MotorStorm Not Supporting "True HD"

[BrewCityUpstart]

One of the PS3's most appealing aspects is its "true HD" capability; even at launch, there were several games that would support at least 720p, and even a couple that supported 1080i and 1080p (Ridge Racer 7, for example). More titles that take advantage of the beauty of HD are on the way, including the upcoming Virtua Tennis 3, which should be the second game on the system to support full 1080p HD.

But despite confirmation from SCEA senior vice president of marketing Peter Dille that MotorStorm would run at 60fps in wonderful 1080p, it seems the game has slipped. Instead, it appears Sony has retracted the comment and confirmed the game will only handle 720p, and 30fps.

It's disappointing, to be sure, but at the same time, 720p is high-definition (Resistance: Fall of Man supported 720p)...we just hope that 30fps doesn't infringe on the hectic gameplay. But just to clarify, MotorStorm will not be "true HD," so those of you with great new HD TVs needn't be confused.
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[GoatMother]

The demo at 720p already looks better than anything else out there by far (as racers go), I'm more than happy with the demo build. The final build will be even better.

[dmiller68]

I'm not sure what the big deal about 1080i is which is the same ruffly as 540p. As far as it not being 1080p I don't think it is a big deal becuase it looked real good at 720p from what I saw.

[Peench]

Wait a sec, I thought 720 was not HD and that only 1080p was true hi-def?

That sucks, but oh well. My buddy let me borrow ridge racer but I haven't had a chance to play it yet. Now that I know its in 1080p, I'm gonna hafta give it a go.

[Serren]

Spoon told you all this would happen....

[GoatMother]

1080p is impossible

[BiffCo]

1080p is overrated. You wouldn't be able to visually tell a difference. 60fps, on the other hand, would yield a smoother appearence to the video.

-Brad

[CamDawg]

True that 1080p won't make a difference, and I wouldn't give two hoots if Sony's marketing hype machine wouldn't have been such asses about TrueHD. Sorry MC, but Sony can't act like a bunch of jagoffs over the Xbox 360 not being TrueHD when they can't deliver on it and not take a ton of crap in return. Any flak Sony gets from this is well deserved because this is entirely of their own making.

[Jon Liu]

Well said, CamDawg!

Brad, I agree about 60fps. I'd take a game with 720p@ 60fps over a game with 1080p@ 30fps ANYDAY.

It's all about framerate. Framerate equals playability for me. Part of the reason why I didn't finish Splinter Cell: DA and ended up selling it. It's hard convincing a hard-core PC gamer to play console games in less than ideal situations, as it is with the framerates. I was used to doing as much as I could to get 60fps or more sometimes 2 to 3 times as many.

[GoatMother]

"Brad, I agree about 60fps. I'd take a game with 720p@ 60fps over a game with 1080p@ 30fps ANYDAY."

I'll even take 480p 60fps over 720p 30fps, take that!

[Peench]

Oh yeah, I'll take 480i distributed wirelessly!! Yeah, I said it!

[GoatMother]

lol, sweet!

[Jon Liu]

dang... I don't have a come-back that doesn't involve someone's mom...