Biggest next gen difference?

Dark_Angel · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:32

Pretty much topic.

This is not a "ps2 was better than xbox" it is about the generational jump. So the xbox is competing against the 360 itself kind of.

Allow me to give an example:

The order for generations is:

NES: Master System
Genesis (megadrive: SNES
Saturn, PS, N64.

Which of those had the biggest jump kind of thing. Though I use the above only as an example I meant overall the biggest jumps? Not just about graphics here, storage, control, innovation, and everything else that makes a games console fun count...

Nismo · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:47

SNES/MD > PlayStation era was the biggest jump IMO.

Probably the only time I've been truly amazed at a games graphics was when I played Wipeout for the first time (and Gran Turismo later in the PSone's life)

badbob · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:51

yeah same here, never been impressed with pre PSX 1 console graphics (apart from shoot/beat ups as way ahead of PC's) with Wipeout and GT far better than PC graphics at the time.

TechnoCorruption · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:51

Even though I am not fond of the Wii, they have really started something with their innovative control system and are responsible for bringing video games to a much wider audience.

fini · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:52

Clearly it's going to be the jump from 2d to 3d and thus SNES to PS/N64

Chaosboss · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:53

Nismo said:
SNES/MD > PlayStation era was the biggest jump IMO.

badbob · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:55

N64

Graphics were pants, ok it had more texturing but I thought just a blurry mess.

fini · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:57

Not to start some decade old flame war, but N64 looked way better than PS

badbob · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:58

fini said:
Not to start some decade old flame war, but N64 looked way better than PS

Had both, prefer PSX1 graphics. N64 just seemed low resolution/blurry.

TechnoCorruption · 27 Aug 2008 at 10:58

badbob said:
Graphics were pants, ok it had more texturing but I thought just a blurry mess.

Yeah but it was a gamers first taste of a 3D world so it was a real big jump from what they had experienced before, with the consoles that followed even though they were no longer blurry, we had seen 3D before and it wasn't as special imo.

fini · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:00

badbob said:
Had both, prefer PSX1 graphics. N64 just seemed low resolution/blurry.

I couldn't stand the constant jaggies on the playstation though - at least the N64's blurriness got rid of most of those.

wedgie · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:20

Biggest jump was 16bit to 32bit, by a mile.

Nitefly · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:44

The biggest jump was the dreamcast. Who can forget that Sonic intro for the first time?

My mouth was literally on the floor for that entire game.

Tetsu · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:47

Nismo said:
SNES/MD > PlayStation era was the biggest jump IMO.

Nanoman · 27 Aug 2008 at 11:55

I know its not next gen but I feel it almost is!

360 to PS3 !!IMO!!

...after playing Resistance Fall of Man. :eek:

Im joking, Id have to agree with the majority, definitely generation 4 to 5.

Werewolf · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:03

I'm not sure about this as each of the generations included large jumps in some ways for example

SNES/MD had the multiplayer (4+)
N64/PS1/Saturn had the introduction of proper 3d, and analogue/digital combo pads as standard.
PS2/DC/GC/Xbox had the introduction of networking for all 4 systems.
360/Wii/PS3 seems to have built in storage for all the systems, and now it seems motion sensing.

I would say it's a tie between the Snes/MD generation to PS/Saturn, and the current and previous generation.

Snes/MD to PS because it introduced optical media and analogue controls.
Ps2/xbox/GC to current because now all systems have built in storage pretty much as a given, all have some form of networking, and the introduction of a new control method.

fini · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:05

Werewolf said:
Snes/MD to PS because it introduced optical media and analogue controls.

Don't forget rumble.

Nismo · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:05

Nitefly said:
The biggest jump was the dreamcast. Who can forget that Sonic intro for the first time?

My mouth was literally on the floor for that entire game.

It was a definite step up, but we already had that kind of graphical quality in the Arcades, so (for me anyway) the wow factor was there but much less than when I first switched on a PlayStation.

Moogman · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:05

Dreamcast soul calibre was a jump forward in graphics for me seeing it running for the first time I was like "woah". The ps1 was the biggest for me though, first play through tomb raider and GT was just awesome very cool knowing that it was the start of things to come as far as good 3d graphics on consoles.

mmj_uk · 27 Aug 2008 at 12:12

Playstation was the biggest jump for me, as soon as I saw the F1'95 graphics and to top it off heard Murray Walker commentating my jaw just hit the floor, it seemed so real and immersive compared to anything seen before it.