Why are most ps3 games in 720p?

I have a PS3 just bought one actually and i was looking through games and most are 720p whereas ALL 360 games are 1080p the only game i saw that had 1080p was MGS4 which i will be picking up soon, im just wondering i own both systems but that kinda pissed me off, any answers?

Just for example uncharted which i love so far, 720p

Bad company is 720p on ps3 but 1080p on 360 the list goes on....

360 can do 1080p?

Halo 3 640p. Ninja gaiden 2 585p. LAWLZZ.

360 does not support any higher than 720p. That's the NATIVE RES. It upscales to 1080p. Upscaling and native res are too different things. PS3 can support 1080p native, but it's up to devs.

I think you might be mistaken there. Most 360 andPS3 games either run natively at 720p or at a slightly lower resolution and upscaled.HeroOfCows

The boxes show the listed resolutions thats all im saying and all the 360 games say on the back 1080p is a supported resolution whereas the ps3 ones do not.

360 can do 1080p?

Halo 3 640p. Ninja gaiden 2 585p. LAWLZZ.

360 does not support any higher than 720p. That's the NATIVE RES. It upscales to 1080p. Upscaling and native res are too different things. PS3 can support 1080p native, but it's up to devs.

mushi799

Go see for yourself next time you're at the store look.

its a simple technical issue. Consoles are not powerfull enough to run many graphically intensive games at 1080p. The performance drop from 720 to 1080 is huge. Trust me, i play my PC games at 1080 and although most still hit 60fps the odd one, clear skies for example, has had to have the gfx settings greatly reduced to run at 1080. At 720 i can max the game however.

P.S. 360 does NOT run ALL games at 1080p, infact you will be hard pressed to find any.

Ah, i was going by what it says on the back of the box with listed resoltuions.DeathKnight112

[QUOTE="HeroOfCows"]I think you might be mistaken there. Most 360 andPS3 games either run natively at 720p or at a slightly lower resolution and upscaled.DeathKnight112

The boxes show the listed resolutions thats all im saying and all the 360 games say on the back 1080p is a supported resolution whereas the ps3 ones do not.

It's called marketing. Even halo 3 says HD on the box, but the game isn't in HD AT all. It's 640p which is not HD.

I have a PS3 just bought one actually and i was looking through games and most are 720p whereas ALL 360 games are 1080p the only game i saw that had 1080p was MGS4 which i will be picking up soon, im just wondering i own both systems but that kinda pissed me off, any answers?

Just for example uncharted which i love so far, 720p

Bad company is 720p on ps3 but 1080p on 360 the list goes on....

DeathKnight112

The Xbox 360 has a built-in hardware upscaler whereas the Playstation 3 does not.

ALL of those games with display resolutions as 1080p are only displaying an upscaled 1080p image. For example, Halo 3 has a native display resolution of 640p.....BELOW 720p. It upscales to 720p when you set your TV to 720p....and it upscales to 1080p from there if you set your TV to 1080p.

It is not a native signal. Your Xbox is not rendering the game in 1080p.

Most games do not run in 1080p. Don't get caught up in the marketing bullcrap. Just because the box says 1080p doesn't mean the game runs at 1080p. Likewise for 720p, unfortunately. All games run at 600p and up, though most start at 720p.

its a simple technical issue. Consoles are not powerfull enough to run many graphically intensive games at 1080p. The performance drop from 720 to 1080 is huge. Trust me, i play my PC games at 1080 and although most still hit 60fps the odd one, clear skies for example, has had to have the gfx settings greatly reduced to run at 1080. At 720 i can max the game however.

P.S. 360 does NOT run ALL games at 1080p, infact you will be hard pressed to find any.

Frozzik

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its a simple technical issue. Consoles are not powerfull enough to run many graphically intensive games at 1080p. The performance drop from 720 to 1080 is huge. Trust me, i play my PC games at 1080 and although most still hit 60fps the odd one, clear skies for example, has had to have the gfx settings greatly reduced to run at 1080. At 720 i can max the game however.

P.S. 360 does NOT run ALL games at 1080p, infact you will be hard pressed to find any.

TheMistique

Well i suppose that is good to know, another question is resistance worth buying lol

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360 can do 1080p?

Halo 3 640p. Ninja gaiden 2 585p. LAWLZZ.

360 does not support any higher than 720p. That's the NATIVE RES. It upscales to 1080p. Upscaling and native res are too different things. PS3 can support 1080p native, but it's up to devs.

DeathKnight112

Go see for yourself next time you're at the store look.

Don't need too, i know my tech stuff. You need to know the difference between upscaling and native resolution.

[QUOTE="TheMistique"][QUOTE="Frozzik"]

its a simple technical issue. Consoles are not powerfull enough to run many graphically intensive games at 1080p. The performance drop from 720 to 1080 is huge. Trust me, i play my PC games at 1080 and although most still hit 60fps the odd one, clear skies for example, has had to have the gfx settings greatly reduced to run at 1080. At 720 i can max the game however.

P.S. 360 does NOT run ALL games at 1080p, infact you will be hard pressed to find any.

DeathKnight112

Well i suppose that is good to know, another question is resistance worth buying lol

most games will not be 1080p.

very few major consoles games are more than 600p. cod4, mgs4 etc are all 600p or less they just upscale themimprezawrx500