"It's not concessions, we're trying to do the exact same game. There are some differences though, obviously with more power, you can have a deeper simulation. A game like ours is great for that, being systemic with more and more cars, more variety in the people, more people, a stronger simulation.
"The water is definitely something that is not possible on [past]-gen, so that will be a difference, but for the rest it's the same experience, it's the same mechanics,"
We don't want one or the other to be better or worse, but stronger power,better graphics of course, it brings a little more to the depth for sure
-Danny Belanger
Lead Game Designer of Watch Dogs
Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7DZWoAgWfE#t=4m05s
Some gameplay and Ai info
When someone invades your game with the seamless multiplayer option of the game, missions are blocked until you deal with the intruder.
The look of the invader is totally random, “literally any civilian that is available from that district, man or woman.”
Some hideouts need to be found and unlocked, while others are unlocked by story progression.
For cars on demand, you pay for a car only once, and then you can get it delivered to you whenever you want.
Cars on demand are normally dropped in a parking spot around the corner from your location.
Robbing stores doesn’t award much cash. Open world missions, online contracts and story missions give better xp and cash.
You can track only cars and enemies that are objectives in a mission. Tracking all cars in the game would be too much data to handle.
Hacking ATMs can give you thousands of dollars in certain cases. Some people are rich, and you can detect them with the profiler app.
When someone asked if players will be able to create contracts for other players to do, the answer was “not exactly,” and “more info to come” were mentioned.
You can buy drinks in the game.
The battery of Aiden’s cellphone recharges very quickly over time.
Causing a blackout blocks all hacking, as there’s no electricity.
There will be a way to free roam privately just with your friends.
Let the hate train ride again