Yep, you read that right. Madden 08, All-Pro Football 2K8, and NCAA Football 08 will have half the framerate on the PS3 as it’s Xbox 360 cousin.

1up confirmed this information with both EA and 2K Sports. When they asked Sony about the issue, David Karraker responded:

“We have already proven that sports titles can run on the PlayStation 3 at true HD with 1080p output with NBA 07. [...] If you have questions about specific third-party games, you should speak to those publishers.”

So that’s just what 1up did. 2K Sports didn’t want to get into any flame wars, so they didn’t comment. But the juggernaut at EA jumped right in, with Todd Sitrin, EA’s vice president of marketing sports branding, replying to Sony’s statement:

“We want to make sure that we give the best experience we can on each platform. In designing a game, there are all sorts of tradeoffs that include frame rate, visuals, features, AI, etc. Football is an extremely challenging sport to replicate because of the number of people on the field, their interaction, and the scope of the environments. As you can see, every company making a football game this year made a decision that the best experience for the Xbox 360 included 60fps whereas the best experience for the PS3 was 30fps. We certainly believe that both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions are our football products are outstanding experiences and recommend that each gamer look at the entire experience, not just one aspect. We think they’ll be very happy no matter which version of the game they play.”

Yeah. I think I’m going to make sure I get the Xbox 360 versions here. Can Sony catch a break ever with the PS3?