Ghostbusters PS3 resolution fixed

Mike Jackson from CVG writes:

"A patch for the PS3 version of Ghostbusters has just been release, most significantly increasing the games resolution to match that of the 360, following the internet uproar. Making all that noise seemed to work.

Here's the official word..."

[Stryfeno2]

Lol...So Lens of Truth was right.

[AssassinHD]

A broken watch is right twice a day.

[54percent]

Oh dear, they can fix the PS3 but not me *sniff*

[Stryfeno2]

Hahahaaa...Look at all the disagrees. I'm see the droids are still in denial. Enjoy your patch suckers. LMAO.

[WaitStation 3]

PatchStation 3 slim = $299.

[jack_burt0n]

Wow thats impressive. still pretty shocking the trophies were broke but i will pick this up now.

[kapedkrusader]

...after originally claiming to lead the game on the PS3 and take advantage of the cell and then giving us PS3 owners a game that looked worse the the 360 version. Man, that was a kick in the balls. I'm still a bit bitter and unimpressed with the demo. I'll pick this game up at the bargain bin.

[jack_burt0n]

I agree but some things were blown out of proportion there was less screentearing on ps3 and the physics were better, it was also in dev for such a long time doubt they could have started on ps3. The low rez textures were pretty poor but as you said its worth £20 :)

[Gamertags]

That is how most games are. Generally better on the 360. You should know that by now mate.

[nycredude]

kapekrusader

Don't listen to any of these idiots. There were some difference in the two versions. Some good some bad but unless you plan on playing both next to each other to compare you won't notice.

If you are a Ghostbusters fan this game is as good as it gets and is complete fan service. By it and play it and enjoy.

@gamertags Nice try trolling. It's not 2007 anymore. Multiplats are pretty even now with small difference that, if you notice, then you are playing the game wrong. I play games to enjoy them irregardless of what console it's on, not to pick out all the minor differences in different versions.

[Sarcasm]

Interesting, I didn't know resolution can be increased via patch.

[raztad]

@gamertags

That's no longer true. Recent games are more or less identical, sometimes the xbox get the "edge" but to the naked eye that "edge" is nonexistent. Batman:AA is a proof multiplat games (even using UE3 engine) can excel on the PS3.

I need to acknowledge third party developers hard work to learn the Ps3 hardware. PS3 arch is definitely harder to develop for, but I think they are getting familiar with it.

Good to know Ghostbusters visuals are getting improved. Probably devels didnt have enough time/know-how to push the PS3 hard enough.

[Ju]

@Sarcasm The assets might have been the same on the disk, but they could for example rework the memory handling completely to free up the space to increase the back buffer size and thus increase the overall resolution. That's just code and does not really affect the data, thus possible to patch.

[lordgodalming]

Already beaten this twice. Now I've got a reason for a third go.

Honestly, I didn't see this coming. I don't know why the graphical and trophy problems were there to begin with, but I'll give some props to the developers for owning up to it and fixing their blunders.

[chewmandinga]

whats wrong with the trophies like?

[joydestroy]

thank you thank you thank you!!! i will be picking this up now as well.

[Carl1412]

I didn't think there was that much wrong with the graphics in the first place to be honest, but good to know that Terminal Reality and Atari can admit they made a mistake and do something about it.

Fixing the trophies is good though finally i can get the last few i need :)

[Ri0tSquad]

Had no idea this was possible.

[Anon1974]

I've currently playing through it on my PS3 and I was having a blast. If you're a Ghostbusters fan, you owe it to yourself to give this game a try.

As for all the noise about resolution and what not, I didn't pay much attention to that. The game played great, looked good and the dialog has been spot on. Never had any freezing issues yet.

When I looked at buying this game, I saw all the fuss that was being made by a couple of sites, but overall reviewers were saying at was excellent. Just check the metacritic scores. Those reviewers didn't play some other game, they obviously thought that the game was worth your money even if one version did have a lower resolution. I'll take reviewers opinion's of Lens of Truth comparisons any day. Just because one version might have some shadows or something that stand out versus the other version, that in no way is going to affect my enjoyment of a title.

And now it's fixed. Issue resolved. Do you think LOT will do another comparison now?

[lokiroo420]

I wonder if sony stepped in and had a talk with them?

[IdleLeeSiuLung]

All that noise finally did the work, but this shouldn't have happened in the first place, but at least terminal reality came clean and fixed it.

Other companies would probably just leave it as is....

[CrazedFiend]

Why did they purposely release a substandard multi-plat game on the PS3 when the OBVIOUSLY had the ability and know-how to make the games more equal

AND

how many other developers have done this in the past and not been corrected?

It's not the PS3 making the PS3 look bad. There's just been a whole lot of lazy going around.

[PS3PCFTW]

pack it in the coffin and throw it in the dumpster. 54% ;D

[Jaces]

I'm sure to get this, after a nice price drop.

Good to see them at the very least fix the resolution.

[TheReaper42]

Lesson learned here is..

If we yell loud enough, they'll get things fixed. In this case, lots of internet uproar.

[vhero]

Making noise probably didnt do anything people were just too impatient and jumped on the ps3 hate wagon as usual.

[archemides518]

MAN like i even have the SPACE to install this again

[PhDInParapsychology]

What about a patch for the 360 version??????? I need my last 2 achievements!

[lordgodalming]

The 360 patch arrived nearly two weeks ago. I don't know exactly what issues it fixed.

http://www.n4g.com/ps3/News...

[Pennywise]

Just another reason to not buy/play game at launch. I am really reconsidering when I buy games. Patches get released to improve games about a month or two after release.

[Sarcasm]

And some games end up being cheaper or have some kind of special.

[ElementX]

What about the PS3? Sony "fixed" the price and made "cosmetic" changes after a product launch. Plus they get Firmware updates every couple of months. Why not wait until the PS3 is perfect before buying one?

I could mention 360 but it doesn't have any cosmetic changes, only a lower price and it still needs improvements because they get RROD.

See the sense of that logic?

*EDIT*
sure disagree, I know consoles are different than games, however I was
just giving an example.

*EDIT*
Well you buy a PS3 right off the bat then they bring back rumble. You got to play the games since launch, but you missed out on rumble, it was still a great experience.

With games, you buy them right away, have fun playing them, and after a patch comes out, it makes the game better so you play again with all the improvements. There's no need to wait until patches come out. Only exception would be SOCOM :)

You buy a game/console right away, you get all the benefits and fun you get from them without having to wait. When firmware/patches come out, they improve things, but you had the first chance to play

[Sarcasm]

It's obviously different for a games console. But the concept still somewhat applies.

People buying a PS3 today vs three years ago, sure are lucky. An entire back catalog of games and hard hitting new ones just around the corner.

There comes a certain point where waiting too long is pointless.

So I don't know what you're getting at ElementX.

And we were talking about games, that's all. Kinda like how I wish I didn't buy Battlefield BC for $60 when today it's $15-$20 everywhere.

I also bought Mass Effect for $15 last week, a two year old game, but still ended up amazing the heck out of me.

If a game is quality, it won't matter when you buy it (unless it's 15 years and there's a PS5 out) but talking realistically here.

My point? Don't buy everything you want right away.

[Pennywise]

Element X - everything gets cheaper over time. Sony's PS3 model was A-Ok, but they still gave us the slim.

MS has a console with an absurd failure rate, yet they dont revise the model to fix this. They just made it cheaper. So I dont know why you are calling Sony out.

I am just saying, game experiences improve with patches and with the way devs think it is okay to release an unfinished product makes it hard to justify a full price tag on day one when 90% of the time you can expect a patch.

And you wonder why people disagree with you.

[Sarcasm]

"I am just saying, game experiences improve with patches and with the way devs think it is okay to release an unfinished product makes it hard to justify a full price tag on day one when 90% of the time you can expect a patch."

Amen to that Pennywise. This is one of the negative things to come out of this generation from all different developers.

I work in a high pressure environment. If we have a probe card that is a priority 1, it doesn't matter to the managers or executives if it still needs 24 hours to fix. They want it out by midnight, and unfortunately we rush it out by midnight.

Then a month or two later, that same probe card gets returned for service.

I blame it on the executives and company's sales representative for making promises the company cant keep.

I'd imagine the video game publishers are the same.

"We want Ghostbusters launched by this date."
"But sir, our QA team still have a long way to go"
"Just patch it later!!!"

[Sarcasm]

Ok you're point is a bit more clear now Element.

Basically the initial enjoyment is worth the admission.

And yes I agree. I have no buyer's remorse for paying full price for games like Killzone 2, COD4, Gears 1, Uncharted etc. etc.

But my point is, if you can get the same game cheaper. It's all the more sweeter. Just like my Mass Effect deal.

[ElementX]

Sorry I had initial problems articulating ;)

[ChozenWoan]

an actual discussion on N4G that didn't end up in flames! O.O

Bubs to all.

[ElementX]

Holy crap, that's great news!

*EDIT* i'm playing it now
I think i notice more flames when the streams hit the wall. I'm on the museum level (not too far into the game)

[techie]

I doubt that very much.

[SuperStrokey1123]

So i guess this really was a case of being lazy? Cause if it was possible to fix in a patch in such close proximity to launch that this should have been in the actual game. Either way the game is still fun

[Ju]

You never know. First they might have thought its not such a big issue in the first place, but after the public outcry Sony might have stepped in. I am pretty sure they got some advice from someone to work around their trouble, from someone who knows the HW better. Sometimes it doesn't hurt to ask, often it just gets lost in translation, because the one side doesn't know what the other side needs (and vice versa). After it became public, it was more visible, so maybe somebody from outside the studio got wind of it. Maybe that's what it was.

[Sarcasm]

Hopefully the next game they make is good from the get go.

Sort of like Batman AA, those guys made sure all versions were excellent.

[SuperStrokey1123]

Yeah i suppose, but still why didnt they ask from day 1. A developer can/should be able to see teh differences in games, especially ones they are working one every single day for a year+. If they couldnt see teh difference but regular people could it makes a person wonder, im not questioning the game or anything like that, just that the devs should have noticed and corrected this from day 1.

[Ju]

Sometimes not knowing can make you believe its a limitation on with what you work with. So it might just have appeared as a natural boundary (and maybe there was some pride involved?) - until someone tells you "listen, change that here and it'll work".

[Godmars290]

How does this not say that the devs didn't do as good a job as they should have in the first place? That others are, or aren't, doing the same?

[ps3gogetitt]

I am still wondering whether to get the 360 or the PS3 version...

Decisions Decisions...

The joker bit is not as important because I am quite sure it will be downloadable for 360 sometime in the future.

[Arkham]

Are you talking about "BatBusters: Arkham A'Slymin'"?

[Carl1412]

Wrong game but still...Rocksteady said in an interview somewhere that it will "NEVER" come to the 360, and the 360 wouldn't have it's own excclsive DLC

[Nelson M]

Makes me Feel Good

[2FootYard]

Thats kind of sad Nelson.

[dustgavin]

No, it is funny!

[Ninji]

I doubt anyone cares about anything this game gets. They could release a bunch of new DLC with different missions and nobody would care.

[hatchimatchi]

i bought ghostbusters and didn't really notice the resolution being bad. To me it looks like a good game. After i had bought it i did see the lens of truth comparisons and it's obvious that the 360 version looks much better, so this patch will be great for me, cause like i already said, the game looked good to me from the get go.

Also, ghostbusters is a solid game, it's not perfect but it's alot of fun. If you remotely enjoy the movies then you'll like the game. Don't let lower resolution on the ps3 ruin your outlook on the game. It's worth a purchase.

[Anon1974]

I thought that game looked great on the PS3. I'm only half way through at the moment, but there hasn't been a single issue that I've been aware of. If you're a fan of Ghostbusters, pick this game up. The dialog alone makes this game.

[sajj316]

Does anyone know where to see before and after screens? I would like to see them 'match' 360 resolution.

[commodore64]

... now all they have to do is release a patch for:

- the vaseline effect
- the screen-tear
- the reduced textures
- the angry ps3 fans

wasn't this game led on ps3?
shame!

[Sarcasm]

Yes it's a shame.

But the "reduced textures" and "vaseline effect" could have resulted from the lower resolution.

As for the angry ps3 fans, eh they'll cheer up. Uncharted 2 will do the trick.

[ElementX]

The vaseline filter is used in a lot of PS3 games. I dunno why that is. Maybe someone can inform me. Does the PS3 have issues with AA (look at inFamous as an example)

[PirateThom]

That vaseline filter is the result of the Quincunx anti-aliasing they use. It's not like the PS3 is incapable of using standard anti-aliasing either.

Call of Duty 4 and Rainbow Six Vegas have the same anti-aliasing on both consoles. (x2)

Uncharted uses standard anti-aliasing, (x2)

I don't know why some devs started opting for Quincux anti-aliasing with PS3 games.

[sajj316]

Its because of the type of AA method. I believe 360 is 2-4x MSAA versus PS3 which is a method called quincunx. 2 to 4xMSAA is alot more clear than quincunx

[sajj316]

Pirate ... educated guess here but I think there is less overhead on CPU when using quincunx versus standard or multi-sampling. I guess dev figured its easier to use this method and keep performance of the game somewhat reasonable to 360 version of the game.

[Sarcasm]

Quincunx is okay if used correctly. But quincunx + lower resolution = blurfest.

[Anon1974]

Any fan that would get his nose out of joint over a couple of blurred textures isn't a gamer, plain and simple. Halo 3 was sub HD, and no one was whining about that, and the screen tears were an issue on both versions of Ghostbusters.

This was always much ado about nothing, which was evident by the fact that both versions of the game still received good review scores. I'm about half way through the PS3 version right now, and it's been a blast so far! But that's the thing.

This is going to kill Commodore though. He's done nothing but bring up Ghostbusters in every second post for the past month now. He'll have to get some new material. Maybe he can explain to people playing Batman how every single PS3 multiplatform is gimped.

I play my games, I don't pause to see if I zoom into a corner and squint really hard if the light is just so and look to see if that shadow on the rock in the background look a little off.

[OpenGL]

The PS3's GPU does support 2xAA, 4xAA, and it should technically support 8xAA as Geforce 7 did, although performance would be awful. Nvidia's 2x quincunx anti-aliasing was a custom anti-aliasing method that was meant to give the quality of 4xAA with the performance of 2xAA, but in reality is just blurred the image.

It was never popular on the PC and Nvidia actually removed support for it completely with Geforce 8 series, probably because it was crap, and the fact that the 8800GTX had 24 ROPs making even 16xAA quite easy on the card in just about every game out at the time.

Most PS3 games that tend use this anti-aliasing method seem to be blurred overall, especially when compared to their Xbox 360 counterparts. One example where excessive blurring is not apparent happens to be Killzone 2.

[Anon1974]

Lens of Truth actually said "To start, they both had noticeable screen tearing and both games seem to be in the same ball park with aliasing issues."

The problem LOT had was with the resolution. They didn't say anything about the "vaseline" effect. Now the resolution is fixed. End of story. Trust Commodore to try to make it appear that this isn't a good thing for gamers.

Eurogamer stated "quincunx can work well (see Prototype for an example in this feature) but combined with the lower resolution its negative effects are amplified significantly."

Again, resolution fixed, problem fixed.
Commodore will just have to suck it up and find something new to complain about.

[ElementX]

Thanks for the responses, guys :)

[Autolycus88]

It doesn't look as dark and everything looks pretty crisp. I'm impressed. At the start screen look at the bricks on the building and you'll see. Everything else in game just looks wow.

[nightelfmohawk]

but I picked up the multiplat I was really looking forward to this week: Batman Arkham Asylum. And as everyone knows (at Lens of Truth, Metacritic, and the gamers everywhere), the PS3 version of Batman: AA is superior to the 360 version. :)

[CernaML]

Honestly, the way you're typing really makes it sound like you're actually hurt deep down inside.

[Kiroe]

That is awesome!!! I would love to see an updated comparison to see how close they are now. I hope that it isn't just a rendering resolution update, but also texture resolution.

So funny how Digital Foundry and Lens of Truth was being called out for this issue initially. I am glad they caused some noise and the developers fixed it.

[mastiffchild]

To be perfectly honest I normally(9/10) get multi platform games for my PS3 due to reliability and controller preference(and controller prference allied to where your mates game are the two best reason these days to choose)and post Orange Box I don't emember an instance where the performance of a multi has caused me to get the 360 version of a game.

However, I saw lots about Ghostbusters and as I felt that I could see the difference even from small HD vids and screenshots online that I'd wait for the 360 version(I live in England)this time. I generally don't either approve or see much point in the minutiae that LoT and DF point out as differences but this seemed really bad. I'd love to see what the difference now is as if I can pick up the PS3 version for £25(which I can)I doubt the difference is now worth the extra £20 and the wait for the 360 game.

Bery pleased that they bucked their ideas up but still, unless the differences are really immediately apparent on all set ups I wish DF and co would leave it out. Lets face it multis aren't the best looking games on either console and as they have to suffer the weakneses of noth and none of their strengths they never will be-not while parity is the desired effect.

[Veneno]

they shipped a gimped version for PS3. They explained that the patch will match resolution with 360 version. So devs really do have a 'eh, good enough' attitude when it comes to ps3 porting.

[DarkTower805]

From now on I'm only giving my money to devs that take care in ensuring an equally good experience on the PS3. Like Batmans's Rocksteady and Uncharted's Naughty Dog.

These guys I mentioned deserve every dollar, but Terminal Reality (Ghostbusters) will never see my money. I'm glad to see that alot of PS3 users are starting to do the same. We're not a small market by any means and devs will have to earn out money by giving us quality products.

[Anon1974]

I guess you're one of those guys that doesn't play games, you play graphical comparisons.

If it hadn't been for sites like Lens of Truth, most gamers would have simply played the game and enjoyed the hell out of it. Halo 3 was sub HD, but that didn't stop it from being one hell of a game. But I imagine that you didn't try it, because graphics are all that matters, eh?

[Ju]

I appreciate a developer who has the courage to admit they could have done better. I don't know why they weren't able to do this in the first place, but they didn't stop after they released the game and counted their paychecks but kept working to resolve the problem. I can respect that.

[firetaw]

to bad game engine cant take a really high resolution texture and reduce it at the size it needs in real time instead of storing many different texture sizes. like a programmable texture sizer so that the memorie is always optimized on the video card. so when you get really close you would get bigger texture size and better quality, maybe its old technologies but hey its so usefully.

[DarkTower805]

They took too long to fix something that should have never happened and now I'm no longer interested in this game. Before it came out I was going to buy it, then I read reviews and stayed away. Now, maybe, just maybe I'll rent it sometime next year.

I hope they learned their lesson on this, and damn well make sure it doesn't happen again.

[Rifle-Man]

This is pretty cool news. I just finished the game, and while it looked okay, I always wondered how it compared to the superior 360 version.

I'm playing through again on hard, so I guess we'll see.

[Rifle-Man]

It's funny, I knew I'd get disagrees just for putting the words "superior" and "360" adjacent to each other.

You guys need to lighten up, I don't even have a 360.

[bjornbear]

Sweet =) Well too bad many "ps3 infeiority" arguments are going to wilt...

[Socomer 1979]

All its takes is 1 update?

You mean to tell me that if ps3 ghostbusters gets another update then the graphics surpass any other version and it can keep getting better and better?

No Fair, PS3 wins again.

[halo3pwndsallfps]

A patch for the PS3 version

bvut btu theeeeeee ps3 mult is better!

[ForROME]

In general it cant be denied MOST developers prefer the 360 to make games for because of ease, and throw a small advantage its way because of dev time moves faster on it, that being said its getting pretty even now, but man it was hurtful for a while there.

[mastiffchild]

IMO, it's the dev tools for PC and 360 being near identical that causes the little ede some 360 multiplats get. Devs just know these kits so well that it's second nature whereas the longer "voyage of discovery" on PS3 can lead to them running low on polishing time but these days it's hardly worth noting let alone changing your console of preference over.

[DelbertGrady]

Great game. On the 360 that is (PC has no multiplayer).

I wonder if they will fix the sh!tty framerate as well?

[insomnium]

In your f*cking ugly face Soda. Take it like a man now.

[DelbertGrady]

You mean you feel like a man when you have to bend over and take inferior multiplats up the ass? I'm glad I'm not on your team.

The lo-res textures were only part of the problem. The turd that is the PS3 version of Ghostbusters needs to be buried & forgotten, not pathced. It's almost as sad as reading about new patches for Socom.

[kaz-hirai]

I wonder if they can fix the RROD, the freezing,heat issues,hard drive errors for the xbox 360? ;-D !!!!!

[insomnium]

Man to think how embarrassing this must be for you shouting about superior x360 version and even having it as an avatar for a while.

Don't go thinking that something has changed, you are still firmly on my ignore list. I just couldn't restrain myself and I had to rub this wonderfull piece of information in your face.

Note: I will not answer to you anymore on this subject. You are irrelevant to me hence you are in my ignore list. Just couldn't let an opportunity like this pass by when I saw you commenting on this topic. Sometimes I get the urge for payback when the opportunity arises.

Keep on trolling. I won't be reading your comments unless I wan't to. That's the power of the ignore button and I f*cking love it.

On a side note I have no vested interest in this superior GB-crap. I don't care about the game it's a bargain bin maybe for me. I just don't like to read sh*t. Your mouth spews sh*t. I ignore. You complain and I don't care. Me happy you sad and the world is just.

[gamingisnotacrime]

Check your TV settings and PS3 settings ( RGB FULL in the display settings)

I played the demo of GB on PS3 and 360 in my tv with the settings carefully chosen for optimal image in both consoles and i dont see the wash out visuals on the PS3 as claimed. Yes the 360 version looks better, but not that much better.
Is the game worse than the demo? the demo is good
I have ny PS3 with RGB Full, the photos i have seen of the PS3 version looks like their PS3 has RGB limited
Many claim that the RGB function is nonsense, but i saw big improvement with my TV once i set RGB to full. Try it out and judge for yourself

[archemides518]

for ALL The people posting duplicate articles can SOMEONE include a before/after pic comparison?

[archemides518]

or ALL The people posting duplicate articles can SOMEONE include a before/after pic comparison?

[Figboy]

i've owned the PS3 version since the beginning, and i never had a problem with the visuals on my HDTV.

i guess this patch is good for those people that like to split hairs and nitpick a title, instead of, you know, PLAYING it and having fun.

i doubt the texture patch will make the game any more enjoyable than it was before, but whatever. have fun.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

On one hand they were blaming the tools and now they fix the whole *problem* with a simple update. Dam Lazy ass developers

[Dawn_Of_Ashes]

They can change the resolution through a patch, anyone remember the Bioshock issue? The big daddy was pixelised as hell and they released a patch and everything was ok.

[PirateThom]

Burnout Paradise also got a resolution change via a patch.

[Ju]

That was a different thing, though. That was just a texture which had a bad res on the drive, so they might have "patched" that in. Not sure if that's the same for GB, but it actually rendered a backbuffer with a lower res then the 360 version. I am pretty sure, they haven't patched all the resource assets in (would be a couple of GB patch). At least that is what I understand when they say, both run on the same resolution now.

[ELite_Ghost]

now it deserves a rent!

[tetsuhana]

That increasing resolution is gonna make them game look any better? I get so annoyed when people complain about games not being in "True HD" is if that determines graphical quality.
This game is in 1080p Does it really matter???
http://www.rpgamer.com/game...

[TheDeadMetalhead]

B-b-b-but 360 version is better!