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Battlefield: Hardline won’t hit 1080p on consoles

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Battlefield Hardline not hitting 1080p?

Hardline is shifting the Battlefield gears a bit this year, trading in the military for an incredibly militarised police force. Visceral has been hard at work trying to create a game that makes up for all of Battlefield 4’s mistakes, but it looks like some “features” just can’t be shaken off. Like the resolution the game will run at apparently, as it’s going to mimic Battlefield 4.

In an interview with Australian website Games.on.net, EA PR confirmed that Visceral was aiming at launching Hardline at the same resolution on Xbox One and PS4 as Battlefield 4 (which was a launch title for both). Back then, Battlefield 4 ran at 720p on Xbox One and 900p on PS4, and over a year later it seems the engine hasn’t been able to produce anything better. Both versions will, however, aim for the sweet 60FPS mark.

Now coming from a localised PR agency casts some doubt over the authenticity of the information, which lead to a follow-up from Videogamer. An EA representative didn’t deny the information given by the local EA PR agency, but did state that there was no new information to share at the time. Now that the bta is out, we have real evidence that the game does indeed run at 720p on the Xbox One, and 900p on the PS4.

This obviously goes against so many previous claims about Hardline. At E3 last year Sony VP of publisher and developer relations, Adam Boyes, promised payers that Hardline would run at 1080p when it launched on PS4, while Visceral creative director Ian Milham confirmed that it would be the same on Xbox One. Judging from the beta alone, it seems neither is the case. And with the launch on a month and a bit away, there isn’t much time for Visceral to do anything about it if this really is the case.

Although it’s all a bit puzzling. I’m struggling to believe that the Battlefield implementation of Frostbite 3 engine hasn’t evolved since the launch of Battlefield 4. But if Visceral can’t get anything more out of it, what more are they meant to do?

Last Updated: February 4, 2015

19 Comments

  1. They could try make something new. There’s a thought?

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    • Ceyber, The Metal Rabbit

      February 4, 2015 at 13:18

      Why do that when all you need to do is lie (blatantly), build momentous hype and then get your profits from pre-order sales? Why waste all that effort?

      Recycled ‘sequels’ and broken, incomplete products. Welcome to “AAA”.

      Speaking of which, were you foolish enough to grab Dying Light? 😛

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      • Tosh MA

        February 4, 2015 at 13:19

        LOL nope. Dying Light was dead before it saw the light.

        For the rest, 100% there. No effort + marketing budget = profit.

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      • Tosh MA

        February 4, 2015 at 13:21

        • Ceyber, The Metal Rabbit

          February 4, 2015 at 13:35

          Great piece, short but true.

          Bear with me for a sec: I think the bigger companies might be playing with a formula similar to that of the supermarket industry (with regards to their queuing system at the checkout tills). Can’t remember the exact term but basically they purposefully keep only a few tills open at any given time.

          This saves on payroll – and thus profit – but there’s a downside; customers leave when they have to wait in a queue for too long. There’s an actual formula they use where the profit lost from customers leaving is less than the amount of profit gained from keeping tills closed.

          In other words, “AAA” keep doing this shit because the few customers that do jump ship aren’t enough of a loss to warrant a change in business practice(s).

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          • Tosh MA

            February 4, 2015 at 13:42

            That’s quite depressing. 🙁

          • Ceyber, The Metal Rabbit

            February 4, 2015 at 13:50

            I know… sorry!

            I think too much -_-

  2. Tosh MA

    February 4, 2015 at 13:08

    Consoles. The only thing they get in HD is their porn.

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    • Rock789

      February 4, 2015 at 13:19

      Depends on the line connection they have… Or so I’ve been told… 😉

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    • Jaded_Reprobate

      February 4, 2015 at 13:22

      it’s the H D

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      • Tosh MA

        February 4, 2015 at 13:22

        LOL and EUW. XD

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  3. Galbedir

    February 4, 2015 at 13:11

    • Tosh MA

      February 4, 2015 at 13:18

      lel

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    • RustedFaith

      February 4, 2015 at 17:12

      rofl

      “Whats the next level… is it welfare mountain?”

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  4. Aries

    February 4, 2015 at 13:13

    BFH feels alot like BF3, the movement isnt fluent going off this beta and the weapons sounds and feel is similar to BF3 as well, which sucks when I’m used to playing BF4 which gets the movement and guns right

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  5. Blood Emperor Trevor

    February 4, 2015 at 13:17

    The sad thing is that this wouldn’t even matter if they hadn’t all bragged about everything hitting 1080p & 60fps before the consoles were even released.

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  6. Martin Spierings

    February 4, 2015 at 13:21

    As long as i cannot count pixels i’m fine. It matters more to me that the netcode is solid and the balance is reasonable. But its still a beta. Couldn’t it be that they run some kind of diagnostics in the background?

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  7. Admiral Chief

    February 4, 2015 at 13:56

    Well duh!

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  8. oVg elfroot slayer

    February 4, 2015 at 16:13

    GOOOOOOOD Gameplay should come before graphics.

    Odd tho, Battlefield was always 30fps while COD was always 60fps. Now its the opposite lol.

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