The 60fps goal wasn't reached on the console, apparently

Jan 21, 2015 10:43 GMT  ·  By

Sony Online Entertainment confirms that PlanetSide 2 on the PS4 runs at a 30fps framerate and 1080p resolution, despite promising ahead of launch that it was targeting a 60fps framerate, just like on the PC.

PlanetSide 2 launched quite some time ago on the PC platform, impressing many free-to-play shooter fans with gorgeous visuals, engaging gameplay, and plenty of great things to do even if you didn't pay for premium subscriptions.

After a lengthy wait, the game's beta is now available on the PS4 platform so that Sony Online Entertainment can gather feedback and debut it as a full experience later in the year.

PlanetSide 2 sticks to 30fps

However, since the testing began earlier this week, it's become clear that PlanetSide 2 runs at a 30fps framerate on the PS4, disappointing many who wanted the experience to reach 60fps, just like it does on the PC.

Despite promising to target 60fps on PS4 ahead of the beta's debut, Sony Online Entertainment's Executive Producer Clint Worley tells GameZone that the game does a lot of impressive things at the same time, so the decision was taken to lock its framerate at 30fps.

"The game itself is pretty intensive, not on the graphical side but more on the CPU side," Worley says. "We have no problem running at 1080. The optimization we've been doing hasn't really been on graphics."

"Most FPS shooters have a 32v32, but we have battles where there are hundreds of players, tracking bullets, explosions, all that stuff. That's the stuff that's really intensive on PlanetSide 2. The game looking pretty hasn't really been our problem. It's looked great since E3. But we're locked at 30, 1080, and that's where we'll be for launch."

It will be a solid framerate, according to SOE

Worley emphasizes that the game doesn't have that many problems regarding the smaller framerate, although he doesn't exclude situations where lag and dips might happen due to the multiplayer battles and the various thing that happen on the battlefield.

PlanetSide 2's beta servers on the PS4 will be live during certain periods each work day and fulltime during the weekends as part of the testing process.

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