More On PS3 and Xbox 2

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Posted by michael on Tuesday January 25, 2005 @07:49AM from the controllers-now-twice-the-size dept.

News for nerds writes "The BBC has news about the next-generation game consoles, with comments from various third parties. According to Rory Armes, studio general manager of EA in Europe, they have already received the development kits from Microsoft, but not yet from Sony and Nintendo. He assumes Sony's PlayStation 3 will have a little more under the hood and be more cost-efficient than Microsoft's Xbox 2. Gerhard Florin, head of EA in Europe, remarks 'PS3 will provide graphics indistinguishable from movies.' Spider-Man 2 or Toy Story 2, that's the problem."

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PS3 will provide graphics indistinguishable from.. by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · 2005-01-25 07:58 · Score: 5, Funny

...movies.
Yes. I've talked to people at EA. They really have no clue what it takes to get a movie made. When it takes 100 CPU hours to render a typical frame (not unusual) and hours of work by human compositors to achieve subtle 2D effects for which no algorithms as yet exist (such as touching up the lighting because what is aesthetically pleasing isn't geometrically correct) I wonder how they're going to do this stuff at 60fps even if the hardware renders 1000 times faster than is possible on the current crop of PCs.
On the other hand, if by movies they mean the likes of Episode II then Half Life 2 is already better.

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Re:Blurring the lines between cut scenes and gamin by Antonymous+Flower · 2005-01-25 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny

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In related news... by funny-jack · 2005-01-25 08:18 · Score: 4, Funny
PS3 will provide graphics indistinguishable from movies.

In related news, the PS3 will also be packed with the following features:
- Built-in AI indistinguishable from humans
- Integrated 10 MP digital camera
- 10 Gigabit ethernet & wireless
- Controllers will interface directly with the human brain--wirelessly!
- Processor will run at 42 GHz
All these and more, in the Next Sony Platform(TM)!

...is there anyone here who still believes pre-release/development crap like this? Anyone? I mean, anyone other than Michael.

And now, it is time for a shameless plug.
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Re:iGame by Bingo+Foo · 2005-01-25 08:20 · Score: 4, Funny

OK, the iPippin, then. How's that?

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Sure, the PS3 might be faster and more powerful... by Anita+Coney · 2005-01-25 08:23 · Score: 4, Funny

... but I have no doubt that the Xbox2 will be larger, louder, and hotter!

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