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Grand Theft Auto IV: PS3 vs. Xbox 360 Special Comments by Richard Leadbetter

8 May, 2008

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Psiloc
08/05/08 @ 13:55
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"Let's start the 'Rockstar added dithering filter to 360 to make it look as crap as PS3' rumour mill right now :)"

You know, for a split second that thought came to my mind.
bloke
08/05/08 @ 13:56
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Nice article Richard - solid technical work and a very sound overall analysis. That is, it's a great game on both systems :-)
Negotiator
08/05/08 @ 13:56
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The 360 wins again, what a surprise, thanks EG for giving us the truth and the BS that IGN gave us about the PS3 version being better. All you PS3 arse heads can keep playing your over priced piece of shit machine, while I play the superior 360 which came out a year before, lol.
Yaz
08/05/08 @ 13:58
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Eurolamer wrote: "Despite all the foreboding "WOOOO HERE WE GO!!!" comments, not a single 'fanboy' has stepped up to the plate yet. Conclusion = No one cares...."

Not so fast, it's only been about 35 minutes since the first post here. Give it time. ;)
kj66246
08/05/08 @ 13:58
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Resolution, Textures and Anti-Aliasing
"Technically speaking, Xbox 360 really should be winning this contest hands-down, but bizarrely, it doesn't."
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"and in my view, Xbox 360 just 'edges' it"

Errrm! :-)

"whereas 360 can produce the odd torn frame"

Ohh Fuck Tearing!!! :-)

Fight Fight Fight!!

Nah!

Lets just go play the game, and have some Fun :-)
bloodflowers
08/05/08 @ 13:58
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Oh well, there goes the first stone.

And we were doing so /well/ for a change.
eathis
08/05/08 @ 14:00
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What an absolutely fantastic face-off - the effort put in here is unbelievable!
nickthegun
08/05/08 @ 14:00
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JUST TELL ME WHICH VERSION TO BUY!
Widge
08/05/08 @ 14:02
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eugh, the weakened gene pool steps up to the plate
Psychotext
08/05/08 @ 14:02
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@kj66246: I've played the game for something like 60 hours now and I haven't noticed tearing once. It usually drives me nuts so it must be pretty rare.
kj66246
08/05/08 @ 14:03
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Lets just go play the game, and have some Fun :-)
ciril
08/05/08 @ 14:03
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Weee, it's like Commodore vs Atari again :D
Negotiator
08/05/08 @ 14:05
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But the PS3 has the CELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL, WHY IS IT SO SHIT.......WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
An average PS3 owner's comment.
squarejawhero
08/05/08 @ 14:05
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A comparasion test where everyone walks away happy with no derogatory comments or inflammatory fanboy stupidity?

Awesome!
Psiloc
08/05/08 @ 14:06
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@squarejawhero

Nah, Negotiator wrecked it.
Prodigy_BE
08/05/08 @ 14:06
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And Microsoft wins the console war!
Widge
08/05/08 @ 14:07
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whoa! The placenta HAS to go on ignore. Shades of the vocal rejects I would come up against on Halo 2.
Negotiator
08/05/08 @ 14:08
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"And Microsoft wins the console war!"

Who cares about that.
muscleblade
08/05/08 @ 14:08
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Did anyone think that this was surprising. As a former owner of both consoles this didnt come as a surprise at all. Im not a fanboy im only trying to be objective.
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wasted
08/05/08 @ 14:09
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no inflammatory x360 fanboy posts? maybe all the 360 owners aren't home from school yet...:)

good face off tho, seems there's precious little in it...
bdc
08/05/08 @ 14:09
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PS3 OWNED
Avaloner
08/05/08 @ 14:09
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Great article.Made for an interesting read.
Widge
08/05/08 @ 14:10
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I'm glad you own one
snale
08/05/08 @ 14:10
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This must be the high point of the year for all measurebators.
StevilKnevil
08/05/08 @ 14:10
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Nicely written and informative article. Both versions are great and any differences are pretty negligable. Fantastic game.
Kanselier
08/05/08 @ 14:11
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So, now what. I am a tad bored.
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Benno
08/05/08 @ 14:11
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The 360 is a much better console
eathis
08/05/08 @ 14:11
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No mention of how the 'rumble' feature on each machines controller is used. Seems to me that this most exhaustive of comparison tests lacks a very important detail!
Blackthorned
08/05/08 @ 14:12
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I think it looks best when you're drunk.
Widge
08/05/08 @ 14:13
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drunk, and being driven about in a taxi!
ElNino9
08/05/08 @ 14:13
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I've got both version and can't tell the difference, not thta I give a fuck mind. :D
gabsta69
08/05/08 @ 14:14
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the ps3 version is rubbish, mine locks up all the time.

Gonna get me a 360 version over the weekend, as everyone i know says it works like a charm on that console.

ps3 blows.

BadBoyBonner
08/05/08 @ 14:15
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I hate tearing, a lot - an I have never seen any - probably the very heavy handed dithering actually masks where the scan line difference is.

Surely the dithering effect is eating up clock cycles from somewhere?

The "artistic" use of post processing makes things like fences in the 360 look like a joke - it almost looks like the fences is actually made out of static interference from a TV.

Hope RS release a patch that offers some choices over the image i.e. switch the median cut dithering post processing filter.

If they use the same rendering specs as PS3 to generate the image on the 360 the frame rate should go up quite a bit further - which would be nice for the multiplayer as it can chug a bit at times.
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Zappa
08/05/08 @ 14:15
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PS3 looks better and gives me free online play.

EG probaly went through 50 RROD's doing these fanboi test lol.
djcool3005
08/05/08 @ 14:18
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Is it just me or is the author of this article a bit biased. He clearly favours the 360 over the PS3. I have both consoles so don't start calling me a fanboy.
Widge
08/05/08 @ 14:22
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Everyone is biased to something though!
byron_hinson
08/05/08 @ 14:22
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@DJ - I have both too but I can see that this wasn't favouring either - heck he even says in general the PS3 version looks better overall...doesn't mean it performs best as can be seen from the framerate - funny thing is that the amount of people here who were complaining about tearing in the upcoming Wipeout HD will now ignore the fact that GTA on the 360 has some, its just the way it goes with these comments and the forums in general. 98% of the comments are worth ignoring.
ccfb
08/05/08 @ 14:22
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"I'll have to leave that to the people affected as - try as I might to coax the code to fall over and die horribly - GTA IV behaved impeccably for me on both systems"

What the hell? Learn punctuation.
Toonster
08/05/08 @ 14:24
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My God, people! We haven't even gone past two pages of comments, yet! Step it up, ye bastards!
wasted
08/05/08 @ 14:24
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djcool3005 - it's just you.
keyboardmonkey
08/05/08 @ 14:25
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After reading this and taking into account the DLC i am happy that i bought the Xbox360 version. (that and the fact that i don't own a PS3)

I hope R* have sorted out the freezing issue on the PS3 so that everyone who can gets the chance to play it. (sorry Wii owners)
squarejawhero
08/05/08 @ 14:26
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I cursed this thread. It is now full of douche.
McLovin85
08/05/08 @ 14:27
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But mines bigger than yours.....
Widge
08/05/08 @ 14:27
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you'd been a bit buggered if you'd got the PS3 version!

Patch update: came down last night, no freezes (although I had none anyway), decided to dive into a game of cops n robbers, no issues there either.
Eighthours
08/05/08 @ 14:28
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Thanks for the feature, Richard. Very good, and very informative indeed.

I do wish that the toddler fanboys of both systems would get the hell out of here.
Aretak
08/05/08 @ 14:28
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I think, ultimately, this article provides definitive proof that the PS3 is an inferior system.
RedPanda
08/05/08 @ 14:28
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Game on both versions sucks since i can't find a copy anywhere :)
djcool3005
08/05/08 @ 14:28
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@Byron - I suppose it is a fair test but I just felt some of the comments he was making seemed to favour the 360. I don't know about you but having both machines, I find that the PS3 is a better machine because its much quieter than the 360 and doesn't get really hot if you play it a lot. The 360 whines like a Moped or a small motorbike when its on. That said, there are more very good games for the 360 than PS3. At the moment atleast.
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Buztafen
08/05/08 @ 14:30
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Gosh, its like the great Street Fighter 2 Turbo debate of 93......:)
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08/05/08 @ 14:30
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Wow. Interesting read... and hats off to Mr. Leadbetter for what was obviously a labour of love.

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