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TheSinkingKnight · Oct 27, 2015

http://charlieintel.com/2015/10/27/...eater-mode-storage-requirements-and-dlc-info/

On top of no campaign, they will have to live through the frame rate scaling from 30 to 60 FPS in competitive multiplayer. That's going to be very jarring and an awful experience for those playing on these consoles.

The multiplayer mode on PS3 and Xbox 360 will scale between 30- 60 FPS, while the frame rate in Zombies mode is 30 FPS.

They will also have to have a large installation:

PS3 users will need 16 GB of storage space to download Call of Duty: Black Ops III update, which includes 8 GB for the initial download and 8 GB for installation. Upon installation, the game will require 8 GB of storage space on PS3. Xbox 360 users will need 8 GB of space for download and installation.

OnionPowder · Oct 27, 2015

8GB isn't crazy but fluctuating framerate between 30 and 60 in an competitive shooter is just dumb.

Sho_Nuff82 · Oct 27, 2015

Um, why not just lock it at 30?

I hope no one here is buying these versions.

brickarts295 · Oct 27, 2015

x24hrs2livex · Oct 27, 2015

Why are they even bothering?

HORRORSHØW · Oct 27, 2015

the best of both worlds

Colonel Nasty · Oct 27, 2015

Akame ga Kill said:
Why are they even bothering?

$$$$$$$$

Summer Haze · Oct 27, 2015

Should have just kept it at a locked 30fps. Fluctuating between 30-60fps is going to be jarring as fuck, especially in a competitive MP shooter.

Magwik · Oct 27, 2015

I can't imagine that the money spent on getting this to even work and run is worth the copies it will sell.

Creaking · Oct 27, 2015

Jeeze. At this rate, the next Call of Duty will be honorarily cross-gen. You buy the PS3/360 version, open the box, and you find a $10 discount voucher on a new console of your choice.

Dee Dah Dave · Oct 27, 2015

That's pathetic. Who makes these stupid decisions?

Just lock the damn thing at 30 if you can't hit 60 consistently.

Stone Ocean · Oct 27, 2015

So what you're saying is that the game will run at 60 then randomly dip to 30?

wat

TheDanger · Oct 27, 2015

Akame ga Kill said:
Why are they even bothering?

because it will still sell.

Omega · Oct 27, 2015

30fps is bad enough, but a stable framerate is always preferable to an unstable one.

NeOak · Oct 27, 2015

So this means 60 fps in menus only.

Ayyyyyy lmao

Lilalaunebaer · Oct 27, 2015

Wait. Scaling? Have different modes different fps?

Because otherwise, this is just a fluctuating framerate....

Zophar · Oct 27, 2015

This has no reason to exist. Nobody who buys this is going to be pleased with it.

matrix-cat · Oct 27, 2015

The fuck is 'framerate scaling'? Don't they just mean they're leaving it unlocked so it can fluctuate wildly and look terrible all the time?

sixteen-bit · Oct 27, 2015

it just keeps sounding worse and worse

and only a $10 discount off current gen FOH

BokehKing · Oct 27, 2015

This is going to be so damn jarring to the unaware, this will hurt the brand more than anything

UX Genes · Oct 27, 2015

Get a PS4

/thread

Sho_Nuff82 · Oct 27, 2015

StaticJam said:
I can't imagine that the money spent on getting this to even work and run is worth the copies it will sell.

This will still sell at least 3 to 5 million copies to people who refuse to upgrade.

devilsadvocat said:
This is going to be so damn jarring to the unaware, this will hurt the brand more than anything

Last gen struggle ports have been a known quantity for generations now. Hitting 30 is still light years better than, say, the SNES version of Street Fighter Alpha 2, or the Wii version of Dead Rising. They won't be advertised at all on TV or in print, retailers will order the fewest copies ever on those systems and push the next gen uptake.

TheDanger · Oct 27, 2015

I know games that lock to 30 when vsync is enabled if it can't handle 60 in certain areas on PC, that's probably what this will will be like, unacceptable for a sp game, downright laughable for a competitive mp shooter.

You'd think they care that COD 4 probably feels better than this will.

zma1013 · Oct 27, 2015

You will get 60 fps when staring up at the blank sky and 30 fps when you look anywhere else.

Triggerhappytel · Oct 27, 2015

Akame ga Kill said:
Why are they even bothering?

Because it'll probably still sell a couple of million copies.

RS4- · Oct 27, 2015

Call of Dollar. Only way to explain it.

Alcoholikaust · Oct 27, 2015

TheSinkingKnight said:
On top of no campaign, they will have to live through the frame rate scaling from 30 to 60 FPS in competitive multiplayer.

wow. i thought it couldnt get any worse

Dicer · Oct 27, 2015

"framerate scaling"

I have officially heard it all, lol

Pez · Oct 27, 2015

So basically, look at wall = 60FPS

look into field = 30FPS.

SliceSabre · Oct 27, 2015

That sounds like a fuck awful multiplayer experience in the making.

burgerdog · Oct 27, 2015

Pez said:
So basically, look at wall = 60FPS

look into field = 24FPS.

Fixed that for you, it sucks that they're not willing to sacrifice graphics as much as possible to give these versions a solid 60fps.

GitarooMan · Oct 27, 2015

The relatively narrow market for this is not going to care about this. These are people who spend $50 dollars on this game in 2015 yet haven't spend $3-400 on a console at any point over the last 2 years.

gtj1092 · Oct 27, 2015

A valiant achievement for the developers.

BibiMaghoo · Oct 27, 2015

Why not just say Vsync?

It's doesn't scale. It locks at 30 or 60 fps depending on load.

Green Yoshi · Oct 27, 2015

Treyarch should have done the port. Then it would run with 60 fps, but without a coop-feature and with low res textures.

Too bad that High Moon Studios had to port Destiny: The Taken King. They have done a good job with porting Advanced Warfare to last gen.

I wonder who will port Tony Hawks Pro Skater 5 to last gen? The developers of the PS4/One version? It didn't even run fluid on those much more powerful systems.

RichiRamjag · Oct 27, 2015

NeOak said:
So this means 60 fps in menus only.

Ayyyyyy lmao

Or when looking at the sky.

Madao · Oct 27, 2015

this is just an elaborate ploy to make people jump to current gen!

Kysen · Oct 27, 2015

Variable frame rate means tearing out the wazoo, they should just cancel it.

Green Yoshi · Oct 27, 2015

Madao said:
this is just an elaborate ploy to make people jump to current gen!

Not releasing it for last gen would be smarter.

cgcg · Oct 27, 2015

Should've just called it dynamic framerate.

Whompa02 · Oct 27, 2015

i feel bad for the people who get this without knowing any better

HazySaiyan · Oct 27, 2015

LOL, framerate 'scaling' is some amazing fucking spin.

Zombegoast · Oct 27, 2015

Half of everything, double the download space.

antitrop · Oct 27, 2015

Activision has no shame.

whitehawk · Oct 27, 2015

Damn. Could this be the last cross-gen COD?

Possumowner · Oct 27, 2015

Well why not just lock it at 30.Or is it just not as simple as that?Or just release it on current gen hardware only.

darkwing-buck · Oct 27, 2015

antitrop said:
Activision has no shame.

Seriously, so embarrassing.

The Last Wizard · Oct 27, 2015

whitehawk said:
Damn. Could this be the last cross-gen COD?

Nope, money still there to be made:/ at least current gen won't suffer.

thehillissilent · Oct 27, 2015

HazySaiyan said:
LOL, framerate 'scaling' is some amazing fucking spin.

Resolution scaling just wasn't enough for them.

MUnited83 · Oct 27, 2015

oh boy, what a shitshow.

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