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Sony 'working with Ubisoft' to manage Watch Dogs PS4 bundle pre-orders

Sony has said that it is working with Ubisoft and its retail partners while it considers how best to handle pre-orders placed for the Watch Dogs PlayStation 4 bundle.

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xHeavYx3836d ago

Maybe they will offer a voucher for the game when it releases, that way people won't have to wait to get a PS4, since they are mostly sold out

Seraphemz3836d ago

Thing is people are still going to get pissed because they wont have a game to play right away..they will complain that they paid for the bundle.. and now they have to buy another game.

Most people would have done that anyway, but this gives them something to complain about.

black0o3836d ago

complaining it's in our nature

Blaze9293836d ago (Edited 3836d ago )

"Most people would have done that anyway"

people, just lost out on a chance to get a PS4 this holiday. And you think they don't have the right to complain?

KwietStorm_BLM3836d ago

@Blaze

How do you figure people lost out on a PS4? You're assuming their pre order is outright canceled immediately without any workaround from amazon? It was a bundle. The PS4 is still releasing on time. That means amazon still has their PS4 console ordered. WORST case scenario these people get their PS4 shipped, and are given a refund on the price, like amazon is known for anyway.

Eonjay3836d ago

I'm not too pissed. Crap happens. As long as they make me whole, I will be happy.

sackboyhappy3836d ago

There's always free to play games :)

extermin8or3836d ago

Tbf ASDA outright cancelled my preorder because my delivery address was where im living for uni and my billing address my actual home where my parents live and i return at holidays.... as it stands they said they'd sort it and give me another preorder code so i can remake my order but im yet to get it and it's been several days, my moneys stuck in 'holding' so it's in my account but i can't use it for like another 7 working days.... so not getting watch dogs with a ps4 should be the least of peoples concerns-want to know who is pissed off atm? ME! I doubt anywhere will outright cancel peoples orders-save maybe ASDA....

mikeslemonade3836d ago

Easy.. Just interchange the game Watch Dogs with Killzone: Shadow Fall.

badz1493835d ago

After Rayman Legends and now this? WTF Ubisoft? Everybody in their right mind knows this is money related decision, can you at least announce it much earlier and not less than a month prior to release? Enough with your "technical" BS excuse already! After Rayman, no one should be dumb enough to think that you are actually being honest!

rainslacker3835d ago

No matter what happens, not everyone is going to be happy. You can't please everyone, particularly when you give them the sounding board of the internet to say how the world will end unless X happens and Y does something miraculous and unheard of.

DJMarty3835d ago (Edited 3835d ago )

@Seraphemz - Ther are tons of Free-2-play PS4 games available at launch off PSN.

I'd rather have Watchdogs when ready, the launch and be crap.

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Xsilver3836d ago

Really ubisoft you brought this game at every single event hyped it to the point of no return and then you hit us with a delay -_- am not gonna sugarcoat it i'm pissed royally pissed i hope they fix those watch dog bundles so people still get their PS4.

Double_O_Revan3836d ago

They even had it at NY Comic Con this weekend. And they acted like everything was cool. They were giving stuff to people who pre ordered right there at the show.

Kind of dirty.

talhat23836d ago

I would rather have a game that is polished and has no significant bugs, rather than a game that will have a lot of bugs.

Blaze9293836d ago

you honestly believe that excuse they gave for the delay?

skept3k3836d ago

Even if you pre-ordered a PS4 + Watch Dogs bundle, and learn that you won't receive either now?

I doubt you'd be saying the same thing.

Eonjay3836d ago

@skept3k

I highly doubt that is going to happen. I preordered that bundle but I'm 100% sure I will be getting my console.

JetsFool35003835d ago

Thats total bs doesnt take 3+ months to polish a game

abc12333835d ago

@Blaze929: Ok, so what kind of conspiracy theory do you have which would explain why Ubisoft would delay their game and consequently slash $600k off their sales predictions?

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Kaizin5143836d ago

It'll get fixed, don't worry. If there is one thing Sony has done right so far, it's been customer service. Hell, you might get a free year of PS+ for the delay, you never know. But as many people said, I think you'll likely get a voucher for the game and you will be able to download at launch or even still get a physical copy.

Studio-YaMi3836d ago (Edited 3836d ago )

Don't think anyone will be getting anything for free from Sony since this is Ubi's fault and not Sony.

If anything,Ubi will have a voucher code so that you can download the game for free when it's released & maybe throw in something extra like a skin or game cash.

Campy da Camper3836d ago

I don't see how Sony can't just ship the bundle minus the game and in its place have a voucher for it. I'd be pissed to no end if they cancelled the bundle as well and that was my only preorder unit.

Crap I'd have a total meltdown.

Kaizin5143835d ago

@Studio-YaMi

True, while this is Ubi's fault, it does involve Sony's system, so I wouldn't be surprised if Sony tried to sweeten the apology by giving away PS+ memberships. Though yea, I guess this is unlikely but I wouldn't be surprised if it did happen.

@Campy da Camper

I do think this is what will happen. Sony will ship you the console separately and Ubi will offer a voucher. Seems to be the most likely win-win scenario to come if it. Win-win definitely meaning you still get your game, unfortunately despite the delay. I don't think people will get screwed, it will get resolved nicely, me thinks.

hellzsupernova3836d ago

This! It is insane that they delay it now and by half a year, they must have known for a while they were not going to be ready

iWishTifaWasReal3835d ago

the only reason they delayed this is to get more profit.

keep in mind AC4 release date is not that far off to Watch Dog's. They wanna focus with AC4 sales first.

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Arcanine3836d ago

they should reduce the price of the people that already paid or just give them kill zone Shadowfall if ppl agree with it.

beepbopadoobop3835d ago

I got a phonecall from the store I pre ordered the other day asking to confirm which bundle I wanted, Im glad I went for the Killzone one! Phew!

GentlemenRUs3836d ago (Edited 3836d ago )

Offer people another game to say sorry but give the people effected Watch_Dogs for free when it comes out.

Though it is kinda disgusting how Ubisoft can do this a month away from launch(In america, UK has to wait till the 29th)...

admiralvic3836d ago

"Though it is kinda disgusting how Ubisoft can do this a month away from launch(In america, UK has to wait till the 29th)..."

Ubisoft was in a catch 22 situation and people need to understand and respect this.

Option 1) You get a version of the game they think needs roughly 6 months of work before releasing it. This not only means the games value will be less, but it's impossible to say if you would even WANT it as is.
Option 2) The game gets delayed, but you arguably get a better quality product.

The funny thing is how quickly people forget Rayman Legends, which got a similar an equally random last minute delay for a huge span of time. Morale of the story... don't preorder Ubisoft games or at least expect them to release on time.

Campy da Camper3836d ago

Except I don't buy the excuse its delayed for tecnical reasons. I think the knew it would be pushed back a while ago to allow acbf to sell yet they mum the word to collect preorders. It should have gone gold in the next week. They just realized the game needed work? I highly doubt it.

KwietStorm_BLM3836d ago (Edited 3836d ago )

Or option 3, people stop with this whole "delay equals better game" thing and open your eyes. This is not anything new in the slightest. Games get pushed out the holiday season every.single.year, and it's usually because of competition (money). Games ship with bugs all the time. No amount of extra work is going to guarantee a glitch free experience. It's the nature of software. Let's also not ignore Assassin's Creed, their huge and eestablished franchise has a sequel coming out at the same time. Just be realistic.

rainslacker3835d ago (Edited 3835d ago )

Here's the thing.

In game development, they know about how long it will take to have the game go gold. This game should be going gold right now, if not 2-3 weeks ago. This is particularly true if it was being bundled with the system physically...digital might be different.

Ubisoft as the publisher and developer knew full well this game wasn't going to be ready for launch at least a month ago. Maybe they had high hopes, and the development team has been in crunch mode for quite some time, but there is no way, this close to release, that they suddenly found a technical issue that wasn't known for quite some time. Game development on this scale just does not work like that. The only way it could throw them for a loop is if the technical issue was found by Sony or MS during the certification process, in which case it could definitely delay the game, but even then, a flaw of that nature would have been found well in advance of 1 month prior to release.

Now, if they just decided that the game wasn't up to their standards then fine, delay it and make it better. I'm OK with that, and in the long run, people won't really remember the delay if the game is good. But citing a technical issue? One that takes 6 months to rectify at this late stage in development when they would be in the polish stage? It just doesn't track.

The more likely scenario is that they felt it would sell better, and not affect AC4 sales if they delayed it. They did it with Rayman Legends, so it's not so hard to believe they would do it with this.

jay23836d ago

Give them another game and a download code/voucher to get a boxed copy!

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The entire WatchDogs series is 87% off and it's not even Black Friday

If you are looking for a bargain, check out the huge discounts across the entire WatchDogs series on Steam.

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Watch Dogs Deserves A Remake, More Than Ever

With the world of information and technology, privacy and security growing every day, Watch Dogs deserves another chance in the spotlight, now more than ever.

RaidenBlack993d ago

The only Ubi title that deserves a faithful remake right now is Splinter Cell 1.
All 2014+ Ubi titles are just underwhelming. Especially ones from 2016+ are just cancer.

LucasRuinedChildhood992d ago (Edited 992d ago )

Seriously, are we so far removed from Ubisoft actually making good games that people now praise Watch_Dogs in retrospect?

"Watch_Dogs has remained one of my favourite games of the last ten years." Jesus Christ.

HankHill992d ago

I remember being so disappointed in Watch Dogs when I played it at release. It was alright, but I think I fell for the hype and I needed a game to play on my new PS4.

obidanshinobi992d ago

This is what happens when mediocrity gets praised as good.
Standards are slipping across the whole entertainment industry.
What was once considering rubbish is now considered as OK, what once was OK is now being praised as good etc etc.

LamerTamer992d ago

Everyone has their own likes. I liked it a lot myself. I played through it twice and liked the car chases and the open world with fairly decent environments and missions. It suffered from the whole downgrade thing where they showed graphics that weren't actually there. No game will appeal to everyone but it was still ambitious for it's time.

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gantarat993d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee993d ago

For certain! AC1 was brilliant at the time but with new graphics and gameplay it would be amazing! Do you prefer old combat or new though?

RaidenBlack992d ago

I'd say a reimagining of AC1.
I direct AC1 remake would be a bad idea. It'll need better story pacing and significant better world building.

BlaqMagiq1992d ago

Old. Let it play like how it did with AC2-Syndicate style gameplay but refine the setting and story.

Profchaos993d ago

It would need a lot changed for it to be enjoyable again as even back in 2007 on launch we were all complaining about it's repetitive gameplay go here perform one of three side quests repeat then assassination now do it over and over until a big battle with a unforgiving checkpoint system.

BlaqMagiq1992d ago

Absolutely. It needs it. The only AC I truly didn't enjoy.

chicken_in_the_corn992d ago

I'd prefer it didn't. Ubisoft would make it so bloated, it wouldn't be anywhere near the original

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smolinsk993d ago (Edited 993d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos993d ago (Edited 993d ago )

As a fan of the franchise legion was garbage and I regretted my purchase for the first time in the franchise the entire thing felt like an experiment in NPC behaviour and released without the writers input on what makes a good story.

I don't think I'm alone in that feeling though as wrench and Aiden are brought back and the campaign was rewritten to fit them.

I am tempted to buy the season pass to play it again with Aiden but fool me twice shame on me I'm waiting for a deep sale

camel_toad992d ago

Agreed. Despite the annoying hipness of the characters in part 2 I thought it was a really fun game. I was extremely disappointed and surprised at how many steps back they took with Legion. You'd think it was made by an entirely different team. Or was it?

It was just so devoid of fun.

LamerTamer992d ago

Honestly one of my biggest annoyances with Legion is that they took out the camera views for the driving. I mean the behind the car view that they stuck us with is near unplayable. I always used a first person driving view. After two releases why did they take OUT features? I don't get it.

TheSinsibleOne993d ago

The fist watchdog game was the best by far
After that they weren't weird and annoying with that hipster stuff. Aiden was a badass.

LamerTamer992d ago

I thought so at first too. I got used to it and it ended up being good after some play time. I just had to give it a chance.

TheEnigma313993d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack992d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma313992d ago

That's good news. Hopefully it's done right.

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Inside the Driver game that died so that Watch Dogs could live

From VG247: "When cars slide, they leave tyre marks. In a game like Driver, they’re an aesthetic touch, part of the inherent cool of a handbrake turn. But those dark shadows in the road also tell a story. From tyre marks, you can determine the speed of a vehicle, when it started to skid, and its ultimate direction of travel – long after the car itself has vanished into the distance."

vallencer1057d ago

Different spellings in different parts of the world friend. Tyre is a correct way to spell it.

Pridefall1057d ago

Dunno why you got downvpted when tyre is correct in Australia.

mikefizzled11057d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921057d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1057d ago

Why did they stop making some of the best games ever? Driver was one of them.

Gameseeker_Frampt1057d ago

Assassins Creed 2 showed Ubisoft how to make money and Far Cry 2 showed them that gamers don't like complex ideas. Now Ubisoft just turns out games that are just variations of the same thing.

WeAreLegion1057d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1057d ago

A story driven game with pure driving gameplay. I'd love to see a new Driver game or a remake of the first one.

ApocalypseShadow1057d ago

Yes. This one. A definite remake of the first without adding any ridiculous fluff. The first game had great physics and sound for its time. The start of the car in the beginning cinema I watched constantly. My father and uncles were big muscle and classic car freaks. Only thing crazy about the game was the relentless cops in the last level. Insane the way those police cars were and launched at you.

Bleemcast made it look better just like PC emulators. But would definitely take a remake.

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