Are 360 and PS3 multiplats really THAT different from each other?

In my experience most 360 and PS3 multiplats are pretty much the same. I know that most multiplat games are made with the 360 as the lead console (although there are some games that are made for the PS3 first and there are some that are made for both the same time) and naturally, it will probably look slighlty better.

But in most cases they end uplooking practically the same (but cows and lemmings will lie and over exaggerate those slight differences)

Whilethere are a few like Bayonetta andFallout 3 which are terrible ports (although I think Fallout was patched and greatly improved to practically the same as 360) those are just the minority.

What do you think?

No,they're not,although they make up for most of the discussions here which is absolutely ridiculous.

There's a huge difference. One plays in a PS3, and one plays in a 360. Can't believe you'd ignore such a glaring difference.Skittles_McGee

One is on DVD one is on Blu Ray.FIipMode

Dammit TC! You know you should be more precise in 'these parts':x

Not really. Of course there are lousy ports here and there but that's been happening forever. Most of the time the ports are patched anyway to make them identical, like Bayonetta was.

no difference on a human eyes but SW posters have bionic eyesjohnlennon28

It certainly seems like that, I remember there was this Red Dead Redemption argument in which people were claiming that the PS3 version was "massivelly infereior in graphics and gameplay" and they said if you zoom in on your tv enough you can "see" the "differences".

My first thought was "Who plays their games with a magnifying glass?" Like, seriously, is THAT what you have to do to see something like a small patch of grass?

I have the 360 version of Red Dead and I have a friend who has it on PS3 and I was watching him play it. I didn't see ANYTHING "different" about it. Mabey I could have if I used a magnifying glass :lol:

[QUOTE="johnlennon28"]no difference on a human eyes but SW posters have bionic eyesShadowMoses900

Mabey I could have if I used a magnifying glass :lol:

[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

[QUOTE="johnlennon28"]no difference on a human eyes but SW posters have bionic eyesLto_thaG

Mabey I could have if I used a magnifying glass :lol:

:lol: SERIOUSLY!? 400% ZOOM IN THREADS!?

For someone to HAVE to do THAT in order to "SEE" the "DIFFERENCES" definately proves that their argument is wrong.

It is kinda funny but also kinda sad that someone would ACTUALLY do a 400% zoom in to see 1 more rock/blade of grass etc..

I'm still kinda new here to these forums so forgive me as I didn't know that this ACTUALLY happened.

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[QUOTE="ShadowMoses900"]

Mabey I could have if I used a magnifying glass :lol:

ShadowMoses900

:lol: SERIOUSLY!? 400% ZOOM IN THREADS!?

For someone to HAVE to do THAT in order to "SEE" the "DIFFERENCES" definately proves that their argument is wrong.

It is kinda funny but also kinda sad that someone would ACTUALLY do a 400% zoom in to see 1 more rock/blade of grass etc..

It's still proves my point that the "differences" are nothing that any sane person is going to see in the first place.

TC, many decades from now, historians (why they will be looking into this issue, even I don't know :P) will look at our old, aging technology, what we consider HDTV's, and look at the PS3 and 360 and they will conclude there was indeed a vast difference.

There is your answer.

Lol oh you guuuuys....ender2009

How about this :

Hey You Guys!

Some games. Bayonetta being the worst example, and then there are the lesser bad ports like Red dead redemption being the most recent one I didn't buy. because I don't buy shoddy ports.

But 90% of games are more or less identical.

In SW: Yes

In real life: No

Some games. Bayonetta being the worst example, and then there are the lesser bad ports like Red dead redemption being the most recent one I didn't buy. because I don't buy shoddy ports.

But 90% of games are more or less identical.

theuncharted34

In SW: Yes

In real life: No

FragTycoon

that depends on the game. But yeah the majority are the same more or less.

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

Some games. Bayonetta being the worst example, and then there are the lesser bad ports like Red dead redemption being the most recent one I didn't buy. because I don't buy shoddy ports.

But 90% of games are more or less identical.

ender2009

bayonetta or RDR?

[QUOTE="ender2009"][QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

Some games. Bayonetta being the worst example, and then there are the lesser bad ports like Red dead redemption being the most recent one I didn't buy. because I don't buy shoddy ports.

But 90% of games are more or less identical.

theuncharted34

bayonetta or RDR?

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

Some games. Bayonetta being the worst example, and then there are the lesser bad ports like Red dead redemption being the most recent one I didn't buy. because I don't buy shoddy ports.

But 90% of games are more or less identical.

ender2009

If your refering to Bayonetta then I can't really answer as I never played it (nor did I ever want to)

I'm just going by what I heard (although I did hear that it was patched so it looks better now, but again I can't really say)

I do know that Fallout 3 was patched and it definately improved it so now it's basically the same as the 360 version.

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[QUOTE="ender2009"] It's really not bad...ender2009

bayonetta or RDR?

yeah, it's not that bad. I suppose that's just me being stubborn.

I feel like, If a game developer is going to put their game on the platform, and expect to make money off of it, then considering both platforms are so close in power, both games should be identical. If they don't work hard and get that game up to snuff as the other version, they won't get my money. Not like it matters because I'm just one of the few who feel that way.

RDR runs at 640p instead of 720p like the 360 version, has significantly less draw distance, less objects on screen and has more framerate dips.

Call me silly or whatever, but I just won't buy bad ports.

The number of bad ports has decreased drastically. now there's just one every blue moon :)

There's not a huge difference except for some games, but there are noticeable differences.

The only real difference is the controller some games simply work better with the 360's triggers.

Oh and Dragon Age and FFXIII looked noticeable better on the PS3

The only real difference is the controller some games simply work better with the 360's triggers.

Oh and Dragon Age and FFXIII looked noticeable better on the PS3

juliankennedy23

No they don't. In the cutscenes for FFXIII yes, but not ingame. As for Dragon Age, I don't know where you heard that but it doesn't look any better.

[QUOTE="ender2009"][QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

bayonetta or RDR?

theuncharted34

yeah, it's not that bad. I suppose that's just me being stubborn.

I feel like, If a game developer is going to put their game on the platform, and expect to make money off of it, then considering both platforms are so close in power, both games should be identical. If they don't work hard and get that game up to snuff as the other version, they won't get my money. Not like it matters because I'm just one of the few who feel that way.

RDR runs at 640p instead of 720p like the 360 version, has significantly less draw distance, less objects on screen and has more framerate dips.

Call me silly or whatever, but I just won't buy bad ports.

The number of bad ports has decreased drastically. now there's just one every blue moon :)

Well I can't verify it as I have the 360 version of RDR, but I remember that my friend who has it on PS3 was telling me that he got extra exclusive gang hideouts on his version that arn't on the 360.

I don't know if it's true or not though

[QUOTE="juliankennedy23"]

The only real difference is the controller some games simply work better with the 360's triggers.

Oh and Dragon Age and FFXIII looked noticeable better on the PS3

Hazzard6X

No they don't. In the cutscenes for FFXIII yes, but not ingame. As for Dragon Age, I don't know where you heard that but it doesn't look any better.

oh yes it does. FF 13 on the ps3 runs at native 720p, and on the 360 it runs at 576p. That's 1.5x a resolution difference.

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[QUOTE="ender2009"] Red Dead.ShadowMoses900

yeah, it's not that bad. I suppose that's just me being stubborn.

I feel like, If a game developer is going to put their game on the platform, and expect to make money off of it, then considering both platforms are so close in power, both games should be identical. If they don't work hard and get that game up to snuff as the other version, they won't get my money. Not like it matters because I'm just one of the few who feel that way.

RDR runs at 640p instead of 720p like the 360 version, has significantly less draw distance, less objects on screen and has more framerate dips.

Call me silly or whatever, but I just won't buy bad ports.

The number of bad ports has decreased drastically. now there's just one every blue moon :)

Well I can't verify it as I have the 360 version of RDR, but I remember that my friend who has it on PS3 was telling me that he got extra exclusive gang hideouts on his version that arn't on the 360.

I don't know if it's true or not though

[QUOTE="theuncharted34"]

[QUOTE="ender2009"] Red Dead.ShadowMoses900

yeah, it's not that bad. I suppose that's just me being stubborn.

I feel like, If a game developer is going to put their game on the platform, and expect to make money off of it, then considering both platforms are so close in power, both games should be identical. If they don't work hard and get that game up to snuff as the other version, they won't get my money. Not like it matters because I'm just one of the few who feel that way.

RDR runs at 640p instead of 720p like the 360 version, has significantly less draw distance, less objects on screen and has more framerate dips.

Call me silly or whatever, but I just won't buy bad ports.

The number of bad ports has decreased drastically. now there's just one every blue moon :)

Well I can't verify it as I have the 360 version of RDR, but I remember that my friend who has it on PS3 was telling me that he got extra exclusive gang hideouts on his version that arn't on the 360.

I don't know if it's true or not though

it did get some exclusive content yes. But that doesn't make up for the visuals. (for me)

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Red Dead.ender2009

it did get some exclusive content yes. But that doesn't make up for the visuals. (for me)

I was at my friends house and he was playing it on the PS3 and I didn't notice ANY difference. Mabey you have super above-human eye sight or mabey you just play your games with a magnifying glass, because I didn't honestly see anything.

[[QUOTE="ender2009"]

ShadowMoses900

it did get some exclusive content yes. But that doesn't make up for the visuals. (for me)

I was at my friends house and he was playing it on the PS3 and I didn't notice ANY difference. Mabey you have super above-human eye sight or mabey you just play your games with a magnifying glass, because I didn't honestly see anything.

I have a set of helgan eyes. :)

EDIT: did you play on an hd tv?

Yes. And by "yes" I mean no.

No they don't. In the cutscenes for FFXIII yes, but not ingame. As for Dragon Age, I don't know where you heard that but it doesn't look any better.Hazzard6X

Check it out: Dragon Age Image Comparison

There's a clear difference between them. It's one of the few multiplats I've seen with a definite visual difference between the console versions.

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[[QUOTE="ender2009"]

it did get some exclusive content yes. But that doesn't make up for the visuals. (for me)

theuncharted34

I was at my friends house and he was playing it on the PS3 and I didn't notice ANY difference. Mabey you have super above-human eye sight or mabey you just play your games with a magnifying glass, because I didn't honestly see anything.

I have a set of helgan eyes. :)

EDIT: did you play on an hd tv?

We both have HD tv's, although he definately has the bigger one that feels up the living room, I have a small one (it's not tiny) I would say mine is medium-small

OH NOES! IM GONNA SELL MY 360 VERSION OF DRAGON AGE FOR THE PS3 VERSION NOWS CUZ THERE ARE MORE BRICKS ON TEH GROUND ON THE PS3!!!

(sarcasm)

ShadowMoses900

the framerate is better in the 360 version though. So they're even.

About as different as the hairs on my chinney chin chin. Yeah...not very different. Which is why exclusives are what matter.

[QUOTE="juliankennedy23"]

The only real difference is the controller some games simply work better with the 360's triggers.

Oh and Dragon Age and FFXIII looked noticeable better on the PS3

Hazzard6X

No they don't. In the cutscenes for FFXIII yes, but not ingame. As for Dragon Age, I don't know where you heard that but it doesn't look any better.

Huh? Wrong on both accounts my friend. We are talking about looks here, so...

Let's talk FFXIII. Besides the horrible cutscenes on the 360 port of FFXIII which you do know about, the 360 FFXIII Port also suffered sub HD resolution in GAMEPLAY, compared to 720p resolution for PS3. This was noted at multiple sites. I feel for those gamers that didn't research before purchase and own both machines. Same for Bayonetta 360 superiority to a lesser degree. I thought the 360 port job of FFXIII was common knowledge on the internet and on SW especially. It's really bad the larger the HDTV screen you have, as I've seen it first hand. Remember too, FF series Cutscenes are supposed to be a grandiose payoff in between gameplay, making those cut scenes hurt even more so.

Gamespot is only one of many sites that talked DragonAge differences (Dragonage is AAA on PS3, AA on 360)...enjoy the read. Yes, we are talking about looks because you claimed incorrect information.

I myself, don't care too much unless it's drastic enough like Bayonetta 360, FFXIII PS3, DragonAge PS3, etc. Even then, these aren't that drastic to me that I coudn't play the other versions, it's just that I don't have to worry about that since I have all the machines.

OH NOES! IM GONNA SELL MY 360 VERSION OF DRAGON AGE FOR THE PS3 VERSION NOWS CUZ THERE ARE MORE BRICKS ON TEH GROUND ON THE PS3!!!

(sarcasm) ShadowMoses900

Just to be clear, all I was trying to say is that DA is one of the (few) console multiplats I've seen where the visual difference is obvious. Not that it somehow makes it a massively better version :?

I agree with your OP, just not with Hazzard's post.

Some games have obvious differences in image quality that you can spot right away like in Mafia 2, Bayonetta, Oblivion. Others the difference is slight and you will really only spot the differences if you look for them and know what to look for like in Assassin's creed, Just Cause 2, COD Black ops. And others there is no difference whatsoever and you can look at them side by side all day with a magnifying glass and still not spot a difference (except maybe gamma and lighting differences which doesn't equate to image quality) like in Castlevania: lords of shadow and Need for speed hot pursuit.

So really it depends on the game and how picky you are, but in general for most games there aren't huge differences from eachother..

Not many have a huge difference.