Quote: "Bollocks. Name even 1 game that runs better on PS3, and "whoops the 360 version" (in your words)."
Need for Speed: Carbon (more detail, better reflections, higher-quality ambients), Oblivion (which was already covered I see), Call of Duty 3 (brighter with more detail, and I've seen them run side-by-side in person with my own eyes on identical Zenith televisions at a friend's house), to name a few. And as I said, there are a few cross-platforms that look better on 360, like most of the sports titles... and that's about it. The fact is, it's easier to develop for 360 than it is for PS3, so some of these developers aren't maximizing the console's full potential yet, and with some of these cross-platform titles, it's easier to just port it that seriously tweak it. Any game you can name that looks better on the 360 is the by-product of a crunch schedule. That, or laziness. Take a look at the specs of both systems, those numbers don't lie. And please, name a single game on 360 as beautiful as Motorstorm. I've played both consoles quite a bit lately and I haven't seen a single game that looks that good on the 360, not yet anyway. And then there's the upcoming MGS, which also looks outrageously gorgeous. Now that developers are starting to get used to the PS3 dev kit, you'll start seeing some incredibly beautiful games being released on the PS3 between now and whenever the next generation begins. And it shouldn't take a fanboy like me to point that out
Quote: "Matt, your claims are becoming legend on the TGC forums. I remember when you said you and everyone you've known has said the PS3 online service is faaarrr superior to 360s Live service, of which I have never heard more than once (from you) in all my gaming and game dev travels"
That's because you insult anyone and everyone who likes Sony or has an alternative opinion to your own before you listen to what they have to say
. My friend Craig has both systems running on his home network. He ran multiplayer Call of Duty 3 on both systems, and the PS3 was in the game and playing that game faster than the 360 was on Live. And the 360 was getting minor lag on that Eder map in the same area where we had the PS3 running (at the exact same time) as smooth as a baby's hiney (Edit: but the Live server had 3 more people in it than the PSN server, so maybe pings had something to do with it). Call me crazy, but that was all of the evidence I needed. Since I said that about people not thinking Live is better, two of my friends have jumped the USS Sony, both in favor of Live. But the rest of my friends all say Sony Network is a superior service, and of the people I know who own both systems, only those two that I mentioned a second ago seem to think Live is better than Network. With your permission, I'll gladly give them your email addy and ask them to tell you what they think, and presto, you'll see that I'm NOT full of crap as you constantly suggest. Any time someone has a genuine opinion that you disagree with, you start throwing mud, instead of just saying "fine, that's this person's opinion, or the opinion of their friends" and leaving it at that.
And really, explain to me exactly how Live is better? What services does it have that make it better, so much better that it justifies an extortionate fee (compared to the
free Sony Network)? The only thing you could really say there is the sheer number of players on Live, even though you'll find equally full servers for both consoles' networks. Try giving Network a try before you unjustly insult it, and maybe you'll start giving credit where credit is most assuredly due
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Some genuine fear of Playstation Network from Team XBox
Playstation Network vs. Xbox Live: Cost Analysis
I'm glad that my "claims are becoming legend on TGC." When (if) people start looking at the PS3 neutrally, maybe I'll get some credit for saying these things long before almost anyone else did. Don't think you're in some holier-than-thou position to talk down at me just because you work at EA, or I like something you don't like. I've never once insulted anyone because they liked some other console, and if you keep treating me like some random loser because my opinions aren't yours, I'll be forced to start firing back.
Quote: "The bet Matt.. the BET..."
I remember it actually, I think about it every time I see the Wii and 360 sales dousing the PS3's sales. The only thing is, I'm probably going to end up conceding early, lol. I thought it was that whoever lost had to send the winner a 2 liter of coke and make a thread saying they were wrong, it's good that you posted this, it would save me the hassle of going and posting coke to you, lol. Anyway, yeah, expect a thread like that pretty soon, probably when this thread burns out. And thank you, btw, for staying civil about our debate, unlike some people
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Quote: "And Oblivion on PS3 was released how much later, when they could add more touches to the game in the meantime?"
Exactly what I said a while back when talking about the XBox versions of the Grand Theft Auto games over the PS2 versions. And I got flamed for it. That's ironic.
Quote: "I assure you though, if you researched it throughly, you would come to the opposite conclusion."
Well, I'm not keen on 360 and I have absolutely no desire to buy one. The only way I'd be willing to research the differences fully is if I owned a 360 and rented copies of all the games in question to give it a fair analysis. And I'll admit that my experience with games on both consoles is somewhat limited. But from what I've seen in my experiences with cross-platform games, I've been thoroughly convinced that the PS3 is getting unjustly ripped on.
