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Day 1 patch makes COD: Ghosts SP 1080p on PS4, is 720p without patch

This IW Native 1080P quote sounds like a load of lies, I'm going to let detective GAF figure this out though as I don't have the technical knowledge.
 
Why 1080p is important: "Buzzword"
Battlefield4_12_Detail.png

720p | 900p | 1080p

Why 60 frames is important: "Buzzword"
http://frames-per-second.appspot.com/

If you can't tell the difference in the first image... I suggest getting your eyes checked. You are missing out on clarity. :-(

If you can't tell the difference when adjusting frames... I think you're out of luck. :-( The rest of us can see the difference. Some of us can even tell the difference between 120 and 60 frames... Granted you need a proper display to check.
 
How does this make sense?

1 - Why would reviewers get a "not-final-version" which is BETTER than the final one?

2 - Why do consumers have to download a patch for 1080p SP and reviewers have it by default?

3 - Why did they review a non final version?

4 - Why didn't they say it wasn't a retail version IN the review?

It's getting WORSE.

1. If you believe Activision, it's caused by a bug that was introduced in the final retail code.

2. Reviewers played non-final code.

3. It happens all the time.

4. They didn't specifically call out that it wasn't a retail version, but they did say it was reviewed on development hardware.
 

stew

Member
Not too hard to understand. They took the lastest hottest version to the review event. The gold-version was finished before this version, so the game at the review event already had the "Day 1" resolution patch.
So where does the version in the videos in 720p come from?
 
Almost every gaming site don't give a fuck about the consumers. They will do or say anything just to get clicks. Arthur is the biggest troll in the business. I'm 99% positive he says stupid shit on purpose just to drive traffic.

PS4 has no games *reviews 20 games*
Can't tell difference between 720p/1080p *makes comments on differences when there wasn't any*

Hilarious.
 

Metfanant

Member
as far as I can tell since the day one patch is not live, no one has played ps4 ghosts SP in 1080...

unless we can confirm that early review copies had the final resolutions on them.

No...you're not bothering to READ...lol...it actually seems that reviewers (if you believe the guy that did the Polygon review..not Goes)...played pre retail versions that were CORRECT...

but something went wrong with the retail version...

Though this doesn't explain where all of the 720p comparison videos came from
 

Corto

Member
Quaz51 posted the info and GAF went into rage mode.... Is the basic summary.

There were people yesterday on that identified that something fishy was happening on the images that some reviewers were publishing of both versions (dark10x and Lord Error).
 

EvB

Member
Almost every gaming site don't give a fuck about the consumers. They will do or say anything just to get clicks. Arthur is the biggest troll in the business. I'm 99% positive he says stupid shit on purpose just to drive traffic.

PS4 has no games *reviews 20 games*
Can't tell difference between 720p/1080p *makes comments on differences when there wasn't any*

Hilarious.

Even the official Xbox magazine website had a click baiting article designed to drive the traffic of angry fanboys. Console War economy.
 

Rapstah

Member
If a 1080p version was sent out as review copies, why is it that GAF, or whoever it was, noticed this from comparisons supposedly made on review copies? Were the comparisons done by average Joes who had the retail game already for PS4 and XB1?
 
No...you're not bothering to READ...lol...it actually seems that reviewers (if you believe the guy that did the Polygon review..not Goes)...played pre retail versions that were CORRECT...

but something went wrong with the retail version...

Though this doesn't explain where all of the 720p comparison videos came from

Exactly.

This reeks of crap.
 

Orca

Member
Not too hard to understand. They took the lastest hottest version to the review event. The gold-version was finished before this version, so the game at the review event already had the "Day 1" resolution patch.

The day one resolution patch that wasn't even a thing until JUST NOW?
 

Krisprolls

Banned
It never will, but if it ever came out that Activision actually did this intentionally because Microsoft paid them, I would think Sony would have something to say about it. It goes beyond just how this game performs, it can set an expectation of power across future multiplatform games.

Of course they did this intentionally. Do you think they just found out after the reviews that they could double the number of pixels ? Really ? A small difference, some effects, yeah, but not that big. They basically destroyed the PS4 version there, not in what it looks (it's not that huge on screen), but in terms of what it computes. It runs at 50 % of what it can do in terms of pixels. But hey, day one patch my friends. Just after the reviews and shop demos. When it won't matter too much for Xbox sales.

They could have told the reviewers, don't you think it's strange they "forgot" to talk about that ?It's not like it wasn't important.

Only thing that saves us is a lot of publishers aren't as shitty as Activision with this kind of things.
 

Chobel

Member
Now the question, where did the media get 720p CoD videos? Aren't the videos supposed to be 1080p because that's resolution of the build they reviewed?
 

daman824

Member
If anything this shows that journalists were telling the truth when they said they couldn't tell the difference.

edit--nvm saw that the reviewers got 1080p unfinished build. But then how does that explain the ign video?
 

Axass

Member
1. If you believe Activision, it's caused by a bug that was introduced in the final retail code.

2. Reviewers played non-final code.

3. It happens all the time.

4. They didn't specifically call out that it wasn't a retail version, but they did say it was reviewed on development hardware.

Seems plausible, but how do we explain the IGN footage then, which appears as 720p for PS4 as well?
 

liquidtmd

Banned
Patch errors that piss off gamers - OK

Patch errors that spring up shortly after launch - OK

Realise very late on after pressing that somethings wrong and issuing a day 1 patch - OK

Making Day 1 online patches mandatory for consoles or they won't work - eeeerrrmmm OK I guess

Patching your actual game resolution as a day 1 update whilst reviewers either don't tell or aren't told this and failure to do so means a lower resolution going forward - what in the actual fuck
 
Why 1080p is important: "Buzzword"
Battlefield4_12_Detail.png

720p | 900p | 1080p

Why 60 frames is important: "Buzzword"
http://frames-per-second.appspot.com/

If you can't tell the difference in the first image... I suggest getting your eyes checked. You are missing out on clarity. :-(

If you can't tell the difference when adjusting frames... I think you're out of luck. :-( The rest of us can see the difference. Some of us can even tell the difference between 120 and 60 frames... Granted you need a proper display to check.

To be clear: I don´t say it´s not important. Not at all. I just find it funny how many people are directly measuring the quality of a game with these terms since the dawn of the new gen. It´s used like blast processing in the 90s. Kids and journalists are bragging with these terms but as we see in this thread they don´t even know what they are talking about. Thats what i call a buzzword. 1080p is a standard on pc for years. actually we already moved on. But on consoles it´s a "new" marketing term. And therefore a buzzword. And it works - at least for ign.
 
How does this make sense?

1 - Why would reviewers get a "not-final-version" which is BETTER than the final one?

2 - Why do consumers have to download a patch for 1080p SP and reviewers have it by default?

3 - Why did they review a non final version?

4 - Why didn't they say it wasn't a retail version IN the review?

It's getting WORSE.

makes sense to me, the consumer retail disks have code that is months old, Activision sent more recent code to reviewers, the retail disks have to be patched, the ones sent to reviewers don't
 

Donny

Member
There were people yesterday on that identified that something fishy was happening on the images that some reviewers were publishing of both versions (dark10x and Lord Error).

I know, I saw a few gaffers pointing this out myself. But Quaz51 laying down #truthfacts was the last nail in the coffin.
 

KoopaTheCasual

Junior Member
This is clearly all a plot by IW to bring down GAF. CoD: Ghosts was never meant to exist. It is the code name for a sinister operation to take us down. IW has grown weary of our incessant barking about their low quality games. Ghosts is without a doubt a covert attempt at dismantling the very foundation of GAF by feeding us confusing snippets of conflicting information until the servers spontaneously combust.

Their plan was so meticulous, they have even anticipated our premature scrutiny over the PS4 720p footage. They have successfully turned us against the very outlets and reviewers that we had once trusted and held dear. They have isolated us from each other, pitting us against each other in ridiculous fanboy fights. They have thrown us onto our backs, forcing us to call into question our very own eyes when discerning native vs. upscaled 1080p. We're already hysterical from the events of this week, and GAF continues to fluctuate in and out of service. We're on our last legs, and they have us right where they want us. Flawless. All according to keikaku.

tumblr_mk6v3cWNld1s4yg05o1_500.jpg
 

stew

Member
Or maybe he hasn't?
That's right, but as Ign was unable to notice that in the video they published, the PS4 version was running at 720p I don't trust him.

I think he was unable to know if the version he reviewed was running at 720p or 1080p, without asking to Activision.
 

Orca

Member
Of course they did this intentionally. Do you think they just found out after the reviews that they could double the number of pixels ? Really ? A small difference, some effects, yeah, but not that big. They basically destroyed the PS4 version there, not in what it looks (it's not that huge on screen), but in terms of what it computes. It runs at 50 % of what it can do in terms of pixels. But hey, day one patch my friends. Just after the reviews and shop demos. When it won't matter too much for Xbox sales.

They could have told the reviewers, don't you think it's strange they "forgot" to talk about that ?It's not like it wasn't important.

Only thing that saves us is a lot of publishers aren't as shitty as Activision with this kind of things.

That's adorable. Completely insane theory, but adorable all the same.
 

EvB

Member
makes sense to me, the consumer retail disks have code that is months old, Activision sent more recent code to reviewers, the retail disks have to be patched, the ones sent to reviewers don't

So how dust they get 720p footage from their special update review copies.

Also, have any outlets stated they have received debug PS4s?
 
This is clearly all a plot by IW to bring down GAF. CoD: Ghosts was never meant to exist. It is the code name for a sinister operation to take us down. IW has grown weary of our incessant barking about their low quality games. Ghosts is without a doubt a covert attempt at dismantling the very foundation of GAF by feeding us confusing snippets of conflicting information until the servers spontaneously combust.

Their plan was so meticulous, they have even anticipated our premature scrutiny over the PS4 720p footage. They have successfully turned us against the very outlets and reviewers that we had once trusted and held dear. They have isolated us from each other, pitting us against each other in ridiculous fanboy fights. They have thrown us onto our backs, forcing us to call into question our very own eyes when discerning native vs. upscaled 1080p. We're already hysterical from the events of this week, and GAF continues to fluctuate in and out of service. We're on our last legs, and they have us right where they want us. Flawless. All according to keikaku.

tumblr_mk6v3cWNld1s4yg05o1_500.jpg

Im just going to choose to believe this, my mind cant take all these flip flops.
 
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