What is it with unrealistic Game performance in thier trailers?

Hey Fellas, Ok what I'm getting at here is more to do with say a game like Saints Row 2 although it applies to nearly all games sold today on any platform.

What is it that when publishers/developers run trailers on thier games, the action is silky smooth, yet when you actually play the game, it's nowhere near that fluid in actuality?

To be more specific, take Saints Row 2 as an example, watching the trailers, the Frame-rates look to be at least in the high 60's or thier abouts, now I can understand this from the console side, but it's crap on even a monster PC(even though I know the port was a very lazy optimisation job).

What is it that these companies do to make the game run super slick in trailer form but somehow, the game still has stuttering issues when you actually play it?

Of course this don't apply to all games but most have some problem with this, particularly PC titles(ok I know this depends on your setup to a large degree, but SR2 just proves the awful effort a lot of Devs put into customer satisfaction these days).

Anyone else wonder about this too?

Cheers for the contributions fellas.

Sam The Bam

They probably just recorded it from the console version using video record chips. Not that hard, and no framerate drops.

The developers often use a top of the line computer setup to be able to record in such a fluid way , the trailers are to show the gameplay and graphics of a game . Not how much it stutters on your specific computer.dannenissan2

They probably just recorded it from the console version using video record chips. Not that hard, and no framerate drops.

LGTX

But hopefully that tradition is becoming more of a rarity these days, better ports are more than terrible ones. If you ask me, Gears of War started it. But when I get to think of Saint's Row 2's port job, I immediately think that optimizing sandbox freeroams IS a major problem these days... I mean look at GTAIV.

But hopefully that tradition is becoming more of a rarity these days, better ports are more than terrible ones. If you ask me, Gears of War started it. But when I get to think of Saint's Row 2's port job, I immediately think that optimizing sandbox freeroams IS a major problem these days... I mean look at GTAIV.

LGTX

I think it can be because they used the Console version to make the trailers.Treflis

We'll just have to cope with the fact that lazy devs making screwed-up ports will remain forever. You are right that technically Saint's Row 2 is not that much of an outstanding game, and optimizing it decently was just a couple of weeks' hard work, but some developers are just all about marketing, and btw what engine is Saint's Row on at all? Some engine's are actually hard to optimize, sometimes they need to re-write the whole code and stuff like that. GTAIV used Rage, Rockstars own proprietary engine, they had a tennis orsomethingon it, then immediately GTAIV. Yes, it was not meant for the PC originally so I don't blame them. At least they're making some progress releasing patches systematically.

But hopefully that tradition is becoming more of a rarity these days, better ports are more than terrible ones. If you ask me, Gears of War started it. But when I get to think of Saint's Row 2's port job, I immediately think that optimizing sandbox freeroams IS a major problem these days... I mean look at GTAIV.

LGTX

I said that Gears started the tradition of well-made ports, at least that's what I meant. Sorry if I wrote the wrong way.

And yeah the previous GTAs were nice. So let's hope SR2 and GTAIV won't give birth to a crappy tendention about next-gen sandboxes being crappy ports.

Simple Answer, they want you to buy the game. And once you have bought the game you are screwed. they know that gamers really have no recourse once a game is bought. They have your money and you have a piece of software you can only hope will run. Lets face it, Game Developers now are rank amatuers compared too years ago. They have no imagination which means a lack of real content to a game. This is why you see games now that you can beat in just a few hours. They concentrate on making it look pretty because people are attracted to bright shiny objects. If the graphics look good they know most people will but it and again I repeat, they have your money and you have no recourse.

Simple Answer, they want you to buy the game. And once you have bought the game you are screwed. they know that gamers really have no recourse once a game is bought. They have your money and you have a piece of software you can only hope will run. Lets face it, Game Developers now are rank amatuers compared too years ago. They have no imagination which means a lack of real content to a game. This is why you see games now that you can beat in just a few hours. They concentrate on making it look pretty because people are attracted to bright shiny objects. If the graphics look good they know most people will but it and again I repeat, they have your money and you have no recourse.

MrUnSavory1