A recent study was developed by the folks at Gamespot comparing the graphical capabilities of the Playstation 3 to the Xbox 360.

With the release of a number of milestone games, namely Grand Theft Auto 4 and Call of Duty 4, the people at Gamespot has reason to scrutinize just who is ahead of the console race at present, in terms of dishing out eye candy.

Using eight of the most popular games to date, (Assassin’s Creed, Orange Box, Grand Theft Auto 4, Call of Duty 4, Burnout Paradise, Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Need for Speed Pro Street, and Madden 08′) a close comparison has been made. As for the results:

“After going through another eight games, we’ve found a few trends that follow both of these consoles around. Outside of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, our findings didn’t show any drastic differences in image quality between the two consoles–nothing compared to what we found when we compared first-generation games in our original comparison feature. The PlayStation 3 generally lags behind the Xbox 360 in high-quality textures and the depth/normal maps that go with them. However, in the same games, the PlayStation 3 sometimes comes ahead with better shadowing and antialiasing. Games on the PS3 do tend to be blurrier than their Xbox 360 counterparts, but the PlayStation 3 games can look just as good as the Xbox 360 games when developers put some effort into it, as is evident with both Grand Theft Auto IV and Burnout Paradise. Overall, the PlayStation 3 outputs visuals that are either on par with the Xbox 360 or only slightly behind.”

So for all you Xbox fanboys rejoicing with the news, it’s time to caress and dry hump your 360 for a job well done. Still, you won’t be getting any Metal Gear Solid 4 anyway so suck on that!