Los beta kits de X360 no ofrecera notables mejoras

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3142404 escribió:When it comes to showing off next-generation products, few companies have been as open as Sega. At E3, the publisher showed off two Xbox 360 games playable for anyone who wanted to try on the show floor, in addition to five more via trailers in a theater. And now the company has taken the next big step in showing off next-gen games by being the first company to publicly show off games running on the Xbox 360 developer Beta kits.

At Wednesday's taping of the Gphoria awards show in downtown Los Angeles, Sega brought out fresh versions of Condemned: Criminal Origins and Full Auto running on the updated development hardware.

These Beta kits, which were released to the development community roughly three weeks ago, have recieved quite a bit of chatter amongst hardcore Xbox fans who have been disappointed by certain Xbox 360 games shown thus far -- which were running on Alpha kits -- and want to see the games improve graphically before they hit stores.

As it turns out, the Beta kits look able to achieve solid results, but it's doubtful they will provide the instant visual leap many players were hoping for. We tested both Full Auto and Condemned, and they featured roughly the same amount of visual detail as was in the E3 versions, but both games had problems keeping a smooth framerate. It's obvious this is due to the Beta kits only having been around for three weeks and not poor programming -- the Full Auto team expects their framerate to be back where it was at E3 time in just one week from now -- but it shows that the Beta kits are not the immediate miracle that some fans were hoping for. Developers will not be able to port over existing code and see it magically look better.