inFamous Developer: You Can't Do That on a 360

[Jumplion]

I saw it on Nintendo's website, and HIDEO KOJIMA HIMSELF, said that they are creating a game with visuals that are up there with Playstation 3 quality.

Saying is a helluvah lot different than doing. I want to see that for myself, there's no way I'm taking a statement like that without a couple shakers of salt. Could you link to where Kojima said on Nintendo's website? Sounds too big of a claim to not be newsworthy everywhere.

 

[aaronmcc]

The payoff for slogging through the PS3 learning curve, Zimmerman added, is that it can handle games other platforms can't. "If you look at games like inFamous 2 [http://www.amazon.com/Uncharted-2-Among-Thieves-Playstation-3/dp/B001JKTC9A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1278346251&sr=1-1] is going to be the same way. You'll look at it and see that there's no way we could have done this game on 360."

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I smell a sony employee (essentially) talking smack about rival - UNPRESCEDENTED

 

[Sh0ckFyre]

I saw it on Nintendo's website, and HIDEO KOJIMA HIMSELF, said that they are creating a game with visuals that are up there with Playstation 3 quality.

Saying is a helluvah lot different than doing. I want to see that for myself, there's no way I'm taking a statement like that without a couple shakers of salt. Could you link to where Kojima said on Nintendo's website? Sounds too big of a claim to not be newsworthy everywhere.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/07/kojima-on-metal-gear-solid-3s-clandestine-origins-and-bright-fu/

I got my source wrong, but on this website it's clear Kojima himself said it.

 

[Jumplion]

I saw it on Nintendo's website, and HIDEO KOJIMA HIMSELF, said that they are creating a game with visuals that are up there with Playstation 3 quality.

Saying is a helluvah lot different than doing. I want to see that for myself, there's no way I'm taking a statement like that without a couple shakers of salt. Could you link to where Kojima said on Nintendo's website? Sounds too big of a claim to not be newsworthy everywhere.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/07/kojima-on-metal-gear-solid-3s-clandestine-origins-and-bright-fu/

I got my source wrong, but on this website it's clear Kojima himself said it.

I'll give you credit on the source, though I would like to mention he said "The high level models are about the same quality as the stuff we made on the PlayStation 3". This could mean anything between complete CGI or in-game footage, and again, I want to see for myself. How a statement like that was not newsworthy here or anywhere else I've seen I don't know.

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

As beautiful as Uncharted 2 is (and it is a fantastic game in all areas) I played it front to back and didn't see much in it at all that I think wouldn't be possible on the 360.
My brother has two books on the art of Uncharted 2 and Gears Of War (arguably the most visually attractive games on both systems) and there is very little difference in the quality of the character models and renders; they are both of a phenominal standard.
On analysis, Uncharted 2 has a really far (and impressive) draw distance which might not be possible on the 360; but the 360 seems to be better at keeping a stable frame-rate. There's not much else I can think of. The rest just boils down to lazy programming I think.