According to insider Pete Dodd, the Xbox 360 port of Titanfall will be “more akin to how Battlefield 4 was ported to last-gen consoles.” Dodd, who previously revealed that an Xbox 360 version was on the way from Bluepoint Games and not Respawn Entertainment, explained that efforts now were more focused on upping the frame-rate, with the HD factor being less of a priority.
In other words, it’s going to look like my laptop version of the game. Minus a few pixels of course. "Lack of news about the 360 version of Titanfall isn’t all about pushing the XB1," Dodd said on twitter account (via VideoGamer) Dodd Scientifics. "The 360 version is 30fps and sub-720p." Respawn engineer Richard Baker still mentioned this a couple of weeks ago to Digital Foundry, when quizzed on the Xbox 360 progress:
Bluepoint’s developing [the Xbox 360 version] and we’ve mostly been hands-off, letting them make their own technical decisions,". It seems pretty close [in terms of] feature parity and they’re still working on getting the frame-rate up. I’m not sure about the resolution…
Ouch. We’ve yet to even see the Xbox 360 version running, with the game most likely entering a last minute crunch in order to get up to speed. Obviously, Titanfall was never going to match the new-gen visuals of the Xbox One version, with that hardware struggling in certain matches to render some Titan-heavy visuals.
And gamers don’t mind that, really they don’t. A blurry texture here, a missed shadow there means nothing when compared to a consistent frame-rate. But if my un-optimised laptop can pull an easy 30fps from the recent beta, then I expect the Xbox 360 to surpass that and provide some current-gen thrills, before Microsoft shifts more of its focus onto the Xbox One.
Hell, I was one of many that had a pre-order for the game up and running, before that all went to hell. But that ain’t happening either. Maybe they should cancel the game on Xbox 360 entirely if it doesn’t run up to spec.
Titanfall launches on Xbox 360 on March 28. Except for here. Standby for sad face.
Last Updated: March 17, 2014
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 17, 2014 at 13:39
My poor old eyes after looking at that header image :/
General JJ the Fett
March 17, 2014 at 13:39
Now everything is blurry.
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 17, 2014 at 13:42
Blurrier 🙁
Admiral Chief of comments
March 17, 2014 at 13:46
Eye-liner smudged?
Gareth L (That Guy)
March 17, 2014 at 15:14
Can you take it all away?
RinceIsIngwer
March 17, 2014 at 13:55
Emphasis on OLD *RUNS
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 17, 2014 at 13:56
Yes that’s right. Well spotted Captain Obvious ;P
RinceIsIngwer
March 17, 2014 at 13:58
Tehehehe
DrKiller
March 17, 2014 at 15:41
Maybe you need glasses? looks perfectly fine here 😛
Hammersteyn
March 17, 2014 at 13:39
At least the 360 doesn’t have to render the Bat Mobile
Devourer of Small Bunnies
March 17, 2014 at 13:49
That header just gave my eyes cancer. Thank you. So. Very. Much.
Hammersteyn
March 17, 2014 at 13:51
Now we know why they put titans in the game. At that resolution you wont be able to miss them.
Admiral Chief of comments
March 17, 2014 at 14:03
Oh snap!
RinceIsIngwer
March 17, 2014 at 13:54
My brain!
Alien Emperor Trevor
March 17, 2014 at 13:56
Hahahahahaha! Good one!
Admiral Chief of comments
March 17, 2014 at 14:03
LOOOOOL
TiMsTeR
March 17, 2014 at 14:00
So the header image requires 3D glasses I assume.
Nick de Bruyne
March 17, 2014 at 14:06
Tons of 360/PS3 games ran at sub 720p 30fps setups, its nothing out of the ordinary even. Battlefield 3 was like that, Halo was like that, I even think some of the bigger exclusives on either side where like that here and there. While Titanfall looks really nice, it really is quite far from the best looking game you will see out there, even on my PC running it at almost max spec, so as far as Im concerned, on 360, if the gameplay is the same at the cost of visual fidelity, there’s still a hell of game sitting on that disc
FoxOneZA
March 17, 2014 at 14:07
The header image is Darryn’s feeble attempt at low-cost anti-aliasing by using Vaseline on your screen.
Xcalibersa
March 17, 2014 at 14:11
I feel dizzy
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
March 17, 2014 at 14:42
GAH!
40 Insane Frogs
March 17, 2014 at 17:25
Since we haven’t seen the X360 version in action, one can only hope the framerates don’t also dip into the single digits with that version.
Tom Sawyer
March 17, 2014 at 19:43
I own the xb1 version, and I have NEVER seen it dip to “single digits”. NEVER. Thats simply nonsense. It can slow very slightly, when theres a million things happening, but nowhere near single digits. Whoever told you that is a joke. Even at its absolute slowest, its still easily above 40fps, and its almost unnoticeable. Whomever told you it dipped to “single digits” was either not playing the xb1 version, had a terrible pc, or never played the game at all. Period.
Brian Murphy
March 17, 2014 at 20:32
http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/titanfall-review/1900-630/
Not that I have a horse in this race, but that’s where the info’s coming from, pretty far into the review though.
sotiris155
March 17, 2014 at 18:13
I don’t care if it’s 720p or 1080p but the 30fps cap annoys me a lot, it can even make me not to buy the game. Except from gta v 😛
Jason
March 17, 2014 at 21:12
Don’t Care. It runs on 360. It’s all that matters.
Jason
March 17, 2014 at 21:12
Don’t Care. It runs on 360. It’s all that matters.
James Anderton
March 18, 2014 at 13:50
…#PCMasterRace
Stainpain
March 18, 2014 at 14:13
LET ME GUESS YOU ARE A PLAYSTATION SUPPORTER LOL! I DIDN’T SEE YOU REPORTING THE 30 FRAMES PER SECOND ON BATTLEFIELD THREE OR YET ALONE THE OH SO IMPRESSIVE 45 FRAMES PER SECOND ON BATTLEFIELD FOUR ON PLAYSTATION FOUR. WHY IS THAT? UPSET MICROSOFT MADE A DECISION TO SUPPORT GAMERS AND NOT A COMPANY THAT HAS TRIED TO FOCUS ON TVS MEDIA PLAYERS GAME CONSOLES STEREO EQUIPMENT HEADPHONES ETC.? WHY DON’T YOU FIND SOMETHING POSITIVE TO WRITE ABOUT? IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE NEWS, WHY DON’T YOU REPORT HOW STRINGER SCREWED SONY FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS.
deltafarce411
March 18, 2014 at 18:20
I am going to take this article as a blur just like the picture above until either Bluepoint or Respawn Entertainment confirms this rumor…