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[zebaz08]

This better doesn't happen with FC4

 

[Ricky Ricardo]

So let me get this straight, parity and other assorted bullshit aside.

A co-marketing deal with MS = what, Bribery?

but a co-marketing deal with Sony = completely normal, nothing to see here?

I'm not understanding. When does a co-marketing deal not involved paying for the right to advertise in a certain way? Or are the studious business majors on here just spitting facts over my head?

 

[Blobbers]

Oh, Ubisoft, you and your raw statements.

This feels kinda like a sequel to: "Ubisoft: PC Performance Doesn’t Matter, “Buy a Bigger GPU”"

 

[JetBlackPanda]

"Less debate" is just the dumb excuse they settled on since coming out and saying "MS paid us to make it worse on PS4" isn't a good marketing angle

Yeah it should say different debate.

 

[Akronis]

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Oh well I guess I'll be playing it on my PC with 4K at 120 fps with....Uplay... . Fuck!

Black Flag didn't support framerates above 60 fps so it might not even be possible to play at 120 fps.

 

[Kazuma Kiryu]

Over 1,000 posts and 41,000 views in just over an hour. Good job avoiding the conversation, Ubi.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

 

[Mr Git]

Well buggery fuck, I'll be buying the PC ver- *remembers Uplay*. Probably won't buy.

 

[Wagram]

Ubisoft should maintain the parity in terms of genders as well then. Hell take note from Skyrim and others WRPGS. All the females can look like dudes. They don't even need to make new models. Parity is funnnn.

Seriously though, AC isn't worth $60 anymore. It's rehashed gameplay every year.

 

[Toa TAK]

I applaud their honesty.

I do, too. I mean, it's one of my favorite game series and despite the PR problem they're having this year, I'm still pumped.

 

[unapersson]

Should rename the game into Assassins Creed Parity.

Unity is a kind of parity, in a we're all in this together type way. I'll just skip this one this year, still haven't finished IV anyway.

 

[Maintenance]

Sony has the same amount of marketing deals as every year. So there goes that idea.

So they are not losing money in their financial reports? Where was that?

 

[Lucreto]

Ubisoft, what absolute cowards.

Do they not realise they will generate more negative press and PR by taking this stance than making the PS4 version 1080p?

Logic never prevails.

 

[KOHIPEET]

 

[Asriel]

It's as if Ubisoft doesn't understand their audience at all... Wait, I guess that isn't that surprising. If they just repeated last year where the PS4 got a launch patch, a couple of people would bitch and moan for a few days and then every would forget and accept that's the way it is. Now they're going to deal with a month of a lot more people bitching about forced parity until the game comes out, everyone forgets and moves on with their lives.

On another note, remember when Ubisoft was huffing and puffing about how they were going to hit 1080p/60fps for this game on consoles? Hah.

I'm pretty sure they know that the vast majority of their audience won't give a shit.

 

[Turkoop]

Oh fuck right off... I don't even know what to say to this.

NO ONE !

 

[Kintaro]

How fucking stupid are they? You don't admit this stuff. They have just created far more potential negative debates about this game than they would have just saying nothing about it being 900p.

Why aren't you thanking them for stating this? They put it right out on front street! You can now make your decision with more information on hand! This is actually kind of glorious!

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

So many of these posts are just... wow.

Don't ever change, GAF.

 

[Dr_Swales]

Does this mean my PS4 version

Spoiler

that I'm not going to buy

will be a fraction of the price of other platforms because less time was spent developing the PS4 version?

I have assumed it took less time to get the PS4 version to its current state.

 

[le.phat]

This is insane, lol. Fuck off Ubi, i hope we can mobilize and create a meaningful impact on the sales of this game. We cannot let them set a precedent.

 

[krypt0nian]

competition is good guys right?

Not when xbox is holding back gaming now.

 

[Cyriades]

This is just going to make the ps4 people more hostile now and spark more debates knowing that they are getting held back by the xbox1

 

[10k]

Assassins Creed Unity |OT| Money Equalizes Everything

 

[mangochutney]

It is so sad we've already lost a lot of titles to the 900p/30fps bracket this generation.

1080p/30fps surely must have been the goal of the system makers.

 

[GutsOfThor]

I'm surprised people haven't started lighting up their Facebook page yet.

 

[TalentBurke]

Resolution isn't everything.
The PS4 will probably still have better details like shadow and processing effects.

Also locked solid versus some dips?

I don't think people are mad at the resolution being 900P they are upset at the reason behind it.

 

[Balmung421]

This better doesn't happen with FC4

Agreed.

 

[Lilalaunebaer]

We decided to lock them at the same specs to avoid all the debates and stuff

25+ pages in an hour, oh boy.

 

[bananafactory]

Well, there is just no way that Ubisoft aren't being monetarily reimbursed for this. It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever for them to do it otherwise.

It is distantly plausible, I guess, that the PS4 genuinely doesn't have the grunt for 1080p. But all else equal, if the Xbone can play the game at 1080p then the PS4 should be able to do almost exactly the same thing at 1080p.

Yeah, I agree with most of that. I guess part of me just remembers that Watch Dogs was 900p, and they even had a deal with Sony for that game. Makes me think this is more a decision they made internally, but who knows.

I don't think people are mad at the resolution being 900P they are upset at the reason behind it.

And this ^

 

[DodgerSan]

Thanks for making my choice of platform easy this go around. None.

Yup. This will be the first AC game since 2 I don't buy at launch.

 

[blackjaw]

I do, too. I mean, it's one of my favorite game series and despite the PR problem they're having this year, I'm still pumped.

This.

 

[ZombieNapoleon]

why would anyone buy the ps4version lol
pc should be the version you should get

Well for those of us with no PC and only one console, what choice is there?
Just disappointed, and odd that they would harm a major portion of the audience to, as one post stated prior, to appease a few fanboys.

Ugh, I really don't get frazzled by publishers but this is beyond me.

 

[CyberPunked]

Perfect.

This sort of thing has happened for years with PC and consoles. The PC's visuals would be the exact same as its console counterpart, even though it's capable of much more. But when it happens from one console to another, everyone looses their minds.

 

[SJRB]

So many of these posts are just... wow.

Don't ever change, GAF.

What do you mean?

 

[leadbelly]

If the framerate sucks at 900p then does that note mean it is a technical limitation? Would you rather they bump up the ps4 version to 1080p and have the framerate suffer even more?

Again, it probably wouldn't matter. The framerate would remain the same unless the GPU could not handle it. The CPU load however will remain the same because it is doing exactly the same work regardless.

 

[m@cross]

Just lost me as a customer.

 

[krypt0nian]

So they are not losing money in their financial reports? Where was that?

Clearly they have no issue spending this nonexistent money on PS, huh?

 

[Pakoe]

Lol, just lol.

 

[gofreak]

I hope for Microsoft's sake this wasn't a stipulation of their co-marketing deal on this game.

Because if it was, they've given people a legitimate reason to want to see Xbox One do poorly again - something they should have learned to avoid after the summer of 2013, I'd have thought.

#NoForcedParity , amirite

 

[Cole Slaw]

I can't say that I'm surprised. All of the non-PC footage they've shown has looked aliased and fuzzy.

And I seriously doubt that the "parity" has anything to do with Ubisoft wanting to end arguments. If they could have gotten the game running at 1080p on PS4 they would have. I'd surmise that it's an issue of time and, more importantly, a weak CPU as they've stated. If a game is CPU limited a better GPU isn't going to do much.

Everyone getting upset needs to relax as well. Running at the same resolution doesn't mean that both games will look the same.

A better GPU can still push more pixels in the same amount of frames. You're right though, the PS4 version could still look better in other details, but Ubi doesn't want those debates anymore, not this gen.

 

[TetraGenesis]

Hahahahahaha, INCREDIBLE. Omg, wow. They have the worst PR on the planet. They fucked up so hard. That's obviously not the reason and now they have to deal with the backlash. Unreal.

 

[JetBlackPanda]

This is just going to make the ps4 people more hostile now and spark more debates knowing that they are getting held back by the xbox1

well yeah, that is exactly what is happening.

 

[Neuromancer]

Does anyone know if this will affect Far Cry 4? If so I can skip that too.

Doubtful since that's a Sony co-marketing deal.

 

[Carn82]

Well I though the 8 Aces are on ps4 for that?

They arent 'code translators', as far as I know.

 

[Stone Ocean]

competition is good guys right?

Competition and sabotage aren't the same thing

 

[Nafai1123]

If the framerate sucks at 900p then does that note mean it is a technical limitation? Would you rather they bump up the ps4 version to 1080p and have the framerate suffer even more?

If a game is CPU bound then a change in resolution will not make the framerate better/worse.

 

[twobear]

So let me get this straight, parity and other assorted bullshit aside.

A co-marketing deal with MS = what, Bribery?

but a co-marketing deal with Sony = completely normal, nothing to see here?

I'm not understanding. When does a co-marketing deal not involved paying for the right to advertise in a certain way? Or are the studious business majors on here just spitting facts over my head?

Has anybody at all suggested anything like this?

 

[Duxxy3]

Not when xbox is holding back gaming now.

And PC gamers will say that consoles are holding back gaming.

 

[Vizzeh]

Lets be honest- if this game reviews well most people on here claiming they won't buy it will probably buy it. They may even type out on the review thread "so conflicted guys! I want to play this game but also don't want to support forced parity!" as they are in line at Gamestop.

As for myself, forced parity is gross, but I was probably not going to get this anyway as Assassin's Creed hasn't felt fun to me in a while.

Its going to need to be much more than a Generic but standard 'Fun' AC title to pull that 1 off, the only way im going back on what I said personally is if they pull of a 'Last of Us' - absolutely doubt it.

I cannot accept purchasing a product not 100% done to the best of their ability, purposely gimping it is worth buying, this is bigger than this 1 game for me, this is a standard I absolutely do not want to see in any medium. Pure Negligence from Ubisoft.

 

[CambriaRising]

So many of these posts are just... wow.

Don't ever change, GAF.

Point them out. Have an actual discussion.

 

[JohnGrimm]

Ubisoft: Reinforcing my decision for $15 and under since 2009.