News > Football Games Run Slower On PS3
June 30, 2007
For current gen football games, it looks as though the Playstation 3 will become a sort of Bermuda Triangle of sinking frame rates.
While the Xbox 360 versions of EA's Madden NFL 08 and NCAA Football 08, as well as 2K Games' All-Pro Football 2K8 have all been confirmed to run at a smooth 60 fps, their PS3 counterparts will ALL be running at just 30 fps when gamers get their hands on them this summer.
Why the discrepancy? EA's vice president of marketing sports branding Todd Sitrin explains:
"We want to make sure that we give the best experience we can on each platform. In designing a game, there are all sorts of tradeoffs that include frame rate, visuals, features, AI, etc. Football is an extremely challenging sport to replicate because of the number of people on the field, their interaction, and the scope of the environments. As you can see, every company making a football game this year made a decision that the best experience for the Xbox 360 included 60fps whereas the best experience for the PS3 was 30fps. We certainly believe that both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are our football products are outstanding experiences and recommend that each gamer look at the entire experience, not just one aspect. We think they'll be very happy no matter which version of the game they play."
I'm not so sure about "the best experience" for a football game being delivered at HALF the frame rate, but then again, I'm no game designer. What do you guys think?
*Eddie R Inzauto - Senior Editor, GameWad.com
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