PS3 Unreal Tournament has better graphics than Xbox 360 Gears of War
By Dave Parrack
Well, at least according to Mark Rein, Epic’s vice president. Rein claims that the upcoming Unreal Tournament 3 on the PS3 “pushes the graphics bar up even higher than Gears of War”, which was a phenomenal success on the Xbox 360 when it was released this time last year.
Rein was speaking to Pro-G at the launch of the PC version of the game when he announced:
“People are going to be pleasantly surprised. It’s a really high end experience that pushes the graphics bar up even higher than Gears of War. There’s more polygons, there’s more stuff going on, there’s more explosions and there’s more things happening, so we’re just really pleased with the way the game runs on the PS3.”
That’s quite a claim because Gears of War was rightly credited with having the best graphics yet seen on a home console. If Unreal Tournament 3 can match or even eclipse them it would be seen as quite an achievement, especially on the PS3, which has so far failed to live up to the power lurking underneath its black shell.
I’d like to think Rein’s claim is true, and I’m sure he believes it himself, but until I see it with my own eyes I shall remain pessimistic. I’ve heard too many games developers talk up their product, only to have it declared a turkey on release day, to fall for it again.
The PS3 certainly has a whole lot of potential sitting there, and it is literally just waiting for someone to unleash it. Let’s hope Rein and his team have done exactly that.
In the same interview, Rein also gave his take on the difficulties which some game developers have experienced while making games for Sony’s next gen console claiming:
“Doesn’t affect us baby!”
“You know, bringing a game to any new piece of hardware is difficult. That’s just the nature of making games. Making games is hard. It’s a hard business. I don’t think the PS3 was any more of a challenge than any other new piece of hardware that we’ve used. Remember, we’ve been making PC games for years and the PC isn’t one platform, it’s hundreds of platforms. There’s no two PCs that are completely identical in many cases. That’s just the challenge of making games.”
Last month, Ubisoft, maker of the hotly anticipated Assassins Creed, complained about how hard it was to develop for the PS3. On this evidence it seems that Epic are just better games developers, or maybe just more used to the PC like kit needed to make a decent PS3 game. Either way it’s nice to hear that not every developer has a bad word to say about Sony’s machine.
Unreal Tournament 3 is out on the PC on November 23rd, while the PS3 version is yet to secure a release date. Rein himself is hopeful it could still see be in US stores this year, although a European version isn’t expected until at least early 2008.
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November 12th, 2007
Gears of War is almost a year old now, so of course UTIII - with updated UE3 engine and graphic - should run and look better than Gears.
Just as I’m sure Gears of War 2 will look and run bettter than UTIII.
November 12th, 2007
There is something mentally wrong with you people. Why wouldn’t it have better graphics?
I assume you have never seen Ratchet & Clank or Gran Turismo 5 Prologue if you think the PS3 isn’t capable of topping the 360.
Is there some clause in the 360 manual that says you can only truly enjoy owning one if you live in total denial about the PS3?
November 12th, 2007
What is there to deny? Every big 360 AAA game has been reviewed well and sold better. To me it is the PS3 fanboys who live in denial. So far the difference between the two has been in favor of the 360 more often than the PS3.
November 12th, 2007
nothing like a 360 fanboy spewing crap.
Xbxo 360 : Bad business decision in the end. Poor Hardware
PS3 : Best business decision in the end. Best Hardware
WARNING: YOUR RED RING IS IN AFFECT!
BWAHAHAHAH!!!
November 13th, 2007
Yup PS3 will always be better & stronger than the crap from Microsoft aka Xbox 180 oops i meant 360.
DVD is outdated software Blu ray Disc is the future.
November 13th, 2007
so ya, this does not suprise me at all. The ps3 can make better graphics any day, its just that people must learn how to use it. The ps3’s cell is MUCH different than the 360. Programers are making games for the 360, then transferring them to the ps3. Game developers must learn how to use its 7 spe core. When you make a game using one massive gpu, you make one or two threads of code, and then have the gpu calculate it. With the ps3, you must use the 7 spe’s. Therefore you must thread smaller amounts of code, but thread 6-7 lines of code and thread them through the spe’s. Like in Resistance, they knew how to you use it, so they made two spe’s to AI, two to Lighting and Physics, ect. And people were amazed (as for myself) at how intellegent the AI was. so, not suprising to me at all.
December 23rd, 2007
Its funny to hear S3 users claiming the 360 has a alot of hardware failure rate when all I see on the PS3 forums is people complaining that their PS3 just crapped out on them, I think theirs is just as much failure on these PS3’s then people are admitting….I keep seeing post about it flashing red, yellow and then blue……LOL!!
And the PS3 is just getting leftover sloppy seconds…the 360 will always have the superior version…..just face it. what who cares about Blu-Ray….if it was that important then devs would complain about space, but ever single game on the PS3 is on the 360…so space is not a factor…..you lose!!
December 31st, 2007
If theres anyone thing positive about this console war, it would have to be reading forums everywhere, 1 from 360 owners saying “ah the ps3 is crap” and reading the very next thread from a ps3 owner saying “ah the 360 is crap”.
the fact of the matter is, we are not going to know which is truely superior until game dev’s get thier heads around the tech on both machines.
i personally beleive 1/2 of the wii’s success is due to the fact there is no war going on with it, and every second comment in a forum isn’t saying “ah the wii is crap”.
February 14th, 2008
ahh the wii is crap.
March 27th, 2008
Well…having owned both, and sold my 360, I have to say that yes, we ps3 owners are defensive as well, but you 180 owners are shrill, and a bit napoleonic in your defense of your flailing system. No sour grapes ok? The MAIN difference is that we ps3 owners just dont care as much in defending our choice, cause….well, we dont have to. And as we dont all have to play online to make friends, yes thats right we have real ones, not mandark 1123 or rAthMaN, but bob or stan, we really dont care about the console “war”. I just know that at night when I go to sleep, its to the gentle light of blue. Blue ray, blue power light, with not a glint of red in sight. Love you, and take care Xbox fans, you are good for chuckles.
March 27th, 2008
`the xbox is absolutely no comparison 2 the ps3 the ps3 has a mind of its own I SWEAR 2 GOD it does that lil 5 kilo muthafuka is a blessing from god my xbox3shitty died because of these 4 red rings WTF so i threw that piece of shit in the garbage went and got a ps3 and WOWWWWW its 4000000000000000x better i cant believe i ever got a xbox now im a ps3 gamer 4life
April 18th, 2008
ALL PEOPLE SAY THAT PS3 HAS BETTER GRAPICS THATS WHY MICROSOFT MADE X BOX 360ELITE AND IT HAS BETTER GRAPHICS THEN THE SHITTY PS3
October 19th, 2008
this goes to all 360 fanboys the 360 is ok,i also own it has excelent graphics but when yous start saying how superior is the xbox u need to get facts by using 360 version and the dvd9 has hold the grow of ps3 that is a fact in terms of games 85% their no good,hardware wise need a better cooling sinks, strength the motherboard, last the specs u should not go there cause i will school u to many fans leaning to false statements from the web this is proof mgs4,killzone2,resistance2 etc