Dice defends “trade-offs”.
On console, Battlefield 3 produces a 720p resolution at 30 frames per second.
The specs were confirmed by developer DICE following the first console demonstration of Battlefield 3 on US chat show Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, where PlayStation 3 code was shown.
DICE rendering architect Johan Andersson fielded questions about the demo on Twitter. He answered queries of why the frame-rate and resolution weren’t higher, and why the console version of Battlefield 3 looked inferior to the game on PC.