Battlefield 3 demoed on PS3

Battlefield 3's lead platform is the PC, but as part of Video Game Week on NBC's Late Night program, Jimmy Fallon debuted the first-ever footage of Battlefield 3 running on a console.

Andrew Yoon

June 17, 2011 8:15 AM

DICE Executive producer Patrick Bach previously said that the Battlefield 3 team is "focusing on PC first, and then we fiddle with it to fit it onto consoles." Well, now we can see what the fiddling looks like.

As part of Video Game Week on NBC's Late Night program, Jimmy Fallon debuted the first-ever footage of Battlefield 3 running on a console. Played on a PS3, the console version appears to maintain much of the look of the lead version. It looks terrific for years-old hardware, and will certainly be more than "good enough" visually when it releases. But let's not forget that DICE's Karl Magnus Troedsson told us that "now it's time to give some extra love to the PC community."

Note: Video playback is restricted to America.

Andrew Yoon

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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June 17, 2011 8:15 AM

Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Battlefield 3 demoed on PS3.

Battlefield 3's lead platform is the PC, but as part of Video Game Week on NBC's Late Night program, Jimmy Fallon debuted the first-ever footage of Battlefield 3 running on a console.
- Sgtfraser
  
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  June 17, 2011 8:27 AM
  
  Note: Video playback is restricted to America.
  
  Fuck off
  - Desmond4231
    
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    June 17, 2011 8:30 AM
    
    Video doesn't work anyways, your not missing much.
  - mrseldowski
    
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    June 17, 2011 8:36 AM
    
    this.
    Eat a bag of dicks.
  - -efx-
    
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    June 17, 2011 8:42 AM
    
    It's on youtube as well.
  - Nehvrook
    
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    June 17, 2011 9:13 AM
    
    Yeah, link somewhere we can all see it.
    - molaughlen
      
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      June 17, 2011 11:16 AM
      
      You remember this is Shacknews... Owned by a company which sells you the content it is reporting about.
  - tw3kr
    
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    June 17, 2011 11:03 AM
    
    lolpwnd
- ajvitaly
  
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  June 17, 2011 8:36 AM
  
  PC version is noticeably superior, and it's apparent just by this video.
  
  https://twitter.com/repi/status/81652736738861056
- Jayrossss
  
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  June 17, 2011 8:42 AM
  
  As I said in the news article on Planet Battlefield, we have been spoiled after months of only seeing the PC footage. The console version of BF3 looks like the console version of BF3. Maybe I'll build a PC in October... *gulp*
- st4rdog
  
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  June 17, 2011 8:44 AM
  
  http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=videos&search_query=fallon+battlefield&search_sort=video_date_uploaded
- Dark Drakonis
  
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  June 17, 2011 8:57 AM
  
  Goodbye CoD :) Youe end is here !!!
  - riptyde
    
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    June 17, 2011 9:00 AM
    
    RIP Call of Doody
- riptyde
  
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  June 17, 2011 9:01 AM
  
  I'm buying it on PC because that's where I want to play this, but the graphics are still good lookin.
- dedgecko
  
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  June 17, 2011 9:06 AM
  
  lol... what a fucking waste of air time.
  - dedgecko
    
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    June 17, 2011 9:09 AM
    
    yea, who would you say is having more... fallon playing BF3, or fallon playing MW3:
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNhbjRDuE3I
    
    the MW3 guys did a way better job showing off their game than what was done for BF3.
    
    :(
- TotalRecall
  
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  June 17, 2011 9:16 AM
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFrzyhOiaWU An american show restricted in america?
- psalm234
  
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  June 17, 2011 9:27 AM
  
  Here is a 1080p video of the event on Fallon
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLCFQyqEoHA
  - yAak
    
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    June 17, 2011 10:17 AM
    
    lmfao, Fallon: "Kay, this is like scary, this is very realistic... Can you just HIDE?"
- soundcreepy
  
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  June 17, 2011 10:06 AM
  
  So Ill take it Shackers don't care about the origin exclusive dilemma, because my god you would swear that EA is going to eat Activisions shorts on the Steam forums. (which its good if Shackers don't, im starting to not be able to stand steam and would like to see some competition.)
  - atom519
    
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    June 17, 2011 10:08 AM
    
    What do you hate about steam?
    - soundcreepy
      
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      June 17, 2011 10:15 AM
      
      Not that I hate, just having my account hacked made me realize that maybe putting all eggs in one basket is not a good thing, and with every Steam client update, it seems to be getting slower for me. Plus like I said, competition should, i hope, only make things better.
      - Shadowdane
        
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        June 17, 2011 12:09 PM
        
        I'm all for competition, but cut the exclusive crap... if Origin is seriously better I'd buy it on that platform, but currently it doesn't even come close to touching what Steam does.
        
        Haxim
        
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        June 17, 2011 12:36 PM
        
        Is it even possible to make a service "seriously better" than Steam? It seems like any issues people have with it are pretty minor, and even if they made a service that addresses all of those, it wouldn't be enough to pull people away from a service they've already built substantial libraries with.
        
        wytefang
        
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        June 18, 2011 7:26 PM
        
        I wouldn't say the issues are all "entirely minor" and I think that Impulse is getting there, though not that they've been sold, who knows where that service will end up. I find myself in agreement with Soundcreepy - I also just recently had my Steam account hacked (supposedly - I suspect it wasn't really hacked but that my use of a VPN while here in the Middle East caused a red flag or something) and their customer service is a joke. No phone # to call and my entire account locked out. Ridiculous. Furthermore, according to their ludicrous EULA, they don't have to inform you why your account may have been suspended. Are you kidding me? What a joke.
        
        If I could move all these games somewhere else, I would, immediately. Lucky for me I still have purchased most of my games in hardcopy.
        
        No, Steam isn't even remotely perfect, Haxim. Not by a long-shot.
        
        wytefang
        
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        June 18, 2011 7:27 PM
        
        That should say, "Now that they've (Impulse) been sold..." Please excuse the typo.
        
        saunders45
        
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        June 17, 2011 12:39 PM
        
        So you want Valve games on something besides steam?
  - deject
    
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    June 17, 2011 10:10 AM
    
    Oh there's plenty of people who have sandy vaginas about it. I'm getting it from Amazon so I don't really care.
    - R@zzle
      
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      June 17, 2011 10:38 AM
      
      this. unless retail copies are forced to use origin i don't really care.
      - deject
        
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        June 17, 2011 11:30 AM
        
        Even if they are, you're still not buying it there, ergo Origin won't be seeing that revenue and if enough people avoid buying on Origin then EA will take note.
        
        R@zzle
        
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        June 17, 2011 12:22 PM
        
        welll, i'm not installing another steam service on my computer so it does kind of matter. had enough of that nonsense when i bought an impulse game
  - Nehvrook
    
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    June 17, 2011 10:13 AM
    
    As far as I can tell Origin installs the game to your PC, but you don't have to have Origin running to play it (This is how it is with me for Dragon Age 2 anyway). So if I have to buy it through Origin and run it as a non-steam game that doesn't really bother me.
    
    I'd prefer it on Steam, but lets face it, while everyone tries to get a pice of the digital distribution pie we'll probably see a whole lot of platforms with exclusives. I'm hoping we get to a point where all digital distribution platforms sell all games (You know, like retail shops do) and they try to lure customers with better features, prices and support rather than exclusives.
  - shirif
    
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    June 17, 2011 10:14 AM
    
    Steam forums? What are those. Tralalalala
  - riptyde
    
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    June 17, 2011 10:15 AM
    
    I care about it, but it's not a dealbreaker. I'll likely buy it retail in order to avoid Origin (if they don't sell it on Steam) but if for some reason I have to buy it via Origin then so be it.
    - soundcreepy
      
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      June 17, 2011 10:23 AM
      
      well, as far as I can tell even if you go retail you need to have Origin installed (for patches and shit) but Origin doesn't need to be running.
  - MercFox1
    
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    June 17, 2011 10:34 AM
    
    What EA REALLY needs to do is make every studio go Steamworks, then sell Steam codes through Origin.
    
    You want to talk about fucking MONEYHATS? I'd be all over that.
    - Dontdrop
      
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      June 17, 2011 10:38 AM
      
      They want money. Your plan means EA doesn't get the money.
      - MercFox1
        
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        June 17, 2011 11:23 AM
        
        Not true at all. It's the same system as if Direct2Drive sold Steamworks codes, which makes them money. Your statement makes no sense.
        
        deject
        
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        June 17, 2011 11:33 AM
        
        EA gets a smaller slice than if you buy on Origin. For EA, the slice they're missing out on is pretty big, enough to get them to try to force Origin on everyone.
        
        Dontdrop
        
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        June 17, 2011 12:37 PM
        
        Correction - EA wants all the money, they don't want to pay a licensing fee to Steam/Valve. Going Steamworks won't achieve what they want.
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    June 17, 2011 10:45 AM
    
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  - duffman03
    
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    June 17, 2011 11:19 AM
    
    I'll buy it when they sell it on Steam
    - soundcreepy
      
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      June 17, 2011 11:27 AM
      
      I don't get this, but, Alice was released on steam, and I believe anything on Origin will just be timed exclusives anyways.
  - saunders45
    
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    June 17, 2011 11:21 AM
    
    Screw the fanboys. I'll buy it wherever it's cheapest.
- ChromeBallz
  
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  June 17, 2011 3:31 PM
  
  This looks quite good.
  
  It does look noticably less good than the PC version (smoke, particle effects, filters and post processing), but still better than i thought. I suspect they made as many sacrifices as necessary to get destruction working properly.
  - purekillforce
    
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    June 18, 2011 9:34 AM
    
    I can live with the graphics not being as good. That's the trade off for console gaming. But I'm glad the destruction is the same, that was a crucial point for me too.
    
    Game looks sick, can't wait!