Question about video game commercials

Dark Coz · 10-14-2008, 02:58 PM

I've noticed this question a lot. First time was when I played Tony Hawk's Underground and that was running at 60 Frames Per Second even on PS2, while the commercial was around 25 or 30 FPS. This was also for Wii games like Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Super Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl, all three running at 60 FPS, but commercials are half the FPS. What is going on with this. Why don't commercials show game footage at 60 FPS and not 30?

Bromeo and Fooliet · 10-14-2008, 03:05 PM

Why are you looking so deep into this?

Dark Coz · 10-14-2008, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Hey Little Boy

Why are you looking so deep into this?

Just wondering. I think the commercial makers convert the videos to 30 FPS using movie makers or something. Is that the case?

Bromeo and Fooliet · 10-14-2008, 03:53 PM

It's a commercial.

Alex · 10-14-2008, 05:52 PM

NTSC video is 29.97 FPS. Captured video for broadcast will naturally be lower quality, especially after going through NTSC post-processing. It's pretty basic stuff.

Bromeo and Fooliet · 10-14-2008, 06:01 PM

It's also a commercial.

**helix eternal** · 10-15-2008, 04:40 PM

Yeah I don't think they make HD digital commercials yet, at least not for video games.

Valex · 10-15-2008, 07:23 PM

Maybe if those video game commercials were during the Super Bowl

Heavy Metal Hero · 10-16-2008, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Valex

Maybe if those video game commercials were during the Super Bowl

commercial for the new madden game during the super bowl would be a good idea...