But, they do. I haven't seen a problem yet and if there are problems with games not running fluidly (60fps consistantly) at full HD then it's a problem with lazy coding and not with the hardware.
Both the 360 and PS3 are fully capable of running games at full HD.
Gene
Why? Because I'm not mouthing off platitudes about gameplay vs graphics? Or that I'm pointing out the absurdity in someones completely uncalled for personal attack?
I can accept that I'm holding the minority view, and that there is near unanimous disagreement with my POV, but I ain't no troll. So unless you actually have something to contribute, stay out of it.
Gene - I'm sorry but that's crap. There are few games, if any, that can run at 1080P @ 60FPS consistently on the PS3/360. 30FPS, sure. 60? No. I can't find a list except for little/smaller games like Wipeout HD that can run at 1080P @ 60FPS. Even Sony is cracking down on developers coding for 1080P, according to this article:
http://www.gamesrelay.com/features/sony-limits-3d-ps3-games-to-720p-instead-of-1080p.html
So given the confines of a budget, you don't believe that putting more into one area takes from another? Do you believe in the Quality Fairy that comes down and blesses games with perfection?
Troll.
I dunno man, I bet that game would have been so much better if they had spent all the money that they did to make it look and sound cool on gameplay. Because it's impossible to do both at the same time...the director on that game should be fired and blacklisted from having a creative career of any sort.
Sorry if I don't hold the same simplistic view that you do. A great gameplay mechanic requires inspiration, not necessarily time or money. Those things are necessary, but throwing money at designers will not make a game have better gameplay in the same way that throwing money at artists will make it have better graphics.
You're comparing apples and oranges. You're just plain wrong on this one.
What I find interesting is, while I agree that there can always be advances forward and we need them.....if you are all clamoring for new systems so soon, then this would lead one to believe that the current games are not cutting it. Maybe it's an age thing, but I have the patience to wait. I personally find this generation of games to be generic and boring. Everyone keeps going on about "graphics graphics graphics". You want graphics, watch a movie. I prefer gameplay, and I'm sorry, but it's few and far between that game developers have achieved both great gameplay/story and amazing graphics in one game with this generation of consoles.
The catalogue of games is much smaller this generation as well..or is that my imagination....
I think there's something to be said about hardware limitations forcing developers to be more creative, but if that were really the case the wii and ds would be the system with the most creative ideas, where gameplay trumps graphics.
Instead it seems to be generally agreed upon that it's s dust magnet full of crap shovelware with the occasional gem.
I don't think you can assert that limited hardware is going to drive creativity any more than you can suggest the opposite (that improved hardware will necessarily result in better games). The hardware is the hardware and the developers are going to do with it what they can within the limits of their skill, budget, and production timelines.
I suspect that the commonly-held belief that Nintendo is a dumping grounds for shovelware is less a fault of the hardware specs than the popularity of the platforms. Both the Wii and the DS are far and away the best-selling hardware in the current generation; developers are simply trying to get even a sliver of the very large pie. The number of titles is driven by economics. The quality (or lack thereof) is still driven by Sturgeon's Law.
That being said, I do think the Wii has some genuinely creative titles, such as the aforementioned Boom Blox and the highly underrated Elebits or Zack and Wiki: The Quest for Barbaros' Treasure. The problem is that creativity isn't always met with popular (read: financial) success.
There's a lot of shit people want. I want to live on the Moon, in a palace, for free, and have a harem of beautiful women. That doesn't mean it's going to happen.
You think the industry is to blame then make your own. Create a new console that's more powerful than god. Create the greatest game ever, with graphics and story unmatched.
I'll be waiting.
Well put. But as Im understanding it, that line of reasoning is no more against having new consoles than it is for them. If the hardware is irrelevant and it's all up to skill and budget, then a good game is going to be a good game regardless of graphics. So why not have the best graphics as well then?
Are you just having a rough day, or are you always like this?
I'm a sarcastic prick in real life too.
What's your excuse?
Oh, that was sarcasm then? I was under the impression you were just being a dick.
