Originally posted by mm
xbox cant compete with top PC\'s
dont even try
latest games not taking advantage of PC\'s
the PC games are SCALABLE in case you live in a cave
console devs are limited to the limitations of the hardware.
wanna see some morrowind shots and see who does it better (cost aside)?
yeah, xbox owners feel jaded cause the devs are second guessing thier loyalties
Xbox games will tend to look graphically superior to PC games for a while. Where did you get that PC games were scalable to the point where if you have a GF4 card, the game will automatically convert to GF4 mode? That\'s rediculous. Sure a PC game may incorporate a feature here and a feature there, but a developer doesn\'t develop with the latest and greatest graphics card in mind, they program to the lowest common denominator and I\'d be surprised if that is the first GeForce card. With the Xbox, developers can key in on one specification without worrying about compatibility issues and can get optimal performance from their games.
For example, Doom 3 programmer John Carmack stated that the game will be built with the original Geforce in mind, e.g. that\'s the lowest common denominator. You\'ll need a GeForce card to run this game, bare minimum. Of course he\'ll add a GF3 feature here and there but it won\'t exactly take advantage of the newest cards. The day PC games look better than Xbox games is the day the GF4 becomes the bottom line. That\'s another 3 to 4 years MINIMUM. By that time, the newer generation of consoles will be on their way out. That\'s why static platforms like Xbox will always have most games that look better than PC games.