The Future of Gaming Tech Looks Brighter Than Ever

wank!! i thought star wars was on ps3. So will watch dogs look that good on consoles or "high end" £1000 pcs only. and i hope the next gen software looks better than that.

what? no lightsaber for star wars? they can put the best graphics in the world, if they don't add a lightsaber then it's not star wars.

what the hell? i want good gameplay more than graphics. Can people please spread that. I don't want in screen prompts(press x to evade) and developers telling me its FXAA3 technology.!

@AresxOo @buccomatic

I liked the game, but the textures were abysmal. I don't see why developers can't create higher resolution textures for PC ports.

Peter doesn't like full towers?

TRAITOR!!!!

I wasn't really impressed by the new star wars, it's stuff i've already seen in uncharted.. watch dogs was impressive, but because of the gameplay

Looks like graphics from Korea. The advancement of it.

One step forward for graphics, one giant leap backwards for the art form. Getting graphics like these means even bigger development budgets and less tolerance of artistic risks; we can look forward to never seeing another game like the original Deus Ex again.

Switching to Nvidia soon... hopefully.

"Regarding the Samaritan demo, the 2012 variant boasted a 76 percent decrease in VRAM usage over the prior iteration--not a figure to be taken lightly."

Ha, I think he is talking about the VRAM from the tri-sli 2011 rig? Come on man, VRAM isn't used on the additional cards while using SLI. Only one card's VRAM is used. Which, makes that point he made totally mute... : )

gameplay gameplay gameplay

@buccomatic @thedarkprince12

The problem I have with your comment is the following: "neither oblivion or skyrim can be mentioned in a positive way for it's graphics"

*sigh* When Oblivion was released, I was floored. It was a very early release for the Xbox 360 and the visuals were, and still are, stunning. Later I played the PC version and was, once again, amazed. In the words of Pete Hines, "You can't convince me that Oblivion wasn't a beautiful game"

And Skyrim? I won't even respond to that part of the comment for fear of giving the illusion that there is any credence it.

I knew within time a game like this was going to be made.. a man that control his environment with his phone.. well good idea since the world now revolves on people glued to there cell phone..the real challenge for this game is going to be getting people off there cell phone to play a game of a man holding a cell phone..lol

Too bad Sony went for an AMD chip for the PS4. Or maybe it's too good? Who knows, tech moves so fast.

damn, i didnt know ppls opinion really bothered a lot of ppl lol. jeez, no one can talk these days without someone clinging ur throat lol.

@frostyballoon actually donkey kong is much better than RDR, i enjoyed it more. RDR got boring, repetitive fast. but thats my opinion, and its just as valid as u thinkin RDR is better lol

@Basik3108

but u didnt. not my fault u didnt explain right. and ur right about one thing, yea graphics should be complimented cuz some really do impress, but why care about graphics when the game is trash. dont take what i say out of proportion and assume im attacking u in any way. by all means u have ur opinion and u have the right to say what u think or like....but dont come out and say we thought this and that, when u clearly type something that u should of thought or read through before posting. anyways. my point is, i wish devs focus more gameplay and story, more than they do on graphics. i have enjoyed god knows how many games, wish poor graphics and got poor reviews cuz of it.

thats another thing, half of these reviews cap on a game so much cuz of graphics. yea i know we are in 2012 and graphics should be all nice and dandy. but ill still stick to my comment, games should be about enjoying them and good gameplay. david jaffe came out and said it lovely. that 'devs forgot how to make good games' cuz thye focus on graphics, and nothing new or bring something fresh to the table for gamers to enjoy

My PC could run these types of games without a problem. It's a bit odd to hear about how Star Wars 1313 looks supreme when... a title like this could be released this summer for PC's if they had worked on that platform.

i cant wait to see the games will utilize these engines

@buccomatic I love the little clouds that hang on the side of mountains.

I don't think the next generation of consoles should happen yet mostly because at the moment, most developers are making games at a loss because they are too expensive to make but don't sell enough to pay back the development costs. I mean, besides the most hardcore, who's going to fork out $300-$500 for a new system when first parties are still pushing their hardware and introducing new features for it. (case in point, SmartGlass and WonderBook)

I just feel that if developers create and push new hardware, we are going to end up with a second video game crash.

"Overall, FXAA is hyper-efficient relative to other methods, and in most cases, produces better results."

You wrote one sentence earlier MSAA produce more accurate results, just more taxing, and then you wrote FXAA produces better results in most cases, this makes no sense.

When the future of consoles really is buying a game, putting the disc in, installing for an hour, downloading patches for an hour (games get bigger and bigger) and installing them, then creating an account with the publisher, then one with the developers own online service, finally playing but being annoyed with constant reminders of new shop content, "social" updates and server issues and flat out not being able to play the game in multiplayer after a year, then I might as well go back to PC gaming.

I became devoted to console gaming because it was worryfree instant pure gaming fun, now everything I started to dislike in PC gaming followed us over. -_-

The PS3 and 360 already have a few games that use FXAA. Post-process AA is nothing new. Almost all Sony's first-party games since God of War 3 use MLAA which uses the SPUs in the CELL to perform anti-aliasing.

I think that some people are selling short what the PS4/Nextbox can really do. I dare you to load up An original console release for either the PS3 or 360, then load up a recent game (Uncharted then Uncharted 3 is a good example) and see the difference. The current generation of consoles are pushing 6 years old and in that time developers have been managing to ring more detailed graphics out of them, which is a tall order considering both consoles have essentially 512MB of RAM (in the 360 it's shared in the PS3 it's 256MB for system and then 256MB graphics memory) and GPU's based on Radeon X1000 series or GeForce 7000 series. Considering I have a PC with Radeon 6870 crossfire setup, most mult platform releases are better for me on PC, but there are games which are PC only or heavily optimised (Battlefield 3 and Dirt Showdown come to mind) which look and run much better than their console counterparts, equally, Need for Speed The Run runs and looks better on console, even though the tech is much worse. Personally I can't wait to see what the next consoles can really do, you know, in about 6 years time...

@Deep Chakraborty What!!

Seeing all this just makes me a bit depressed (as a PC user), as near top of the line PC's that can run one new release game with great graphics perfectly fine can then struggle with an inferior graphic game. Well not struggle, the game frame rate struggles whilst the PC is barely using any of it's resources. All well and good showing us this, but if the developers don't code it properly it really isn't going to matter.

Or maybe I need to learn more, but I'm not the only one that gets these problems.

Good graphics are nice but for the time being. You'd have to shell a pretty penny to achieve those great looking visuals. Agni's Philosophy used two interlaced (I think) GTX 680, which are the highest end cards on the market.

I dont think for a second that gameplay has taken a back seat to graphics. Otherwise these successful and good look franchises wouldnt have made it for as long as they have such as Battlefield, Call of Duty, Mass Effect, etc... There is certainly a vocal demand for better graphics, but it makes sense. The gaming industry has strived for years (with no help from nintendo) to be taken seriously and not just as "something for the kids". It's only practical that game developers would push to make their games look that much better/realistic. Its a means to be taken more seriously. Take Heavy Rain for example... no one can call that a "kids game" simply due to the graphics alone. Then you take in account the gameplay and context of the story, it makes me all the more eager to see what they come up with next!