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[Seik]

Oh my gaaawd!!! :lol

 

[SRG01]

Well, Ubi just joined EA on my "game companies to boycott" list. Good job.

 

[mreddie]

 

[KennyKen]

 

[dugdug]

When is parity never forced parity?

When you're able to get the best version on all machines.

Not the worst version on all machines.

 

[Neuromancer]

Holy shit

 

[SerTapTap]

Doesn't look good IQ-wise to me.
And that's a relatively easy scene to anti-alias.

Hey, nice pixel shirts!

 

[Xando]

This will be really ironic if Far Cry 4 is 1080p on PS4.

 

[The Shogun]

Black Flag already demonstrated Ubi's ability to obtain 1080p results on PS4. I'd assume people would judge Unity accordingly.

Saying out loud that you intentionally gimped one platform, in order to avoid online debates? Hoo boy that's not a good look for the game or Xbone.

Exactly right. This 100%

If Ubi really was struggling to get a higher resolution on the game simply due to the game being taxing or due to resources it would be understandable as I'm certain we will be seeing plenty of that this generation.

But to blatantly say its being held back due to parity when they conveniently have a marketing deal with Xbox this is complete crap.

 

[Scully Scully Scoo]

this is genius marketing from ubisoft, they just want to get ac unity in the news again and what better way then cause a shitstorm. ps4 version will get patched to 1080p

 

[OccamsLightsaber]

Looks like I'll get this on PC instead.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

What a stupid decision by Ubisoft. Forced Parity is never good for the consumer.

If Ubisoft wants to force 900p/30fps on all versions, they should do the same with the PC version, otherwise they are hypocrites.

Darn it, I had already pre-ordered this game. But I will vote with my wallet against stupid corporate behavior.

No sir. Don't listen to this man Ubisoft, no PC Too.

 

[udllpn]

Speak with your wallets, folks. No excuse for this shit.

That's exactly right. I bought Black Flag for PS4 last year, but I am not going to spend any money on Unity.

 

[Maintenance]

Nice, but too high res. Should make a 900p version of it.

 

[Servbot24]

Ubisoift gave me plenty of reason to not buy their games a long time ago, but hey, here's another one, because why not.

 

[Luminaire]

Missing some jagged edges.

 

[Betta Lines]

I submit:

Assassin's Creed Unity |OT| Parity in my Pants

 

[tanooki27]

Send a tweet to @assassinscreed with #PS4NoParity in there. It won't make a difference but it'll be fun.

did my part. the whole situation is ridiculous.

 

[twobear]

Agree. Sony had exclusive agreement with Bungie and MS was still able to get it up to 1080p. If people believe MS paid them to hold it at 900p, Sony would have done the same on Destiny.

How many times are MS going to be complete and utter fuckers before people realise that not all companies are equally shitty about this kind of stuff?

 

[yellow submarine]

So I hope the AI is actually good if they're sacrificing visuals.

 

[Inceptional]

"We decided to lock them at the same specs to avoid all the debates and stuff."-Ubisoft

Aren't you fuckers stirring up a whole different kind of debate by purposely holding the PS4 version back? I wasn't really interested in this game to begin with but I'm not buying just on principle now. I have both current gen consoles, let me decide which version I want, whether for better or worse. I don't need you to tell me what's best for my game and console, especially when your AC from a year ago looked great in 1080p.

 

[Ricky_R]

It happened with Destiny without it having to mean MS is paying anybody off. Don't see why this has to be a different situation.

You're a reasonable person Seanspeed... Let me ask you this: Do you think MS didn't have any influence on this whatsoever? Do you actually believe that "to avoid debates and stuff" is the reason for this parity?

 

[Slowdive]

New gameplay from Videogamer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evWkZnucgOI

They said most of the time it doesn't reach 30fps.

 

[Turkoop]

Ubi just started a war

 

[Blanquito]

Cmon ubisoft ... Lock it 900p/30fps on PC too ... Do it. You know, to avoid debates n stuff

Haha, yes, good suggestion.

 

[x-Lundz-x]

Wow, prepare for backlash ubisoft. So dumb that would would not use a technically superior platform to make the resolution bump that people expect out of this gen.

 

[Randam]

The PC version of AC:Unity is done by Ubisoft Kiev...

sounds like, that is a bad thing.

 

[funkypie]

There is no discussion, One platform is more powerful than the other.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

I wasn't really interested in buying Unity anyways, I never even finished Black Flag.

But MS seems hellbent on throwing good money after bad this generation, it's too bad they hide all the losses associated with Xbox division inside of other divisions at MS because it would be interesting to find out just how much MS is going to lose this gen to keep the Bone alive.

 

[DeviantBoi]

I was thinking of buying it at release, but I'm not going to bother now.

Besides, Ubi games go on sale rather quickly. I bet I'll pay $20 by next summer.

 

[OléGunner]

Just got in the thread and I know I'm in for a barrel of laughs over the next 13 pages.
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[ReturnOfTheRAT]

If it was an honest mistake they'll walk this back.

If it's because of money from MS, then well, yeah.

 

[UnforgivenTwin]

This pisses me off so fucking much! I could spit.

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

Personally, I think this is going to bring more attention to gap in specs between consoles than hide it.

 

[gundamkyoukai]

Come again? I only own a PS4 and PC, so not sure what you are implying here. As it stands, PS4 is getting more sales on games that have better versions yes? Perhaps they want to avoid that.

Of course the PS4 will get more sales it has double the user base.
So what your saying makes no sense.

 

[omonimo]

I'm more interested in the CPU comment. MS and Sony should have put in a little better CPU, not these netbook jaguars. We're a year in and devs are already severely limited by the CPUs, especially for these open-world games with tons of NPCs.

Ok so why it's 900p on xone? CPU it's the same.

 

[Melchettsmoustache]

I'll not be buying this then. I'm not paying full price for something the developer admits to gimping for the sake of weaker hardware.

 

[GameSeeker]

This is great! We should use it in the OT!

 

[LuchaShaq]

I've bought every assassins creed console games even garbage ass 3, and I honestly don't care if it's 900p/30fps thaaat much, BUT

Visually gimped because of moneyhats? Fuck off Literally pre order canceled, was really really really excited for this one but I'll wait until it's 5$ used, this kind of bullshit will not recieve my money.

Shit like this is why it matters to non xb1 members that that console is half assed at best god dammit.

Shadow of/ Mordor has been scratching this same itch anyways.



Would have likely gotten the dlc too since it looks good and freedom cry was awesome.

Way to go from 90$ to 10$ used you shitbags

 

[WheelHoss1]

This is the most pretentious bullshit I've ever heard. Why is Ubisoft:

A. so concerned with what people are saying about video games
B. trying to legislate morality in the industry by defining what we should and shouldn't talk about

I was on the fence about AC V. Thanks, Ubi. Just saved me $60.

 

[seph1roth]

You think this is funny? beware with pc port...that is going to be very funny.

With Ubisoft Kiev behind Far Cry 4 and AC Unity ports we can expect shitty versions compared to consoles, even with that resolution.

 

[Linkark07]

I still can't believe they said that.

Now this will bring a heated discussion.

 

[Baron Aloha]

As sort of a general rule, I dont' buy or play Ubisoft (or Activision or EA) games. I managed to avoid all of their output last gen but I was somewhat intrigued by the idea of co-op Assassin's Creed. As a result the game was kinda-sorta on my radar. Not anymore. Thanks Ubisoft, for convincing me that I was right all along.

Amazing that now that Sony has the most powerful console this stuff happens. Could you imagine if the OG Xbox or 360 was held back for reasons of parity?

 

[Salz01]

This is so dumb. I wanted to get it on ps4. Now I'll rent it, that way ubisoft doesn't get a dime from me for this game. It's total bullshit.

 

[Loris146]

sounds like, that is a bad thing.

It is . They made AC III for PC.

 

[Conduit]

Big

 

[cormack12]

werent people upset about Ubi not being clear and direct on other issues? Now they have clarity and directness and people are upset about it?

No, I think it's great that they're being honest about it. Especially for us as customers, it's more the fact the guy basically says, we can't be arsed listening to arguments so we'll set both games to run at the same standard.

Bear in mind AC:BF was 1080p (eventually) and the reason he cites is AI being CPU bound for environment density (the Parisian crowds). Yet, didn't they release Watch Dogs just last year with statements like this:

“That was tough to do because there’s really no reference for it,” says Morin. “But it creates a new layer of gameplay where you can mess around with AI. That’s one of the things that feels completely different about the game compared to what I’ve played before.”

And therein lies the heart of the next-gen experience in Watch Dogs. It’s about player agency. It’s about action and consequences. It’s about choice. It’s about a dynamic and ever-changing world that’s a full simulation, with NPCs who react appropriately in a city that demonstrates a full range of weather, time, density and naturally occurring situations.

To put it another way we know from this quote that the previous gen consoles were scaled back:

The single-player experience is largely untouched, aside from the density of Chicago – there’ll be fewer NPCs in some areas, but not in a way that affects the core gameplay.

Basically it's lazy. For Watch dogs they had to make an effort to show the disparity between last gen and current gen. Now they can trot out the CPU bound excuse because of the following:

For the PS4 and Xbox One, Microsoft and Sony both opted for a semi-custom AMD APU — a 28nm part fabricated by TSMC that features an 8-core Jaguar CPU, paired with a Radeon 7000-series GPU. As far as we know, the PS4 and Xbox One CPU is virtually identical, except the Xbox One is clocked at 1.75GHz, while the PS4 is at 1.6GHz.

Also, didn't Mark Cerny say he specifically chose the architecture for PS4 so you can offload compute from the CPU to the GPU?

The worse thing is, the guy hasn't even said that the extra horsepower on the PS4 will be utilised for higher fidelity, or more post processing. He's basically flat out said it was never in the design process. They've made a game for XB1 and then ported it to the PS4 like for like.

To be honest I'm not really that bothered, it just makes it easier for me to vindicate a no 'instant buy' for it. Still might pick it up when it's further down the line and I get bored again.

 

[TalonJH]

(Reads two times) ...yeah, that's kinda fucked up.

I'll still buy it though.

 

[samuraidino]

So does Microsoft have a marketing deal with Ubisoft for this AC?

 

[NickFire]

It happened with Destiny without it having to mean MS is paying anybody off. Don't see why this has to be a different situation.

It did not organically happen with Destiny. MS sent its own employees to figure it out. This time, instead of MS paying someone to make it run 1080P, the developer admits they gimped it to avoid "debates." With everything else MS has done to hide their piss poor design choices, I think the writing is on the wall.

Here's to Kinect, which they will never sell the console without.