gamingeek said:

Thoughts?

How big of a role to play do graphics have to play for PS4 and Nextbox? If we are literally just talking graphics, assume everything is the same as 360 and PS3 in services, controllers etc.

Have there been any big breakthroughs in graphics in the past 5 years? I remember that normal mapping and HDR came out end of the Xbox cycle.

How will you feel if the graphics we see from Nextbox and PS4 don't blow your socks off and do just look like DX11 PC as it stands? No 60 FPS 1080p either?

Im not expecting much from next gen but it needs to be noticably different and be able to do things gameplay wise we cant do now, in terms of amount of people on screen, level of detail and interactivity. The true innovation will still come from how we play our games.

Its also time for someone to make a game so different it sparks a whole new subgenre, its been a while since we had that.

Dvader said:

Its also time for someone to make a game so different it sparks a whole new subgenre, its been a while since we had that.

Someone makes an original game, everyone then copies it for the next 10 years.

Dvader said:

Im not expecting much from next gen but it needs to be noticably different and be able to do things gameplay wise we cant do now, in terms of amount of people on screen, level of detail and interactivity. The true innovation will still come from how we play our games.

How many people do you want on screen at once? I thought this gen you can already have tons of screen fodder?

I don't think level of detail will impact gameplay if you are just talking graphics quality i.e how realistic a texture looks or how well it is shadowed or lit?

Interactivity IMO depends on either some deep rooted physics engine - paired with controls and gameplay that actually use it for more than just shoot A, watch B blow up and watch the dominos fall. Otherwise I think interactivity is about how in depth the developers are willing to go in programming a game with that deep level of interactivity. And also, you do really need a control method that can take advantage of it.

Okay, question 2:

With regards to other devices not graphics related such as gyroscopic VR headsets like Sony's one - or new control methods like Smartglass - do you think they will have more of an impact on the next machines from Sony and MS then graphics will? In terms of the games we play and how we perceive them to be different?

Archangel3371 said:

Awesome to hear Okami is getting an HD face-lift. Loved that game on the PS2 so this is a definite buy for me. Hope they give God Hand an HD face-lift as well.

It's a strange game to HD for me because it's inherently a very blurry game.

I felt like this playing it.

Even in HD it's still blurry and has a lot of horrible textures.

BTW this version is using the PS Move to make it play like the Wii version, will you buy Move for it? You can probably still use the controller like PS2 Okami.

Why do people keep thinking that if we increase computer power, we get better physics? That is not how it works people!

Halo 3 is one ugly game, looks last gen almost. That said its still a blast. Once the vehicles get involved and there are big open areas the gameplay starts to shine. So far its more like Halo 1 than Halo 2 so that is a plus.

Wii U is just as good as 360 stories... It's the biggest troll in the world to compare a console coming out in 2012 to one that came out in 2006.

Here are some other things that were hot in 2006: (Just to remind everyone how far we've come since 2006.

Western Digital Dual-Option Combo 250GB USB 2.0 / Firewire External Hard Drive with Built-In USB 2.0 Hub

Kingston 2 X 1GB USB 2.0 DataTraveler Flash Drive Kit

Motorola RAZR V3

PalmOne Treo 700w

March 2006, "Ever thought that Apple would make a musical iPod / Phone gadget ?

Insiders at Taiwanese phone maker BenQ say that Apple procurement executives have been talking to various Taiwanese phone makers during the past few months in an effort to cut a manufacturing deal on an iPod Phone. “An iPod phone is definitely coming,” according to BenQ executive."

Dvader said:

Halo 3 is one ugly game, looks last gen almost. That said its still a blast. Once the vehicles get involved and there are big open areas the gameplay starts to shine. So far its more like Halo 1 than Halo 2 so that is a plus.

It was a prettier more Hi Res version of Xbox 1 Halo. With the money they had behind that game, you'd think they would have pushed 360 graphics to the limits with it.

Halo 3 was way better than Halo 2. But still not as good as ODST or Reach (or Combat Evolved).