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Destiny’s beta isn’t 1080p on Xbox One

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Happy Destiny beta day! Well, if you have a Sony console that is. The Destiny beta kicks off on PS3 and PS4 today, with the Xbox crowd getting in on the action later next week. Too bad Destiny won’t be looking identical on PS4 and the Xbox One by then.

Bungie has revealed that the Destiny beta will not run at 1080p on the Xbox One. The beta is already set to run at full HD on the PS4, but apparently Bungie hasn’t ironed out all the optimisation bugs for the Microsoft version just yet. This comes just a week after the Bungie forums were bombarded by hurt Microsoft fans, who claimed that the studio had abandoned their original fan base.

Fear not though, because Destiny will be running at 1080p by the time the game launches this September. Having the game running on par with Sony’s console is probably top priority for Microsoft. The Xbox One’s image has already been damaged by most third-party titles running better on the PS4, in terms of resolution at least.

A few weeks ago Microsoft released a new update that allowed developers to squeeze more power out of the console by disabling Kinect. Not long after Bungie stated that this helped them reach 1080p with Destiny on the Xbox One, and similar praise has been expressed by many other developers. It’s just a pity it won’t be optimised in time for the beta next week.

At least it’s coming eventually, right?

Last Updated: July 17, 2014

116 Comments

  1. Destiny!!!! What time can I start playing???? And don’t give me the American time, give me SA time!!!

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    • Guild

      July 17, 2014 at 09:35

      19:00 tonight in SA. 10:00 PDT for the States

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      • Jonah Cash

        July 17, 2014 at 09:35

        Thank you good sir!!!

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        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          July 17, 2014 at 09:37

          More importantly, what time are you going to start sleeping? 😉

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:38

            Sick leave is due I believe

          • Nikola

            July 17, 2014 at 10:29

            Oh big time I already sense a fever coming on will definitely call in sick tommorow since I will be prob playing the whole night

          • Jonah Cash

            July 17, 2014 at 09:38

            NEVER AGAIN!!!!

          • Jonah Cash

            July 17, 2014 at 09:48

            This will be my face tomorrow through the day!!

          • Guest

            July 17, 2014 at 09:50

            I haven’t been this hyped for a while, I’ll sleep after the Beta.

            Afterwards….

          • Sageville

            July 17, 2014 at 09:51

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:54

            Ahahahaha

    • Hammersteyn

      July 17, 2014 at 09:38

      I need to check my download!

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      • Jonah Cash

        July 17, 2014 at 09:39

        I just turned on my PS4 and it is downloading an update already for the Beta!! 32mb so not big, but wow it hasn’t even started yet!! Maybe the update is to take us down to 720p to make the hurt less for the Bone fans?!?!?!?

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 17, 2014 at 09:43

          Fan checks XBOX One preorder. Boner Alert!

          Reply

      • Francois Knoetze

        July 17, 2014 at 13:46

        Ok I have a question: how do I get the beta to download on my ps4 bec I am waiting for the codes from bungie (after I submitted my bungie code a while back)and that will only happen tonight. so do I have to wait till then or is there a shortcut?
        I don’t have enough coffee in my body so I might be asking a stupid question…

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 17, 2014 at 14:00

          I preordered the game then when I went to the store this week I was able to start the download. I wish Sony would notify us through mail or notifications though.

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 17, 2014 at 14:01

          You will download a portion that’s a 200MB give or take. Then if you go to the information page on the game it will show you how much of the 12GB is being downloaded. From there I have yet to play.

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          • Francois Knoetze

            July 17, 2014 at 15:03

            thanks dude. will check it a bit later. don’t know if the same applies for preorders on hard copies. got a bungie code and now waiting for the buggers to actually send me the beta psn codes

  2. 108OVG

    July 17, 2014 at 09:39

    • Jonah Cash

      July 17, 2014 at 09:41

      This game is going to be so epic for us who missed it on the PS3!! But first…. Destiny!!!

      Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        July 17, 2014 at 09:42

        You need TLOU, if you buy just one game after Destiny this is it.

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        • Jonah Cash

          July 17, 2014 at 09:43

          I know I missed out last year, but it would seem that my patience will be rewarded!! Yeah at R549 on PSN it is actually a very good deal!!

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:44

            WHAT! That’s such a steal. They are giving it away. Heck I might buy it again.

          • Jonah Cash

            July 17, 2014 at 09:46

            Yeah, R130 more expensive than the Metal Gear demo…

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:48

            Hahaha

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            July 17, 2014 at 13:13

            Double dip!

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 13:29

            I just might

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:50

            That’s like 10 games for me!

          • Jonah Cash

            July 17, 2014 at 09:51

            Oh stop it YOU!!! But is this one and Destiny not worth 10 PC games??? 🙂

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:56

            Maybe 2 mediocre ones

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:52

            True but that’s like comparing ten R100 000 cars to what you get for one R1 000 000 car.

            *(Carefully checks all my zeros…)

          • Lord Chaos

            July 17, 2014 at 09:53

            I would not say Witcher 1 and 2 count as R100 000 cars. Or any other higher Gfx Steam game for that matter.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:54

            Hmmmmmm interesting

          • Jonah Cash

            July 17, 2014 at 09:55

            If the game is good, I really don’t care about fps or even 1080p vs 720p upscaled!!! Just give me good games and I am happy!! Is the Witcher only on PC?

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:55

            Nope, but best on PC!

          • Jonah Cash

            July 17, 2014 at 09:56

            I have never played one of them…. Still on my bucket list!!!

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:56

            DO IT!

          • Lord Chaos

            July 17, 2014 at 09:58

            Very true, But if a game is good I’d also rather not wait for loading times.

          • Jonah Cash

            July 17, 2014 at 09:59

            I don’t mind loading times…. It gives me a chance to take a sip of Whipskey without having the inconvenience to press pause….. Hahahahaha

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:55

            Bad analogy, since you won’t enjoy a R100k car nearly as much as a R1bar car.

            Whereas I really enjoy my games, even if they are heavily disocunted

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:56

            Whats disocunted precious?
            😛

          • Jonah Cash

            July 17, 2014 at 09:56

            Too afraid to type that into Google and press on images!!! Hahahaha

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:57

            LOL!

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:57

            DO IT, it goes to some Nike’s

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:57

            Dis-o-cunt, rare exotic animal

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:57

            Female I gather?

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:58

            No, collective. The disocunt sow bears up to 4k offspring

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 10:01

            Hahahahaha

          • Rince&pop

            July 17, 2014 at 09:57

            Did you find some of Geoff’s? I hear he’s still looking.

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:58

            Huehuehue

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:59

            Hopefully he doesn’t do the payroll at Lagz

          • FoxOneZA

            July 17, 2014 at 10:00

            HAI HAI HAIHAI !

          • FoxOneZA

            July 17, 2014 at 09:55

            And you don’t have to buy your 10 games twice to up the graphics slider to Ultra!

          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:55

            lolz

        • Sageville

          July 17, 2014 at 09:45

          What he said.

          TLOU is a serious must have in any PS collection. I really loved that game.

          Reply

      • Rince&pop

        July 17, 2014 at 09:57

        Yes! I missed it, so will jam it when I get my PS4.

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        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          July 17, 2014 at 13:14

          When are you getting your PS4?

          Reply

          • Rince&pop

            July 17, 2014 at 13:28

            Need to finish about 8 games on Xbox360 then I will get one! 🙂

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 13:30

            OLX while u can still get moar

          • Rince&pop

            July 17, 2014 at 13:34

            Now way bro. I have some frigging amazing games on the 360. Won’t be selling that any time soon.

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 13:37

            I just needed to say moar

          • Rince&pop

            July 17, 2014 at 13:39

            For the Admiral? 🙂

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 13:59

            yup

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            July 17, 2014 at 13:43

            So you’re trading in the xbox 360? That’s kind of sad man, I could never trade in my precious…. They’re my friends…. *rubs PSone, xbox360, PS3, PSP etc. with my tongue*

          • Rince&pop

            July 17, 2014 at 13:46

            No way man. I was saying I won’t sell/trade it in. It is indeed my friend, and after the stuff I’ve done to it, no one would want it anyway 0_O

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            July 17, 2014 at 13:48

            I know man.. I know.. those USB ports… mmmmmmm…. sexy!

      • 1O8OVG

        July 17, 2014 at 10:04

        Thanks to PS Network they realised from the DATA that there are far more new comers that never owned a PS3 than expected to warrant a remaster (NOT A PC PORT) of a masterful game. Thanks to EX boxers loosing faith in their product and jumping ship.

        I cant wait to see why this game won over 1080 awards.

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        • Rince&pop

          July 17, 2014 at 10:18

          It’s why I would by a PS4 man. And with my promotion 😉

          Reply

  3. GooseZA

    July 17, 2014 at 09:45

    I hope they fix the Xbox marketplace before then. I can’t download anything at the moment. The notice has been up on the support page for over a week now =(

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    • Hammersteyn

      July 17, 2014 at 09:49

      That sucks 🙁

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      • GooseZA

        July 17, 2014 at 09:50

        Tell me about it. We are already only getting the beta for 4 days. Not being able to download it would suck soooo much! Really been looking forward to it.

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 17, 2014 at 09:54

          Like Mr.Barbosa said hopefully everything is fixed come Septmeber

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          • Admiral Chief Saxon

            July 17, 2014 at 09:54

            *September

            Or did you invent a new month?

          • Hammersteyn

            July 17, 2014 at 09:55

            I did, that’s the month Destiny comes to PC

          • GooseZA

            July 17, 2014 at 10:01

            I lolled

  4. Jonah Cash

    July 17, 2014 at 09:53

    I seriously think Activision and Bungie should start paying me for all the good things I have had to say since the Alpha!! Where is Cliffy B, he might think of a plan…..

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  5. Rince&pop

    July 17, 2014 at 09:56

    HAHAHAHAHA!

    Reply

  6. Rince&pop

    July 17, 2014 at 09:58

    But I thought the Kinect made the Bone moar awesome?

    Reply

    • Admiral Chief Saxon

      July 17, 2014 at 09:59

      Careful with the “moar” Some people take offence to the misspelling…

      Reply

      • Rince&pop

        July 17, 2014 at 09:59

        But, moar awesome!

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        • Hammersteyn

          July 17, 2014 at 10:00

          It’s the bestestest

          Reply

          • Rince&pop

            July 17, 2014 at 10:00

            Bettersetesmoar!

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            July 17, 2014 at 13:45

            BestestmoarFUN

  7. Morne Nell

    July 17, 2014 at 10:12

    If we ordered through BT games when can we download the game, still get this from the bungie site “Come back on Jul 17 2014 to get your download code(s)!”

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    • Guild

      July 17, 2014 at 10:25

      Looks like they will only release the codes at 19:00 tonight when the servers go live. So it’ll be downloading all night before we can play

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      • Morne Nell

        July 17, 2014 at 10:49

        Thanks thought that might be the reason, think it is a bit stupid will cause unnecessary traffic on the servers tonight

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        • Jonah Cash

          July 17, 2014 at 11:06

          I pre ordered on PSN and my download is alreay done. Also the codes will go live on Bungie’s website. So you can go there and log in through your PS ID and then get the code there immediately rather than wait for the mail.

          Reply

  8. Ir0nseraph

    July 17, 2014 at 10:14

    I went PSN pre order and my download is waiting in my download Queue , now I need to get home and turn on my PS4.

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  9. CAE9872

    July 17, 2014 at 10:24

    I enjoyed the Alpha but will wait for the final game. So am going to skip the Beta. Not in the mood to “test” the game. Besides they haven’t confirmed whether all the effort now will lead to progress in your trophies!

    Yes I like my trophies/achievements!

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    • Jonah Cash

      July 17, 2014 at 11:07

      Are you serious??? So who the hell is going to have my back this time when I go full explorer and run into those ????? level guys??? They shot the shit out of me last time when you jumped in!!

      Reply

      • CAE9872

        July 17, 2014 at 12:01

        Well by the time I get back to it, you can show me the ropes! Besides I am playing Warframe at the moment which is VERY similar in style. You should try it – a lot of fun. But be warned, it is addictive with the mod drops, credits, etc.

        It is F2P so beware of that aspect although they say it is possible to complete without buying anything.

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        • Jonah Cash

          July 17, 2014 at 13:26

          I saw that you are playing the crap out of Warframe!! Maybe I will have a look at it some time, but for now Destiny is 100% on my radar….

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        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          July 17, 2014 at 13:46

          I need to join you on Warframe. Are you playing this evening?

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          • CAE9872

            July 17, 2014 at 14:12

            Yip I will be playing – probably from around 17h30/18h00 to about 20h00/20h30?

  10. Guild

    July 17, 2014 at 10:39

    Hmmm was going to suggest creating a clan for Lazygamers. But I see the kind people of Sanangelo in Texas created one already

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  11. HisDivineOrder

    July 17, 2014 at 12:48

    If they can’t just do a straight port and have it be at 1080p, then that means they are making cuts somewhere else to squeeze out 1080p. Thus, even if they hit the same resolution, they won’t hit the same framerate or effects or detail.

    So it’s becoming obvious why Bungie targeted PS4 first and foremost as the premier experience. They want people playing the game way they designed it.

    Xbox One is a port and apparently not the best one, either. Yet another game where that’s the case on Xbox One. It’s just a refrain at this point.

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  12. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    July 17, 2014 at 13:12

    Not really surprising, is anything 1080p on the boner (trololololololol)

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    • CAE9872

      July 17, 2014 at 13:40

      Just wanted to let you know I duly got clan invite and accepted; then forged my clan key. But it won’t let me go and mine resources so we can build our thing(?) more than its current 88%. Something about my rights are not high enough to launch a clan game. I don’t know!

      Not sure how to resolve that matter…El Capitan!

      I did pass my rank 1 test though!

      Reply

      • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

        July 17, 2014 at 13:46

        I think I need to promote you before you can build stuff. I’ll promote you to Awesomesauce this evening.

        Reply

        • CAE9872

          July 17, 2014 at 13:48

          Excellent – see if I can raise a few resources for wherever we are…which on my star map is way off to the far reaches of the solar system…I like that!

          Reply

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            July 17, 2014 at 13:52

            I’ll promote you to Caponanana so that you can invite folks.

        • CAE9872

          July 17, 2014 at 13:49

          By the way how big you planning to make the clan? Ghost clan sounds good but we need our clan members participating.

          AHEM! Hammersteyn…looking at you. “Last seen…100 and something days ago!” WTF!

          Reply

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            July 17, 2014 at 13:51

            I wanted it to be huge, but it’s been tough getting members. I spammed the official forums, and nada. I did manage to link up with other smaller clans to form an alliance.

            But if you know of people who would like to join up, sign them up man. The more the merrier.

  13. shauntee

    July 17, 2014 at 17:58

    Heard they are testing 900p 60fps on the xbox one and based on fan feedback it may release that way…which means it will look the same and play better on xbox one….like they all do. Game looks fair…may not even pick it up…with the coming forza horizon 2, sunset overdrive, project spark and halo at 1080p 60fps!

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    • Not_true

      July 17, 2014 at 18:31

      No. You just made all of that up.

      Reply

      • shauntee

        July 17, 2014 at 18:34

        Wait for the announcement son….like you are waiting for greatness.

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        • Not_true

          July 17, 2014 at 19:02

          Another delusional hateful lying microsoft shill.

          PS4 has many great AAA games that gamers love. That’s why it’s 8.5+ million in sales and growing. Sony’s large number of well funded 1st parties will ensure PS4 has a ton of great AAA exclusives, as many or more than PS3.

          1st/2nd party studios include Japan Studio, Polyphony Digital, Naughty Dog, SCE Bend, SCE San Diego, SCE Santa Monica, Sucker Punch, Pixel Opus, Evolution Studios, Guerrilla Games, Guerrilla Cambridge, SCE London, Media Molecule, Ready at Dawn, Quantic Dream, etc.

          For some reason PS4 keeps selling like hotcakes despite attempts to downplay its library. All 3 consoles have good exclusive games, it’s only fanboys trying to trash one or the other and pretend it has “no gaems lolol”.

          Some of the AAA PS3 2013 exclusives: Beyond Two Souls, The Last of Us, Puppeteer, God of War: Ascension
          Gran Turismo 6, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch (not 1st party), Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus. Expect a similar level of long term PS4 support with tons of 1st party games.

          PS4/Sony exclusives Jun-Dec: The Last of Us Remastered, Driveclub, LittleBigPlanet 3, Infamous: First Light, Samurai Warriors 4, Natural Doctrine, Guilty Gear Xrd, Singstar, Resogun DLC, and lots of indies.

          PS4 has 36+ AAA games from July to December 2014, or 6 per month. Most of those are multiplatform but there’s no shortage of AAA games for PS4 owners.

          PS4/Sony exclusives 2015 (announced): Bloodborne, The Order, Ratchet & Clank Remastered, Uncharted 4, Let It Die, Deep Down, and lots of indies.

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          • shauntee

            July 17, 2014 at 22:28

            You are a loser pal….defensive much ? All those games you listed and uncharted may be the only one worth a damn…..have fun waiting for greatness.

          • Not_true

            July 17, 2014 at 22:55

            Stop spreading lies and fanboy hatred.

            PS4 has many great AAA games that gamers love. That’s why it’s 8.5+
            million in sales and growing. Sony’s large number of well funded 1st
            parties will ensure PS4 has a ton of great AAA exclusives, as many or
            more than PS3.

          • shauntee

            July 17, 2014 at 23:05

            I know the truth hurts loser…it will be ok….its only a matter of time before you trade your ps4 in for an xbox one. Probably be when crackdown releases…the world is seeing that ps4 sucks…and they are buying xbox ones…your sales advantage is vanishing and once xbox one releases worldwide in september, with a much stronger game library than ps4….what will your cut and paste propaganda say then ?

          • Not_true

            July 17, 2014 at 23:10

            Nothing you said was true. You are a lying, malicious shill.

            Tier 2 countries will do very little for Xbox sales. PS4 will outsell Xbox every year globally this gen without question. That’s reality.

          • You are flat out wrong

            July 19, 2014 at 08:39

            So, 2016 then? By then it’ll be far too late.

            At least you have a permanent account this time, forza4ever.

    • You are flat out wrong

      July 19, 2014 at 08:38

      540 22fps on the Cablebox Done.

      Reply

  14. FunnyAsPhuk

    July 21, 2014 at 16:35

    I love how you purposely fuzzed the image! I mean seriously, I love people being this blatantly ignorant 😐

    Reply

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