RoadHazard
Gold Member
Oh shit, the PS360 versions are gonna suck. Oh well, any cross-generation game I'm interested in I'll most likely be getting on the PS4 anyway.
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Ubisoft: Watch Dogs is leading on next-gen/PC, then being ported to current-gen
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brain_stew
Member
The Wii U version is going to be a complete disaster. Expecting anything else is the same as people back in the 90s expecting the Gameboy port of Mortal Kombat to be anything other than terrible.
OP is jumping to conclusions. Unless Guillemot said something other than the quote in the post
He's only saying that WD is developed as a next gen game first by Ubi Montreal and then other Ubi studios make it fit for older hardware. It doesn't mean that these older versions haven't started development yet or that they are going to wait until development on next gen is finished to start porting the game. That's just crazy
Not everyone is going to upgrade day one lol.
Glad to see you are alive and well Nostradamus
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
I mean this is sarcastic right? Yea it is. lol
The one at the PLAYSTATION event?
PC
frankie_baby
Member
OK and how will the ps360 versions turn out? Game&watch standard?
ShineALight
Member
Subtle.
It's completely irrelevant. Watch Dogs has been in development for five years, it'll probably be six by the time it launches, given Ubisoft's predilection for huge multinational development, the budget will have been at the very least fifty million dollars, you need that much bare minimum to market it, that's a hundred million dollars, more than three million copies at full price, to break even.
PS4/XB3 exclusive would be insane.
It's a better long-term move than it is a short-term one if you're thinking that the smaller user bases are ones that you're going to need to have a strong foundation on in the future.
Maybe they just lied, for some reason. (about it not being in development yet)
We had it that the 'PC-based version of the title' was *also* the means by which the designers could edit the content. Two birds with one stone.
Yeah, but all i can imagine is the ps3/360 versions playing really badly. They wouldn't be doing anybody any favors, just ripping them off. Besides the most interesting thing about this game is the "Next Gen" look and feel.
Given that you always see your character wandering around with one eye on his cellphone, the pad implementation seems obvious.
I could imagine they are. To in some way put greater importance on the next-gen version. It could be a case of someone saying "Why would I upgrade my console when the game is on PS360?", "Well, as of yet it's been made wholly for next-gen, we haven't even started the current gen versions actually" type thing.
it was running on a pc.
Uh, sorry, you are right. I forgot that we are talking about a Nintendo console.
Again, by your logic no one would ever make a high budget launch game. But they do, regularly. AAA console launch games tend to have very high tie ratios, and relatively long shelf lives, since new console buyers continue to buy them over a relatively long period. Plus you're investing a long-term franchise user base.
Obviously, if you can down-port relatively easily and without affecting the quality of your lead platforms, it makes sense to do so. That has not been the case in previous gen cross-overs. It may be somewhat easier this time, so we may see more cross-gen releases than in previous transitions.
Also you're making a lot of arbitrary assumptions about the game's budget. Budget is not a linear function relative to development time.
Chuck Norris
Banned
I'm a bit confused about where everyone is getting the info that the WiiU version is already in development?
Here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=515716
Watch Dogs is already running on Wii U, thanks to the porting work of Ubisoft Bucharest (Romania).
Well firstly, no, people do not make high budget launch games, at least people other than first parties.
And this generation isn't anything like the previous ones. Cross-generational releases barely happened last time, this time, everyone is preparing to do it.
As for the budget, I'm making assumptions, although not arbitrary ones.
Black Duke
Neo Member
Was going to say. Don't think what he's saying automatically implies the 360/PS3 versions haven't been started. I think he's just saying they're developing first for next-gen, then handing off to other studios for the other versions - that process has probably already started for the PS3/360 versions, and we know Bucharest has been tasked with the Wii U version.
Always-honest
Banned
That's ALLLLL i wanted to hear. GOOD NEWS!!!!!! thank you.
yeah...running...
yeeeeeeeeeaaaah, as I said: we are talking about a Nintendo console. it will suck for sure
Fried Food
Banned
Wow that is great news!
Don't have to worry. about the next gen versions.
I hope all devs take that approach
Don't have to worry. about the next gen versions.
I hope all devs take that approach
I wouldn't put it past him to being very sneaky with his wording. If he considers only Durango/Orbis as next-gen then saying PS3/360 hasn't started yet doesn't mean Wii U has.
You're a master of logic.
Always-honest
Banned
I can totally see that happening.
The only reason they said 360/PS3 last year was because they couldn't say PS4/Xbox
It will be 'cancelled' for current gen machines soon enough.
It would be nice if some mod can change the title because it's very misleading.
You only have to read the actual post to come to this conclusion but people still doesn't seem to get it
You only have to read the actual post to come to this conclusion but people still doesn't seem to get it
Yeah, let's jeopardize chances of our game selling well by cutting more than 120 mln potential customers out.
said every launch title ever.
when the market was absolutely different.