I dont know why people keep posting on here suggesting that others buy a pc. It's only one game and the reason it's poor is because of ubisoft and not either console. This game is a ps360 game at its core for crying out loud. There is no reason it should run so poorly. As a dev, you know your constraints and its your job to work within them.
As someone who games on PC, I would never recommend it to someone unless they were technically adept. The only thing that is organized in the pc gaming world is steam. Everything else is a giant pain in the ass. Using 3rd party software to do everything thing is a giant pain as well. Some games require you to install proprietary software like ubisoft games and EA games. There is also other nonsense to deal with like punkbuster and TeamSpeak. There's even more nonsense like waiting for new drivers when a new game comes out and then updating said drivers. If you're a Nvidia person, it's relatively simple but if you're using amd........
There is this notion that gaming on PC saves you money, this is true to an extent. If you a smart purchaser and purchase only what you'll play, then there is the potential to save quite a bit of money. Unfortunately, most pc gamers fall into the trap of purchasing games that they will never play because of sales, etc. The backlog continues to grow and people continue to fool themselves by justifing useless purchases with the statement, "Look how much money I saved." You will save a lot of money if you purchase games not on because of their price but because it fits into your time budget. If you know game X & Y will take up your time for the foreseeable future, then there is no need to buy game Z that is coming out today. By the time you get around to buying game Z, it will be cheaper thus saving you money. Please note that not all pc gamers spend like this.
There are 2 main reasons why people buy consoles, affordability and simplicity. Just because people have money to purchase a $400 console doesn't mean that they have the money to purchase an $800-$900 pc. Pc's are great and they are powerful but when gaming on PC, you're chasing a moving target. The reason people suggest pc is to get 1080p@60fps. Yea, you will get that on today's games but games next year or the year after will result in a drop in performance. The next comment we often hear is this: "At least it's running better than consoles." True but you didn't spend 800-900 for just that, you spent that money for 1080p@60fps. Then people will tell you that if this is important to you, just turn down the settings. I hope you see where I'm going with this. At this point, you ate now experiencing to concept of tradeoffs which is what devs have to deal with everyday. The question at the end of the day is "was this 800-900 purchase worth it?" That is up to you to decide.
When we refer to pc's on gaf, it is referred to as a singular entity. You often read statements like this, "it will run better on PC" or other variations of the statement. This is clearly false, a particular pc build can run it better but it is not true for all pc's.
Essentially what I'm trying to say is can we stop the nonsense that is going on in this thread. We really do not need a pc defense force in the thread and a console defense force in the thread. The discussion revolves around a particular game which appears to be an anomaly in the library of both consoles. Given ubisoft history, the focus should be on the incompetence of the developers and not on a perceived deficiency in the consoles. There are more demanding games that run better on these consoles like BF4. Watch Dogs is a ps360 game and the devs should be criticized for their work. The game barely looks better than gta 5 on the ps360 so it's clearly a dev problem.
It's not nonsense, spend properly and it's definatly possible. And this PC will play watch dogs 1080p 60fps high to max settings.
http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/3JjIC
But I agree Ubisoft haven't optimised this game for sure.