The biggest problem are the 50GB+ games sizes. I have unlimited bandwidth, but I feel for those that don't.
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Ubisoft revises Watch Dog's PC specs (even more demanding ones, 6GB RAM minimum)
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The biggest problem are the 50GB+ games sizes. I have unlimited bandwidth, but I feel for those that don't.
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It's time Bethesda, time to explore the moving city-trees of Valenwood, the dune-cities of Elsweyr, or the magnificent mer-cities of the Summerset Isles!
Obviously I'm excited at the prospect of new standards and the advancements that go along with it.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
So, who will be the first to max out at 4K 3D @ 120fps?
Lostconfused
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Some guy working in RnD at Samsung since I don't think Stereo 3D at 4K exists yet?
soulassssns
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WiiU version it is then....
bleachrude
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Isn't this supposed to come out for the Wii U?
I can see both the Sony and MS consoles handling this easily enough but isn't the Wii UI not powerful enough for the recommended?
I can see both the Sony and MS consoles handling this easily enough but isn't the Wii UI not powerful enough for the recommended?
Hip Hop
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It's coming out on 360 and PS3, too, so it will look similar though slightly better than on those.
If Torchlight 2, an indie game with no marketing, sold over 2 million copies via Steam then I can't believe Skyrim sold less in a longer amount of time despite it not leaving the top 20 sellers since 2011. VG Chartz is useless even for console retail numbers, and retail numbers in general are useless for PC games.
The next-gen/PC and current gen/Wii U versions are probably difference products with different code bases. I can pretty much guarantee even on the lowest setting the PC version will look significantly better than the current-gen version.
bleachrude
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Seriously, there's something really, REALLY messed up that a game being released next year can't run on a console that is only 1 year old.
No matter how you look at it, that's some messed up shit there people....
This game better be the Crysis of the new generation otherwise I'm with others..Ubisoft smoking some serious weed....
No matter how you look at it, that's some messed up shit there people....
This game better be the Crysis of the new generation otherwise I'm with others..Ubisoft smoking some serious weed....
Eh? It is out this year and will be releasing on XB1 and PS4. What weed are you smoking?
bleachrude
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The Wii U.
I know people forget this at times but the Wii U _IS_ part of the 8th generation of consoles and Ubisoft is releasing a game that a 8th generation console CAN"T RUN.
Seriously, since when did a console get eclipsed in 1 freaking year by a multiplatform game?
It didn't, it's being released on Wii U. Obviously since it is on a different level of performance than the PS4 and XB1, it's getting the version being developed for it, the 360 and PS3. But thanks to the extra memory it'll have higher resolution textures and, of course, will utilise the game pad.
Vulcano's assistant
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Why not just wait for Volcanic islands? They may be a best bang for the buck. I suppose two 270X would be cheap too.
Mobius and pet octopus
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At least they are acting honest about pc specs. I could imagine a company lying to get just a bit more sales.
Yeah......But I'm an NVIDIA man, man. Dat driver support. I can't give that up.
Far Cry 3 sold 1m+ copies on PC. Skyrim has been out for longer and was the fastest selling game on Steam ever, with ~300k simultaneous players at launch and sold 11m+ total vs FC3's 4.5m.
Watch Dogs (along with BF4, COD: Ghosts, ACIV, ArmA 3) will drive a lot of PC hardware upgrades over the next few months. Now that games are starting to regularly require more powerful hardware PC gamers will upgrade their machines so that they can play them.
GAF has convinced me all PCs are stronger than a PS4 so 6 GB should be easy.
Seriously thought, meeting the recommended specs should be dead easy if you have a remotely up-to-date gaming PC. I got a mid-range one in late 2011 and I meet the recommended pretty easily.
Not everyone is Paradox/Volition.
Vulcano's assistant
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I understand, I'm an nvidia guy myself. I am actually surprised that I recommended crossfire to someone.
Codeblew
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Nvidia might not be the best choice for console ports for the next few years. Unless Nvidia moneyhats.
graywolf323
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didn't make a difference last gen why would it this gen?
360 was the closest to PC architecture and had ATI
SapientWolf
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They were roughly similar last time, but this time it's the exact same architecture. They can literally port the code right over.
Codeblew
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Mantle.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Hard to tell how the next gen will play out. Nvidia have a bunch of PhysX and optimisation exclusive shit for more or less everything Ubisoft though.
Glorified G
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3770, 8 GB and 2GB VRAM video card was considered mid range in 2011?
What? It's not a 360 game. If the PC version were limited to 360 quality assets then you might have a point but it won't be.
gettempapa
Member
The Wii? Nintendo put itself in the same situation last generation. Gears of War came out the same year as the Wii and there is no way the Wii could ever run something like that. It's not unreasonable for a fairly cutting age game to not run on underpowered hardware.
Of course, Watch Dogs is coming to Wii U.
Nope. New consoles are 64-bit as well.
runnin_blue
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Out of curiosity, any particular reason you are choosing the Wii U version when you have a decent PC?
Yep, i bought mid range PC in Q3 2011 with i5 2500k, 8GB, and GTX 560 for around 600E. I dont met 2gb VRAM, but it was harder to get more than 1gb vram back then, it was only highest end cards.
flatearthpandas
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legacyzero
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And gere I was thinking that my 3570k was a good investment for the future lol
AstroZombie
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I have a feeling that you'll be fine.
TheThunder
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Should be fine at 800x600, ~20 fps indoors, 15 out.
Looks like the time that my sli 570GTX could easily run virtually all games a 1080p60fps at max settings are behind us. But I really don't want to upgrade untill the next gen of Nvidia cards. I really appreciated not having to worry about what settings I would use with every game, just set everything to max and ready to go. I guess I'll have to worry about that a lot more the next 6 months or so.
I hope so. It's good to see PC graphics finally getting pushed forward in areas other than IQ and resolution.
Hmm. My PC might be match the recommended but I'd have to double check. However I'm pretty sure I don't even want to get a PC version of this even if I'll have no problem running it. I fully expect there to be a lot of issues getting this to run smoothly no matter. Rather stick with the Wii U version if the game turns out to be good. That's still a big unknown and I wish that would be acknowledged more by people.
Why the Wii U version if I can run likely this on PC? It was asked before. Mainly because I do not want to have to deal with the issues to get this running well on my PC. I work in IT and I actually hate having to troubleshoot my own computer when I get home most days. The Wii U is the latest console I have and I don't plan on getting a PS4 until there are more games out for it that I really want to play. The Wii U version, if Ubisoft is telling the truth, will be better looking then the PS3/360 versions and that's good enough for me.
Why the Wii U version if I can run likely this on PC? It was asked before. Mainly because I do not want to have to deal with the issues to get this running well on my PC. I work in IT and I actually hate having to troubleshoot my own computer when I get home most days. The Wii U is the latest console I have and I don't plan on getting a PS4 until there are more games out for it that I really want to play. The Wii U version, if Ubisoft is telling the truth, will be better looking then the PS3/360 versions and that's good enough for me.
Current gen version will probably run this game similarly to GTA 5, so very poorly.
Aussie Legend
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With Ghost's specs released I have to make this joke... Watch Dogs downgraded to look like CoD confirmed?
Certainly not me for a good 5-10 years.
Good thing then that I'm not getting the PS3 or the 360 version if that is a concern.
Ubisoft wants to watch dogs