It has now been 100% confirmed that the Playstation 3 version of Call of Duty 4 has a Native Resolution of only 720p.
The reason why people thought that the PS3 version had a Native Resolution of 1080p is because the PS3 version of COD4 says that the game is compatible with 1080p resolutons on the back of the box. But 1080p is definitely NOT the Native Resolution of the game.
In fact, the highest resolution that can possibly be output from the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4 is 720p. The Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty 4 is capable of outputing a resolution of 1080p.
What this means is that if you have a 1080p HDTV set, then you will see the PS3 version of the game at 720p resolution without being forced to modify your PS3 Resolution Output settings in a time consuming and annoying way, like you would with games such as the PS3 version of Rainbow Six: Vegas.
With the PS3 version of Rainbow Six: Vegas, the game claimed to support resolution higher than 720p, but it was always better to see the game in 720p. Unfortunately, you needed to change your resolution setting every time you played the game in order to do this properly. IGN talks about this in great detail. Call of Duty 4 has some type of software program that does not force you to change your resolution settings each time you play the game...that is likely the reason why they list "1080p" on the back of the box. But, 1080p resolution is NEVER output from the PS3 version.
But one thing is 100% for sure now that the game is released: The PS3 version of Call of Duty 4 does NOT output 1080p resolution in any form--not Native, and not Upconverted.
What's worse for the Playstation 3 version of Call of Duty 4 is something that has now been 100% confirmed: If you have an HDTV set that has a Native Resolution of 1080i, then the game will actually be Downconverted to 480p resolution. This means you will have paid $60 for a high-definition game, but you will NOT be seeing the game in high-resolution over 480p.
I thought Playstation 3 owners would want to know about this before they considered buying the Playstation 3 version of Call of Duty 4. Before the game was released, there were a lot of rumors being spread on the Internet about the PS3 version of Call of Duty 4. But now that Call of Duty 4 has been released, we are dealing with FACTS.
Sadly, Call of Duty 4 has disappointed a lot of PS3 "fanboys" because the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty 4 does technically outperform the Playstation 3 version.
The Xbox 360 has three fundamental advantages:
(1) Resolution that is compatible with ALL HDTV sets. The Resolution can even be output as high as 1080p, which is over twice as many pixels as the PS3 version can possibly display.
(2) RUMBLE in the Xbox 360 controller. Being able to FEEEEEL the Guns being shot in a First Person Shooting game adds a LOT of FUN to the game! The Xbox 360 has that advantage RIGHT NOW!!! Any fan of Call of Duty 4 is NOT going to want to wait until the spring of 2008 for the PS3 controller that can rumble to be released as an accessory that needs to be purchased.
(3) Online performance. The Xbox 360 has superior online performance.
*** No doubt about it, the Xbox 360 version of Call of Duty 4 is superior in terms of graphics and online performance.
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