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Call of Duty: Ghosts is expected to make its way onto next-gen consoles like the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, and for the most part we guess gamers expect the game to be similar regardless of which platform they choose. Well it turns out that might not be the case as Activision has since confirmed that Call of Duty: Ghosts will run on 720p HD resolution for the Xbox One, while the PlayStation 4 will enjoy the game at 1080p Full HD resolution, although the upside is that both consoles will run the game at 60fps.

According to the game’s producer, Mark Rubin, “Hey, been on the road last couple weeks so haven’t had a chance to update, but wanted to confirm that for Xbox One we’re 1080p upscaled from 720p. And, we’re native 1080p on PS4.  We optimized each console to hit 60 FPS and the game looks great on both. Still on the road, but glad to see the great reception to Extinction.  Can’t wait for next week’s launch.” We’re not sure what’s with the difference in resolution, especially since some developers think both consoles are nearly identical, so could this be a software issue then? Either way it seems a little too early to tell, so perhaps a teardown or benchmarks should be able to shed some light on the reason why.

Call Of Duty: Ghosts Will Be Native 720p For The Xbox One original content from Ubergizmo.

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With the impending launch of the PS4, the premier launch title Killzone: Shadow Fall is getting a lot of press. Incredibly, the original size of the game files before compression was used was a whopping 290 GB according to details recently published. Considering the game has always been intended to be offered as a digital download, I can only imagine how long that download would take at my house.

Shadow Fall was eventually compressed down to 40 GB to enable it to fit on a Blu-ray disc. That said, 40GB is still a massive download for people who opt to purchase digitally. One reason the game was so large was because all of the textures are incredibly high resolution. The game also reportedly has a very large surface area around 5 to 10 times larger than Killzone 3 offered.

“I think at some point the disc image that we were generating was around 180 gigs,” said Guerrilla Games’ technical director Michiel van der Leeuw. “And if we would have put all the levels in, which we didn’t, because then the disc image generator broke, it would have been around 290 gigs of data.”

The good news for people hoping to purchase the game in digital format is that the PlayStation 4 will have the PlayGo system that allows you to download only a portion of the game before you can play. The bad news is that portion is still 7.5 GB meaning many people will wait many hours just to download the first portion of the game. Probably better to just buy the game on disc, if you ask me.

[via Forbes]

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