if you arent on a 1080p tv i doont think you will see the blurriness at all.

Landis, you’re nothing but a crazed fanboy who needs to read a book on game development… or game ANYTHING for that matter. Do us all a favor and, before you say anything else to make yourself seem like more of an idiot, go read something that will expand that little narrow hallway of tunnel vision you so ignorantly call a consciousness. If that doesn’t work out for you, please find a way to prevent yourself from breeding before you manage to further taint the human gene pool with your substandard, subhuman, wannabe-reporter genes. Suicide is always an option too, and if you’re too mentally limited to figure out how, I will gladly give you some pointers.

People seriously need to stop with this maniacal anti-PS3 hate speech, especially when they don’t have a damn clue what they’re talking about. It is quite literally driving me insane

Fact: This is a demo build. There IS a possibility things were compressed as somebody mentioned earlier.

Fact: Both the 360 and PS3 are both FULL HD consoles

Fact: The PS3 GPU is alot better than that which MS used in the 360 – there’s no contest or complaint.

In looking at these images, yes, I see that it’s plain as day that the PS3 shots are blurred. Photoshop? Possibly. I doubt it though simply as so many people say they see it in the demo.

Now – what caught my eye is that someone up above said they don’t see what all the fuss is about.
Has anybody actually seen the comparison between a Blu-Ray disc and anything but? The entire point of HD anything is for extremely crisp and clear visuals. For any game on a console such as the PS3 which sports the graphics capabilities that it does is to certainly say “Sub-quality visuals – but still a great freaking game despite the fact.”

I personally will wait and read reviews before purchasing. I already own it for the 360, but will also pick it up for the PS3 if the visuals are better.

Please note that I’m not biased towards/against any console and I’m quite neutral towards both systems/manufacturers. (Hey, I have to be in order to give an honest and proper review to anything).

But, how in the hell tou guys managed to took screenshots of the sample places, same PERFECTLY THE SAME angle and finally ans most STRANGE…THE SAME ENERGY LEVEL on both versions ???
It looks like a edited screenshot from the same source…
I have the PC and Ps3 version, and ALL the versions looks VERY NICE, and Ps3 version looks AMAZING like others. The edges looks very good and smooth (incredible to know that’s not AA envolved)…

2K responded to these screenshot comparisons and confirmed that the blur effect will be in the full retail release of the PS3 version. They claimed that because the PS3 is so different to code for, they just did everything they could to achieve the same level of performance at minimal cost to the visuals, and that required using this blur effect. You can read their full response here: http://www.ripten.com/2008/10/08/2k-responds-again-to-ps3-bioshock-complaints/

i do think there is a little too much emphasis being placed on a demo here. until we get the final version and see what options there are (maybe the blur effect can be turned off or down?) and how i compares to the full 360 version we cant know for sure. my immediate impression when i played it was that it was really good. some side-by-side comparisons showing very minor differences arent going to make me enjoy it any less. so i think there is some bombast here. the differences are being vastly exaggerated by fanboy wars.

All that said, there were some things that did concern me (such as a couple of texture glitches and people reporting white bars) but they have responded that these are bugs that got through QA on the demo, so those should hopefully be dealt with.

I can certainly understand people preferring a “clean” image over an crisp, jaggy one, but I can’t help but point out the lack of logic in some people’s comments in a not-so-nice way. People are entitled to their opinions, and I respect that, but being a moron on the Internet (especially in the comments section of Ripten) is asking for a verbal smackdown. I hope you can appreciate our honesty.

Thanks for reading, and have a good day.

As far as I can see, the differences between 360/ps3 are very small. This is a storm in a teacup. Maybe its just me, but I actually kinda prefer the ps3 shots. They seem a little warmer and less jaggy.

People claiming these are the exact same images are fucking idiots. There are tons of differences, but for the most obvious example, look at the last pic and tell me the LS icon is the same on both. Morons…

I’ve never said the PS3 version is bad, it just doesn’t look as good. Deal with it.

It’s obvious that Unreal Engine doesn’t always work with the PS3.

“This, of course, doesn’t mean BioShock is going to be any less of a compelling game on the PS3, it will just be a not-quite-as-good-looking-as-it-could-be-but-still-compelling game on the PS3.”

Yeah, total PS3 hate.

Well i should have looked pictures more with more precision :S I was wrong.

But i don’t really care since demo looked great on my PS3.

FPS’s should be played on a PC.

Fanboys make me laugh, the PS3 and 360 suck compared to a good PC. (go on fanboys… give me shit for this comment)

PEACE OUT!! :)

David: Well I don’t think people would disagree that Bioshock would look better with AA. 2xAA should be a standard this generation. But yes, I agree – I don’t really know why they do it. The only time you’re really going to notice it is side by side, and many people (including devs) hate the sight of jaggies. For exmaple, for them to accomplish the temporal blur in DMC4 it costs more than if they weren’t to do it, but it costs less than doing 2xAA. So devs must see a reason for it.

Plus many are saying it doesn’t look as bad as it does here – which makes me wonder about the blurred HUD in the pictures – why blur the HUD also? Usually the HUD is sharp. I suggest we forward to question to the developers.