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Call of Duty: Ghosts only runs at 720p on the PlayStation 4

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Ever since it came to light that the Xbox One version of Call of Duty: Ghosts is only running at 720p the Internet mobs and PlayStation fans have been running riot since their beloved version runs at a crisp 1080p making it easily the superior version… but we’ve been lied to.

In fact it has been revealed that the PlayStation 4 version of the single player mode actually also only runs at 720p making the versions pretty much identical.

Do you feel conned?

Well don’t. I wonder how many people read this far. In fact according to Activision the reason the PS4 single player mode only runs at 720p was due to a configuration error.

“Call of Duty: Ghosts runs natively at 1080p on the PlayStation 4. There was a configuration issue in the retail version on single player mode only. This has been addressed with a day one software update. People will be able to download the day one update when PlayStation 4 launches in their territory and play at native 1080p.”

So when you get your PS4 and you start the game you will be asked to download an update that will make the game run in 1080p in single player.

Before the riot mobs jump on the reviewers who claimed they loved the 1080p, well the review events and review code didn’t have this configuration issue so they did see it in 1080p.

So yes the PlayStation 4 still has the better resolution out of all 5 consoles when it comes to Call of Duty: Ghosts, now go put those pitch forks to some proper use.

Last Updated: November 14, 2013

106 Comments

  1. Darthdad

    November 14, 2013 at 12:04

    She turned me into a newt…………..

    Reply

    • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

      November 14, 2013 at 12:13

      BURN EMMMMMMMMMMMMMM BURN THE WITCHHHHHHHHHHH

      Reply

    • Palin

      November 14, 2013 at 12:53

      I got better though

      Reply

    • Sageville

      November 14, 2013 at 13:57

      Build a bridge out of her!

      Reply

  2. ElimiNathan

    November 14, 2013 at 12:07

    COD Ghosts doesn’t look that great and runs like shite on my PC. BF4 looks way better and runs way smoother

    Reply

    • TiMsTeR1033

      November 14, 2013 at 12:26

      time for upgrade…..

      Reply

      • ElimiNathan

        November 14, 2013 at 12:58

        HD6870 gfx card is the only thing thats old

        Reply

    • SpookyMossel

      November 14, 2013 at 12:31

      Mine also looked quite horrifying at first. But after a few tweaks its looking rather splendid! If you have nvidia, just use the nvidia experience app. It optimises all your games!

      Reply

      • ElimiNathan

        November 14, 2013 at 12:58

        Meh running ATI

        Reply

        • SpookyMossel

          November 14, 2013 at 13:04

          This is what my settings look like and it runs and looks good:
          Resolution = 1080
          Image quality = extra
          Anti-aliasing = FXAA
          Textures = low (all of them)

          Reply

          • ElimiNathan

            November 14, 2013 at 13:05

            I tried that, looks like shiat to me

          • SpookyMossel

            November 14, 2013 at 13:07

            Damn. I was contemplating getting the HD7950 – It’s R3000 at Wootware. Then I just need to sell my GTX560ti for R1500.

          • John's (JJ's) Annihilation

            November 14, 2013 at 13:10

            Got a GTX660 myself. Serving me well so far.

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 14, 2013 at 13:11

            Might want to wait a little while, they’re releasing the R series soon, prices will probably drop on the current stuff then.

          • John's (JJ's) Annihilation

            November 14, 2013 at 13:12

            Making a note of this

          • SpookyMossel

            November 14, 2013 at 13:15

            Good to know! Also waiting for a better Never Settle bundle! Will probably only upgade once Witcher 3 comes out. Need to play that on full!

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 14, 2013 at 13:18

            Me too probably. WITCHER 3, BABY!

          • SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad

            November 14, 2013 at 13:32

            Witcher 3 graphics options – please select:

            Ridiculous
            Very High
            High
            Medium
            Low
            Very Low
            So Low You Can’t See Me
            Xbox One/PS4

          • SpookyMossel

            November 14, 2013 at 14:38

            LOL!!

          • Uberutang

            November 14, 2013 at 14:54

            1080, all textures EXTRA. FXAA x2 Runs decent now, after the patch and if you run borderless window (helps with the mouse ‘feel’)

            Looks like the MP is hard locked to 90fps though?

      • John's (JJ's) Annihilation

        November 14, 2013 at 13:11

        That app actually works

        Reply

        • SpookyMossel

          November 14, 2013 at 13:14

          It does!! I was doubting it, but it’s really awesome!

          Reply

  3. iAmWeasel

    November 14, 2013 at 12:07

    IW truly are a shambles… how do you miss something like this in your game?

    Reply

  4. John's (JJ's) Annihilation

    November 14, 2013 at 12:09

    I see some epic facepalms and more console fighting on the horizon while us pc gamers sit back, buy some games for $5 on Steam sales and watch the show.

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief Wang

      November 14, 2013 at 12:10

      Indeed

      Reply

    • Weanerdog

      November 14, 2013 at 12:29

      It is becoming a Jerry Springer Show

      Reply

      • John's (JJ's) Annihilation

        November 14, 2013 at 12:38

        My downvote proves it.

        Reply

        • Weanerdog

          November 14, 2013 at 18:17

          Have two upvotes to offset.

          Reply

  5. Admiral Chief Wang

    November 14, 2013 at 12:10

    Aaaaaaannnnnnnd I’ve had my fill of console news/fights for today

    Reply

  6. Deano

    November 14, 2013 at 12:11

    PS720 + PATCH = PS4

    Reply

    • oVg

      November 14, 2013 at 12:13

      bwahahaha

      Reply

    • Circuitflow

      November 14, 2013 at 12:24

      where is Umarr and Rince with their Comments now EY!!!

      Reply

  7. oVg

    November 14, 2013 at 12:12

  8. Otto_ki

    November 14, 2013 at 12:19

    This is what COD is after Ghosts, time for change Activision.

    Reply

    • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

      November 14, 2013 at 13:00

      But, but… Nintendo have been doing it for years with Pokemon, they even release two different versions of it each time :O

      Reply

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        November 14, 2013 at 13:09

        Darryn – KILL!

        Reply

        • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

          November 14, 2013 at 13:09

          Prove me wrong 😛

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 14, 2013 at 13:10

            Because I said so!

          • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

            November 14, 2013 at 13:36

            My proof in point… They get you to collect and level the same pokemon every time. Yes they do add some more stuff here and there, but essentially it is the same game as before, just with “enhanced graphics”. Kid goes out to become pokemon master and ends up saving the world…

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            November 14, 2013 at 13:39

            Don’t spoil this with facts.

          • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

            November 14, 2013 at 13:45

            SO you are in agreement then? Which in turn means that you admit to have made a mistake?

          • Sageville

            November 14, 2013 at 13:59

            SKELM!

          • ToshZA

            November 14, 2013 at 14:05

            Boom, headshot!

  9. Pieter Kruger

    November 14, 2013 at 12:23

    Surely no HDMI = 0p natively?

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      November 14, 2013 at 12:23

      Ah finally.

      Reply

    • FoxOneZA

      November 14, 2013 at 14:08

      Troll Level: Master

      Reply

  10. Hammersteyn

    November 14, 2013 at 12:23

    I think the first three days chased away all the XBONE fans because today is ripe for PS bashing and they’re not around.

    Reply

  11. house_hero

    November 14, 2013 at 12:28

    Another lame anti Playstion article.

    Reply

    • Pieter Kruger

      November 14, 2013 at 12:31

      “So yes the PlayStation 4 still has the better resolution out of all 5 consoles when it comes to Call of Duty: Ghosts, now go put those pitch forks to some proper use.”

      Yup. So negative.

      Reply

    • Circuitflow

      November 14, 2013 at 12:32

      and yet it is not lame when is about THE XBOX ONE. PS fan boyiis can dish out but it is lame when they cant take it…

      Reply

      • house_hero

        November 14, 2013 at 12:47

        I would say the same if it was the other way around.

        Reply

        • Circuitflow

          November 14, 2013 at 13:01

          but it NOT! now is it!!!!

          Reply

          • house_hero

            November 14, 2013 at 13:07

            No it’s not… But understand that I’m not on either side. I am a PS3 and XBOX 360 owner myself. I just find that sensational headlines are lame… and that they unnecessarily fuel fanboyism and cosole war frenzies.

          • SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad

            November 14, 2013 at 13:30

            I find commenting on any articles are lame, because they instigate hate mongering and Satanic rituals.

            Source: None. Because why bother with reality?

          • ToshZA

            November 14, 2013 at 14:03

            You sir, have earned one of these:
            http://gnatj.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/bells.jpg

    • Alien Emperor Trevor

      November 14, 2013 at 12:33

      Someone didn’t read. Let’s guess who.

      Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      November 14, 2013 at 12:33

      lol here’s the first person who didn’t read the article 🙂

      Reply

      • CodeName Tailgunner

        November 14, 2013 at 12:44

        Insert

        Its a trap Meme here

        Reply

      • house_hero

        November 14, 2013 at 12:45

        I certainly did read it… But with a headline like that this article reaks of XB fanboyism… or at least stirs the pot. Why not “PS4 COD Ghosts only runs 1080p with update?” This isn’t the Daily Sun… You don’t need sneaky headlines to grab people’s attention.

        Reply

        • John's (JJ's) Annihilation

          November 14, 2013 at 12:47

          Worked in grabbing yours

          Reply

          • house_hero

            November 14, 2013 at 12:48

            lol. Touche.

        • Gavin Mannion

          November 14, 2013 at 12:50

          We get constant abuse for being this fanboy or that and for not writing the truth.. so yeah this was a trap to catch people..

          Reply

          • Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

            November 14, 2013 at 12:54

            Pure sensationalism, you should be ashamed! Maybe you should quit journalism and look into logistics… NO WAIT! :O

            (Disclaimer: I hope you have read this far and know that I am only janking your chain)

          • John's (JJ's) Annihilation

            November 14, 2013 at 13:05

            You, the IceCreamMan, trolling? NEVER!

          • house_hero

            November 14, 2013 at 13:07

            So some fuel for the fire then? 😛

    • Otto_ki

      November 14, 2013 at 12:42

      You might want to scroll back up.

      Reply

    • That Dark Twit

      November 14, 2013 at 12:51

      Yeah, hate on the ‘Playstion.’

      Reply

      • Otto_ki

        November 14, 2013 at 12:58

        LOL did not even pick that up was rushing way to fast to type a counter flame XD

        Reply

      • house_hero

        November 14, 2013 at 13:11

        Thanks for pointing that out. Up til this point I thought I was perfect in every way. Now i feel like such a dissapointment for making a typo. How am I going to live with myself now???

        Reply

        • SargonTheGreatPandaOfAkkad

          November 14, 2013 at 13:28

          You’ll feel better when you get your hands on a shiney new Playstion, I’m sure.

          Reply

  12. Pieter Kruger

    November 14, 2013 at 12:29

    COD on PS4 at 0p natively

    Reply

  13. Circuitflow

    November 14, 2013 at 12:39

    why peeps compare superiority between the two console on COD is beyong me.. i mean its COD!! lame old COD nothing new! , and it does not push any of the console to their repected limits. We should compare Witcher 3 or BF 4 something far better.

    Reply

    • Matthew Holliday

      November 15, 2013 at 09:37

      Oh, it does push hardware to the limits, but thats not due to it being a brilliant game, its due to it being poorly coded.
      Except RAM, tells you you cannot install it if you dont have atleast 6gb, but then never uses more than 2gb. /logic

      Reply

      • Circuitflow

        November 15, 2013 at 10:36

        BWAHAHAHAHA coz ther coding never changed since back in 1990’s lol

        Reply

  14. Anon A Mouse

    November 14, 2013 at 12:41

    Ja that figures. Sony paid all the journo’s and reviewers with consoles and Activision paid with free lodging and beer just for them to write good reviews of CoD. No that the novelty wore off is time for the truth to come out.

    Rite that’s the CoD rage and the my console is better than your console rage done for me. All this crap is getting lame pretty quickly.

    Reply

    • John's (JJ's) Annihilation

      November 14, 2013 at 12:42

      I think many of the large reviewers are influenced by stuff like that. Another reason why I enjoy lazygamer so much.

      Reply

    • Maxiviper117

      November 14, 2013 at 14:11

      “Before the riot mobs jump on the reviewers who claimed they loved the 1080p, well the review events and review code didn’t have this configuration issue so they did see it in 1080p.”

      Reply

  15. Umar Moe Moe

    November 14, 2013 at 12:41

    All a trick…..Xbox One is going to have lower resolution than the PS4, so now they’ve made a fool of reviewers as both versions are basically the same right yet the PS 4 was praised for it’s high fidelity…but it was all a placebo effect which now solidifies MS standing that the resolution doesn’t make that much of a difference. Seriously, something is going on, you have to blind to take this all at face value. All this bad press and everything this year actually when it comes to next gen just reeks of fishiness

    Reply

    • Maxiviper117

      November 14, 2013 at 14:11

      “Before the riot mobs jump on the reviewers who claimed they loved the 1080p, well the review events and review code didn’t have this configuration issue so they did see it in 1080p.”

      Reply

      • Umar Moe Moe

        November 15, 2013 at 08:59

        Some of them yes, so some reviewers played on 1080p while the retail version was 720p????Come on, something is up man

        Reply

        • Maxiviper117

          November 15, 2013 at 10:10

          What does it matter if the patch will make the single player play in 1080p? even without the patch, they said only the single-player was stuck on 720 not the multilayer component which was always running at 1080p native.

          And again this is not the PS4’s fault, this is Infinity Wards problem

          Reply

  16. Unavengedavo(aka. IceCreamMan)

    November 14, 2013 at 12:42

    So this isn’t actually Sony’s fault at all? It was a bug in the game itself and Activision have already confirmed that it will be fixed with a patch? So this article’s title is a bit misleading, and technically we have not been lied to.

    And another thing, the versions should be identical, CoD is know for their Copy – Paste tendencies 😛

    Reply

  17. Umar Moe Moe

    November 14, 2013 at 12:44

    What kak is this man……are you seriously telling me no one finds this fishy…..

    “Infinity Ward’s Mark Rubin has confirmed that Call of Duty: Ghosts will run natively at 1080p on PlayStation 4,” – IGN

    Reply

  18. Anon A Mouse

    November 14, 2013 at 12:46

    And as a side note wtf? (Excuse my paint abilities)

    Reply

    • Pieter Kruger

      November 14, 2013 at 14:11

      Doh! WTF?

      Reply

      • Matthew Holliday

        November 15, 2013 at 09:33

        I had the same thing the other day aswell.
        woke up to 99 new disqus things and… wtf Im pieter kruger.
        looks like it wasnt an isolated incident, disqus hates you

        Reply

  19. Robert Hart

    November 14, 2013 at 12:54

    misleading

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      November 14, 2013 at 15:45

      Factual. get the game, stick it into your offline PS4 and you ave 720 gaming.. the rest of the article explains how to get the rest of the resolutions

      Reply

      • Robert Hart

        November 14, 2013 at 16:26

        I don’t think that is was ethical to lead with that heading knowing all that you know about the topic.

        Reply

  20. trueLies

    November 14, 2013 at 13:40

    Misleading and a paid for a smear campaign by M$
    Disgusting and the gaming journolist should be run beaten for the copy and paste job
    and another thing wtf even plays COD or BF single players

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      November 14, 2013 at 15:44

      oh piss off.. this is not paid for by anyone. It’s a fun jooke by me personally to see who gets wound up without reading the article.

      Reply

      • trueLies

        November 14, 2013 at 15:46

        Oh really!!??!!!

        awesome i await the Joke article about xbox then

        you fukking kunt

        Reply

        • trueLies

          November 14, 2013 at 15:49

          Still waiting for that funny haha negative xbox joke article…

          still waiting…

          Reply

      • trueLies

        November 14, 2013 at 15:50

        no really still waiting

        Cant wait for that funny negative/joke article about the xbox one that will go on the home page.

        so cant wait

        Reply

      • Spathi

        November 14, 2013 at 15:52

        Ah Gavin, trueLies goes around trolling and making shit comments on a lot of sites.

        The guy is a first class idiot. Don’t even bother…

        Reply

        • trueLies

          November 14, 2013 at 15:53

          Shh M$ fluffer

          Reply

          • Spathi

            November 14, 2013 at 15:55

            I’m actually a Sony fanboy, but you give us fanboys a bad name by being a dumb uninformed piece of shit who should have been aborted at birth.

          • trueLies

            November 14, 2013 at 15:57

            shhh keep that cock holster of yours closed

          • Spathi

            November 14, 2013 at 15:59

            lol. Oh my, what a funny little fucker you are.

          • trueLies

            November 14, 2013 at 16:01

            😀

      • trueLies

        November 14, 2013 at 15:52

        Paid for advertising from M$ and then this w@nker uses “oh its a joke” as the excuse

        nice ANC mentality there 🙂

        Reply

  21. Sageville

    November 14, 2013 at 13:43

    So essentially this article is some attempt to fuel or trick commentators into some Fanboi rage-drama?

    The heading should read ” Call of Duty: Ghosts only runs at 720p on the PlayStation 4 until you install day one patch”.?

    Guess misleading us with half the truth in the header achieves desired results…

    /golfclap

    http://i.imgur.com/sWiS2.gif

    Reply

  22. Maxiviper117

    November 14, 2013 at 14:09

    All in all thats Infinity Wards’ fault not the PS4’s

    Reply

  23. Drizzt

    November 14, 2013 at 16:52

    Sensationalist journalism much. Just to get hits… Shameful…

    Reply

  24. Generalkidd

    November 15, 2013 at 05:01

    It should also be noted that even at 720p, the PS4 version still experiences significant frame drops. The patch will only fix the resolution and IW said that the framerate issues “might” be addressed at a later time, much like how they said it “might” be possible to patch the Xbox One version to 1080p.
    Overall, Call of Duty Ghosts is a mess across all platforms. On current-gen consoles, it looks worse than MW2. On the PC, it has system requirements higher than Crysis, yet it turned out to be fake requirements when people actually tested the game while running. On Xbox One, it runs at 720p. On the PS4, it may be 1080p, but it suffers from framerate issues.
    It can be concluded that Call of Duty Ghosts was either rushed, poorly coded, scraped together from existing code or all of the above. Therefore, no matter which platform you’re on, Call of Duty Ghosts should not be used to determine the performance of your system.

    Reply

    • Matthew Holliday

      November 15, 2013 at 09:27

      poorly coded would be my guess.
      Got it on PC, playing it on lowest settings, looks like a dogs breakfast. CoD4 looked better on lowest settings.
      Compared to BF4, which on the lowest settings, is still hella impressive, its not even a fair fight.

      Reply

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