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Battlefield: Bad Company: Xbox 360 vs PlayStation 3 Video

VideoGamer.com has put together a video comparing the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of EA DICE's Battlefield: Bad Company.

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Capt CHAOS5790d ago

The contract seemed higher on the 360 but that's prob just down to some settings. Good port.

Love the way the physics work on both.. Especially the tree splitting..

Britjadg5790d ago

yeah tree split looks good. looks impressive on both, dunno whats going on with ps3 version though, summit dont look right with colour. probably just way its filmed / tv is configured.

what does it matter? pick up the game for whatever console you have.

Domenikos5790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

Ill get the PS3 version cause the best part of BF games is online.

And PSN is free (and thats an advantage for ME, i dont want to start a fanboi war)

kewlkat0075790d ago

I didn't think there would be any doubt about your statement..

RudeSole Devil5790d ago

Dowloaded both demos and compared side by side and the 360 version is better. Heres what I found if you plan on buying this game.
1. All the textures are identical, but the PS3 version has no normal mapping on all textures example ( http://www.driverheaven.net...

2. When I shot down a tree the reaming stump on 360 version had shredded pieces of wood, PS3 version has the texture but the alpha was missing (need to see for you self).

3. Missing props, on top of the hill where all the smoke and fire is, the fire on the PS3 version is comming right out of the ground, 360 has something there I'm not really sure what its is but the fire is not comming right out of the ground.

4. EA is a POS publisher and developer and things listed above are not limitation of PS3 just lazy porting.

boodybandit5790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

where are the articles about how broken the connections issues are? When is Dice and EA going to get on it? It will work flawless for a few hours and then BLAM you get booted from the game and can't connect for hours.

It works. Then it doesn't. Then you can connect, get booted (after a few minutes), connect, get booted, connects, get booted, runs fine four hours, rinse and repeat. WTF!

I want to play this game online! The odd thing is it seems to happen more during the day. You would think the problem would be worse at night when everyone is off work.

Real Gambler5790d ago

I really, really wish they would do video comparaison like those, but saying A and B (for about 2 days) instead of 360 and PS3.

Instead of seeing fanboish comment like: Version A look WAY MUCH BETTER or Version B as way more leaves in the 4th tree on the left, we would finally get comments like: Wow, both version look almost identical. No fanboy would take a chance to pick one version over the other. Then, 2 days later, those guys could say which console was A and which console was B. Only a fanboy, looking at this video, would say one version is WAY MUCH BETTER than the other.

Personally, I don't care if one tree has more leaves or not, or if one explosion has to more sparks. While playing, I don't have the time to count leaves. Both game look very, very good. Keep bringing them on.

P.S.: There's one more peeble on the ground, around 1 minute 37 seconds and 12 hundred of a second, but you have to freeze frame to see it. ENJOY! Me, I'll be playing the game!

prunchess5790d ago

Both versions look like sh!t compared to MGS4.

power of Green 5790d ago

If you can't see that the 360 version is superior in more ways than one you're lieing to yourself. Even some of the effects and objects are missing in the PS3 version.

romemac75790d ago

how this gamer site when doing video comparing they always seen to turn off the PS3 RGB FULL RANGE(HDMI). i have both the PS3 and the 360, just got a 360 to play lost odyssey lol and have play both demo. believe you me both game looks and play the same, only different is my ps3 has RGB FULL RANGE so both looks the same.

@power of green: every game is going to look better for you on the 360 bro, let face it you a 360 fanboy. i read almost all you comments here on N4G and all you ever talk about is how the 360 better, how the 360 more power, how the 360 this and that, etc...its hard to imagine you every saying anything good about the PS3 ever. after being here on N4G so long and reading you comments they have become boring and repetitive to the point that they sound like advertisements for the 360, just how much is Microsoft paying for?

C_SoL5790d ago

Also, super white is not turned on......

KimboSlice5790d ago

This website seems to be full of fearfull sony loyals that are always logged in and ready to make the first "spin" posts in every news piece that makes the PS3 look bad but the thruth is that: THE XBOX 360 VERSION LOOKS BETTER THAN THE PS3 VERSION.

dantesparda5790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

Let's not exaggerate, they look almost exactly the same, however, i do have to say, that the 360 version does look a little bit better overall, but we are talking just slightly better. The main thing that the 360 version has over the PS3 version is less screen tearing than the PS3 version and better textures (especially the ground textures), otherwise they look basically the same. And why do all PS3 games always look so washed out on these comparison videos? the same is not true in real life on your tv.

chasuk085790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

I still dont understand why we are doing frame by frame comparisons of ps3 and 360 versions of games to look at minimal brightness and contrast settings and then claim that one is better than the other due to a slight increase. Dont you all think its kind of sad ?

They are the same game regardless of what platform its on, and any increase/decrease in brightness shouldnt be a reason not to buy it, and if it is your a joke.

Just buy the game and enjoy it. All these videos do is attract viewers to their site and get alot of gamers arguing over "which platform is better"

Moto135790d ago

I own both consoles. The 360 always has better colors and rougher edges. The PS3 has smoother edges and washed out colors. I prefer the 360 version. Also the 360 tends to have better textures.

Willio5790d ago

Xbox is superior in softlocks and hardlocks.

Pnuts5790d ago

except that thay havent changed the colour and contrast on the ps3 version.

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ice_prophecy5790d ago

I wonder if they even attempt at configuring the TV.... T_T

Mr Marbles5790d ago

if they didn't configure the TV, that means they didn't configure it for the 360 either, so now what is your excuse? Games look better on 360, why is that so hard to beleive, why do people literally make excuses for an inferior product? If graphics are so important to you, then just buy as 360. PS3 exclusives still look great, so whats the big deal?

Ssxtreme365790d ago

GT has a comparison of the game and its the exact opposite of whats shown here...check it out

http://www.gametrailers.com...

i wonder which comparison is true?

dcbronco5790d ago

But you're right that the PS3 version looks much better than it does in the demo on this site. It does seem with adjustments to the TV the PS3 can look as good, but if you have to make adjustments for each game or for gaming and then for when you go back to TV, that's a pain.

ice_prophecy5790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

No need to get so worked up hahaha.

@2.2 Well thats what my comment was based on.

@2.1 Why are you getting so defensive? Its not like im eating your children. I merely asked a question in form of a question, take it as rhetoric if you must.

Proxy5790d ago

Is it a matter of adjusting your TV every time you switch games? Or just a matter of taking 10 seconds to turn full RGB on and be done with it, forever?

ice_prophecy5790d ago

oops

in form of a comment, that is.

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Sez 5790d ago

i going to get the 360 version. just looks better IMO

GiantEnemyCrab5790d ago

haha I guess 21 people don't believe you have an opinion.

Variable5790d ago

No dumbass, 21 people disagree with his opinion... what's wrong about that? -.-

LJWooly5790d ago

GianyEnemyCrab is apparently not familiar with the definition and appropriate usage of the term "disagree".

Silogon5790d ago

I got the xbox 360 version yesterday after playing the demo on both and seeing it was far superior. The xbox 360 version has way more particles and debris and the textures are more detailed.

It's just, once again, the better version. It's normal for the xbox 360 to have the best version cause it isn't a port. Bank on xbox 360 multiplatform games, guys.

Angelitos5790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

Siligon

That's just the devs incapable of making the game on a superior complex hardware.

Domenikos5790d ago (Edited 5790d ago )

PC?

Right ;)?

NO_PUDding5790d ago

Silogon, whne did you become a raging fanboy?

Nevermind. Dead Space is leading on PS3, lets see how that turns out.

shazam5790d ago

First of all do you really think the developers would spend all that time and money making new, lower res textures for the ps3 version? They use the exact same textures. Besides, texture resolution isn't even that important for making a surface look good. What's important is the shader programs that go on the surface. Without shaders there would be no normal maps, specular maps, parallax maps, reflections, or refractions etc. Without shaders he surface would be just like looking at a flat, fuzzy, low res bitmap image. And the developers would not spend time writing new, less expensive shaders for the ps3 version. The shader program is just recompiled to run on the two GPUs. Since they are two different architectures the pixel comes out slightly different on each. Even if you ran Crysis on two PCs that are identical other than one has a Radeon HD4870 and the other has Geforce GTX280, even with all the same settings, the two screens would look slightly different. The GPUs simply have different ALUs for pixel processing and different algorithms for anti aliasing and so on.

Secondly, the games use the exact same physics code. And particle physics processing scales extremely on virtually every type of processor from the 360's Xenon to ps3's Cell and even graphics processors. My point is that no developer would have any problems getting physics to run on the SPUs, in fact they are extremely well suited for it and it is one of their strong points.

The fact is that you are an outright fanboy. Actually more like a fanbaby. Scratch that you are most like a fanweed. That's it fanweed.

FANWEED

As part of your fanweed ability set you have this strange ability to hallucinate better graphics on your favorite console. Man I wish I could do that.

Time_Is_On_My_Side5790d ago

Both games are the same just get over it, now it just comes to online. Free or a paid service because it seems now developers are better with the PlayStation 3 hardware. I'm with the free service so I can save that $49.99 on game add-ons.

InMyOpinion5790d ago

I have to agree with you. I have played the demo on both consoles as well. At the same time actually. The PS3 version has much more jaggies and less vibrant colors than the 360 version. It also had less particle effects(visible in the explosions in the video).

power of Green 5790d ago

Agreed in the video 1:20 in look at the ground when the video pans through each version despite the PS3 version looking like it has a layer of jelly the textures are rubbish the 360 versions ground looks 3D and is far more detailed.

Bubble Buddy5790d ago

Siligon's like Mart's clone or something. Like at the end of Mgs4 at the cemetery... oh my bad, 360 doesn't have MGS4. And you have a "PS3" too right? Well I got an Xbox720, not hard to lie over the internet is it.

LJWooly5790d ago

PoG, to notice something like that, you must have been looking for it, and that is beyond sad, my little friend.

Willio5790d ago

I also noticed the superior console's softlocks and hardlocks consistent rate.

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The Argument for Battlefield: Bad Company Remakes

With the franchise’s mainline entries failing to find their footing in recent years, now is the perfect time for a Battlefield: Bad Company remake.

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thorstein121d ago

Of course there is no counter argument. This is what fans of the franchise have wanted for years. This and/or BF Bad Company 2.

When asked why there hasn't been another Bad Company:

“There's one thing that lingers with Bad Company that we've been asking ourselves: What is it that the people really liked about Bad Company?" DICE general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson told Eurogamer.

Troedsson says that he and his team can’t put their fingers on what it is that people loved about that branch of the brand. “It's hard for people to articulate what that is, which is actually hard for us,” he says. “It would be hard to remake something like that. Can we do it? Of course. We have our theories when it comes to the multiplayer."

(Source: Game Informer, June 24, 2014)

SonyStyled121d ago (Edited 121d ago )

I always activate the Black Weapon on BFV Solomon Islands for all the BC2 fans who hear/recognize it, thus starting the events of BC2 on BF5 :)

Derrrunnn. Derrrunnn.

Tody_ZA120d ago (Edited 120d ago )

What is so hard to understand for them?

Bad Company 2 is one of the best and most memorable games in the series because:
- It was class-based (duh)
- Heavy focus on squads
- Substance over map size or gimmicks
- Fantastic and realistic gun play
- Well designed maps
- Destructible environments (why has this been minimised so hard in the series? You could demolish buildings in bad company 2 with some well placed C4
- Great progression system and variety in play
- No stupid CoD imitations or focus on the store over the game
- It was *drumroll* incredibly good fun?
- It was unmistakably BATTLEFIELD

INMATEofARKHAM120d ago

Probably should add a fun campaign to the list.

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Battlefield Legacy - Sunsetting Announcement

EA: "As we close in on 15 years since the release of Battlefield 1943, and Bad Company™ 1 & 2, we are announcing that their journey is coming to an end."

darthv72408d ago

This reminds me... I have ME on my PS3 hdd. Never really played it, but it was free.

XiNatsuDragnel408d ago

Digital future ppl is good they say nope imo

Eidolon408d ago

And it still says nothing about being able to downloaded even when it's off the storefront, that's a huge ouchie for some who somehow still have it in their backlog...

Shane Kim408d ago

Dont make it an issue when it's not. If you haven't played it in 15 years, chances are you'll never play it.

isarai408d ago

That all digital future sure looks great!

/s

zidane1341408d ago (Edited 408d ago )

Online game servers shut off eventually all the time. Doesn’t matter if you have the disc or not. Even if you have the disc, it’ll be just paperweight unless the game lets you connect directly to a friend or LAN play.

isarai408d ago (Edited 408d ago )

Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.

zidane1341408d ago

@israrai, you can still buy the disc for less then 10$. Hardly a loss.

TheEnigma313408d ago

You shouldn't have to buy the disc, that's the issue.

OhReginald407d ago (Edited 407d ago )

Some brilliant minds created servers to keep these old online games alive. A lot of ps2 and ps3 games that had there servers shut down a long time ago have been restored by fans to keep it going. Warhawk, killzone 2, socom 2/ confrontation, resident evil outbreak series, etc.

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DankSinatra407d ago

The disc still exist. I don’t understand the issue. You guys are upset about that “all digital future” yet these games are not “digital only”. Hell digital only is a minority in the gaming world and so far we haven’t moved into it, the only digital only games are games as a service or online only games, which end up failing in the end.

This is no different than a store that stops selling old games, just go and buy a copy somewhere else. So which is it, you hate all digital or you like it? Make up your mind.

isarai407d ago

Talk about missing the point entirely. I'm not going to sit here and explain it to you, figure it out.

DankSinatra407d ago

Talk about whining about something and not wanting to explain from an off handed sarcastic original comment.

I got the point just fine. You’re literally complaining about something that has an easy alternative to it.

ManMarmalade407d ago

I don't think you got the point

DankSinatra407d ago (Edited 407d ago )

@ManMarmalade

No I got it, it has to do with the push towards a future of all digital and reprocussions of losing games. Something I already stayed that hasn’t happened nor is it large enough right now to cause any issues as the games that are all digital are online only to begin with or make up the minority of games

So I’ll say it again, the disc still exists for these games that are over a decade old and can still be played easily. You guys are contradicting the whole “we don’t want a digital only future” crying when the dude I originally responded to stated:

“Read the article bro. They are delisting the games, including mirrors edge which is an offline game. Online servers i can understand, not being able to buy/download the games anymore? Completely separate issue, especially seeing as how some these games had lengthy sp campaigns and not just mp.“

So again, which is it? Do you hate all digital or do you want it?

Inverno408d ago

On PC I don't think it's much of a problem but I'm sad to see BF43 being shut down. I haven't played it in a while since it's stuck on PS3, but i preferred it way more over BF3. It was the lack of invisible barriers which made it better for me.

badz149408d ago

BFBC2 was still the best overall package offered by the franchise so far IMO

porkChop408d ago

Absolutely. BC2 was such a great game. It's a shame we never got BC3.

P_Bomb407d ago

I had a great run on Bad Company 2. Pound for pound, as solid a BF package as there’s been.

InUrFoxHole408d ago

Does anyone play the last BF anymore? I searched crossplay servers and it was 20 people the most on all the servers? Can never find a game

SonyStyled408d ago

The last BC you mean? I was still able to find 10v10 on ps3 2 years ago on NA servers during the evenings. I have all the free and paid dlc installed, but there want any matches in the Vietnam dlc.

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Battlefield 2042 Is More Than Enough To Prove We Need Bad Company 3

With this multiplayer experiment going every way but right, it's time for Battlefield to return to what made it so great - a fun single player mode coupled with classic multiplayer.

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DaCajun888d ago

Yes, because there is no way they could screw up a BFBC 3 like they just did the last 2 Battlefield games, right?. /s

They're not the same DICE devs they used to be they're just EA puppets. You will just keep getting COD/APEX/SEIGE BF games now, because idiots keep throwing money at EA for this garbage.

seanpitt23888d ago (Edited 888d ago )

BF is dead especially after this abysmal release.. what have EA done to this beloved franchise.. it’s really upsetting they are so far disconnected from what the actual fans want from this series.. such a same

If they would of made BC3 and stuck to the same formula as BC2 but gave it the next gen treatment it would of been a massive hit

LucasRuinedChildhood888d ago (Edited 888d ago )

Tbh, I think BF 2042 was a battle royale, and then they changed direction mid-development and didn't have enough time to finish it properly before EA's deadline. Specialists make more sense in a br, for example.

Like Halo Infinite before its delay, it needed at least an extra year of development. When you think about it, Infinite had 6 years and BF 2042 had just 3 years. It seems that's just not enough time to make a high quality AAA game anymore.

LucasRuinedChildhood888d ago (Edited 888d ago )

Here's evidence for BF 2042 originally being a battle royale game, heavily influenced by Apex Legends:
https://gamerant.com/battle...

ChubbyBlade888d ago

It did start as a battle royale. It’s pretty obvious. All the pieces are there.

isarai888d ago

Thing is i dont think they're capable of capturing what made those fun/different anymore.

Fluke_Skywalker888d ago

They actually admitted that in an interview a while back. They quite openly said they had no idea what made those games so popular and how to recapture it.
Maybe if they actually went and played BC2 they would find out.

RetroCaptainSteve888d ago

I mean, if they can bring back fun Star Wars single player games, anything's possible, yeah?

Gardenia888d ago (Edited 888d ago )

I think that says more about the people working on games nowadays. They have no idea what they are doing and aren't true gamers themselves. Because gaming is a billion money industry they follow the orders of the business men and investors who only look at making maximum profit of games.

Look at the beta and the launch of Battlefield 2042 alone; how can you not see the negative reactions of the community coming? That alone tells us enough of the people involved in making the game.

Yppupdam888d ago (Edited 888d ago )

Really? They don't understand what made the Bad Company games popular, or they just don't want to admit what made them popular...That is most likely what the creatively bankrupt writers of the Disney made Star Wars films say about The original trilogy. They don't want to admit that the people before them were just better and that ALL the things that make the Bad company games great are the same things that they probably deem "problematic". Just think how they would destroy Haggard if they made a new game? Everything about his character makes modern game developers sob and run for the first safe space filled with teddys and the soothing voice if Anita Sarkeesian piped in from a speaker in the ceiling.

Sheppard7t3888d ago

Like Ubisoft and the recent Splinter Cell rumors, I don’t trust EA/DICE in its current form anymore. They’d find a way to ruin Bad Company 3.

Azurite888d ago

Bad Company 2 was amazing but I'm afraid they'd mess it up with a new game.

Ninver888d ago

Better yet remake with new engine and new coat of paint. Plus all the bells and whistles of next gen

badz149888d ago

BFBC + BFBC2 remasters for next gen. skip last gen altogether. lower chance for them to screw it up rather than trusting them to make a new BFBC3

annoyedgamer888d ago

EA knows players want BC3 the same way Activision knows players want MW2 back. They will not make it because the goal is to make games built around MTX and Battle Royale.

Ninver888d ago

Very strong point. I see the light

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