PS3 1080p in game question?

Question

I have a PS3 connected to a Sony Bravia XBR television via HDMI cable, and the TV itself can support 1080p, the PS3's XMB displays in 1080p, downloaded games play in 1080p, and I can watch Blu-Ray Movies in 1080p

Something I don't understand, I have a game that claims to support 720p, 1080i, and 1080p (spiderman web of shadows), but when I load the game it only loads in 720p, I have experienced that quite a while ago and thought it was because I had it on automatic resolution sensing, I have then went into my video settings and disabled every resolution except for 1080p and 480p (I wanted to uncheck 480p, but the PS3 doesn't allow it), I then went back to the game and tried again, thinking that since I have 720p disabled, that it would go strait to 1080p, but instead of going to 1080p, it went to 480p

My question isn't how to make it work (as there is no way), but more of, why do they plain out lie on the packaging? I mean we pay $500~$600 for a gaming console that supports 1080p, we spend $70 on a game that claims it supports 1080p, and it can't display in a resolution above 720p, isn't that considered false advertising?

Answer 1

Not really. There are parts of the game, where the game will use 1080p. However, as such a high resolution needs a lot of bandwith to the graphics framebuffer, a lot of games go back to 720p (or even lower) when you are supposed to interactively move around.



Sony had the nerve to sell a gaming console, telling everybody it can do 1080p. But then they built in a memory bus, that can't transport the graphics information needed for 1080p quickly enough. Therefore a lot of games render the interactive parts of a game in 720p, and non interactive scenes or static menus are in 1080p, so they can put 1080p on the packaging.



But don't worry. The XBR is a 40'' TV if I remember correctly.

If you aren't sitting closer than about a metre, then you won't notice the difference anyways. In order for the human eye to really see a difference between 1080p and 720p at a comfortable viewing distance, your screen must be larger than 110''.

Answer 2

Yeah gran turismo 5 prologue no doubt is truly 1080p. But how r u guys forgetting this?? Wipeout HD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1st game that runs at 60 FPS at 1080p Resolution!

Answer 3

You have to change a lot of the setting on the PS3 as it’s programmed for Standard televisions! The best thing to do is contact Sony or a PS3 centre and give them a call (number in the instruction book) or whatever they have and ask them for assistance it’s fast and easy. (IM SURE IT CAN GET TO 1080 don't worry)

Answer 4

no, of course its not false advertising. THE PS3 HAS FULL 1080P SUPPORT



its just that DEVELOPERS ARE NOT MAKING MUCH GAMES THAT RUN IN 1080p yet!



but there are some, like COD4



why dont you do some research before you start posting quesions like this

Answer 5

Get a good HDMI Cable