Makepool.... So?
Does being capable of pushing the most bland off-grey polygons worth of 'realism' make it more fun?
Nope. But it doesn't preclude the possibility either. I assume when playing a truly good game like Half-Life 2 you don't drop it down to the lowest possible settings even though your PC can run it at maximum quality while cursing the developers names for stopping you getting it to look as bad as the original Half-Life for fear the better graphics will suck out the gameplay? I understand that pushing graphics too far too fast has caused a lot of good developers to either go out of business, and I sympathise greatly but I think too many people have the wrong end of the stick and criticise improving graphics as the cause of bad gameplay as if there is a slide bar with playability at one end and good graphics at the other. You can have one but not the other...Rubbish!Does being capable of pushing the most bland off-grey polygons worth of 'realism' make it more fun?
As for why it can allow better looking games, think about how much space is taken up by textures these days. Think about how many PC games already require over 4.6GB of hard drive space to install on. Pretty soon some games will require more than a dual layer worth of textures on a long game if the makers don't want the game to look samey. Blu-ray will in the long run allow developers to what can't be done on the 360.