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Watch Dogs Demo Was Running On A PC And Not On A PS4

DSOGaming writes: "PC gamers were left out in the cold during Sony’s PS4 presentation. Were they? Well, we don’t think so. It appears that the amazing demo walkthrough of Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs was running on a PC instead of a PS4."

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Godmars2904074d ago (Edited 4074d ago )

Wasn't it a dev kit?

Edit:
Well until the damn thing's out and we get another Aliens Colonial Marines incident - several since nothing shown could have been running off a console - does it really matter.

Its this kind of self winding up that's ruining it for the community. If not for the damn demo of the aforementioned game it wouldn't have been as big a crime as it was.

john24074d ago

Nope, as Ubisoft confirmed: "The Watch Dogs demo was running on a PC with specs close to the PS4."

TOGC4074d ago

I swore I saw a Square PS4 button in the gameplay though. Unless I am blind.

stuntman_mike4074d ago

they were using a PS4 pad on stage during the demo, as to if it was connected to anything..well?

Bathyj4074d ago

Even if thats true it doesnt worry me at all.

A PC with specs the same as a PS4 probably looks worse than a PS4 as consoles tend to puch above their weight.

What would Farcry 3 or Crysis 3 look like on a PC with 512mb of RAM?
Would a 512 PC even run its own OS?

Still, even if I'm wrong about that, I still have no doubt the game will look great and the gameplay looks awesome. Thats all that matters.

Cyfyxtfg4074d ago

You did. He pushed the "square" button to shoot the power box

Link0794074d ago (Edited 4074d ago )

Stop it the specs on the pc were a GTX way more powerful than ps4 and WiiU but there dedicated consoles mate so when optimized they could easily both look as good as pc trailer look at wiiu NFS it equals high end pc and the night time is better graphically on wiiu so they improved the graphics on NFS WiiU over the pc and this wasn't going all out or using an optimised Engine for the gpgpu ect this was using the ps3 engine and a so called switch that turns everthing into high end pc assets so i'm sure WiiU and ps4 Will be equal or better than this.

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SonicRush154074d ago

I thought I saw a PS button as well

r214074d ago

There was a green triangle button prompt when he hacked the ATM.

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4074d ago

You do realize pc games played with 360 controllers show 360 buttons? Icons mean little.

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PFFT4074d ago

There was also the Square button. I think it was when he was picking up the peoples information.

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Blasphemy4074d ago

PS4 has 8 gb of ram, I doubt it will look any different then PC.

starchild4074d ago

The PC version will be able to run at a higher framerate, but honestly with PS4 likely able to output at 1080p and decent anti-aliasing, the noticeable differences between PC and consoles is going to get smaller.

Link0794074d ago

Thats devkits the wiiu devkit has 4GB and with compression tech these days expect 4GB on wiiu and 8GB on ps4 maybe 6GB these figures are when using compression tech ie x4 its weather the ps4 eithier has 2GB or 4GB for gaming if it has 2 it converts into 8 if it has 4GB then that can convert to 16GB,same as wiiu uses 1GB for gaming thats converted to 4GB or if Nintendo wanted to offer devs 1.5 or 2GB in the future than that would convert to 6GB or 8GB,all i know is there isnt a game out there that needs more than say 2GB or maybe 3GB so WiiU is mighty fine as with it's compression tech wiiu does a comfortable 4GB.

kaozgamer4071d ago

@link

you should try using sentences...

Deputydon4074d ago

I thought Watch Dogs was the worst of the best looking games anyways. I thought KZ, Drive Club, Infamous, and Deep Down all looked better. Watch Dog still looks amazing though.

DonFreezer4073d ago

Fail of the year.Watch dogs looked better than anything shown.

Deputydon4072d ago

Not really sure why? Especially considering out of all the games I mentioned, its not even a true next gen game. Its a current gen port to next gen. It still looks amazing, and its a day one buy for me, but my comment fail of the year? Hahaha.

Gamer19824073d ago

It was obviously a PC as my mate pointed out while watching he notice screen tearing lol. I was like thats probably because its an early build but PC build makes more sense now lol. They maxed it out and tried to run at 60FPS on apc that couldnt handle it.

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Skate-AK4074d ago

Why does it show the square and triangle button in it then?

john24074d ago (Edited 4074d ago )

those icons were obviously added as an overlay. Here is the direct feed and you can see that there are no icons at all (and it's the same walkthrough, even the 'mistakes' are the same)

http://youtu.be/6LZM3_wp2ps

*****Edit: Yeah my bad, the gamepad icons are included in there too. Either way, Ubisoft itself claimed that this is PC footage and not PS4 footage

hutness4074d ago

Are you serious? It's the same PS4 walkthrough with the PS4 buttons.

Feralkitsune4074d ago

They have confirmed that this was running on a PC. They just made the buttons match since it was a Playstation event. Changing a simple texture isn't hard to do when you are the fucking devs of the game.

FrigidDARKNESS4074d ago (Edited 4074d ago )

Clearly the demo looked awful from the e3 2012version that was suspossedly running on pc.that was the ps4 demo tonight. In fact the e3 version was running on a durango sdk.

kwyjibo4074d ago

The PS4 is a PC. Makes no difference.

MrAnderson4074d ago

By the very definition of PC (personal computer) no it's not, you derp.

NameRemoved00174074d ago

The hardware is close enough, someone will probablt get windows 7 or linux running on one pretty quick if the security is easy to crack.

Rainstorm814074d ago

I doubt the security will be easy to crack after this gen but who knows

evilhasitsway4073d ago

hardware wise it is you retard even sony says so and even chip experts say so im guessing labtops are basically pc which you probley use and cant afford a real gameing pc like my self derp who in the hell uses the word derp? last time i herd that i was in like 6th grade and that was lets see 1999

Genuine-User4074d ago

It was running the PS4 version on a PC hence the PS button layout. I think using a PC is easier for most third party developers to showcase games on events like these.

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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.

RaidenBlack994d 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.

LucasRuinedChildhood994d ago (Edited 994d 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.

HankHill994d 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.

obidanshinobi994d 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.

LamerTamer993d 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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gantarat994d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee994d 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?

RaidenBlack994d 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.

BlaqMagiq1993d ago

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

Profchaos994d 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.

BlaqMagiq1993d ago

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

chicken_in_the_corn993d 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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smolinsk994d ago (Edited 994d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos994d ago (Edited 994d 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_toad994d 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.

LamerTamer993d 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.

TheSinsibleOne994d 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.

LamerTamer993d 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.

TheEnigma313994d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack994d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma313994d 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."

vallencer1059d ago

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

Pridefall1058d ago

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

mikefizzled11058d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921059d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1059d ago

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

Gameseeker_Frampt1058d 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.

WeAreLegion1059d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1059d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1059d 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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