Truthfully I don't think the game is lagging because of the programming, the 360 and ps3 have been out for about 5 years now, and within a year the new console generation should be coming out. Hopefully the ps4 will have have ps2/ps3 compatibility so we can play with freezes and lag. For computers, each or every 2 years you have to upgrade the graphics card, but the consoles can last with about 6 years on minimum picture quality. Its the hardware not the software.

With your logic, a much more graphically demanding game such as Uncharted 2 or Killzone 2 would be unplayable. And besides, the engine is getting very dated as it's basically the same engine as Oblivion.

Off topic: Is this a console svcks PC is better thread?

no, i own a ps3, im just saying that maybe its not gamesas problem, it could be outdated hardware, come on 6 years is a long time for gaming, the GPU on the consoles are outdated and need to be advanced with the next gen for us to play future games.

If they write software that is too demanding for the current hardware, you bet your ass it's a programming problem. Obviously they should stay within the limit of what's actually playable without freezing, that goes without saying.

However, I find that idea very unlikely anyway, FO3 and NV can't be the most demanding game out there. A game like Just Cause 2 has better graphics and works flawlessly.

(And how much resources a game uses actually depends largely on programming too, badly written code uses more resources while doing the exact same thing. To write efficient code is a skill. It's possible to write a tic-tac-toe with C64 graphics that still uses more resources than Fallout 3, just throw in a lot of crazy loops in the mix.)

While it is only a demo I just finished playing star wars unleashed II. The game runs very smooth and is vastly more graphic intensive then Fall Out: New Vegas. It is always the programming that results in lag on a offline game. Programming == The game.

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