Major Leaps In PS3 Visuals For Next 4 Years

[Ascended_Saiyan]

An Interview with Insomniac Games Chief Creative Officer

"The amount of action we're able to put on the screen at 60 frames per second really dwarfs what we were able to do a year ago at 30 frames per second," said Hastings. "What's most exciting is the way things are headed right now I think we'll see just as big a leap from our second generation engine to our third as we did from the first to second."

Looking ahead, he was equally as optimistic: "We're already seeing a big leap in what people are able to do with the PS3 now compared to a year ago, and we're going to see just as big a leap between now and the end of 2008," said the Insomniac Games Chief Creative Officer. "I think we're going to continue seeing major leaps each year in what people are able to do with the machine for at least three or four more years."

"The tech and gameplay teams have moved tons of things over to the SPUs that used to run on the PPU," said Hastings on the improvements made to Insomniac's game engine. "Collision and physics are entirely running on SPUs now, which allows us to put much more on the screen at once than we were able to with Resistance. Moving more and more code to the SPUs is an ongoing process and I think we'll continue to see major benefits from this for several more years."

One more leap would be GREAT! But, 3 to 4 more leaps would be ....

[DealsR4theDevil]

Sounds promising, it's about time those blu-ray games produced better picture than 360's dvds.

[stockstar1138]

resistance 2 will look as good as Kilzone.

[CptGreedle]

I look forward to these advances.
I hope they someday figure out how to add 3D to this

[Sonny]

Ps3 games should look 6x better the old junkbox360 & have PCM audio mmmmmmm P-C-M

[FiReBiRd95]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

resistance 2 will look as good as Kilzone.

hopefully it will look better , but killzone 2 looks sick. COD4 looks badass. Games are only gonna look and get better my friend!

[Y3k Bug]

Sounds very promising, can't wait!

[Sonny]

By being Ps3 owners we are in for graphics & visuals that were never thought possible & are truly NEXT GENARATION & they truly will blow our minds in the very near future.

[Blu-Ray Buckeye]

These comments are a breath of fresh air because it's nice to get a little truth and logic in a world of spin and illogical thought.

People spend this much money on a "next-gen" console but then judge them based on "right-now" performance. It's completely stupid. You should just turn away anytime someone tells you:

- 360 is better because of the games out now
- 360 & PS3 have the same graphics and performance
- 9GB DVDs are just as good for the games as 50GB BDs (how?)
- etc.

All of those arguments above are based on short-term constraints of the gaming market:

- many games are ports from lesser consoles
- developers build for the lowest common denominator
- developers don't yet fully understand how to optimize for the PS3's cell processor
- the PS3 is still very new to the market
- consumers are buying current games so developers don't yet need to spend the time & $ required to blow their minds
- etc.

Once the short-term constraints fall by the wayside, the PS3 clearly has more room to grow. Shortsighted people get what they deserve.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by FiReBiRd95

hopefully it will look better , but killzone 2 looks sick. COD4 looks badass. Games are only gonna look and get better my friend!

COD4 is not as impressive visually as people make it out to be. keep in mind too the thing only runs at 600p, thats barely over dvd resolution.

[ikbradley]

What is good about this article is that it is coming from a great developer. Not Electronic Arts *****ing about the inherent problems they are having in optimizing SPU and memory because they take all their money and place it in advertising as opposed to relying on word of mouth.

This is great buzz and really the PS3 is starting to get its legs. COD 4 and Assassin's Creed are AAA multiplatform that shows the PS3 can do anything the 360 can. This is with a year of catch up and learning curve. It's only going to get better from here, especially since Sony should be providing a better tool kit very soon. Once the graphics are tweaked, I want the sixaxis to be properly implemented because there is no reason why sports games (such as tennis and golf) have not been using full motion control.

[pulliags]

Just get rid of the jaggies...Been looking at those things since the Atari 2600 days.

[Teazle]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

COD4 is not as impressive visually as people make it out to be. keep in mind too the thing only runs at 600p, thats barely over dvd resolution.

I haven't seen COD4; is that 600p native on Xbox, PS3 or both?

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by Teazle

I haven't seen COD4; is that 600p native on Xbox, PS3 or both?

Both. I believe the PS3 resolution, on this game, was limited due to the developers trying to maintain parity. 600p is a Xbox centric resolution.

[Ascended_Saiyan]

Originally Posted by FiReBiRd95

hopefully it will look better , but killzone 2 looks sick. COD4 looks badass. Games are only gonna look and get better my friend!

Those games should be sharper than COD4 since COD4 is a 600p game.

EDIT: Didn't see your post, stockstar1138. You beat me to it!