Over the past couple of months, Sony's been talking quite a lot about the future 3D capabilities of the PS3, virtually positioning their gaming console as one of the main engines for pushing the concepts of 3D entertainment and gaming into the mainstream segment. And, to be perfectly honest, there were quite a lot of people who were eagerly waiting to enjoy Full HD, 3D games on their recently-purchased 3D Bravia HDTVs, but sadly, at least a part of these people might be a bit disappointed.

And that's because, according to a report by Joystiq, Sony's official guidelines for 3D gaming on PS3 limit the displayed image to a resolution of 720p, as revealed by a Sony rep at the Develop conference. Furthermore, even those titles that run natively at Full HD resolution will be downscaled in order to run at around 720p for each eye.

The reason for this situation is related to the fact that full HD resolutions would have some severe adverse effects on the image quality, increasing the number of dropped frames, which is something gamers are not really willing to experience.

There are also two good news here, though. First, it seems that differences in resolution are quite unnoticeable for gamers when in 3D mode, and after experiencing Sony's 3D gaming on the PS3 first-hand, I sort of agree with that. Second, Blu-ray 3D playback will not be affected, since they run natively at 24 fps, which means that the PS3's role as Sony's prime weapon in the fight for 3D adoption will retain its power.  


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