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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:02PM (Unverified) said

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yo Joystiq, your gallery's stretching the images something crazy

Sort it out brotha!
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:10PM Rob Liv said

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Holy crap it's xzibit!
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:14PM Johnny Locke said

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He's here to ''Pimp yo blog''
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:28PM TheSaiyan said

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This is happening for me as well. I saw them on another site though.
It sucks for the xbros that the graphics look worse than on the PS3.
Before you start shouting troll, dont get me wrong.
I wanted it to stay exclusive just as much as any other guy but come on square enix, at least try to make them equal. This is only gonna start more wars.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:53PM DerickDBrown said

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Why did you want it to stay exclusive? Do you own Sony stock?
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 9:31PM TheSaiyan said

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No, that isnt the reason. Exclusives kinda give your console bragging rights. I love me a good debate on which is better etc. But at the end of the day we are all bros, who should get same treatment regardless of console.

Sounds contradictory I know but it makes sense to me. (sometimes)
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 10:35PM TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2 said

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"Do you own Sony stock?"

Ugh, I hate when people say that. Exclusives are one of the reasons you buy a console, therefor they extremely important to gamers.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 10:35PM DBuckEye said

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Well that's at least one person, but for the rest of us...
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 12:15AM Spike Spiegel Humble Bounty Hun said

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I honestly believe few games should be exclusives. Let everyone in on the fun. It's not like you have to purchase both versions.
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 12:41AM (Unverified) said

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Let's remember people
Most games stay exclusive because the technology available to developers
If xbox360 can't run a physics engine, obviously that game is staying exclusive
But if it runs a game with dumbed down graphics, that is a sacrifice they have to make and hope it balanced out with sales.
This has almost nothing to do with bragging rights or sony stock
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 6:35AM (Unverified) said

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Well these blogs arent just gonna pimp themselves!
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 10:24AM skyblaze said

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forget the graphics... why the hell is snow saying different shit between versions??
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 8:44PM VampireHunterZ said

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Meh, SE really screwed MSFT on this one. This has no reflection on the hardware. And I still can't believe that people think it's because of Bluray. Bluray is a storage medium, it doesn't make graphics better.

Oh well, back to pimpin alien chicks in Mass Effect 2.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:04PM coolbho3000 said

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Yeah, not good for Square Enix or Microsoft.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:31PM coolbho3000 said

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@Big N00B: Well, for one, Square Enix's PR claimed that there was no material difference between the two consoles. What we have on the 360 version is about a 1/3 loss in resolution.

If the PS3 version is significantly graphically superior (judging by these screens it is), then people will be more compelled to buy PS3s instead of 360s in order to play Final Fantasy XIII.

Let me rephrase that: both companies are in a worse situation now than if FFXIII looked more similar across the two platforms.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:39PM incendious said

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On the bright side, there's the NBA All-Star game commercial. Win-win.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:40PM liquidsoap89 said

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People didn't honestly believe him when he said there would be no differences between the 2 versions did they?
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:55PM phinn said

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Hah, well uh yea, after looking at those, besides the Blu-ray advantage and Final Fantasy games being on the PlayStation brand for so long... Let me just say I'm glad I'm getting it on PS3.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 9:15PM Foetoid said

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It surprises me the 360 version looks this much worse when its packing a graphics chip twice as powerful.

I know i'll be downvoted, but its the truth, do some research if you want. Games are far more GPU-oriented and since the 360 has a significant GPU advantage, it just surprised me it looks this much worse. Still going to be an amazing game.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 9:20PM Haggard said

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The Blu-Ray only gives an advantage in terms of how much content or pre-rendered videos you can fit onto a disc.

It's like saying that one cake will be tastier than another because it's bigger.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 9:23PM Dr Blight said

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The 360 doesn't have a GPU advantage. It has a half-advantage of a dedicated eDRAM framebuffer, but it's too small to do HD resolutions with 4xAA.

Any GPU advantages are negated by the massive advantage of the Cell.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 9:56PM Rocketboy said

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"It's like saying that one cake will be tastier than another because it's bigger."

Well, if you've packed more delicious filling in the bigger cake, then yes, it would be tastier.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 10:47PM RauBurger said

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@The Baron, actually with blue ray they are able to fit higher quality audio and higher res textures into a game, so yeah blu ray is an advantage.

Disclamer: I own a 360 not a ps3.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 11:50PM CaramelZappa said

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Yes, they can FIT higher res textures, but that doesn't mean they can use them. The texture budget is still limited to the ram, which is 512mb on both systems. It's actually less on the PS3 because the system OS uses up more ram than the 360 OS. It's not a huge difference in the end though.

And it's widely known that the 360 has the GPU advantage and the PS3 has the CPU advantage.
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 12:22AM BananaBoat said

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In motion, both games are likely to look exactly the same, negating any discussion of texture size even if one console was capable of higher textures than the other.

Seriously people, buy the game on whatever console you want, and be happy about it. I for one am a lot more concerned about the framerate on the 360 version than the graphics being ever so slightly different. Framerate AND graphical inferiority are the usual suspects of a badly done 360 to PS3 port, and I'd imagine the same is likely to be true the other way around (though we won't know until the game is actually out).
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 12:21PM Wonderflex said

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@Foetoid

I think the issue isn't that the 360 couldn't handle it, but rather that the game was made from the ground up to to take advantage of the PS3 hardware. I'm not a programer, but I can only imagine that if your focus is slanted to using the vastly different hardwar of the PS3 then you code will need a lot of changes to provide the same level of detail on the xbox.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:04PM (Unverified) said

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Disregard that, troll housemates are trolls.

Also, nice to see that 360 owners didn't get shafted by the multiplatform factor of XIII
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 9:08PM AoE said

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Funny you should mention, I just got that game from Goozex today! I don't understand what the multiplatformness of a cell-shaded first person shooter from the last generation of consoles has to do with the latest version of Final Fantasy however?
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 11:39PM (Unverified) said

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Too bad my TV barely handles this...
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 12:12AM LuiginDaisy said

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Why was there never a XIII sequel?
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Posted: Feb 19th 2010 8:15AM Curtis17 said

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I own both systems and I'll still be picking this up on the 360. Sure, it makes me feel a little dirty, but that's ok. If its not exclusive, I, for one reason or another, always default to the 360.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:05PM (Unverified) said

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looks really good better than ps3
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:05PM (Unverified) said

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And so it begins
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:09PM (Unverified) said

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I dont know whether that is a real comment or just a terrible attempt at humour, either way, poor judgement man, -1
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:11PM Arsenic13 said

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Yeah um no. I usually root for my Xbox but PS3 wins here. It seems to be mainly a hair and fabric tips aliasing issue. Idk about performance.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:28PM Kid Icarus said

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PS3 version does look a bit better but who cares really.

its these multiplatform games that bring all the system fanboys together for the same gaming experience, thats a good thing.

WHY SO MUCH HATE???

WE ARE THE WORLD....

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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:39PM Dr Perry Ulysses Cox said

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*punches Kid Icarus in the kidney
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:44PM Kid Icarus said

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^ hater
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:51PM I AM IRONHIDE said

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...and the space he invades he gets by on you?
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 9:05PM EngadgetSoFunny said

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I looked at a couple photos and couldn't really notice the difference. The xbox 360 version looked a tiny bit ...darker? in spots.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:05PM MyAbsolution said

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I have watched footage of it being played at X'10 and it looks fantastic running.

I'll be getting this on 360.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:15PM Hyams said

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If you've only got a 360, this makes perfect sense.

But the way you've worded it sounds like you've got a choice, and if you've got a choice, why would you get the one with the (slightly) weaker graphics?
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:20PM Mazrael said

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I'm getting mine on 360 too.. got my pre-order down already.
One thing i felt from the start though, is that MS should have backed HD-DVD, even if it didn't win.. true there's not many games that need it, but with big games like this would be a benefit, and give pirates a kick in the nuts.. hopefully with the neXt-Box, eh.. oh and I don't mind swapping discs, I get a sense of achievement from it...
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:33PM Kid Icarus said

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@ Mazrael

"I don't mind swapping discs, I get a sense of achievement from it..."

Not sure if this was intended to be funny but it gave me a chuckle
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:35PM MyAbsolution said

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Im not surprised im getting downvoted.

And no, i own PS3 and 360.

Im getting it on the 360 because I love achievements, im addicted. Second, I love to chat while I play anything. The 360s party system allows me to chat with my friends while we play the same game or different games. I'm a chat addict. 90% of my time on Xbox Live, im chatting in party with my friends. I need that.

Yes I realise the Ps3 is the "better" version in this case of graphics. But those two reasons are valid.

And for some reason I dont know why these screens look worse than gameplay footage from X'10... w/e
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:35PM Hyams said

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It's true though. Getting onto the next disc in Final Fantasy VIII (my first FF) was awesome. Gave me a real sense of achievement.

I'd still have it on one disc, partly for the convenience and partly to prevent scratching, though. (My copy of FFVIII was rendered useless by a scratch on disc 1. Sadness.)
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:39PM WonderWeazel said

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Honestly, Its not like he said it sucks on the PS3. He just said it runs great on the 360. Whats the issue?
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:36PM Saint43 said

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The "Sony Fanboys" aren't downvoting you because they're Sony fanboys. They're downvoting you because you're so obviously trying to troll those downvotes.

Here's a hint, don't insinuate yourself as a troll by declaring you'll get downvoted by a specific group. Of course Sony Fanboys will downvote you now that you've made it a point to let them know you intend to be downvoted.

Fanboyism. Just drop it.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:39PM McWilly said

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You do realise that that same problem still applies with one disk as well, right? At least if you scratch say disk 3 you could still play 2/3 of the game :P
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:39PM Hyams said

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Oh, so you're an achievement whore.

I've never understood people wanting to endure the worse version of a game when it comes to achievements. If you can get a better version (either on PC or PS3), then do it.

A better experience > increasing an arbitrary and meaningless number. In my opinion, anyway.
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