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[qa_engineer]

This game holds the unfortunate distinction of being the PS4's first 900p game that only runs at 30fps.

yep. If at 900p at least give us 60fps like BF4. We get it, its an open world game but damn does BF4 spank it in the visuals department.

 

[Sanke__]

This does not make me very confident in far cry 4

 

[Havel]

HAHA! The lead up to this game has been something else. How was Sony wrong about not only fps but resolution too?

Ubisoft are a cluster-fuck of a company with an insane number of employees. Probably one of them gave out bad info.

 

[Guevara]

I read this as Ubisoft's failure, not Sony's.

 

[-griffy-]

It confuses me how 900p can make someone miss out of the game. You probably can't even tell the difference on a TV.

900p BF4 is easily discernible on my TV compared to every other 1080p game on PS4. It's noticeably blurrier. Just like sub-720p vs. 720p last gen. No confusion needed.

 

[Toki767]

Odds of a 1080p patch on PS4 like with AC4?

 

[SJRB]

WHAT THE FUCK

 

[Goon Boon]

Hoo boy, waiting for reviews on this.

 

[benny_a]

I've seen some complicated graphs that basically show 'if I have this size of the screen, and I sit one meter or two meters from it, then I might be able to see the difference'.

All this resolution stuff is PR differentiation.

 

[brandonh83]

The average last-gen "AAA" title ran with bad IQ at 1280x720 and 30 FPS (hopefully). Now, you want 1920x1080 at 60 FPS. That's 4.5 times as many rendered pixels. However, people also want better IQ, better graphical effects, better lighting, and more detailed assets in their "next gen" games. But if you make each pixel just 4 times more expensive to render (which isn't really all that much) the new consoles would already have to be 18 times more powerful than the previous ones to maintain 1080p60. They aren't, not by a long shot.

Thanks. Yeah, I get that, and I'm not one demanding for everything to be 1080p and 60fps. That's not mandatory for me. I just find it a little odd that even at 30fps it's still 900p on PS4. I would like to think it's better than that.

 

[Twinduct]

'Next Gen Starts here ..... Or not whatever'

 

[Mokubba]

Sorry, couldn't it. This guy just left himself so open.

He was talking about indie games

 

[TheSlySoul]

Have you seen infamous or are we pretending that doesn't exist?

Exactly, I cannot imagine Watch Dogs taking up any more resources than Second Son. Ubisoft is just being lazy at this point. I bet you the PC version will struggle to get 60 FPS and 1080p as well. I have to repeat a previous poster: Ubisoft engineers have no clue how to program.

I read this as Ubisoft's failure, not Sony's.

It is another Far Cry 3. Luckily mods have rendered Ubisoft's laziness mute for the PC port, but that is another topic.

 

[BruceLeeRoy]

Oh man this is so rich.

 

[Krakn3Dfx]

 

[Hollycat]

So last gen confirmed for 420p?

 

[Winterblink]

I'm sorry, but i'm confused. We hate EA for some reason (always online or something), we hate ubisoft because their games are unoptimized or all the same or something and we hate activision because of cod. Who do we like?

Valve.

 

[AdanVC]

Yeah, the resolution is not the problem, it's a cross-platform game after all so they need to do lot's of adjustements and downgrades in some cases... The problem IMO is the fact that Sony LIED with putting that big banner on their website stating that the game will run at full 1080 at 60 frames per second. Talk about fake advertisement at it's finest....

 

[sjay1994]

This thread is gold.

I am glad I don't care about resolution or framerate, because the reactions here are hysterical.

 

[ElRenoRaven]

I think their QA department needs a makeover much more than their engineers, quite frankly.

Yup. Ubisoft QA has been total shit for many years now. It started going down the crapper during the years Rainbow Six was huge and since then it's probably down to a couple of interns and a trained monkey at this point.

 

[EloquentM]

Still buying

 

[Evil Beaver]

....900p and 30fps?...

 

[Tekku]

Sigh...

 

[Kinitari]

Why are devs having so much trouble hitting 1080/60? Or even just 1080? Is it an 'early in the gen' sort of problem?

 

[Liamc723]

The amount of people that are skipping this game purely because of a resolution and 30 FPS is crazy.

Your loss, I'll buy and enjoy this game.

 

[KennyLinder]

So... What the fuck was that Sony website all about? Would love to know the story behind that.

 

[xiaxdragon]

so Infamous is the benchmark to beat in an open world game then......and will probably be for a long time.

Can't believe they are not pushing 1080p on Watch Dogs......hopefully the gameplay makes up for it then

 

[Dennis]

For those disappointed, there is the option of 4K on PC.

 

[RedRooster]

Oh Lordy, save us Rockstar! PS4/XB1 GTA5 in June will be two Ubisoft knockout blows in one year.
Pretty sure I won't be missing anything good by cancelling this pre-order.

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

Legit shock. Anyways I haven't played a new game since Second Son, can't wait for Watch Dogs.

 

[GalacticToast]

You're gonna need some chickens and a Haitian priestess to make that happen.

well then, let's get started.

Spoiler

not haitian, but close enough

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Thank you.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

Well damn. Love this

 

[Senor Kami]

Resolution ain't 'nuthin but a number, a framerate ain't 'nuthing but a thang...

This is too good.

 

[cyberheater]

792. What kind of resolution is that. They should have just stuck to 720 and admitted their failure. At least it would run a bit smoother.

 

[BananasWithGuns]

It confuses me how 900p can make someone miss out of the game. You probably can't even tell the difference on a TV.

Yeah I'm a bit blown away by this as well line of thinking as well.

1080p is great and all but when did it get to the point where if a game is 900p, 792p, 720p or whatever the case may be, then it automatically becomes a non-purchase? It just seems like such a weird stance to take.

I mean, if that's what the priority is for people than so be it I guess. Resolution will always be a secondary factor for me.

 

[Schweinehund]

More of that cross gen goodness.

Surprised they couldn't pull this off when AC4 could. Hopefully they do a post launch patch.

 

[megabytecr]

PC or Wii U for me, yes come at me GAF, if Wii U plays ok and has interesting gamepad elements I might consider it, if not PC it is, but first will see if the game is any good.

This could be the biggest failure for Ubi if the game is crap.

 

[BruiserBear]

Odds of a 1080p patch on PS4 like with AC4?

Don't you think they would have announced that today?

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Wow so the thing on the site lied about both? Whatever

 

[phant0m]

I may get the xbox version now. The gap isn't as big as normal.

why would you do that? ps4 version still has a higher res, plus dat "ps4 exclusive content".

if it was cheaper on xbox i'd understand, but it's $60 either way.

 

[Dragonborn]

So... What the fuck was that Sony website all about? Would love to know the story behind that.

Someone got the info wrong. Info was found, it was taken down. What more do you want to know?

 

[darkwing]

Sony has dropped the ball on this one

eh not really, Ubi did

 

[qa_engineer]

Why are devs having so much trouble hitting 1080/60? Or even just 1080? Is it an 'early in the gen' sort of problem?

Early gen title + cross platform development + the hard truth that consoles aren't super computers.

 

[Cipherr]

Lol @ having to wait another gen to get 1080p gaming on consoles. I don't even know who to blame really. Crazy disappointment this generation.

 

[Enjay]

I won't be buying it but I must say that Watch Dogs has been my favorite game to follow in a long time. Everytime news about it comes forward it's like the premiere of a new episode to my favorite new show.

 

[mrhej]

I wonder what the Wii U version will be.

 

[dripdripsplash]

loool

 

[Mr. PlayStation]

Could Watch Dogs get a patch in the future to upgrade 1080p/30fps just like ACIV, which was 900p/30fps before patch at launch?

 

[Teddified]

Ugh 900p, I'm really tempted to cancel and just get it for PC when I upgrade in a few weeks.

I'll have to sit on it before I decide, but this is disappointing.