This time - for whatever reason - we're going to assume it's by design, so we've left the default settings as is for our main comparison assets, and double-checked that both consoles were indeed set to full-range RGB output.įirst up, the good news is that the resolution disparity between the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 that was introduced with Black Ops hasn't been carried forward into the latest iteration of the Infinity Ward engine: the underwhelming PS3 res of 960x540 is no more. Use the full-screen button to ensure you see full 720p resolution.Ĭuriously, the colour balance issue we saw in Modern Warfare 2 hasn't been fully addressed in the sequel (there were no problems with Treyarch's Call of Duty: Black Ops), so while the 360 version doesn't look so dark and oppressive as it did in MW2 (and is a match for PC) the PlayStation 3 game is considerably brighter. Modern Warfare 3 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. In a year where the gap between the two consoles has become wafer-thin, has Infinity Ward managed to upgrade its core technology to produce a truly like-for-like experience on both machines? Let's find out, first by checking out the usual head-to-head comparison movie, backed up - as ever - by a comparison gallery that includes both consoles, plus the PC version running at 720p on the maximum quality level.
Putting aside DLC exclusive windows and a perceivably higher level of multiplayer performance, the core technology itself just seems to run better on the Microsoft architecture: every metric we've run on COD titles from Modern Warfare onwards has produced a palpably higher performance level on Xbox 360. While the Call of Duty games have enjoyed mammoth levels of success across both console platforms, the game has arguably found its home on Xbox 360.
The latest chapter in the Modern Warfare saga may well be short on revolutionary new concepts and never-seen-before technology, but what Infinity Ward and co-developers Sledgehammer and Raven have delivered is a supremely enjoyable, highly polished package that offers a ton of value across its principle single-player, Spec Ops and multiplayer components. The biggest game of the year has finally arrived.
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