As we all know, both PS3 and Xbox360 were designed to produce games with the best graphics. Both systems are said to have high-end specs (3.2 GHz processor and stuff), though PS3 is said to be slightly better in paper. And as for media storage, PS3 uses blu ray disc and 360 uses dual-layer DVD. As we also know, blu ray storage capacity is 5 times bigger than DVD (50 GB vs 10 GB). So, a game written for PS3 should have more and more space for improvements, could be richer graphics, extra content, more subjects, etc. So theoretically, if a game is released on both PS3 and 360, then the PS3 version should look better than the 360 one. Or at least, if both version look identical, the PS3 version should have richer content, since BD technology is not solely about larger space…Besides, 40 GB of space discrepancy is just too large to ignore.

But the fact? I read in many gaming sites which ran graphics comparisons between PS3 and 360 versions of the same games, and the results are often quite surprising: most games look better on 360 than PS3. Call of Duty MW2, Fallout 3, Batman Arkham Asylum, to name a few… Oddly also, the 360 version of many games seem to have more content than their PS3 counterparts. Very few games put in favor of PS3, I couldn’t even remember such games.
How come this could happen? Are game developers being too lazy to push the BD capacity to its very edge? 360 seemed to have slight advantage due to its earlier launch, so developers might have more time to learn it. But it’s been 4 years after initial PS3 launch…does the excuse remain the same? Remember a while ago, when Gamecube version of certain games were often toned down or simplified compared to their PS2/Xbox versions, because GC proprietary discs simply couldn’t match the capacity of PS2/Xbox DVD? For me, it’s just too unjustifiable for a 10 GB game too look and fare better than a 50 GB game. Otherwise, we might as well accuse that PS3 blu ray discs are never contained more than 20 percent of its full capacity by third party developers (hence we don’t talk PS3-only games).
Crysis 2 will be out for both consoles besides PC, and it is said to have ‘the most amazing graphic we’ve ever seen’, means the required space could be much bigger than any today’s game (GTA IV PC is the most demanding space so far I know, about 16 GB). Theoretically, blu ray disc will have no problems handling such advancement, while we doubt whether DVD capacity is enough, if Microsoft is still being stubborn using DVD media. But we have yet to see again, will MS magic potion work again? Will the 360’s Crysis 2 also look and fare better than the PS3 one? Hell, if that happens again, then blu-ray disc as the future media storage is questionable. If the aging DVD could do better than blu-ray, then we don’t need blu-ray. Otherwise Sony does major breakthroughs to reverse the situation, we can therefore say blu-ray technology on computer is a waste.

What do you guys think? I will give away 5 stars for the best opinion