First 1UP compares early PS3 ports to Xbox 360 versions, and now Gamespot takes a stab at the analysis with their fancy rollover pics. The review site compares ports of Need for Speed Carbon, Call of Duty 3, Madden '07, and a slew of others spanning a total of eight cross-platform games. Their verdict? Early PS3 ports don't look as perty as Xbox 360 counterparts. From the article: "You'd think that the PS3 versions would be exactly the same or slightly superior to the Xbox 360 versions, since many of these games appeared on the 360 months ago, but it seems like developers didn't use the extra time to polish up the graphics for the PS3. We found that the Xbox 360 actually had better graphics in the majority of the games we compared."
Gamespot states the obvious saying the "real graphics battle" will likely come next year, however, when hardware potential is more fully realized on second-generation games. But how long will this comparison dispute last despite its ephemeral entertainment value? We know: Until one Katamari-like ball of a console lays dead and bloodied on the floor...
