GTA IV comparison video between Xbox 360, PS3

by Alexander Sliwinski { Apr 29th 2008 at 3:00PM }

Just to quiet the fanboys (or rile them up), GameVideos has put together a comparison video between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of Grand Theft Auto IV. You can find it after the break. To be honest, we really don't see a difference, but we're sure that won't stop someone from mentioning how multi-bump aliasing is totally missing from one version of the game. Normally, we'd have a witty closer here, but we're working on a severe sleep deficit at the moment. Now, back to Liberty City!

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)

ViagraFiend @ Apr 29th 2008 3:03PM

no difference! Just colors! No big deal!

Go White Sox and Go other Team @ Apr 29th 2008 3:05PM

Exactamundo!!!

They BOTH look good, and this game is the 1ST game that will make people "forget" about the Wii.

deaftly @ Apr 29th 2008 3:08PM

I forgot about the Wii after I beat galaxy.

Yourself @ Apr 29th 2008 3:25PM

Why does everyone have to hate one console to like another? I for one will be playing Brawl and GTAIV and Mario Kart back to back.

Fernando Rocker @ Apr 29th 2008 3:27PM

Same here Yourself...

A little bit of Mario Kart and a little bit of GTA... the best of both worlds.

Tiptup300 @ Apr 29th 2008 3:31PM

Dude, the 360 case is soo much better. Seriously, it's standard. Why are the ps3 cases soo small?!

el serpiente @ Apr 29th 2008 3:41PM

Are we gonna bitch about CASES now? Yeesh...

Night Elve @ Apr 29th 2008 4:00PM

That's funny! Haha I never thought someone would complain about the cases.

ROFLCOPTER!

rv @ Apr 29th 2008 4:17PM

I do like the ps3's colors more

Mystic @ Apr 29th 2008 4:39PM

HAHAAHHAHA, you can tell colors in that video? Wow you Sony fanboys are really desperate now.

BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ Apr 29th 2008 4:43PM

PS3 games are on Blu-ray discs, so obviously they're in Blu-ray cases.

Why are Blu-ray (and the now defunct HD-DVD) cases that shape? Who knows. Probably just to differentiate them from normal DVDs.

And I do believe people bitched about the PS3 cases back when they were first seen. Pathetic, if you ask me. -_-;

StrangeBum @ Apr 29th 2008 4:59PM

Exactly. Slight color variation. Nothing to bitch/whine/moan (take your pick) about.

I'm not bitching, but I do prefer the 360's muted colors slightly over the vibrancy of the PS3 version. Again, just a personal opinion, but I feel that the muted colors better suite the setting of a vast metropolitan city. Not stated as fact or anything else, thank you.

XGM @ Apr 29th 2008 6:24PM

No difference, but if they made a PC version now we could start comparing...

rv @ Apr 29th 2008 7:23PM

@mystic: I own a 360, not a ps3...

superaktieboy @ Apr 30th 2008 4:13AM

OMFG.. that is what i expect from a good developers team such as R*... they're identical besides the small color differences!! (and with small i mean very very small)
sooo cool.. btw played it yesterday ... SOOOO AWESOME 8-) im soo amazed..

pasht @ Apr 30th 2008 9:02AM

The color difference I see is a question of saturation, which is adjustable in the options menu. If you like the vibrancy of the PS3 and you're playing on the 360, bump the saturation up a notch or two. Vice versa for the PS3 players who like the grittier look.

deaftly @ Apr 30th 2008 9:45AM

I take back my Wii remark from above, picked up Mario Kart last night along with GTA, and I ended up playing MK all night. Lovin that wheel.

Tiptup300 @ Apr 30th 2008 12:28PM

I wasn't being serious. I don't even use the cases for games anymore. The bluray cases are nicer, but I just sorta don't like how they aren't standard.

graphic analyzer2k8 @ Jul 20th 2008 4:12AM

I have GTA4 for xbox360 on a CRT widescreen TV running max at 1080i. My brother has GTA4 on a PS3 on a Sony LCD running at 1080p. The PS3 GTA4 looks like crap, more like 480i. Or like a 640 x 480 blown up on a wide screen when he has it set to 1080p. His Metal Gear Solid, on the other hand, looks awesome at 1080p. Was GTA4 for PS3 not made for 1080p?

sean @ Apr 29th 2008 3:06PM

yeah i cant tell eaither

bobartig @ Apr 29th 2008 8:56PM

The only point where things looked remotely different was during the driving sequence from 0:41-1:07 where the PS3 version has some frame hitches that the X360 doesn't have. With the hardware differences, this is pretty much what you would expect with the x360's slight gfx performance edge, but the video's weren't identical, either.

In any other point, where you're watching a cinematic or standing somewhere with nothing going on, you would pretty much expect them to be identical, since they're using identical assets and that isn't taxing either system.

Brian @ Apr 29th 2008 3:07PM

Oh my gODzzzzz!!! I can't believe I bought the xbox version!!!! It looks like 8-Bit Nintendo compared to ps3!!!!!!!!!

Kryptinite @ Apr 29th 2008 3:06PM

I see no real differences.

at all.

E.J. @ Apr 29th 2008 7:22PM

Play what you have/like.

komamura @ Apr 29th 2008 8:10PM

The water effects looked alitte better on the ps3 version, but the 360 version looked like it had slightly richer color. so all and all i would say it was about even

fawazr @ Apr 29th 2008 3:09PM

if you can see much difference through all that compression, you really are a fanboy.

copa @ Apr 29th 2008 3:15PM

Are you kidding? It's crystal clear. Everybody is saying that the XBox 360 version is 720p, but from looking at those videos there's no way it's more than 708p. 709p max.

Ninjakamster @ Apr 29th 2008 3:09PM

PS3 Fanboy: PS3 version is better!

360 Fanboy: No 360 is better!

PS3 Fanboy: We got better load times and less pop-ins.

360 Fanboy: But you have to install it LOL! Wait 5 minutes before you can play!

PS3 Fanboy: Yeah, at least we don't have to worry about RROD while playing!

360 Fanboy: We got ze exclusive episodes and better online.

PS3 Fanboy: Oh yeah, we can control the cars, reload guns and play bowling mini-games with ze Sixaxis!

Xbox Fanboy: Thats just a gay gimmick! A GIMMICK I SAY!

PS3 Fanboy: FUCK YOU XBOT!

360 Fanboy: NO FUCK YOU SONY TEAT SUCKER!

PS3 and 360 Fanboy's Dad: Jeremy, Matthew, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING TRYING TO MISS SCHOOL TO PLAY THIS FUCKING GARBAGE!?!? GET YOUR ASSES ON THE SCHOOL BUS NOW!!!

PS3 and 360 Fanboy: Yes daddy. : (

Bleu @ Apr 29th 2008 3:14PM

LOL Fucking halarious.

PojoMofo @ Apr 29th 2008 3:18PM

Holy Shit!! +1 ninja that was great!

Matt B @ Apr 29th 2008 3:46PM

You forgot the part where the 360 fanboy attacked the dad.

Dadidito @ Apr 29th 2008 4:37PM

I clap for you ... marvelous!!!

Marty @ Apr 29th 2008 4:43PM

All other comments except Ninjakamster's should be deleted. Starting with this one.

BPM [SSBB: 5026 4120 1186] @ Apr 29th 2008 9:48PM

Sony Teat Sucker... That's a new one...

What does Sony milk taste like? :V

Jonathan-DBOSS @ Apr 29th 2008 11:20PM

Like Bull Semen.

Rocketboy @ Apr 30th 2008 9:59AM

Mommie and Daddie, please stop fighting!

Sam406 @ Apr 29th 2008 3:11PM

Again I hate to seem like an asshole but this is sooo flamebait.

gates @ Apr 29th 2008 3:11PM

weird video...in some scenes, the PS3 version looks noticeably blurrier than the 360, and in others the 360 version looks blurrier.

ZeroCorpse @ Apr 29th 2008 4:50PM

The blur seems to be related to time of day. I've noticed that my 360 version is sometimes really blurry, and sometimes really sharp. I think they use the blurring to represent the haziness of dawn or heat of midday or something...

Fernando Rocker @ Apr 29th 2008 3:12PM

So, wheres the pop up problem with the 360 version? I guess I prefer the 720p instead of the 360p version.

Fernando Rocker @ Apr 29th 2008 3:13PM

*instead of the 630p version...

Markez (MKWii 4339-2878-5120) @ Apr 29th 2008 3:17PM

I dont really have many options, but I do intend on planting on my ass and wasting my whole evening with the game.

Where the hell are you with your Kart FC anyway!? EH!?

Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Apr 29th 2008 3:18PM

Goddammit Fernando.

I love ya, but ya gotta stop. Seriously.

Go White Sox and Go other Team @ Apr 29th 2008 3:20PM

Hey Fernando,

How many Joystiqers did you make your MKWii and PS3 GTA4 bet with? I am going to do my best Mike Patcher impersonation.

I predict that not only will you loose, but loose badly. No one but the most diehard Nintendo fanboys will care for MKWii over GTA4.

GTA4 IS the game to make people "forget" about the Wii.