PC gaming is the only gaming that matters. You nigger 360 heathens just go back to /v/ where you belong.

Consoles ARE doing a good job holding back graphics...
Developers are lazy pussies only interested in printing money nowadays... remember back when they made games for the purpose of playing them?

The PS3 can be destroyed with a $50 graphics card and $70 CPU.

killzone 2, uncharted 2 both look better than crysis my friend.

It almost seems like when developers saw crysis, they knew they wouldn't be able to top it for some time. It's almost like they said "Well, fuck that shit!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIhRhcVrZDs

Crysis on pc looks/runs alot better than what was shown in that video.

technology is being held back for monetary gain. we get it when they want our monies.

The cryengine they're porting to consoles doesn't look nearly as good as Crysis, for obvious reasons. As long as console gaming remains as popular as it is, this situation will not change. At least consoles are a bit better at it now, last generation we had to put up with crap like Deus Ex IW thanks to consoles and halo being so goddamn popular.

Graphics are pretty damn stellar nowadays. If only they were worth playing.

>>4040840
They don't look anywhere near as good as Crysis(on high)... and they're 720p...
1280*720 = 921'600
I game at...
1920*1200 = 2'304'000

Even with Crysis coming to console it just looks like medium with high lighting effects... oh ya, 10fps unfiltered shadows, no AA, 4xAS.

>>4040848
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GXgPtnSCGw
much better vid

Anyone on /g/ remember the days when we played video games and didn't try to count the Polygons? All you little generic FPS kids who make these "Why r not the gud graphics on here now?" threads need to GTFO and go play one of the 5000 games you have available to you via Emulator and Modded Console systems + pirating. Fuck in my day we played games for the NES like TC Surf and Design....and we fucking liked it. If we didn't like it we had to wait another month to get a new game because they were $40 a pop and pirating was non-existant. Quit fucking bitching about games not having enough polygons for you to circle jerk with and go download a few hundred more games to occupy your weekend.

lol @ consolefags lapping up the shit they're offered because they don't understand the better alternative.

>>4040898
Graphics, gameplay, sound... it all has to come together.
Before, retardedfags would bitch about bits(not even knowing what they were), while the smart ones would talk about resolution and sprites.

About music...
Fucking horrible Inon Zur making shit music for games, I wish that Jew died and was replaced with fucking PUBLIC DOMAIN MUSIC.

>>4040898
>Anyone on /g/ remember the days when we played video games and didn't try to count the Polygons?
What? No. We've always done that, even with Quake vs. N64 quake. Hell, we used to argue sprite resolution of the SNES vs. the NeoGeo before that. And how much better the NES looked compared to the Atari 5200. Just because you're not technologically inclined doesn't mean noone else is.

You PCfags had the chance, you blew it with fucking Windows faggotry, endless software patching and DRM.

Face it, the average Joe doesn't want to build his own XTREME KUSTOM PC GAEMEN RIGGY any more then he wants to compile Linux from source. He can just go and buy a cheap 360, plug it in to his new HDTV and cable internet and instantly start ENJOYING GAMING. If he's not sure about a game he can go down to Blockbuster and rent it, once he gets bored of a game he can trade it in for something newer and never has to worry about Windows, drivers or game settings.

>>4040933
Since when is being a graphics whore related to technology? My 8 year old brother knows the difference between an 8bit game and a 16bit game. You might want to consider leaving your basement every once in a while before you try to justify your 24 years of FPS gameplay and being a graphics critic with "I am technologically inclined".

Remember when you boot up an Interplay game and you see their motto "By Gamers for Gamers" actually meant something?
I'm almost glad they died and took their company name with them. I don't want them to become Atari or Acclaim and just start whoring out their brand with shitty games because their core games won''t sell as well as the FFXes and Halos of today.

>>4040958
Why are you even in this thread, cocksheath? It's not like you know what games are. Have fun checking your e-mail

>>4040959
Yes, technologically inclined people care about technological things like graphics and processing power. No, your clumsy ad-hominem doesn't make you look any less whiny or retarded.

Gaming is a huge waste of time. I stopped playing them a while ago.

Just get a real hobby like watching animu or reading manga. If you really want to play the occasional game, buy a gaming console. PC gaming is close to dead.

Part of me is saddened by this, but part of me is happy because I haven't upgraded and won't have to upgrade for a while and stil run stuff and high.

As a side effect of this and the SHIT lineup for 2009 (unless SC2 and D3 come out this year) I've given more attention to games I wouldn't have before.

Branching out into indie and casual stuff has been pretty entertaining for me. It really is a strength overlooked by the hardcore PC gamers. I can't imagine Xbox Live arcade's non-rereleases (which we can get from emulators anyway, lolz) even touching the quality of the PC's indie stuff.

>>4040958
Yeah, but how can anyone enjoy gaming on such a retarded input device? Keyboard and mouse are THE way to game.

>>4041010

Enjoy your carpal tunnel.

Most people prefer sitting back on their couch, holding a controller in their hands. The average gamer doesn't care about precision and control anymore. It's all about comfort.

>>4041018
Yes, because precision has nothing to do with FPSs.

lol graphic nerd kiddies who don't know what gameplay even means

>>4041033

Played Killzone 2 and a few other console FPS games at a buddy's house the other day. I could aim just fine.

Precision is irrelevant in console shooters because everyone you are playing against is also using a controller.

LOL GRAPHICS is why there are so few good and innovative games nowadays.

When you have to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to develop a game, it MUST be based of something successful to get funding. Hence why there's so many Halo and WoW clones coming out.

>>4041033
It forces console FPS to be more strategy dependent rather then the PCs CIRCLE STRAFING + BLINK HEADSHOT AIMEN = INSTAGOD!

>>4041073
>FPS
>strategy dependent
Not even you can believe that.

Play a game without headshots. The best multiplayer FPS of all time (Quake 3) doesn't have them.