- Posted on Wednesday, December 6, 2006.
We expected the PlayStation 3 to ship with several games that first appeared on the Xbox 360, similar to how the Xbox 360 had a lot of Xbox ports at launch. And the PS3 did indeed arrive with a good number of games that originally shipped for the Xbox 360. This gave us the perfect opportunity to compare the graphics on both systems with several cross-platform games. You'd think that the PS3 versions would be exactly the same or slightly superior to the Xbox 360 versions, since many of these games appeared on the 360 months ago, but it seems like developers didn't use the extra time to polish up the graphics for the PS3. We found that the Xbox 360 actually had better graphics in the majority of the games we compared.
Need for Speed Carbon
Both systems have fairly similar graphics in Need for Speed Carbon, but the Xbox 360 has better lighting while the PS3 has sharper textures. The 360 has better high dynamic range lighting in the Camaro image. We're not sure if the PS3 version blurs the background tree leaves on purpose, but it's another noticeable difference. The lighting in the street shot appears more realistic on the 360, but the building textures are sharper on the PS3. We also seem to be missing some lighting and a few landmarks in the rearview mirror of the PS3 version.
Mouse over the default Xbox 360 image to see the PlayStation 3 comparison shot.
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Oh btw, question for valda, if i upgrade my iphone's software to 2.0, will i lose all my music and stuff? and will i be able to use any type of sim?
thanx
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Imo sony still had the best e3, vith GOWIII, MAG, infamous,(as new games announced) while m$ had only FFXIII
and nintendo was horrible...
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ffXIII on 360 wow didnt see that coming, ms presentations at e3 were great and shocking btw watching the wii it boring right now , look into sony, hope they can show us something great
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I cant wait for the real graphics battle between 360 and ps3
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post number 666+2 lol
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phew now i just beat mgs4 on big boss hard and its exhausting
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ya there was a little disturbance back in the other thread
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Alright guys listen up, our friend J-A-B has been banned.Because he was reported for bandodging by Dr_Y, they were arguing and it seems Jab lost(although he was right).He told me to tell you guys.
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sh1t, i didn't find mgs4 today either....
but i found a shelf of GTAIVs lol i was so tempted, but i said....neah i should save my money, i'm gonna check tomorrow as well...maybe...if not ... like i said, BURN BURN BURN lol 
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same as i dont care for final fantasy, halo, or pokemon?
give me fifa, gran truismo, nbalive08, gtaseries and rockband and keep the rest.....although i must say that i had fun playing my 10 year old PS1 spyro, tarzan, and rayman games the other day 
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*cough* *cough*
valda how can you not care for mgs4 i mean your on the ps3 side and im not and i cant stop loving the game o_0
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i have a 5.1 genius 3600W surround system for my pc
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personally i dont care for mgs4 at all
.....what i wanna know is when can i finally start renting bluray films off psonline?......we installed surround sound 5.1 system and leme tell u.....WOW now i can hear stuff explode all around me while my couch is vibrating....its ^%&^%$^%$&^ing amazing!!
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i hate you..i hate you all! lol h2owiz this week i haven't been to the mall to search for the game but i think it's there...anyway one way or another i will get that game this week, maybe tomorrow cuz right now i'm tired(from the pool)
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really alex i bought a used ps3 from my friend for 180 and i went to best buy and i found a whole shelf of mgs4s well know im half way through the game and when my friends watch me play there like wow when is this movie over lol
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the 2.0 software comes out around july 11, same as new iphone,
....to be honest im probably gonna keep my 1st gen, its cheaper, and has more free apps available, plus 3g isnt really available in great quantities where i live, and the plans more expensive so %^$^% that...the ony thing is that now i wont be able to send it to other countries as quick as before 
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btw h2o i still can't find MGS4 damn that stealth mode... i'm gonna burn the mall down if can't get one this week grrrr
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valda if you're still here, i've got a question.Since i've got the non 3g iphone, can i update from 1.14 to 2.0 ? cuz itunes says my software is up to date..
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I'm not a fan of any consoles,[I don't have any (yet)] but I got onto this page and I'd say that the PS3 has a better resolution and lightning (which was disturbing on Tony Hawk), but It seemed Xbox had better sprites (or whatever they are) on Tony Hawk...
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alex the mgs4 copies are all in stealth mode its gonna take more than just looking for one on the shelf.
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don't worry h2o...i'm not playing mgs4 either...though i played mgs3 again a couple of days ago at one of my friends and i killed ocelot for him lol anyway i couldn't find mgs4 at the store
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i dont trust gt that much they didnt even put crysis best graphics of 2007 lol

but anyway i hear gs has lost all its crediblility
and why the He11 am i not playing mgs 4
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omg guys GS gave MGS4 a 10..wow i can hardly believe that, still the ps3 doesn't have any AAAE's it has a AAAAE
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damn......all of u guys got mgs4
i gotta go today and get it, hope I'll find the limited edition 
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if u pick the flash hdd on the macbook air its like $1000 more than the normal kind.
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GT gave MGS4 a 8.7 for the story....man that's stupid IGN gave MGS a 9.9 overall and GT a 9.3? damn..
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btw today is the launch of MGS4!!!!!!!!!!!


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Wow Jab that device is amazing, yeah technology is advancing very fast, look at pc hardware(sadly the best parts are really expensive, the 9800GX2 costs more than a ps3 lol) And new SSD HDD which give no heat and are faster than normal laptop HDDs, but....it's flash memory so it isn't cheap, take a look : http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/13/sandisk-intros-2-5-inch-32gb-ssd-hard-drive/ you won't catch me throwing that kind of money on a hdd
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lol i saw the vid Jab but i think its referring to the old MGS games, if you had played the first MGS, there were 2 discs and you had to change them, and now in the vid Otacon says you dont have to change anymore cuz of Blue-Ray lol i read this at Gamepro, it was flamebait, But yeah i preorderd MGS 4 a while ago, cant w8 to try it, i just hope the instalation wont take 20 minutes like GTa4 did i wanna play as soon as i put in the disctray
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yeah valda i'm keeping my iphone as well, my previous phone (a nokia n90) had 3g and i only used it twice in 2 years lol so i don't need that.Also the new iphone has the same 2mgpx camera, and its back is black lol @jab yeah that was funny
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the only changes r a flush headphone jack, better audio, gps, 3g, palstic back/metal buttons, and iphone 2.0 software, better battery, and of course a lower price.
wheres my video conferencing and better camera
........guess im keeping my jailbroken one
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i found it, lol it will have 3g hope it'll have a better camera
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w8 a minute, did apple officially announce the new iphone?
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omg omg omg i cannot wait for the new iphone
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thanx jab
btw don't forget MGS4 is 3 days awaaaaay!!! can't wait
too bad it won't be the game of the year, cuz GTAIV will get that title of course, still i think MGS4 is better
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oh btw guys i found a rumor on psxextreme that the 40gb will get a update and be able to play ps2 games, i can't find the link right now, i'll post it if i find it, it said that the update is set for the end of this year or something like that. Valda i know u hang around psxextreme if u find something like that please post the link
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shanenaop btw i added you Jab on PSN, i go online once a full moon, alex wats ur psn id, and how you recover your ps store id, cuz mine dont work.
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cool

ps3 and pc are the best combination this gen
too bad i have 360 and pc
oh well, im saving up for one now
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yeah h2o the 40gb has a bigger fan and a 65nm CPU with lower power consumption here's a link http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/30/40gb-ps3-features-65nm-chips-lower-power-consumption/ i you want more info google it
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idk, my 80gig runs great
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wait so the 49gb has a bigger fan ?
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h2o...do what i did when i was little: get good grades and your parents will give in eventually...or just tell them :buy me a ps3 buy me a ps3, or...sell your 360 and some of your games and get a ps3
if u don't have ps2 games get the 40gb
anyway i need the bigger fan the 40 gb has because where i live temperatures can be 35 degrees Celsius, that would be 95 degrees Fahrenheit
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i could care less about lemmings jab lol
im a hermit now 20% 360 20%ps3 and 60% pc
plus i dont really have the money to get a ps3 but i really want mgs..... ill have to wait
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