The Battlefield 4 beta opens up today for those who don’t own Medal of Honor: Warfighter, or didn’t buy in to the Premium nonsense. That means that all of you can now jump in on the beta, instead of waiting around for GTA Online to work. You might be wondering though, how the current and next gen versions compare. We took a look at the game running on PC – which is indicative of how it’ll be on next gen systems – and compared it with footage of the game running on a current gen consoles. The difference was much bigger than we expected.
Here you go. It’s a short video, just a minute or so long – but very, very revealing. Watch it.
Honestly; that’s just terrible. The current gen consoles have terrible textures, a shoddy frame-rate, absolutely abysmal lighting and godawful audio. I’m not even sure the “core experience” is in any way similar. The Xbox 360 and PS3 are, quite obviously, past their sell-by date. Either that, or DICE just isn’t up to the task of squeezing as much as they can from the now ancient hardware.
For a proper comparison though, you ought to check out Videogamer’s rather excellent one.
Last Updated: October 4, 2013
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Admiral Chief of Rivia
October 4, 2013 at 10:02
The lulz level, ITS OVER 900000000000000000000
Hammersteyn
October 4, 2013 at 10:19
Indeed, walked smack straight into that one
Admiral Chief of Rivia
October 4, 2013 at 10:04
Turret is ‘merican, cuz YEAH
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
October 4, 2013 at 10:31
‘Murica!
TiMsTeR1033
October 4, 2013 at 10:31
What are you spanish?
Sageville
October 4, 2013 at 12:57
Imagine waking up next to this Miss Murica?
Naxirian
October 6, 2013 at 17:29
America! The new Greece!
Hammersteyn
October 4, 2013 at 10:18
I actually thought the frame right was pretty good on current gen consoles plus it’s only BETA 😛
Sageville
October 4, 2013 at 12:57
WTF!
Don’t bring facts into this!
Hammersteyn
October 4, 2013 at 13:13
Yeah PC gamers don’t like facts 😛
Naxirian
October 6, 2013 at 17:30
Oh we do. You’d notice the difference if you went from 30 fps current gen console with reduced graphics and player count to a 60 fps experience on a PC with superior graphics and almost 3 times as many players.
Hammersteyn
October 7, 2013 at 08:10
I know you do hence the 😛 I bought GTAV for the PS3 but I am so getting it for PC when the time comes. The graphics will awesome.
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 4, 2013 at 10:25
In related news, water is wet.
TiMsTeR1033
October 4, 2013 at 10:26
and salty…
Admiral Chief of Rivia
October 4, 2013 at 10:27
…because the consolers don’t bathe
TiMsTeR1033
October 4, 2013 at 10:28
You made a funny… I sir give you a noddy badge!
TiMsTeR1033
October 4, 2013 at 10:30
The current gen simply leaves a shit taste in your mouth compared to the gorgeous next gen.
Alien Emperor Trevor
October 4, 2013 at 10:31
That’s what the MR has been telling you for years. Finally they listen!
TiMsTeR1033
October 4, 2013 at 10:32
Ill still stick my console for now…. Next year hope to get myself a decent gaming laptop! So I can have the best of both worlds!
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
October 4, 2013 at 10:35
Gaming…laptop…. why do you hate yourself so? You can’t upgrade laptops as easily 🙁 *sobs in corner*
TiMsTeR1033
October 4, 2013 at 10:38
Coz I wanna play in bed.. That sounds wrong somehow..
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
October 4, 2013 at 10:40
Urm… right…
Willem Swanepoel
October 4, 2013 at 12:06
im with you there. There is not logic behind his reasoning 😉
Sageville
October 4, 2013 at 13:00
What I read:
“Coz I wanna play in bed.”
What I understood:
“Coz I wanna play at work..”
Naxirian
October 6, 2013 at 17:33
Don’t get a gaming laptop bro. I’m not hating on laptops, but if you’re money conscious, which I’m guessing you are from your decision to stick with your old gen console for now, it’s more sensible to get a PC. Gaming laptops, even the highest end ones that cost £2,000+, are much slower than a decent gaming PC for around £800. If you really wanna play in bed then hook the PC up to a large TV, and use a wireless keyboard and mouse from your bed. You can also upgrade the parts in that PC over time to keep it current, rather than having to replace the gaming laptop in 3-4 years when you realize it’s too outdated to play modern games properly and you can’t swap out any of the parts inside it.
Matthew Holliday
October 4, 2013 at 11:35
Tempted to go Laptop purely because of the convenience.
Unpacking and packing my rig up for bro nights once a week/every two weeks is getting a bit tedious.
just cannot justify the performance vs price difference
Matthew Holliday
October 4, 2013 at 11:31
Thats what Im feeling from my ps3 on GTA, the whole time youre playing it, you can just feel it wants to be played on ps4.
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
October 4, 2013 at 10:30
Oh… my… hat… Can’t… stop…laughing….
Admiral Chief of Rivia
October 4, 2013 at 10:41
hehehe
Melasco
October 4, 2013 at 10:32
The beta made me cancel my pre order on PS3… I’ll wait tyvm. BF3 is WAY better on PS3, it looks better with a solid framerate 99% of the time… Very disappointed, but that said…it’s beta…
TiMsTeR1033
October 4, 2013 at 10:38
Well you could always get it on Xbox one
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
October 4, 2013 at 10:39
*Xbone
Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew
October 4, 2013 at 10:42
Also…. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
MacDoodle
October 4, 2013 at 10:44
Hahaha still vhs is better than betammax
ElimiNathan
October 4, 2013 at 11:54
Wahahaha
Sageville
October 4, 2013 at 13:00
You Sir! Made me lol.
Uberutang
October 4, 2013 at 10:44
The beta made me pre-order it on PC 😛
This is it, running on my humble home rig
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa16/j4nr1k/bf42013-10-0319-53-10-07_zps240437eb.png
http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa16/j4nr1k/bf42013-10-0319-53-27-99_zps86bf48c4.png
Admiral Chief of Rivia
October 4, 2013 at 10:48
Pure gaming porn that
Melasco
October 4, 2013 at 10:52
Yup, looks amazing. I have a very capable PC, but I prefer console, so I’ll wait for PS4 🙂
Matthew Holliday
October 4, 2013 at 11:29
Said no FPS player, ever.
Sageville
October 4, 2013 at 13:01
Humble?
Pull the other one.
Uberutang
October 4, 2013 at 13:02
Compared to the Nvida Battlebox it is practically a console!
Sageville
October 4, 2013 at 13:04
Ouch!
MacDoodle
October 4, 2013 at 10:46
I always knew I would get this on ps4
Sentient_Slug
October 4, 2013 at 10:52
HAHA that was a face slapper!
ToshZA
October 4, 2013 at 11:21
Epic. Just. Ya, Lunch Bar.
Otto_ki
October 4, 2013 at 11:27
Hahahaha troll Friday replaces Flame-bait Friday
nicksimp101
October 4, 2013 at 12:05
Surely it must be remembered that the PC version beta was 6GB and the PS3 1.7GB?
Willem Swanepoel
October 4, 2013 at 12:08
sorry but who the fuck wants to play an epic FPS game on a console ? o_O
Maybe Call of duty gamers but we have lost faith in them after CoD MW has been released 😉
nicksimp101
October 4, 2013 at 12:34
Co-ordinated people who enjoy playing games while chilling on a couch…?
Willem Swanepoel
October 4, 2013 at 13:27
coach potatoes ? 🙂
Sageville
October 4, 2013 at 13:02
…Er…people with consoles?
Willem Swanepoel
October 4, 2013 at 13:28
really !? I didnt know that … :)~
Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)
October 4, 2013 at 12:50
I’m yet to check out the Beta. I’ll probably only be able to sometime next week…. but if I remember correctly, the BF3 beta also had a number of issues (I even wrote a small piece for lagz back then). I’d rather they stress test during the beta and sort out some of the glitches or dodgy patchiness now – rather then later.
Also, apparently your online progress in the current gen version will carry on to the next gen version, so if you’re “stats orientated” or even “stats crazy”, you might be at a tactical disadvantage once the next gen versions hit the stores.
Annoyed with content
October 4, 2013 at 12:51
Sad if you have to revert to this kind of articles to pull people to your website. Pick it up boys.
Mark Treloar
October 4, 2013 at 13:25
Ag shame
Johan du Preez
October 8, 2013 at 08:09
What no sense of humor ?
Maxiviper117
October 4, 2013 at 18:58
The reason the console beta looks more empty and not as polished as the PC beta is because the beta on the consoles is a older build than the PC beta because the beta had to go through the laborious process through Sony and Microsoft before being allowed on the console.
Maxiviper117
October 4, 2013 at 18:59
Yes obviously the PC will look miles better but currently the PC beta is more “finished” /polished than the console beta
Jesper Vaktmästarn Ingemansson
October 5, 2013 at 17:24
You really notice that the current generation of consoles are getting old. I’ll probably wait for Battlefield 4 on my Xbox One instead.