September 4th, 2012
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“Are you Ready for some Foot Ball?”…
| System Breakdown | Xbox 360 Stats | PlayStation 3 Stats |
| Resolutions: | Up to 1080p | Up to 720p |
| # of Discs: | Single | Single |
| HD Install: | Optional | None |
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Welcome back for another exciting Heads Up! This week we “Pass” our way through Madden 13 on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 to give you the “Heads Up” on which version out performs the other. Just remember, a Heads Up doesn’t have a winner or a loser – they’re designed to give our members a “Heads Up” on which version performs better on games that might have slipped through the cracks. In short, our members are the judge and jury on which version is the best. Heads Up winners and losers can be found on our Head2Head Index page. Check out the analysis below and enjoy.
Below are the video and the frame analysis stats.
| PlayStation 3 Frame Analysis | Xbox 360 3 Frame Analysis |
| Clip 1 info: Length of clip: 1579 frames Average FPS of clip: 28.77 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
Clip 1 info: Length of clip: 1579 frames Average FPS of clip: 28.64 Percent of torn frames: 0.06 |
| Clip 2 info: Length of clip: 996 frames Average FPS of clip: 29.31 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
Clip 2 info: Length of clip: 996 frames Average FPS of clip: 29.44 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
| Clip 3 info: Length of clip: 918 frames Average FPS of clip: 26.49 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
Clip 3 info: Length of clip: 918 frames Average FPS of clip: 29.36 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
| Clip 4 info: Length of clip: 727 frames Average FPS of clip: 55.92 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
Clip 4 info: Length of clip: 727 frames Average FPS of clip: 53.77 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
| Clip 5 info: Length of clip: 990 frames Average FPS of clip: 47.80 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
Clip 5 info: Length of clip: 990 frames Average FPS of clip: 42.50 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
| Clip 6 info: Length of clip: 774 frames Average FPS of clip: 52.98 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
Clip 6 info: Length of clip: 774 frames Average FPS of clip: 45.79 Percent of torn frames: 0.00 |
| Global percent of torn frames: 0.00 Global average FPS: 38.09 |
Global percent of torn frames: 0.02 Global average FPS: 36.45 |
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The 360 had a good bit more FPS hitches than the Ps3 and you have to remember here the Ps3 is running 720P and 360 is running it 1080P but they don’t look much different. In motion you wouldn’t notice the slight visual decrease so i’d rather play the one that has fewer hitches hindering gameplay.
I’m actually quite sick of EA not using 1080 on Ps3. Not like it doesn’t support it and use it well which it does. The games they use 720 then 1080 on look better on 360 because of this.. Please start using both systems to their fullest visual quality equally at least. You don’t buy an full range nice HDTV to watch 720P stuff or for that matter wouldn’t have a blu-ray player with a blu-ray that came with a dvd version just to watch the dvd version of the movie.
Does it matter? Neither version actually has 1080p as the native resolution anyway. At the end of the day, upscale is still just… upscale, there isn’t much of difference to talk about. Beside, the reason the PS3 doesn’t usually support the 1080p because its scaling method isn’t as effective as the Xbox 360′s, so most devs just leave at 720p (since it’s actually better to let the TV do the scaling.) Perhaps it is possible to get these kind of games to run at native 1080p, but… don’t expect that to happen from these devs.
Most “1080p” games you see aren’t actually 1080p but just an upscale. Halo 3 actually ran at 540p.
Well actually Halo 3 resolved to 1152×640 or 737280 pixels per frame compared to 960×704 or 675840 pixels per frame for Resistance 3. Resistance being upscaled to 720p and Halo be upscaled to 1080p with overall higher pixel count give better scaling overall than the over priced internet ready counterpart Resistance 3. Both looked great but Halo still had higher pixel count with Reach resolving to 720p and being upscaled to 1080p. I think it should be noted on each of these head to heads as to whether or not the given platform is displaying to the screen in 1080p or 720p and it should bear weight to the outcome as 1080p is noticable sharper than 720p, even if it’s an upscale.
The Xbox 360 is the BEST console EVER made. –John Carmack
Don’t use resistance 3 to compare to Halo. Use Killzone 3. Much better graphics.
Well of course Xbox visuals won again. It wins these head to heads 99% of the time because developers have to cater to multiplatform releases in order to maximize profit. The internet ready blu ray player suffers because people like me refuse to support superior technology. So much so, I spend more time on forums than actually playing videogames. So what if the internet ready blu ray player had slightly better performance. That doesn’t mean anything to my feeble mind.
The Sony Defense Force really should just admit that developers prefer the 360 because the cost to develop with it as a lead platform increases the margin of profit. If developers optimized their product on the internet ready blu ray player, the cost would inflate on multiplatform releases. As it is now, developers can release a substandard product because people like me will still pay the same $60 whether or not the product has met the potential of the industry.
I, for one, am glad that developers don’t optimize the internet ready blu ray player versions of games. If they did, I might have to stop fellating John Carmack.
WOAH WOAH WOAH…buying is actually providing accurate information?!? (kinda ruined by the second post but still) my head hurts…I…I think I might need to lie down…
@buy 1 ng1999
ROFL Man now the SDF is really getting desperate. Posing as me again! ROFL. Slick.
But it doesn’t change the facts.
The Xbox 360 is the BEST console EVER made.
As much as you irritate me buying, I have to agree that I am not in favour of these idiots trying to impersonate you. LOT should delete that fake account. We don’t want this shit here.
SAMCHEZ77:
I’m sorry you don’t appreciate satire.
Not of this nature, no.
Well thanks for that Samchez. But don’t forget that I also have a … get ready for it….. ps3 slim….There I said it. There’s the ugly truth for those of you who didn’t know. There’s no argument from me that it has the best ‘exclusive’ titles but that’s not what this site is about. But, anyway, I have to say that I’m pretty excited about ‘The Last of Us’ coming out. IMO Naughty Dog is probably the most talented development company in the industry right now. The proof is in the pudding. I hope 343 Studios can pull of something equally as wonderful on the Xbox but they’re still using Bungie’s Engine (mostly). Microsoft has never really pushed for new engine tech on the Xbox like Sony did for PS3 (yeah I know you’re not used to hearing me call it that LOL). Instead Microsoft settled and still is settling for middleware to showcase it’s machine. The fact of the matter is it’s all about money. If they can put the burden and cost of engine development on someone else they will and have. Unlike Sony who cowboyed up and put their engineers to work on mlaa and spu engine development from the get go…and it shows in their first party titles. But again, this site is about the multiplat games and historically (no matter the reason) they’re better on Xbox.
This game in the stills looks better on Xbox but in motion is smoother on ps3, although not by a large margin. I’ve played both versions and probably would be satisfied with either.
The Blu Ray player with a superior D-PAD wins!
FUTURE PROOF!
lmao. Oh i know you have a PS3 slim Buying. And further more, I’ve seen your trophy cabinet and your trophy count is higher than mine!!!!
lol. Nuff said.
An overwhelming victory for ps3, as for the thumb sucker with the lack of creativity known as “buy 1 ng1999″ I have a problem with blatant spamming
to get a rise ,this is different than a troll, even a troll has more of an imagination than a rock, as for the DUBIOUS SUBSCRIPTION BASED DVD PLAYER
my opinions have already been brought to light in previous interactions,
now i leave you all with the thoughts of John Carmack on doom 3 bfg edition
on ps3,
“Just like adding DualShock 3 controls to the original Doom, 3D really brings Doom 3 to life. It’s interesting when you’re playing; you almost lose all of your peripheral vision and get sucked into the experience . . . IT’S THE BEST IMPLEMENTATION OF STEREOSCOPIC 3D I’VE SEEN IN A GAME so far. We were really surprised when we first had a look . . . it was great that John was so passionate about the 3D stuff – because that added some new tech and got the team’s creative engine running again, so to speak . . .”
-John Carmack
Forgive me for it was not john carmack but id software producer Eric Webb
,and it appears editing tools do not work in a reply.
http://i.imgur.com/GAgYK.jpg
The ps3 version also outputs in 1080p says it on the box. so plz lens of truth fix the error
@Selling2000
That’s a great quote. 3D will be a great addition to this game. Even better that it’ll be in 3D on the SUPERIOR Xbox 360 as well..following quote from ebgames.com…..
“Stunning 3D Visuals
DOOM 3, Resurrection of Evil and The Lost Mission’ have all been optimized in 3D for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, further immersing the player in the demonic world of this terrifying horror masterpiece.”
Yeah that’ll be great.
ok here is why buying1999 is what he is (a sad/maybe girlfriend less) looser : http://kotaku.com/5938996/the-worst-internet-trolls-might-be-mentally-ill?utm_campaign=socialflow_kotaku_facebook&utm_source=kotaku_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
@buying. .
Hire about Alan wakes 960 x 544 resolution.?
If we just throwing around random games with sub HD resolutions.
@ Buying, you’re saying it’s all about the money, but yet, you don’t work for Microsoft, you can’t think about how they do business wise when you don’t even work for them, you’re buying their products, they’re winning & you’re losing!!!
If you think developers chooses 360 to maximize their profits, then why Resident Evil, LA Noire, Castlevania, Street Fighter, Tekken, Final Fantasy, Fifa sell more on PS3, while on 360 is mainly shooters, & yearly trashy games like Call of Duty???
@ Buying, you’re saying it’s all about the money, but yet, you don’t work for Microsoft, you can’t think about how they do business wise when you don’t even work for them, you’re buying their products, they’re winning & you’re losing!!!
If you think developers chooses 360 to maximize their profits, then why Resident Evil, LA Noire, Castlevania, Street Fighter, Tekken, Final Fantasy, Fifa sell more on PS3, while on 360 is mainly shooters, yearly trashy games like Call of Duty???
360 has marginally better visuals
PS3 has marginally better performance
A clear case of pick your poison
360 version looks better
Did not expect this. seems the slight visual win went to Xbox. And slight performance win went to PS3. Looks like a solid tie to me…….
Stop thumbing me down buying! lol. see how well the PS3 fans handle an apparent win? You should take a leaf out of thier book on how to be a good sport Adam.
Samchez, careful man, it’s taboo, it’s not allowed for Xbox fanboys to hear someone say there’s something better on PS3, supposedly for them everything on Xbox is “Perfection”, that’s why I call them the X-blind fanboys!!!
From thier video the ps3 version looks better clearer and the faces look more realistic
I said this before and I’ll say it again…
“Performance” always out performs, “Graphics”… …especially if the graphics are only a “hairs” difference; I think for those of us that look at Digital Foundry analysis, would agree, the authors over there, have concluded this in many of their Face/off reviews. The shitbox fan-nerds on this site, would have you believe that, graphics in this game “beats all”; but, any self-respecting sports fan (or sports game fan) will tell you, performance means everything in these kind of games. Besides, I can tell you from my own personal experience from playing this game, it looks a whole lot better on my 42″ LED Vizio…
@Buying1999
Dude, seriously, give it a rest… …not that, anyone here truly takes you seriously anymore but, any comparisons or graphics analysis coming from you is about as reliable as trusting the United States government to come up with an effective solution to fix our economy.
You’re not trying “logic” on Buying? are you? He is a professional troll. His life is so awesome, His claim to fame is writing “sony defence tactic #1″ every single LOT comparasion. I wonder if He still defends the mullett? Anyway, He needs to just be ignored. His opinion is as reliable as a 12yo girls music choices. Its sad. It’s sad that someone is so blinded by fanboysim that they cant even say Uncharted is a good series. If Uncharted was on xbox, He would say the exact different thing. Its not the game, He just defends xbox blindly no matter what. Its laughable.
Better frames per second and zero tearing. Looks like the glorified DVD toasting pay-for-your-internet cable box just couldn’t quite keep up this time.
That’s cool, if you prefer low res textures, inferior lighting, and jersies that look like their lettering was done on Microsoft Paint LOL. But hey, if that’s what you like then go for it.
The Xbox 360 is the BEST console EVER made. –John Carmack
Perhaps they should have gone the same route on the 360 if they wanted it to keep up with the PS3′s superior performance.
Buying, who gives a dumb fvck about textures, only a X-Bind ignorant being like you would care about that, if I wanna see the textures in glass & a dumb jersey, I would go to a yard or some stupid store to look at a football Jersey, dumbass!!!!
Buying, who gives a dumb fvck about textures, only a X-Blind ignorant being like you would care about that, if I wanna see the textures in glass & a dumb jersey, I would go to a yard or some stupid store to look at a football Jersey, dumbass, you make it seem like Xbox was designed for blind people, while we PS3 users can see perfectly lol!!!!
not a great deal in it, less than 2 fps, nothing to loose sleep over, and hey to the guy taking the piss out of buying [because satire is far more clever than youre comments] buying is his own satirist, theres nothing you could write that would make me laugh more than his own weasely comments.
did you watch the video during game play the 360 drops to like 30 frames and stays around 45 to 50 frames and the ps3 version locked at 60.
Nice to see the scaled down visuals of the ps3 version helps it maintain a similar framerate to the 360 version.
It even beats the 360 version by a few fps in some areas(not surprising given the weaker visuals).
I’d prefer a proper h2h with all the visuals and load times analysed etc, but i’d say a tie would be fair enough going by this little heads up article.
As with darksiders 2, it looks like the ps3 has finally nailed 2 ties after a host of defeats lol.
Visuals aren’t really paired back thiers a lot of camera work in the cut scenes a lot of panning pulling back moving in the ps3 does it more like a real camera going in and out of focus like the one scene the cameras zoomed in on the lights and the floor the bright light drowns out the floor but when the camera is being pulled back the light gets less intence and the floor gradually becomes clearer then it moves off to something else and the game play looks clearer and doesn’t drop 10 to 30 frames all over the place looks like its locked at a solid 60 plus a higher gamma setting will make textures a little clearer when thier acually the same.
@BULMEICHUM
You really don’t have to explain anything to Gaydroid… …he get’s it!!! He understands perfectly well, a game like this, fully requires a more stable framerate above anything else.
Yes LOONEYSHA, that 2fps global average advantage for the ps3 version is really going to make a massive difference over the few clips tested lol.
Some of the cutscenes on the ps3 version drop to 25fps, where as the 360 version maintains a more steady 29-30fps on the same clips.
It’s not important really, it won’t affect the game either way.
But the better visuals on the 360 version will
@ Moneysha- I now call him Assdroid, the X-Blind fanboy!!! lol
Thanks for the laugh Buying. I come here just to read what you write, and you never dissapoint. You are comedy gold in here. Still fighting that good 7 year old fight than very few even care about anymore. LOL, thanks man.
Well I’m glad I could help. But to say that no one cares would mean that the existence of this web site, and others like it, would be null. So I think there’s plenty who care but only a few that are willing to state the truth and backup what is proven on this very website over and over and over and over… that “The Xbox is the BEST console EVER made.” –John Carmack
Alright Buying, it’s not that nobody cares. It’s that you care way way way way way way way way way too much. Why cant you just enjoy videogames? Why do you have to make it a compitition sport between 2 consoles? I bet you debate everything. I bet you pick one side of whatever issue you want and won’t budge. You are the definition of a fanboy. You can’t even appreciate PS3 exclusives, and that makes you a fanboy. Not a gamer. You are not a gamer, so your opinion is something to laugh at everytime. You say the same exact thing every single time. You are the laughing stalk of this entire site. It’s fine to have a discussion, but you are a blind fanboy. I bet you have your same speech on auto type. Its pathetic at best.
@BUYING1999
Dude, it’s one thing to be self-aware of your own mindless dribbling antics but, it’s another, to recognize that you may just be a little compulsive with the whole fan-nerd endeavors. I’m pretty sure, you’re just some 11 year old, finally discovering what it means to “rub-one-off”, ejackulating into a tube-sock; but that doesn’t excuse the obvious psychological redundance you have over shitbox… You may think, you’re implanting an idea with your repetitive adolescent non-sense but, it’s really just plain, sad. It really would be in everyone’s best interrest to just ignore you from here-on-out…
WOW ps3 gameplay performance is better , anyways i prefer smooth gameplay experience over 3 or 5 pixel texture
still the real Football(Soccer) is better as a sport, dont know why handegg is so popular in the USA
Soccer is such a cute little game with the kicking and the running around. Only real men play Football…American Football.
lol @Syx. ‘Cept American Football is just a padded version of Rugby. Would you like more bubble wrap wrapped around you before you go out and play, syx?
LOL@ Cernaml. Rugby…another cute sport. I’d like to see one of your tiny little rugby boys holds up against a full on hit from Ray Lewis. HA! Can you say rugby player pancake?
Oh yeah.. such big men with so much needed protection.
i hope you actually know that the cute kicking around requires a big stamaina and is way more exhausting than your handegg where there are breakes every minute, one half in football(soccer) is 45 mins full of running
and i hope too that you know that football is the worlds most played and popular sport unlike handegg which is only popular in the states and maybe in canada
“still the real Football(Soccer) is better as a sport, dont know why handegg is so popular in the USA”
I agree, I don’t know why handegg is so popular in the USA either. I like the Canadian version which has only 3 downs instead of 4, which demands more exciting passing plays, and less burning up the clock running plays. I wonder why EA doesn’t include the Canadian Football League, or a 3 down version of handegg.
Football (soccer) is a good game. PES is a fun game.
Hockey rules all. Once you seen a hockey game in person, you’ll renounce all other sports as boring or just dumb by comparison. Playing EA’s NHL hockey is much more fun than Madden. EA’s NHL hockey includes hockey teams and leagues from all over the world and not just the US and Canada NHL.
EA NHL >> Madden
What about the cheerleaders? EA’s NCAA football has cheerleaders. Last year, EA included cheerleaders in the Madden 12 game. If EA wants me to consider purchasing Madden 13, there had better be some beautiful cheerleaders in the game.
Good to have a time to read this review and the analysis is not complete, where is the complete detail of explanation here? Global average FPS on both games are just the same you will barely notice the 2 FPS advantage of the PS3. I would select the XBOX 360 version because I am used to the XBOX 360 controller and I will not leave any more comment on which is the best system, I don’t want to start a day hearing bad comments from any XBOX 360 and PS3 fanboys. Because like me where our job is hard and our lives is always on the line, I just want to enjoy playing games when I have the time..
It’s been a while since I saw your last H2H analysis, by the way, I am a rookie around here and hope you guys continue to show something convincing and sufficient review instantly.
The tekkenTT2,which series I deeply keen to enjoy,gotta show up in the couple of days. The rumor said TT2 runs in both platform definitely better than those in TK6, especially the high resolution in 720p whatever the Blur motion being switched on or not. Hope you guys come up with the analysis quickly,which is gonna be the principle reference for which version I prefer to pick up.
“A porcaria do ps3 estava rodando a 720p,e o bando de sonystas tem a capacidade de vir aqui falar que ele ganhou em desempenho,LOL,mas vocês não acham que seria demais ele além de perder no gráfico perder no desempenho também,caras parem de ser doentes e por favor entendam que a porra do controle do Ps3 ser o melhor é uma questão de opnião e não um fato confirmado pela midia,um grande vão se ferrar para todos os Fanboy´s… principalmente aos sonysta´s,estes são os piores,não cansan de perder e de falar merda…
A versão 360 também roda a 720p tal como a PS3. Os 1080p são obtidos por upscale e não 1080p reais (ou seja a imagem que a consula produz em 720p é esticada para 1080p e se já alguma vez fizeste isso a uma fotografia, sabes que isso estraga a imagem).
E caso não saibas, a PS3 tem 5x mais jogos em 1080p real do que xbox360! A xbox360 faz sempre upscale enquanto que a pS3 quando diz que o jogo roda a 1080p, o jogo roda mesmo a 1080p!
As resoluções nativas são sempre melhores e por isso entre 720p nativos e 1080p upscale, devemos escolher sempre a resolução nativa!
Caso penses que o upscale é uma grande coisa, ficas a saber que até as TV´s ou leitores de DVD fazem upscale.
Eu não vou dizer que é fanbou da xbox… apenas vou dizer que percebes pouco do assunto que falas
“The damn ps3 was running at 720p, and the band of sonystas has the ability to come here to say that he won in performance, LOL, but do not you think it would be too much to lose besides the graph also lose performance, guys stop be patient and please understand that the fucking control Ps3 being the best is a matter of opinion, not a fact confirmed by the media, a big go fuck yourself to all … especially to Fanboy’s sonysta’s, these are the worst, not losing cansan and talk shit …
If you had any sort of knowledge AT ALL for anything you write about, you would know that BOTH versions are 720p NATIVE RESOLUTION. The 360′s ability at UPSCALING to 1080p means NOTHING.
PS3 won in performance, deal with it.
@buying, halo 3′s natural resolution is roughly 35% of the number of pixels when upscaled to 1080 p , and resistance 3′s natural resolution is approximately 73% of the upscaled.resolution at 720p. You’re stretching proportionately less pixels over larger area on halo 3, so in theory, the picture well look more stretched.
Just another way of looking at that set of figures:)
What sport is this?
Rugby with panties?