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Calm Down, There's No Conspiracy Behind Microsoft's Uploaded PS4 Footage

Gameranx:"A lot of people think this is Microsoft way of acknowledging PS4's superiority. It might be something simpler."

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user74029313815d ago

its not a conspiracy, its a fact. they were busted and they know it.

jesse ventura 2016

GarrusVakarian3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

I don't think this article gets it.... no one is saying that this is MS acknowledging that the PS4 is superior, its about exposing a company that thinks its ok to lie to its customers by showing a game running on a PS4 on their official Xbox YouTube channel and trying to disguise it. They did it a few days ago too with the BF4 PC footage.

Some people say Ubisoft are the ones who edited the PS4 button icons....maybe so but MS knowingly uploaded that footage and they knew exactly what platform the footage was from.

Eonjay3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

There was also no conspiracy to smudge out the PS4 controls at certain parts either. Thats why the footage has been replaced with Xbox One footage... because we have seen actual Xbox One footage of Watch Dogs... oh wait no we haven't.

Blaze9293815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

"ok to lie to its customers" "and trying to disguise it."

soooo...Sony E3 2006 and those pre-rendered trailers touted as gameplay...I guess all those "lies" were just okay to you huh?

Godmars2903815d ago

"Sony E3 2006 and those pre-rendered trailers touted as gameplay."

Pretty sure in that case, given that Sony went to great length to prove that they could deliver, made a commercial in which they dissected a scene in the commercial, that they lied to themselves as well. That they didn't set out to misguide anyone with the E3 footage, unlike MS can be accused in cases like this.

Baka-akaB3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

I dont even get your point . Didnt they get crapped upon for those fake trailers ? Hell you are yourself proving it by bringing it up again in 2013 after those titles got released with a fairly close end result ..

Why should MS get reprieve for doing actually worse ? And they've been caught using footage that dont belong to them multiples times now . Not just for the upcoming console

pixelsword3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

Xbone, Xbone, Xbone...

This is not good.

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-c...

Edit:

Yeah, in 2006 the PS3, as well as everyone else, had projected goals they made in animated form; the only difference was that Sony execs made the mistake of claiming that one of the games, Killzone 2, looked just like it's vid (or said that it was actual footage, I forget). That wasn't the case, and that's the only one they claimed, but people made them stick to it (and they should, especially since Sony's execs made the claim), balking all the way down.

When game footage came out, a lot of people bickered at any flaws while GG fixed them. When more footage came out, the game looked so amazing that people started to compare the footage and they discovered that the game looked BETTER than the animated clip; even prompting some people to claim that the footage was fake or bullshots.

That's the difference between the PS3's fake game footage and the Xbone: The PS3 exceeded their target goal from their footage while the Xbone--at best--falls short off of things what were supposed to have been running on the Xbone.

mkis0073815d ago

Baka great point. Why should ms get off when sony got chewed out the same back then?

Naga3815d ago

I don't understand why you keep insisting that Microsoft tried to disguise something here when Ubisoft was the party responsible for covering up the controls in the first place. There's no "maybe so" about that. That is why every other instance of this video throughout the wide world of the internet is exactly the same.

And as much as you harp on MS for posting in on their channel - it is was the exact same video that was originally posted on multiple iterations of Ubisoft's channel and passed along throughout the industry.

The bottom line is this:
Ubisoft covered up the controls in order to provide a console-neutral Next-Gen gameplay demonstration of features within their new IP. Microsoft shared the same "next gen gameplay" video that was released BY UBISOFT to the public.

And I should point out that I would be saying the same thing if it was Sony being unjustly attacked here. The facts simply don't support the silly conclusions people are trying to establish.

Baka-akaB3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

I dont buy and feed into the conspiracy theories especially in some sort of wide campaign .. But they've been caught multiple times now in what i see as punctual and isolated acts

Everyone is guilty of dogdy marketing practices , but it's obvious some exec or folks at MS arent shy about going through it .

MysticStrummer3815d ago

Wow Blaze…

A) Company shows target render for a game on it's own console. That target render turns out to be very close to the finished product.

or

B) Company shows footage from the competitor's technically superior console as if it was their own.

I don't think the two are even close to equal but even if they were, Sony caught a lot of flak for that, as Baka correctly pointed out.

nosferatuzodd3815d ago

lol that old news Microsoft bin doing this with gears of war that's when me and Microsoft part ways

memots3815d ago

Where there is smoke, There is fire !

DragonKnight3815d ago

@onagao: I again say to you that even if it was Ubisoft's video, Microsoft is responsible for what they post on the OFFICIAL Xbox Youtube Channel. They should have used Xbox One footage but they didn't because none exists. That begs the question of why none exists.

Microsoft knew it was PS4 footage, they shared that video trying to pass off PS4 footage as being representative of what can be expected on the Xbox One and it's disingenuous. The blame is equally on MS as it is on Ubisoft.

da_2pacalypse3815d ago

What about the BF4 footage that was clearly PC gameplay? Seems like Microsoft is trying to hide gameplay on its own console... I mean, one incident is understandable... But this is the third one in the last week...

I smell something fishy :/

Boody-Bandit3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

"Calm down" doesn't capture the reaction to finding out MS used PS4 footage of Watch Dogs. Nobody was mad at MS. They were laughing at them. Big difference.

So how about this as a title for your article?
"Stop laughing at MS, it's embarrassing enough."

morganfell3815d ago

MS have done this so many times I have lost count. The reason they continue to do it is worthless sites such as gameranx.com are working overtime as Redmond apologists.

trancefreak3815d ago

The footage was from 2005. No computer at the time could handle the awesomeness of the PS3 Cell power graphics.

UltimateMaster3815d ago

Well, Microsoft knows the PS4 is superior, but they aren't going to publicly acknowledge it.

Ashes2Ashes3815d ago

lol you say it is the same as showing the PC footage earlier, yet PS4 did the same thing with videos.

Dee_913814d ago (Edited 3814d ago )

I think they just posted it either by mistake or because, you know like.Not everybody care about this xbox vs playstation crap as much as gamers and the dude that runs the ms youtube channel is probably one of them.Playstation youtube should post a video of a xbox game just to show people how silly this shi!t really is.
Like seriously just how much can you be mislead by a youtube video and just how many people would that have mislead?I'm sure they knew it was a ps4 version but they didn't care.They didn't care to think about what the gamers would think either.. obviously...

Either way, if it was done intentionally because the xbone version is just that bad that you would be able to tell the differences between the versions from a youtube video,or because the xbone version isn't complete.I really don't care.But everything MS do from now on will scrutinized by gamers and such, and they really brought it upon themselves, so for that I say once again.Don't care lol.

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Blaze9293815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

"CNET suggested that it could be Ubisoft's mistake by giving the same unedited next-gen footage to both Microsoft and Sony. Maybe one employee mistakenly mixed the Xbox footage with the PS4's. That's a possible scenario that could have happened."

everyone just ignores that possibility and the fact that we havent seen any Watch Dogs footage on any platform yet BESIDES PS4 from Ubisoft. It's all Ubi has released and been releasing, with maybe some PC? MS can't demand XB1 footage if Ubi isn't ready to show it.

This is nothing but B-roll footage. Maybe MS needed it and tried to hide the buttom mappings, maybe Ubisoft tried the button mappings.

You sony loyalists need to do exactly as the title says, calm down. For a system that is so unpopular and hated, i find it funny it has more articles in the headlines on N4G this week than any other platform...hate it but LOOOOVE talking about it eh?

@Lukas_Japonicus "its about exposing a company that thinks its ok to lie to its customers"

lol you all really sound like children who MS personally abused. I don't get it...i really don't.

christocolus3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

lmao...i dont get it either...what does this mean? xbx fans will cancel their preorders? or the launch line up automatically looks less appealing? lol..god forbid its an error .there must always be a conspiracy somewhere..its very weird the way they read so much into everything....smh

MrDead3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

All they need to do if they want to use PS4 footage in the future is state the game is running on the PS4 in the corner of the trailer, and then everybody’s happy.

pixelsword3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

"MS can't demand XB1 footage if Ubi isn't ready to show it."

Is the game supposed to come out on the PS4 and the Xbone at the same time? If so, then there ought to be some footage by now; not to mention the fact that the game is pushed-back to 2014.

"you all really sound like children who MS personally abused. I don't get it...i really don't."

Well, you should by now because there's an undeniable pattern:

-A gaming site using PS3 footage in lieu of 360 footage (I think it was gametrailers)at least two times that we know of

-PS3 footage overly critized when flaws are apparent

-FF actually being rated exactly the same or, in one case, higher than the PS3 despite inferior graphic on the 360 while NO multiplatform game on the PS3 was rated equal to it's 360 counterpart

-now there's multiple examples of xbone footage being supplemented by PC and PS4 footage?

The only people being abused are fans being deceived; and, not to put too fine a point on it, I don't think PS4 fans are being deceived.

LackTrue4K3815d ago

"everyone just ignores that possibility and the fact that we havent seen any Watch Dogs footage on any platform yet BESIDES PS4 from Ubisoft. It's all Ubi has released and been releasing, with maybe some PC? MS can't demand XB1 footage if Ubi isn't ready to show it."

that is very interesting that you say that, POSSIBILITY the XboxOne had to hold back the release of the game Watch-Dogs.....cuz it's yet to be be finish on that platform.....

"interesting....."

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stuna13815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

It's never about doing something, it about getting caught! If it never would have been noticed, best believe it would have been one for the books, and passed off as authentic.

Edit: We as gamers, no matter who we support have been traumatized or damaged in all sort of ways! By believing things that are not necessarily true, from those who we believe are going to be up front with us. That has led to most questioning and scrutinizing things that we are shown or told.

Mister_Dawg3814d ago

Most people who work in the industry, for MS for example, couldn't tell their arse from their elbow.

So I'm not surprised this has happened.
I'm only surprised it doesn't happen more often.

The people who run MS aren't stupid. However some of the people who work for them clearly need to find a new career.

devwan3814d ago

You mean it was all a honest mistake? Blame an intern? Thrown him under the bus and it's all good?

Yeah, right...

Mister_Dawg3814d ago (Edited 3814d ago )

@ devwan.

What the hell are reading from my comment?
Where did I say throw someone under the bus?
I suggested they need to find a more appropriate line of work for them.
The majority of the people organising these events are PR trained. Not tech.
So yes, I believe it was an honest mistake. Why the fu*k would MS deliberately show PS4 footage, at a time when everything they do gets thrown back in their face?

Come on think about it before typing away. Or better still, calm yourself before typing.

Kryptix3814d ago (Edited 3814d ago )

Microsoft knew it was PS4 gameplay and they used it for their benefit. Too many similar events have happened, for example, advertising Xbox One with a screenshot of Killzone: Shadowfall, lying that Battlefield 4 was going to be played on an actual Xbox One at PAX. (or was it Gamescom, forgot but it was really played on PC) It's the truth and there's going to be a small group of blind people always denying it.

Xbox One version of Watch Dogs must either be worse or broken if Microsoft has to use PS4 footage. You can go to the corners of the internet and you wouldn't be able to find Xbox One gameplay of Watch Dogs. Maybe that's why the game got delayed, the Xbox One version must suffer from a lot of frame rate issues at 1080p or something. Putting those theories aside, fact is, the PS4 version is superior, maybe even by a lot.

BOLO3814d ago

@Blaze929

Wow gotta reach to 2006 to dig dirt on Sony do you? Desperate Xbot is desperate. Sony's TARGET RENDERS for Killzone 2, Uncharted, and MGS4 were pretty damn close to the final in-game products if you ask me. So please try again.

PrimeGrime3814d ago

Haha, Pimp your comment made laugh so hard..

I love Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura.. I wish it would come back :(

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NatureOfLogic3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

Or It can mean that Xbone is rushed and MS is using lies, shills and spin to get through the holiday launch of Xbox One. This is not the first, second or third "mistake" that MS has made. I'm tired of all the apologist defending their every mistake and lies since Xbox One reveal.

GW2123815d ago

To be fair, you were one of the MS apologists until earlier today.

I'm just giving you a hard time. I agree with your comment. I too was an MS apologist until a few days ago.

Godmars2903815d ago

MS seems to always be mistaking PC footage for 360 and XB1, why not PS4 now?

Iltapalanyymi3815d ago (Edited 3815d ago )

The shitstorm about this on /v/ was glorious.
http://imgur.com/sEusxk5

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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.

RaidenBlack995d 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.

LucasRuinedChildhood995d ago (Edited 995d 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.

HankHill995d 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.

obidanshinobi995d 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.

LamerTamer994d 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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gantarat995d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee995d 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?

RaidenBlack995d 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.

BlaqMagiq1994d ago

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

Profchaos995d 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.

BlaqMagiq1994d ago

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

chicken_in_the_corn994d 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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smolinsk995d ago (Edited 995d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos995d ago (Edited 995d 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_toad995d 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.

LamerTamer994d 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.

TheSinsibleOne995d 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.

LamerTamer994d 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.

TheEnigma313995d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack995d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma313995d 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."

vallencer1060d ago

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

Pridefall1059d ago

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

mikefizzled11059d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921060d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1060d ago

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

Gameseeker_Frampt1059d 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.

WeAreLegion1060d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1060d 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.

ApocalypseShadow1060d 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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