Why you shouldn’t worry about Battlefield 3 on consoles

Console gamers should not be worried about the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Battlefield 3, DICE VP and general manager, Karl Magnus Troedsson, has assured fans.

Quizzed by GamingExaminer over a lower frame rate and lower resolution compared to the PC version, Troedsson said: “Console gamers shouldn’t worry about this, this topic is discussed out of proportions.

“For those tech-savvy enough to have looked into the actual resolution of their console games it won’t come as a surprise that a lot of console games today do not run at 1080p but rather 720p. We’ve done this for our last games and we believe it can still look amazing. When people ask for 1080p they don’t see the compromises that would be needed to get there.”

He added: “As for the frame-rate we’ve made a conscious decision to stick with 30 FPS on console. It’s not a technical problem with getting our game to run in 60 FPS but we do this in favour of the large amount of players, large scale maps, huge amount of vehicles, full on destruction and so on. The pace in Battlefield is slightly slower than some other twitchy shooters of today which lends itself well to this frame-rate.”

Last week analyst firm Cowen & Company upped its estimate for first-year Battlefield 3 sales from 8 million to 11 million.

Battlefield 3 will be released for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3 on October 28.

With arch rival Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 guaranteed to be running at 60FPS on consoles, there is a clear difference between the two games. Whether gamers will accept the higher fidelity visuals over a silky smooth experience remains to be seen.