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The major difference, where one might consider the PS3 version "downright unplayable," is the load times. For video HL2, the loading difference shown is not as great, but Portal's comparative load time shown is rather drastic. See for yourself after the break.
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Oh wait. Aren't most of us...aren't most of us...
But I also have a pc :-P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cPchA7-NNvE
Really if that's all there is to complain about, get a life, seriously.
http://forums.gametrailers.com/showthread.php?p=6223952
Damn waste of money for the time being. (Cue flame attacks)
Holy f*ck LOL
Your credibility just went to sh*t. You're just a fanboy who says anything to fluff Sony.
I stand behind this because that's why I had an Xbox.
Not that I'll be buying it; I have the superior PC version.
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http://www.psu.com/PS3-development-was-easy,-says-COD4-developer-News--a0001806-p0.php
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/17/graw-developer-ps3-not-harder-to-code-for-than-360/
There's a couple right off the top of my head.
1. Microsoft is much better at making systems that are easy to develop for. Porting PC games is nearly effortless on the Xbox platform, and the fact that HL2 was on Xbox 1 really shows that. PS2 could never handle that game.
It's obvious that it's easier for developers to optimize for the 360. Also, being the more popular platform, it makes more sense to spend more time on the 360 ports.
2. The Blu-ray drive in the PS3 is in some way slower than the 360's DVD drive. I don't remember if it's seek times or data rate, or both, but I remember that being an issue in Oblivion.
Load times have more to do with optimization and the disc drive as well as amount of RAM the system can use (the 360 has 512mb of shared memory, while the PS3 has more difficult memory management, splitting 256/256mb of system/graphics memory)
now on the subject, i dont think the differences between these games make the PS3 version "unplayable" but i can see it getting a little annoying though. but seriously, just about everyone that wanted this game has already bought it on 360 or PC. we can thank EA, Valve, and the delay for that.
To quicksave, you need to hold the start button. The reason the PS3 is quicksaving is because they told it to. The reason the 360 version isn't quicksaving is because they DIDN'T tell it to.
Its just a bad comparison. Lets see how they both run while saving or both not saving, because you'll notice when the quicksave(s) stop on the PS3, which is about the same time the machinegun fire starts, the framerate is just as good as the 360 version.
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Blu-ray reads just fine compared to DVD read times.
The 12x DVD drive in the Xbox 360 reads at 16.2 Mb/s.
The 2x Blu-ray drive in the PS3 reads at 72 Mb/s.
72 > 16.2.
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Of course that might just be the ps3 inside my head desperately seeking something positive out of this
What the hell are you talking about? Component cables give the "full RGB color spectrum" same as HDMI. If you believe that tech BS concerning 10-bit color that hardly any televisions can display, then you need some A/V education.
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Nope see I'm a gamer that has this thing called a....drum roll....life. 80-90% of the gaming public would see these videos and see nothing except the auto save. Only techies that haven't been laid in years would care about such stupid nonsense that doesn't affect the story of the gmae not one bit!!!!!!!!!
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