Sony Explains (Poorly) Why Only PS3 Can Do God of War III
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Comedy gold!huga84 said:
As for 'only talking about consoles': Perhaps they shouldn't have said "only PS3" then. I know the 'in' thing is not paying attention to the PC because we're all elitist scumbags, and "only PS3 (with the exception of the PC which blows our sleek black machine out of the water because it's using four year old technology while the PC can be updated with stuff that only came out last week.)" isn't quite as snappy as the original statement, but when you're in the PR department and you say "Only PS3" I expect them to mean "Only the PS3". Without exception.
The only reason that God of War is PS3 exclusive is because Sony owns the IP. I wouldn't even care if they'd said that, because I know that. It's this false promotions of their 'godlike' machine which annoy me.
what?? now we have more than one fun??JimmyBassatti said:
i remember the days when games were either fun or not, it sounds a little bit weird to say "yeah, it was fun, but not fun fun, just fun, the first one was fun and a halve lets hope the 3rd one is fun x 3"
anywhay, a game is a game because of the "gaming" ability, those light changes? yeah... thats not game related, thats art related, and putting art into a tasteless game like GOW3 seems kind of out of character (unles they are to make boobies seem more real or something)
Hm? Oh, I'm sorry, I don't believe I ever said anything like that. I did say that the same effect was done in an early PS2 game via brilliant art direction and developer ingenuity, not processing power.huga84 said:
You're arguing against your own strawmen, junior.
you didn't get the point, this is their console war, "CONSOLE" for F*** sake (WII - PS3 - 360)Amnestic said:
im sure that every console PR knows that the PC can do HDR on higher than HD resolution since 2002 or whatever the date was,
but the 360 can not do that(HDR on HD resolution) no the Wii, thats why they "Sony PR" said it only can be done on the PS3.
GET IT IN YOUR THICK HEAD "CONSOLE"
Where did Ms. Blackhouse ever mention the word console? From the article linked, her quoted words were:huga84 said:
I don't see a mention of the word console, nor a reference to their competitors. Merely "only possible with the PS3."
You call me thick headed, but you can't even use the correct form of your/you're. What does that say about you, I wonder?
Edit: It's all largely irrelevant if they were talking about the consoles including the PC or not. Point of fact is that the PC can do everything she said and has been able to for a long time, meaning that her explanation for why GoW3 is PS3 exclusive is pointless and unnecessary. Why brag about it if one of your competitors can do better?
No, we are talking about the visual effect of simulating how light hits a human retina, making the transition between light and dark spaces especially striking. That was what the PR guy (well, PR lady, actually) was talking about, pointing to the PS3's power as the only way to do something like that.huga84 said:
I pointed out that in fact, the exact same visual effect was done in 2001 with one of the first PS2 games, back when designers were just learning how to use that console's power (and it's a little tiny mouse compared to the PS3, we can both agree on that).
If Ico could do the same visual effect with stellar art direction, why does SCE Santa Monica need the PS3 to do it in GOW3? Answer: It doesn't.
I'm sure there's some great stuff that Santa Monica is pulling in God of War 3 that actually needs the PS3's power. The amount of enemies on screen, the gore, whatever. They should focus on that stuff instead.
I read the title and instantly imagined the summary:
"Because we're just so friggin' awesome." -Sony.
"Because we're just so friggin' awesome." -Sony.
Sometimes?! Have you been hiding under a rock for the past 7 years or so? Ever since the PS2 was deemed the clear "winner" of the last gen, Sony's been prancing about like they're the king shit of everything video game. You'd think that their botched PS3 launch would have served them some humble pie, but I guess their heads still have a little deflating to do.Julianking93 said:
I fixed my error. Your turn.CantFaketheFunk said:"Escapist Reader Needs to Read Articles More Closely for Gender Confusion"SaintWaldo said:
To be honest, a lot of times we're constricted by the length of our site. Like, if I were to have written "Sony Offers Poor Explanation for Why Only PS3 Can Do God of War III" it'd cut off near the end.SaintWaldo said:I fixed my error. Your turn.CantFaketheFunk said:"Escapist Reader Needs to Read Articles More Closely for Gender Confusion"SaintWaldo said:
And punctuation (particularly commas) doesn't work quite so well in headlines, either. To be honest, I think you're splitting hairs. But hey, if it'll make you happy.
You are right in that Halo has HDR, no AA and is Sub-HD but if you look most PS3 games don't run in HD either, they are upscaled. When you actually look at the number of games that run in 720p and > on either console it is patheticly small. I'm not saying the graphics on 360/PS3 are bad but it's pretty much a barefaced lie to sell either as 'HD Consoles'.huga84 said:
I see you finally get the intent of my original post. I daresay that if you gave that Sony rep the same opportunity to fully qualify and clarify their words, we'd be at a similar crossroad. But that isn't link-meat, is it?CantFaketheFunk said:
If all we wanted was numbers, we'd just write every post about OMG TITTIES WOWSaintWaldo said:
It was a crappy example, and I'd be glad to let them try again with something that the PS3 actually can push boundaries on. Not something that was accomplished in 2001 with a bit of ingenuity and elbow grease.