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Watch Dogs Downgrade Happened Because Of Lack Of Information On PS4 and Xbox One- Ubisoft

‘Watch Dogs was revealed before anyone knew what the next gen consoles would be.’

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-Foxtrot2841d ago

LOL...are they really trying to pin the blame on Sony/Microsoft.

No it happened because you guys lied...like you always do. Other games were fine so obviously wasn't a lack of information.

_-EDMIX-_2840d ago

Who said they are putting the blame on Console manufacturers? What they're saying is very logical in regards to how they had a build that was different then the final product consider CD projekt Red pretty much stated more or less the exact same reason.

When consoles first release prior to that most developers are not going to know if there's specks all they could do is guess.

If Ubisoft was ever looking to be deceitful I don't believe they would have ever even came out and explained their reasoning or even apologized and stated it would not happen again.

Also I have no clue what you mean by other games were fine The Witcher 3 was fine? Did CD projekt Red not show gameplay footage that was not indicative of the final product?

Forum_Pirate2839d ago

1) Then explain why it also looks worse on PC. Yeah, that would be because the lied.

2) You cannot use a specific example (in this case, CD Projekt also lying) to say that no games looked like they were advertised to look. (I'm usually a pretty big fan of CD Projekt but there is no way around the dishonest advertising there.) Need for Speed Rivals looked the same. Madden looked the same. Trine looked the same. Injustice looked the same. It's not rocket science.

Vegamyster2839d ago

Watch Dogs had E3 visual effects still in the games files on PC, TheWorse mod reimplements most of them while barely affecting performance.

Deadpooled2840d ago

Even the PC version was downgraded, no excuses Ubisoft are lying.

Kevlar0092840d ago

People even found hidden settings to increase the PC graphics. The E3 video wasn't some mystical creation of wonder.

extermin8or2840d ago

Ubisoft had it running looking alot better on ps4 the October before ps4 launched. It was at conventions, press had played large chunks of game on ps4 and written previews. So this excuse doesn't fit. They went and made some major changes I suspect to some aspects of the game in that six month delay and therefore didn't have reason to optimise it properly afterwards I suspect.

Lamboomington2840d ago (Edited 2840d ago )

"Other games were fine"

You mean like the Witcher 3 ? All of those games were revealed at a time when they weren't fitted to the console specs/ consoles specs weren't even revealed. It makes perfect sense.

Also, all the footage after that 2013 trailer was honest, downgraded, and running on the PS4.

Ghost Recon Wildlands on the other hand... was revealed in 2015... The reveal trailer looked much better than what we have now. Suffice to say they downgraded this one and have no excuse.

JackStraw2839d ago

and yet they make millions of dollars off their games. so... your point is what? only pseudogamers care about downgrades. grow up, faggots.

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detroitmademe2841d ago

Funny how publishers are able to admit their mistakes to hype their next project. Why didn't they admit watch dogs was downgraded during it's launch🤔?I think we all know the answer

_-EDMIX-_2840d ago

They actually did after release why don't you Google when they were talking about this situation this isn't the first time.

CD projekt Red also talked about Witcher 3 downgrade after Witcher 3 released

extermin8or2840d ago

Cd projekt red talked about it before it released, explained to have the particle and smoke effects they had to change renderesinf system because old.one didn't work not even on pc- frame rate dropped whenever smoke etc was present so they changed the style and process. This resulted in the different look everyone accused them of having downgraded but the character models, textures etc hadn't changed. Lighting and rendering systems had however. Anyone saying witcher 3 isn't a very pretty game is crazy though.

Lamboomington2840d ago

@extermi8or

Come on... it could have been handled by PCs, and options mean that it can always be scalable. Right now what you're saying is they showed something even though it would have to be heavily downgraded to run on PCs, and they didn't apparently know that ? They're not that stupid.

Consoles couldn't handle it, they couldn't spend resources having different features for different versions, so the entire game got downgraded, even on PC.
Does it really matter ? Not reallly, the game was awesome, people are happy.

It still sucks though. What they showed earlier looked amazing. The final game had aspects that looked dated. The lighting was heavily downgraded and flat, textures apparently, reflections etc

smashman982840d ago

And they denied it before release... Which was the actual problem

_-EDMIX-_2840d ago (Edited 2840d ago )

@exter-

http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

http://www.gamespot.com/art...

Witcher 3 released on May 19th, CDPR fully disclosed the issue on May 20th, I remember because many of us where talking about it and I got the game day 1.

http://www.lazygamer.net/ge...

Mind you, this is DAYS before Witcher 3 is to release, if they ever talked about it "before it released" why would they not reference that right in that article? What you are reading is from the 13th, Witcher 3 was to release on the 19th.

http://n4g.com/news/1726117...

here is one from the 15th. So when did they admit anything? I get they "talked" about it, but they like Ubisoft never admitted to anything until release.

I'm not saying you are wrong, merely that you have no link to provide any evidence that they ever stated this BEFORE the game was in gamers hands. I don't recall them ever fully confirming it was downgraded until release, but I could be wrong and its not as if I've never been wrong lol.

If I'm wrong, then mybad, its on me, but I can't find anything on CDPR admitting to any downgrade before Witcher 3's release, they talked about it....but they never fully disclosed it until the release.

@Lamboom- "Consoles couldn't handle it, they couldn't spend resources having different features for different versions"

Well if not put on consoles, they couldn't even afford to make Witcher 3 as you see it as making it only on PC with max resources, would also mean more money for less sales...

Which would ironically mean they would need to significantly scale back how it looked. Many on here have stated that, many didn't listen and even the team itself confirmed what many have already put together as simple logic.

Just because you can on PC, doesn't mean its makes any business sense.

http://www.cinemablend.com/...

I don't disagree with you though to a degree, but my point is same can be stated about Ubisoft as I think many on here love putting them in the villain role even though CDPR basically did the very same thing for the very same reasons.

I don't think either did it on purpose to confuse or mislead etc as why even admit it?

@Smash- Agreed, both denied it prior to release.

http://www.lazygamer.net/ge...

http://www.dsogaming.com/ne...

http://www.kitguru.net/gami...

_-EDMIX-_2840d ago

All I ask of gamers is to fully get that you can't just blame 1 publisher, yet praise another yet both are doing the same things....

Star Wars 1313 IF released, was NOT going to look 100% like what we first saw as PS4 and XONE devkits were not released, thus....its very likely it was not going to look like that as they were using target machines to guess the specs.

Would they fall under some trickery too? Can we seriously with the most hated publisher to some folks (Ubisoft) and the most liked t to many (CDPR) not factor that both had the same reasons for their actions?

We can't push the same EVIL narrative on both of them folks, not every developers is releasing games this way, but not many were also releasing first year or 2 of the generation either.

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Lon3wolf2840d ago

Which does not account for the PC version.

Big_Game_Hunters2839d ago

Sony and ms pay good money so the PC versions don't outshine their dated at launch consoles too hard.

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Sony Patents To Prevent You From In-Game Harassment By Reading Your Emotions

A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.

Profchaos11h ago(Edited 11h ago)

I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.

I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons

I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.

exputers7h ago

Agreed. Blizzard recently banned a college Overwatch 2 player who's dependent for saying "shit." Pretty harsh.

z2g3h ago

Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.

phoenixwing3h ago

Cmon where's the pictures of your children. Don't hold out on them.

H93h ago

At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath

jambola0m ago

I genuinely get a bit worried sometimes when a friend says something that could be offensive In a party
Because I have no trouble believing some bans would happen when in a private party for saying something wrong

SegaSaturn6692h ago

I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.

Popsicle2h ago

Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.

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Embracer CEO Lars Wingefors: "I deserve a lot of criticism."

Embracer CEO demonstrates a masterclass in mental gymnastics in latest interview.
"I'm sure I deserve a lot of criticism, but I don't think my team or companies deserve all the criticism. I could take a lot of that blame myself. But ultimately I need to believe in the mission," he said.

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on_line_forever5h ago

OK give us Kingdoms of Amalur 2 with AAA budget and we will accept your excuse

kaos893h ago(Edited 3h ago)

The king of the studio asset flip scheme that failed.

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Microsoft Seemingly Closes Bethesda France

As part of its plans to cut 1,900 jobs, Microsoft has reportedly shut down operations at Bethesda France, letting go roughly 15 people

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Hereandthere18h ago

Microsoft should have left them stay 3rd party

GamerRN16h ago

If they are let go, they can be whatever they want. They ARE 3rd party now... 🤦

Barlos13h ago

Yeah, they're also jobless.

GamerRN6h ago

They can form a company if they want, they are just as jobless as if "Microsoft had left them as 3rd party".

peppeaccardo8h ago

"MIcrosoft leaves Bethesda do what they know how to do best" ... close! Oh the irony ....
(Citation from a week old article)

ChasterMies4h ago

I think Microsoft and other game publishers are letting people go because they think ai will replace them. Doesn’t matter how much profit they make. They were always going to be let go.

PassNextquestion18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Bethesda France was made up of roughly 15 people... they couldn't of being doing much

Bethesda France mainly did publishing and marketing within the region

blacktiger16h ago

that's a shame for you to say that, i'm sure Elite loves hearing what you just said.

Mr Logic2h ago

What a stupid thing to say. The elites give 0 fucks what we say on an obscure website in the comments section.

Crows901h ago

You can always reach out and give them jobs at your company man. Don't wait

Profchaos18h ago(Edited 18h ago)

Bethesda France focused on publishing and marketing in the region. And 15 people lost their jobs as part of the closure.

I wonder if this is part of Microsoft's strategy to abandoned physical media or possibly gamepass advertising makes their roles redundant you don't need to market a game as hard when the majority of players get the game as part of a sub which already promoted upcoming games

Tacoboto18h ago

It's France too, there's a high likelihood only 1-2 people on the team even had an Xbox.

Profchaos17h ago

Possibly guven all the leaks we know the Xbox brand is really struggling in the region.

Yi-Long14h ago

Well, if your consoles and games are barely found in any stores any more, of course you're gonna struggle finding consumers ...

XiNatsuDragnel17h ago

Tbh Microsoft I think Bethesda being 3rd party same with Activision would probably more competitive than thus scenario imo

Profchaos15h ago(Edited 15h ago)

I think it would have been better for all parties really especially gamers

TheColbertinator16h ago

The recently purchased Activision French offices might take over all the licensing and marketing for Microsoft in France from now on.

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