing from developers last generation is because Sony had already established themselves in the game w/ PS1. By the time Xbox was ready, the PS brand had been on the market for about 5 years. Now that the Xbox is a proven brand, more developers r willing to devlop for the 360; it would be idiotic for them to simply ignore that market. PS3 will probably maintain its #1 position w/ more games, but it will not be consistent with what it had enjoyed in the past. The X360 will close the gap especially in America & Europe where the system is doing very well.

Exclusive titles? If u haven’t noticed, not too many 3rd party publisher/developers are keen on developing exclusive titles these days and Sony can only buy so much. With increased development costs, there r going to be many more games going multiplatform in order to maximize profit potential. It will primarly b the responsibility of the 1st / 2nd party publisher/developer to distiguish their respective systems.

Will the PS3 eventually outperform the X360 on the technical front? Maybe, but iDon’t think it will b a significant difference to matter. Recall that there was a noticable performance lag between the same title running on Genesis compared to the SNES, but the Genesis was still able to represent until Sega put their up their ass. It should also be considered that Sony is notorious for grossly exaggerating the performance claims of their products. Remember 1.5 million polys on PS1 or Toy Story running in realtime on PS2? I’m still laughing uncontrollably @ those who actually believed that.

]]> By: Susan.S http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/01/27/console-war-questions/#comment-1107 Susan.S Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:35:57 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=897#comment-1107 Well most game publishers want to make their games run on all platforms reasonably well. Therefore, aside from exclusive titles, I think the quality of next gen visuals will only be as great as the weakest link. No one wants their game on Revolution to look like crud compared to the Xbox360 version. Or the 360 version to look bad compared to the PS3 one. No publisher wants to upset the user base.Nintendo's, Sony's, or Microsoft's. As always you run a great blog. I linked to you on my blog.http://playstation-love.blogspot.com/ Keep up the great work.I will mention you on my site whenever I can. Thanks. Well most game publishers want to make their games run on all platforms reasonably well. Therefore, aside from exclusive titles, I think the quality of next gen visuals will only be as great as the weakest link. No one wants their game on Revolution to look like crud compared to the Xbox360 version. Or the 360 version to look bad compared to the PS3 one. No publisher wants to upset the user base.Nintendo’s, Sony’s, or Microsoft’s. As always you run a great blog. I linked to you on my blog.http://playstation-love.blogspot.com/
Keep up the great work.I will mention you on my site whenever I can. Thanks.

]]> By: JeromeMorrow http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/01/27/console-war-questions/#comment-1099 JeromeMorrow Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:39:23 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=897#comment-1099 Yeah, I would have to agree, the PS3 should have the edge in power. I don't think it will be a great deal more, but I would find it hard to believe if the PS3 is less powerful or equal to the 360. Yeah, I would have to agree, the PS3 should have the edge in power. I don’t think it will be a great deal more, but I would find it hard to believe if the PS3 is less powerful or equal to the 360.

]]> By: Henning http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/01/27/console-war-questions/#comment-1098 Henning Sat, 28 Jan 2006 04:26:19 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=897#comment-1098 I think that the power of the RSX and the 360's graphics chips will be about the same. However, I believe that the Cell processor's physics capabilities will give the PS3 the edge in realism. I think that the power of the RSX and the 360′s graphics chips will be about the same. However, I believe that the Cell processor’s physics capabilities will give the PS3 the edge in realism.

]]> By: observer http://www.ps3blog.net/2006/01/27/console-war-questions/#comment-1097 observer Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:05:25 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/?p=897#comment-1097 You are surprisingly slightly pro-360 for a guy who runs a PS3 blog. You're trying to be calm and neutral which is good but I still would expect more pro-PS3 excitement from someone running a PS3 blog. I disagree with two points: - 360 and PS3 graphics will be the same? Of course, we don't know until it comes out, but I would expect that the PS3 would have a horsepower edge given that it's coming out later. - PS3 will only do as well as 360 in North America? I disagree for the same reason that the PS2 did a lot better than Xbox, even in North America: Content. Sony has a better roster of developers and much better exclusive content. The original Xbox got very few titles that weren't on PS2 or PC and based on announced titles, the 360 looks to be the same. The most anticipated titles of 2006 seem to have many PS3 exclusives but few 360 exclusives. One good example list: http://videogames.yahoo.com/ongoingfeature?eid=431017&page=0 You are surprisingly slightly pro-360 for a guy who runs a PS3 blog. You’re trying to be calm and neutral which is good but I still would expect more pro-PS3 excitement from someone running a PS3 blog.

I disagree with two points:

- 360 and PS3 graphics will be the same? Of course, we don’t know until it comes out, but I would expect that the PS3 would have a horsepower edge given that it’s coming out later.
- PS3 will only do as well as 360 in North America? I disagree for the same reason that the PS2 did a lot better than Xbox, even in North America: Content. Sony has a better roster of developers and much better exclusive content. The original Xbox got very few titles that weren’t on PS2 or PC and based on announced titles, the 360 looks to be the same. The most anticipated titles of 2006 seem to have many PS3 exclusives but few 360 exclusives. One good example list: http://videogames.yahoo.com/ongoingfeature?eid=431017&page=0

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