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In one of the series' most adventurous campaign modes of recent years, Call of Duty returns not just to current-gen systems - but also the quartet of PS4 and Xbox One consoles as well. The question going in really is: can those older consoles still handle a game that's increasingly pushing forward with bigger, grander mission designs? Tom tests Black Ops 6's campaign mode on every console to find out.

0:00 Overview
01:38 PS5/Series X Performance
04:21 Series S Performance
05:29 120Hz Performance Testing
06:44 PS4 versus PS5 Visual Comparison
09:48 Last-gen Console Performance/Conclusion

 

[killatopak]

Last gen version still got released?

Did COD do the same last gen and still release on PS3/360 4 years later?

 

[Mr Moose]

Series S is really bad.
Edit: PS4/Xbox One too.
Pro is OK.

 

[adamsapple]

- Developed by Raven and Treyarch, using the MW2/3 engine instead of Treyarch's own engine.
- This video covers SP mode only, including last gen consoles.

Current Gen:
- 60hz mode: Both run with DRS 2160p with horizontal scaling
- Some low rez textures, blocky shadows and no RT support
- Both consoles have 60fps lock a majority but have some clusters of small drops
- Sub 60fps drops are few and far, SX can drop small frames more frequently than PS5
- VRR owners benefit here making the drops imperceptible to PS5/SX players
- Series S has more variable 50 to 60 with drops to mid 40's in combat areas
- Series S targets DRS 1440p with horizontal scaling and minor vertical scaling
- Visual settings broadly the same on all 3 (PS5/SX/SS)

- 120hz mode: Resolution setup is the same with more aggressive DRS
- frame rate also drops to high 60's at stress areas with more frequently 90's in gameplay
- VRR owners will benefit the most here
- Series S runs 15~30 fps lower than Series X in same spots and can go below 60fps line

Last gen:
- PS4: DRS 1080p with lowered environmental and character settings. Shadows are often disabled.
- SSR is also disabled in some places. Geometry pop-in is a lot more noticeable in open areas
- All last gen versions affected with the above.
- PS4 frame rate is between 45~60 with some stretches of 60fps
- Market place shooting is between 40 to 60 with notable screen tearing
- Notable streaming and traversal stutter also observed.
- PS4 Pro: Much is improved, DRS 1512p. Typically 60 much more often but can have stutter.
- PS4 Pro is the only console that engages full V-sync.
- One X targets 1512p DRS but frame rate is often lower than PS4 Pro
- More frequent traversal stutter on One X compared to Pro as well
- Base XBO 900 DRS and pushes the worst performance of the consoles
- Drops to mid 20's observed in some scenes as well

- "Offerings are discouragingly bad on last gen consoles excluding PS4 Pro"

 

[diffusionx]

- Both consoles have 60fps lock a majority but have some clusters of small drops
- Sub 60fps drops are few and far, SX can drop small frames more frequently than PS5

Last gen:
- PS4: DRS 1080p with lowered environmental and character settings. Shadows are often disabled.
- SSR is also disabled in some places. Geometry pop-in is a lot more noticeable in open areas
- All last gen versions affected with the above.
- PS4 frame rate is between 45~60 with some stretches of 60fps
- Market place shooting is between 40 to 60 with notable screen tearing
- Notable streaming and traversal stutter also observed.
- PS4 Pro: Much is improved, DRS 1512p. Typically 60 much more often but can have stutter.
- PS4 Pro is the only console that engages full V-sync.
- One X targets 1512p DRS but frame rate is often lower than PS4 Pro
- More frequent traversal stutter on One X compared to Pro as well
- Base XBO 900 DRS and pushes the worst performance of the consoles
- Drops to mid 20's observed in some scenes as well

- "Offerings are discouragingly bad on last gen consoles excluding PS4 Pro"

Horrible showing for last gen MS but honestly I doubt many people are still playing on those consoles.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Cross gen strikes again.

 

[SweetTooth]

Another Victory for Master Cerny.

Bow to your lord

 

[LordOfChaos]

Runs well on Series X, a touch smoother on PS5

 

[clarky]

Horrible showing for last gen MS but honestly I doubt many people are still playing on those consoles.

While not COD specific you might be be surprised. This is why cross gen still exists.

Half of All PlayStation Gamers Are Yet to Upgrade to PS5, Sony Stats Reveal - IGN

With the PS5 entering the second half of its life, figures from Sony indicate around half of all current PlayStation gamers are yet to upgrade to current gen.

www.ign.com

 

[squidilix]

PS4 Pro better than the One X... What a twist....

Also, lmao base One is 800x900 / 25fps in the worst case. Pretty sure SDK One ruined One X performance.

 

[Celcius]

At this point in the generation I keep forgetting last gen consoles are still supported

 

[Gaiff]

Last gen version still got released?

Did COD do the same last gen and still release on PS3/360 4 years later?

This is likely the last major one. BLOPS III came out in 2015 for the 360 and PS3 who were 10 and 9 years old respectively. Both the Xbox One and PS4 are 11 years old.

 

[Horseganador]

PS5 having the best version of COD I didn't expect it and we still have to see the PS5 pro version.

 

[DaleinCalgary]

PS5 having the best version of COD I didn't expect it and we still have to see the PS5 pro version.

Eventually we will get some ps5 pro upgrades. They have it on so many systems I think they needed to get those working first. I spoke with a developer 3 months ago and they said they didn't have a pro dev kit or even knew if the ps5 pro was real.

 

[adamsapple]

This is likely the last major one. BLOPS III came out in 2015 for the 360 and PS3 who were 10 and 9 years old respectively. Both the Xbox One and PS4 are 11 years old.

Unless they change or make significant improvements to the rendering engine in a year's time, I think we see next years game on PS4/XBO too.

Especially if they plan on supporting the next Switch.

 

[intbal]

I have a suspicion that Treyarch hates being owned by Microsoft.

 

[Branded]

Last gen version still got released?

Did COD do the same last gen and still release on PS3/360 4 years later?

Yeah we'll most likely still get CoD titles on XBOX Series and PS5 at the end of the PS6 and XBOX 720 Series X Two life cycles as well.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

CyberCali

 

[clarky]

CyberCali

Hold my beer.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Simply Brilliant On PC - DF Tech Review

TLDR: Runs god like.

www.neogaf.com

 

[clarky]

Hold my beer.

Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Simply Brilliant On PC - DF Tech Review

TLDR: Runs god like.

www.neogaf.com

Even got a couple of tears a few replies in.

Surprised that they put out a PC video before the console one.

 

[Gaiff]

Unless they change or make significant improvements to the rendering engine in a year's time, I think we see next years game on PS4/XBO too.

Especially if they plan on supporting the next Switch.

What’s the share of last-gen consoles? Less than 10%? Doesn’t sound like it’ll be worth supporting them anymore.

Also, although the next Switch may only be about as powerful as a PS4, it will have a much more modern feature set, fast storage, and likely AI upscaling too. You’ll be able to produce games that look and run better on it.

 

[adamsapple]

Even got a couple of tears a few replies in.

PC only videos?

I rarely, or never, make those.

 

[willothedog]

PS5 having the best version of COD I didn't expect it and we still have to see the PS5 pro version.

That would be PC.

What is this DRS that keeps getting mentioned?

 

[clarky]

PC only videos?

I rarely, or never, make those.

Just messing mate.

 

[clarky]

What’s the share of last-gen consoles? Less than 10%? Doesn’t sound like it’ll be worth supporting them anymore.

Also, although the next Switch may only be about as powerful as a PS4, it will have a much more modern feature set, fast storage, and likely AI upscaling too. You’ll be able to produce games that look and run better on it.

Yeah i think the PS4 had about 8% of boxed sales vs PS5 for MWIII. Like you say hardly seems worth it.

On the other hand around half of the PS MAU is still on the PS4 and its still a million or so in sales so maybe it is worth it?

 

[DenchDeckard]

Another one!

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Yeah i think the PS4 had about 8% of boxed sales vs PS5 for MWIII. Like you say hardly seems worth it.

That still might be enough.

I think that had MS not bought ABK, this could have been the last year for XBO.

 

[SweetTooth]

PS5 having the best version of COD I didn't expect it and we still have to see the PS5 pro version.

"Pretty cool right?"

- Mark Cerny 2020

 

[SweetTooth]

That would be PC.

What is this DRS that keeps getting mentioned?

Which PC?

Your PC? Or top 5% PCs?

 

[rodrigolfp]

That would be PC.

What is this DRS that keeps getting mentioned?

That stuff that does this:

Dynamic Resolution Scaling.

 

[Fake]

PS4 still doing miracles.

 

[kruis]

Horrible showing for last gen MS but honestly I doubt many people are still playing on those consoles.

The fact that COD still gets a yearly release on last gen consoles shows there's still a sizable, profitable market out there (unfortunately).

 

[Gaiff]

That would be PC.

Obviously, the poster meant the best console version within this context.

What is this DRS that keeps getting mentioned?

Dynamic resolution scaling. The resolution adjusts on the fly to lessen the load on the GPU to maintain a stable frame rate.

 

[clarky]

PS4 still doing miracles.

Miracle that there is still people willing to put up with that you mean.

Digital PS5 can be had for around £330 these days, these peasants need to upgrade.

 

[SweetTooth]

I think this game puts the argument that Series X is more powerful than PS5 to bed! And really highlights how Sony managed to masterfully design that little 36CU beast inside PS5.

 

[mckmas8808]

Can we kill last gen consoles.......please?!

 

[SweetTooth]

I think this game puts the argument that Series X is more powerful than PS5 to bed! And really highlights how Sony managed to masterfully design that little 36CU beast inside PS5.

adamsapple

Whats funny about my statement? Do you want to see something really funny?

Check this thread out:

|OT| Xbox power King memes

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Last gen is still probably good enough for multiplayer if you are a casual.

 

[adamsapple]

Can we kill last gen consoles.......please?!

There's > 150 million potential reasons why Activision would probably be in no rush to do that.

 

[DanielG165]

I wonder what’s causing the One X to run worse than the PS4 Pro here? It isn’t a situation like the current gen machines where they’re essentially neck and neck, so it’s interesting that One X is fairing considerably worse in performance.

 

[DanielG165]

Can we kill last gen consoles.......please?!

Not when COD is the biggest FPS franchise on the market, no.

 

[DenchDeckard]

I think this game puts the argument that Series X is more powerful than PS5 to bed! And really highlights how Sony managed to masterfully design that little 36CU beast inside PS5.

Ok, who's alt are you? We haven't had your kind of crazy around here for a while....

...I dig it.

 

[intbal]

I wonder what’s causing the One X to run worse than the PS4 Pro here?

Priorities.

 

[DanielG165]

- Sub 60fps drops are few and far, SX can drop small frames more frequently than PS5
- VRR owners benefit here making the drops imperceptible to PS5/SX players

Such a win for PS5, guys lol. A drop to 58fps, sometimes, is not going to be noticeable to anyone who doesn’t have a tool running in the background, and VRR makes that essentially even more negligible. Both premium machines drop a few frames during more intensive action sequences here, but seem to scale right back to 60fps in a matter of seconds.

Regardless of what platform you play on in regards to PS5 and Series X, you’re gonna have a good experience, performance wise. Just have a decent internet connection for said single player, because Activision. What baffles me is the One X performing worse than PS4 Pro. The performance gap there is genuinely, honestly, and provenly substantial, so the One X having a worse time running Black Ops 6 would have to be down to optimization and focus, no?

 

[SweetTooth]

Ok, who's alt are you? We haven't had your kind of crazy around here for a while....

...I dig it.

Check that "Xbox is power king" thread for real crazy and funny stuff.

Not sure if I have seen you there, looks way funny in retrospective...

Damn it feels good being in the winning side for 30 years

 

[mckmas8808]

There's > 150 million potential reasons why Activision would probably be in no rush to do that.

 

[MarkMe2525]

I think this game puts the argument that Series X is more powerful than PS5 to bed! And really highlights how Sony managed to masterfully design that little 36CU beast inside PS5.

This game also performs better on PS4 Pro when compared to the X1X, should we also definitively claim the PS4 Pro is more powerful than the 1X as well? I don't follow the logic, to look at this particular game and decide to "put the argument to bed". It is obvious, when looking at the results I mentioned, that there are more variables to this games performance, other than the particulars of the hardware it's running on.

 

[OverHeat]

Check that "Xbox is power king" thread for real crazy and funny stuff.

Not sure if I have seen you there, looks way funny in retrospective...

Damn it feels good being in the winning side for 30 years

Oh you!….still a warrior of those casual plastic boxes

 

[SweetTooth]

This game also performs better on PS4 Pro when compared to the X1X, should we also definitively claim the PS4 Pro is more powerful than the 1X as well? I don't follow the logic, to look at this particular game and decide to "put the argument to bed". It is obvious, when looking at the results I mentioned, that there are more variables to this games performance, other than the particulars of the hardware it's running on.

Does 80% of PS4 Pro games perform better than 1X? If so then yes .. because that's what happening with PS5 vs Series X since 2020.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Does 80% of PS4 Pro games perform better than 1X? If so then yes .. because that's what happening with PS5 vs Series X since 2020.

You didn't answer my question and are deflecting. You said the results of "this game" puts the argument to bed between the power of the SX and PS5, so does "this game" also tell you anything about the power differential of the PS4 Pro and X1X?