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[Update] PSM(3) has come out to clarify this point. Apparently the PS3 version is SLIGHTLY worse than the 360 version and the difference is purely down to a slightly choppier framerate and the objects are jaggier/rougher in the distance, not to mention that they textures are muddier up close. The 360 version looks better but it’s not like the PS3 version is bad so if you only have a PS3 don’t panic you will still love the game.

I would like to also point out that this doesn’t contradict or change anything in the rest of this story.

Fallout 3

And here we go again another AAA cross platform title is being reported as looking better on the 360 and PC compared to the PS3.

What makes this even more believable is that this is being reported by PSM(3), in their very own words

“”Fallout 3′s world looks incredible, tinged by the chill of the desolate, post-apocalyptic emptiness. But sadly, the PS3 version compares poorly to it’s Xbox and Pc counterparts. It’s not a deal breaker, but clearly the PS3 wasn’t the lead platform – disappointing, since Oblivion looked better on the PS3.”

Can I get the usual complaints out of the way now not to waste time?

We can blame the bad / lazy / stupid developers who didn’t understand the platform except that these are the guys who did so well with Oblivion on the PS3…

How about we start up the conspiracy engine and say that Microsoft has paid Bethesda to make sure that the PS3 version looks worse.. well it would have to be a lot of money to make a company gimp their own product.

No I think the reality is a little simpler than that and a lot worse for Sony, the 360 and PC development processes are very similar and as such it makes sense to lead on the PC and port to the 360 and polish it then. However porting to the PS3 is a bit more difficult and seeing that the PC and 360 markets are substantially larger than the PS3 market which version do you think the developers are going to be spend more time on?

Can Sony fix this? I honestly don’t know, it is a worry and I am hoping that with the exclusives they have they can force a market change to ensure that the games keep on coming thick and fast to both platforms.

However if you are thinking of getting Fallout 3 and have a choice it has suddenly become obvious which version you should be getting.

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  • ewie

    Sadly I don’t have a choice, so I will have to go
    with the Xbox 2360 version anyway. :)

  • trin

    “these are the guys who did so well with Oblivion on the PS3…”

    IMO, Oblivion looked horrible on all platforms – the environments/buildings etc were good, but character models were a joke

  • Someone

    I’m getting for PC as it’ll be cheaper.
    So I need to save every buck these days. :cry:

  • janrik

    I was holding out on ordering this for a ps3 vs 360 review,
    so have now placed my 360 pre-order.

  • PaasHaas

    Hmmmm I wonder how “poorly” it performs. I was iffy about getting the game in the first place but if it performs poorly ill be getting something else.

    Looking worse is fine as long as the game runs fine in whatever state it is presented.

  • Your Mother

    Fuck this game, never appealed to me….No trophy support, bad graphics…Fuck it

    Bioshock, LBP, Resistance 2 and SOCOM FTW

  • http://www.slackers.co.za StNick

    Howcome when *I* said Oblivion looked better on PS3, I got shot down?

  • Macethy

    I read over at another site that this was actually a hoax and the bigger sites like IGN,they have been quoted in previews as saying that the PS3 version is identical to the others.

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  • thisOneGuy

    Macethy, you are correct: other sites already said the PS3 version was excellent, so I think this “review” is incorrect.

  • kabraal

    Jumped the gun their lazy.

    By know you should know to first wait for the eurogamer 1 billion dollar setup tests… ;)

  • jak

    lazy hates the world!

  • Almost

    God Damnit, why the hell do they make it like that its stupid. The ps3 is more powerfull that the 360 so it should be better. Im sure microsoft do a sneaky deal to make the ps3 version suck :(

  • durp

    cause your a fag.

  • zomg

    Y’all need to check your dumbness at the door. 360 is better. PS3 more like PSPEE LOL. fggts

  • IkariX

    You are aware that you are an Xbox 360 fanboy hey. Stop trying to talk shit about the PS3. Well all know the ps3 is a way more powerful console

  • http://www.emuwizards.com lilmetal

    I don’t care how much worse it looks…
    I’m tired of playing “Spot the Differences” with these cross-platform games.
    The difference is always so minute.
    As long as it’s still a fun game, nothing else matters.

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

    Got a link to say it was a hoax anywhere?

  • trapp

    It should be the same if your spending the same amount of money.

  • Ausbo

    ps3 maybe more powerful, but it is harder to develop on and it would cost more to lead with. powerful isn’t always better. David vs. Goliath. Who cares about the specs its about the games. For me Fable, Left 4 Dead and Gears beats LBP, and Resistance. Socom sucks I’ve played it. xbox has got 3 potential games of the year and the ps3 has LBP(great game) and maybe Resistance but i doubt it. Plus xbox’s back catalog is the best. Right now i can’t justify getting a ps3 especially with all this talk of multiplatform games being better on the 360. Plus bioshock has been out for over a year on the xbox so don’t act like it is an exclusive.

  • assassin284

    OK im a Xbox 360 fan but you know what screen shots or vids would really help

    As for the Ps3 guys man Im sure this game os exaclty the same

  • snyper

    ps3 way more powerful???? keep dreaming, it may be more powerful on paper but surely doesnt show where it matters in the games… just face it sony lied to us the ps3 is not as powerful as sony claim to be……….

  • snyper

    Thats what I call a smart gamer………

  • ewie
  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

    To slow this evening Ewie, I had already updated the article up top ;)

    However I don’t think it changes the article to be honest, I never said the PS3 version was bad… just not as good

  • ChuckD

    I’m still gonna buy it. Honestly, when you’re playing a game, you don’t notice those type of things. It’s not gonna affect gameplay.

  • ewie

    I see the author try to put it in perspective but he only quote part of the whole.

  • Sephit

    Ya you would have to expect that kind of comment coming from a guy who says SOCOM FTW! very constructive comment. Now come on guys, this game is being developed since 04! Now we all know that developing a game on 360 is way easier especialy 4 years ago. Anyone who knows what Fallout is couldn’t care less about graphics : It’s all about story and gameplay :D

  • dfasdfasdfsdf

    what lazy pieces of shit….Ps3 has the power to be better…. guess what… Now I am going to torrent it for the PC instead of buying it for ps3… their loss!

  • thinga

    “shapert textures and smoother frae rate” Its the same old story… and i wonder why it just wont sink in folks..

    The 360 has better GPU.. and thats just the way it is, and the way its allways been… (yes the PS3 has a much more powerful cpu… but thats does not help the fact that it has a “not so sharp” gpu.. with only 256 mb ram (360 has 512.. and some other features”..

    But hey… The PS3 is way better on Folding at home… Think about that the next time you chose a console… gameconsole ? or foldingconsole :)

  • edub1026

    I own a PS3 and a few other consoles. Now other than this game not looking as good as PC & 360. Does it play worse (slow frame rate, missing things etc…) or is all this bichin just about not looking as good.

  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

    According to the update from PSM (check above)

    The textures are muddier, framerate is less stable and the objects are more jagged in the distance..

    However the problems are not major, the game still looks great on the PS3

  • towelie

    well sry to say it but yea ia agree
    the xbox 360 has a better line up and its not always about how powerful the system is but the again the ps3 doesnt show it power and also for bioshock the xbox360 version was just better so i am getting it for xbox 360

  • fafaa

    PS3 Suxxxx :grin:

  • baba

    I would not say PS3 sucks, rather blame it on the developers.

  • Fred

    Couldn’t care about fallout , can’t wait for Resistance2 , Motorstorm2 and LBP. Enough to keep me busy.

  • ewie

    Blame it on the development tools Sony provide, it
    is a well known fact that Microsoft’s development tools is way better.

  • baba

    I don’t agree, I would rather say that MS’s tools are better known because a lot of the libraries are shared between Windows and 360. If OPENGL and Linux were more widely accepted, nobody would complain about the tools.

    COD4, Burnout Paradise, GTA4 are all proof of what is possible with cross platform developing. Maybe the talent is lacking at other developers?

  • http://www.sentient-dreams.com/ xyber

    Get it for PC if you got a gaming PC. Why bother with a more expensive and crappy looking console version.

    PSM3 article concerning this where they explain the review. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=199997&site=psm

    If you look at some of the other titles with huge worlds comming for PS3 one can see that it is just crappy port and that if the devs had more tallent they could most likely pull off a better looking PS3 version. Anycase, its done and anyone owning both PS3 and 360 will rather get the 360 version, else get the one for your platform or get it for PC if you got a good rig.

  • ewie

    The opengl argument could also hold.

    http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/opengl-directx,2019.html

    have a look.

  • KoolAidDrinker

    But Sony marketing told us the PS3 was more powerful so it must be! I mean look at the Killzone movie they showed 3 years ago…

    They probably did lead with the PS3…ask anyone who develops for both platforms, you lead with the weak platform so you are sure everything works at least as well on the more powerful.

    I like my PS3 b/c of the japanese support, but seriously…gimped GPU, split memory, and inferior dev tools do not a better platform make.

  • RAY

    The PS3 will always play blurays better than the 360 though (smile). Seriously, I bought the the ps3 50% for playing blurays on my 1080 tv, and 50% for gaming, and it’s does a great job at both. And it’s also doing great at showing the thousands of photos and home movies I have. I’m disappointed that the developer didnt make the effort to make the ports equal, but Uncharted was great, WipeoutHD is georgous at 60fps, 1080 rock solid, and i’ve spent 250 hours on Oblivion so far (haven’t even closed any gates yet) and that does look better on the PS3. So i’m happy, and I wasn’t sure i’d be buying Fallout3 anyway, too many other games coming out and not enough time/money to play all of them.

  • ewie
  • http://www.lazygamer.co.za LazySAGamer

    hmm page won’t load :(

    Are they being rude ;)

  • grit

    Um… hate to tell ya but resistance 2 and gow are going to pretty much even each other out. I never liked fable or got what the big deal was. Run around in fairy land like and elf didn’t appeal to me. 2nd, yeah we got l4d on the 360 but you forgot Metal GEAR SOLID 4 – Best game ever imho. And Killzone 2! Oh yeah and lik you said LBP which I have but haven’t played yet. And finally, I got this game on the ps3 just like all others because of 2 reasons… 1. PS3 is more reliable and I want to keep all my games on the same platform (5 years from now I’ll be playing ps1, 2, and 3 games on the same box) and 2. I can use my fragfx on it and have a mouse! Microsoft won’t let splitfish build a fragfx or any other mouselike controller so control is the main issue for me.

  • slowdive

    http://www.hardcoreware.net/playstation-3-vs-xbox-360-one-year-later/
    This is one of many great links that adress the theory of the ps3 being more powerful. Its relatively even handed to boot ;)
    Also in the graphics section there is a pretty decent explination of why games released on multi-platform are currently looking better “generally” on the 360.
    Honestly only reason right now to pick a console would have to be what exclusives you wish to play. The rest is just rabbid fanboi’ism for shame :P

  • ps3fanboy

    THIS BLOWS …. Damned 20 hours into the PS3 version of this game and it locks up… several times in the same spot each time. I can’t get past it.
    Gotta love it…
    “HURRY UP and get it to market” approach screwed a genius development team, again.
    BETA TESTERS MY ASS! BETHESDA: Fire your management!!!!!!!

  • ewie

    Pity you don’t have a Xbox, these kind of articles is meant to show people with both consoles which version they should get.

  • mark

    I own a 360, and have no need of a ps3 to play blu-rays. Didn’t cost very much to have bluray drives installed in my p.c. (smile). Furthermore, my console still has better games than the ps3. meh!

  • txwhite

    For those who dont know the PS3 is more powerful, being it has 7 processors and the 360 has 3. Also, computers didnt even have that many when the PS3 came out so I would say that it is more powerful when the 360 came out before it. To wrap it up, rumor is that GTA5 may be and exclusive for the PS3 because they want to add all the GTA maps and add new things to the gameplay that would ONLY!!!! be possible on the PS3, which then proves more powerful. Oh I forgot to say that PS3 has dual nividia ultra graphic cards and 360 has ati graphics. In 2009 the PS3 will lead with more exclusives coming out. PS3 owners get ready to shine. Trophy system mandatory for every game starting 2009. The xbox will come out with another console and PS3 will still be sucking up everything around because it was announced that the PS4 would pertain everything the PS3 has just with a new price and a few extra possible things. To me that sound like sony thought pretty far ahead, thats why their not worried.

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