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Originally Posted by bmer  It takes some time before the game developers get to know how to use all the potential of the console so the launch games still aren't that good in visual look. But don't worry, PS3 is technologically superior to Xbox 360 so it will have the best graphics in the console world eventually.  |
I don't think that's a given by any means.
The formula by which consoles do battle has changed from what we dealt with in the past. Graphic performance is definitely why the SNES eventually surpassed the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, good 3D titles is what gave the PlayStation the jump on the Sega Saturn and a lack of horsepower is why the Sega Dreamcast eventually captulated in the face of the XBox and PS2.
But now we've hit the wall of deminishing returns on what our consoles can do, and what kind of response it gets out of us. No doubt, the PS3 has the potential to deliver astonighing graphics - but maybe astonishing graphics are becoming passé. Sure, I can see chunks of brain flying out of a zombies skull when I blast it with my assult rifle, but the overall effect isn't terribly different from same zombie game ported onto the 360 or Wii.
I could be wrong, but this time around massive processing horsepower could be the least important component in the gaming equation. The PS3 will up the ante with more sophisticated environments, but then again, so will programmers finesse better performance out of the 360 and Wii.