Nah you're fine. You settle for less which is not a big deal. Some people want the best.
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Ubisoft: Watch_Dogs will run at 900p on PS4 and 792p on XB1, both at 30fps
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Nah you're fine. You settle for less which is not a big deal. Some people want the best.
thiscoldblack
Unconfirmed Member
Delayed for 6 months and then this?
Darklor01
Might need to stop sniffing glue
The power of the cloud. J/K, I agree.
For Sale : Watch_Dogs boxed with manual , slight damage to pride and missing 180p.
blazeuk
Member
PC hardware has raced ahead, it's simply not possible to keep up anymore and keep costs down as well as everything else involved in having high end components (form factor, cooling, power consumption etc.). I think for consoles we're looking at what is going to be the normal thing from now on, PC hardware will likely push on and create an even bigger gap but it will still be console gaming which brings in the money to be able to create most of the AAA titles.
Half framerate at lower than advertised console specs = small fidelity decrease.
You heard it here folks.
SmoothRunningGun
Member
You haven't seen it at 1080p so I guess you don't know what you're missing.
sindbadthesailor
Member
You're weird relative to the majority (or maybe to a vocal minority) of this board.
You're normal relative to the majority of the gaming world.
Most people here seem to be more fixated on whether the game has the perfect frame rate and resolution than whether it's actually fun or not.
Yeah, regardless of the intention or reason, it still got corrected before the launch of the game. That matters.
Bornstellar
Member
These people should buy PCs.
Basileus777
Member
The sad thing is, it's probably an unoptimized mess on the PC too.
The Maverick
Member
I just don't understand. What did they do during the delay time?
Xenon
Member
That is because their goal was not 1080p. The developers made a choice to add more detail at the expense of resolution. I would say it paid off in a game like Ryse.
Never have I said the systems are equal. That system war voice in your head is fabricating statements to this conversation.
You seemed to have missed my point and stating that the PS4 runs a whole bunch of multi gen titles at 1080p does not disprove it. 1080p is not something that is hard wired into the PS4. As powerful as the PS4 is there is a limit to processing power. When that is hit the developer has to either scale back on effects and detail or it can lower the resolution. Ubisoft decided on the latter which is probably much easier to do.
This arbitrary 1080p = nexgen is system wars BS that came about since that is how things have played out with the launch games, most PS4 1080p. Now you have a whole bunch of people who have dug a trench and settled in on that concept and have set an unfair expectation on developers to live up to it.
People bringing up Infamous:SS need to realize sacrifices were made to get that res and frame rate. Maybe if the game was 900p we could have had puddles react to Delsin's feet or real reflections on windows instead of a genetic bitmap. But they went for 1080p and it looks awesome. Just like Ryse does at 900p.
Basileus777
Member
CaptainTiptop
Member
EnVy_CaLiBeR
Member
Oh well. If the game is good then we're good, UBI.
Probably won't get it at launch though since I'm anticipating Mario Kart more anyway.
Probably won't get it at launch though since I'm anticipating Mario Kart more anyway.
The perfect Dark
Banned
What's so bad about 30 frames per second?
Watch dogs seems to be more dense though, more shit going on, vehicles people on foot etc. and its multiplatform.
But agree, should be at least 1080p, 30 fps. never expected 60 for open world game.
ArkhamFantasy
Member
Second Son was done by a high quality first party developer of 100 people with a single platform to focus on. Watch Dogs is being made for 6 vastly different platforms and has probably had 1000 developers touch it from all over the world, Second Son also had a dramatically superior publisher to work with.
It's really not fair to call the Ubisoft developers incompetent, they are doing a good job considering the bad circumstances that their publishers forced them into.
TheStruggler
Report me for trolling ND/TLoU2 threads
well this saves me money, especially one day it will likely be free with ps plus, least i can save money for a different game now
never trust a French canadian,
never trust a French canadian,
joking
PairOfFilthySocks
Member
1080p isn't just something that you "code to the metal" to reach if you're good enough. A lot of posters in the thread need to realize this.
BruiserBear
Banned
At the end of the day this game is just a poor piece of tech. It doesn't look that great and it's the first PS4 game to be 900p at 30fps.
Dust-by-Monday
Member
Why are people upset that it's 900p? Battlefield 4 ran at 900p and it looked really good still.
I'm all for 1080p, but it's not the end of the world if a game is only 900p.
Heck, just for fun, I changed my PS4 resolution to 720p during infamous second son and the anti-aliasing is so good it still looked very good.
I'm all for 1080p, but it's not the end of the world if a game is only 900p.
Heck, just for fun, I changed my PS4 resolution to 720p during infamous second son and the anti-aliasing is so good it still looked very good.
Beer Monkey
Member
Expect to see a lot more AAA titles that are sub 1080 on ALL consoles this gen due to the pressure to make them look better. Competition.
Here we go again
I suppose its the case for gamers like me who have poor eyesight(even with new glasses) that news like this doesnt really bother me. Wouldve been nice to be 1080p 60fps for others, but for me its not make or break.
Guess thats one way to put a positive spin on being blind in one eye.
Guess thats one way to put a positive spin on being blind in one eye.
Get a bigger display device and/or play some games in native resolution.
BF4 is tough on my 70" after playing native 1080 titles. I'd say its more noticeable than most 40-60 FPS fluctuations (at least if the delta is small and mostly consistant)
In a thread about resolution/frame rates (and on an enthusiast gaming forum) I think it's pretty obvious that you should see expect to see people who care about that type of thing discussing about it. On a side note, I'd argue that higher frame rates make a game more fun to play due to better responsiveness between the player and the game.
This game being 900/30 on the PS4 is kind of a bummer all around. It is suggesting to me that we're going to see slightly worse than Ass Creed 4-level performance on PC rigs.
I hope that this does not become a permanent trend like last-gen where devs push sub-native resolutions and janky frame rates for the purpose of better marketability via visual effects.
Admiral Woofington
Member
Because the graphics aren't exactly stellar. 900p by itself sucks but if it has good textures and overall graphics behind it isn't the end of the world. This game looks ok graphically now. At least in comparison. They dropped the ball hard.
ButchCat
Member
My two cents is that they had a finished product that played just like AC1 and they've been meaning to fix that ever since the delay downgrade or otherwise.
So many angry people. Why can't we just think of the games!
I was personally getting the PC version either way, need to hit my 770 with some open-world juice stat. Really excited to see what Watch Dogs offers, everything I've seen has me more than excited to finally have a new open-world title on PC. Technical console designs aside, those dogging on it for looking bland need to get their eyes checked, looks fine in a city-style setting and seems to have a lot going on.
I was personally getting the PC version either way, need to hit my 770 with some open-world juice stat. Really excited to see what Watch Dogs offers, everything I've seen has me more than excited to finally have a new open-world title on PC. Technical console designs aside, those dogging on it for looking bland need to get their eyes checked, looks fine in a city-style setting and seems to have a lot going on.
If you think it's going to be 60 fps on PC then fucking LOL. When was the last time a Ubisoft open world game wasn't heavily CPU bound? People are going to call it unoptimized trash when they won't be as to get a consistent 60 fps while us reasonable people will lock the framerate at 30 and get the fuck over it.
And anyone who actually thought this game would be 60 fps on PS4 is beyond delusional.
Bravo. Great post.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
Maybe someone should make a thread asking how many people are cancelling their pre-order after today's news...
SniperHunter
Banned
good luck getting this game to run at 60 FPS locked on pc bro
maybe if you play it on low settings at 720p then maybe
Hopefully work on gameplay and stuff
Admiral Woofington
Member
I understand that you find the complaining ridiculous. But is it necessary for PC people to come here and tell us were being ridiculous when we all very well know there will be LOADS of complaints when this comes out on PC. It's like turning a blind eye or what? This sense of superiority is unwarranted. Please get off the high horse.
Might still be 1080p 60fps on ps4.
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2394596/watch_dogs_is_1080p_60fps_on_ps4_says_ubisoft.html
http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2394596/watch_dogs_is_1080p_60fps_on_ps4_says_ubisoft.html