The saga involving Watch Dogs’ resolution and framerate on the PlayStation 4 is still ongoing, as platform holder Sony has removed text from its official website suggesting that the game will run at 60 frames-per-second in 1080p on its next-gen format. The page – which was the source of much speculation over the weekend – now simply claims that the sandbox escapade will look best on the Japanese giant’s supercharged device, but doesn’t delve into specifics.
Meanwhile, both parties are being frustratingly coy about the situation. We’re yet to get any word from Ubisoft, but a representative told VG247 that it has nothing to announce at this point in time. Seeing as this is a simple technical specification, we’re not entirely sure why both companies are being so secretive. We suppose that it’s possible that the French firm may want to keep this information quiet if it makes other formats look inferior, but that didn’t prevent Konami from being alarmingly candid earlier in the year.
Either way, we suspect that this story will run until the publisher announces something official. We'd argue that irrespective of the specifics – and corporate chest beating – you should probably expect the open world excursion to look best on Sony's system, as has been the case with almost all multiformat titles so far. Whether it really matters or not, though, is honestly still up for debate.
[source playstation.com]
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@pushsquare I think @Sony trolled us about @watchdogsgame on PS4 being 1080p/60fps
@RawWilson1 I don't think they intended to cause such a storm, but whoever made the blunder - whether the information's accurate or not - is probably in trouble right now. Whoops!
Watch, they'll postpone it again
I'm sure it's 1080p/60fps, ubisoft simply don't want it out in the open.
@mibtar I concur with this. It will probably hurt sales for other platforms, not just xb1 but old gen as well
It will be in 4K on the PS4 I hope it is 1080p/60fps on the PS4 tho. I would of thought this new gen gaming consoles could of done all games in 1080p/60fps without breaking a sweat Oh well.
It could be unlocked and so it would be lying to say 60fps. but I just think someone did a mistake out of optimism as it will be better on PS4 but I doubt it would be that much
honestly I can see this game being 1080p 60 fps on the ps4. I think we're going to start to see more and more games hit this as developers have more time with the ps4 hardware. it's obviously an extremely powerful machine, now its just upto the developers to start being able to optimize their games better and better for this machine. The longer the ps4 is out the better the optimization will be.
The PS4 will obviously be the best version with Ubisoft having a deal with Sony. One of the reasons Ubisoft isn't saying anything about the 60fps is thay probably don't want Watch Dogs having any negative press again if it's not 60fps, or the other version is not on par with the PS4. We are going to find out soon anyway, i have also seen three ads advertising Watch Dogs on TV obviously for PlayStation.
@THEundying27
If that's the case, pretty ridiculous on Ubisoft's part. As long as the other versions are playable it's not like people will just pass them by for the PS4 version, especially if they don't already have a PS4. Sony has paid money for timed-exclusive content and has gone out of its way to help advertise the sh*t out of this game for Ubisoft. If the PS4 version is the best, say it.
Enough of the discussion on the 60fps on Watch Dogs. Give me the game so I can delve into a new story and a game that's different than the ones I've played before
@iSolipsistJudas I blame PC gamers for starting this whole 60fps craze. Whining and complaining about consoles not being able to put out 1080p with higher frame rate and now that they are, it's not enough. It's all about 4k resolution now with 120fps.
I never cared before but now that I have an eye for little details like that I find myself nitpicking games and enjoying them less. It's a habit that I need to break. I have to go back to my roots where I just played a game because it's fun and not tear it down every chance I got.
seriously, how do pc gamers even enjoy games?
@Gamer83 the PR for watch dogs has been abysmal, right up there with microsoft.
@THEundying27 Same here, I pay attention to if a game is 60fps or 30fps & judge a majority of the game bc of that now smh. But if Watch Dogs is only at 30fps 720p I will still enjoy it I just know it won't be as amazing to look at as Second Son...
Well I only have ps4 and wii u and I know that the wii u version won't be the best so ps4 it is, and if it happens to be the best version overall then happy days
I miss the days when gamers didn't give a damn about resolution. What kinds of TVs are people gaming on these days? 80"? This is just ridiculous.
"but a representative told VG247 that it has nothing to announce at this point in time."
The game releases 2 weeks from today. Maybe last Sept they didn't know the specs but 2 weeks from release they should just put the numbers out there when asked, otherwise it makes them look like ****ers.
@rjejr exactly my thoughts back in october. One month before release and they still "didn't know" the resolution was a huge red flag.
At a German Ubisoft event, Golem.de said that Ubisoft talked openly about the fact that Watch Dogs would be 1080p/60fps on PS4.
I've never understood the whole "Will look best on platform X" kind of thing. Because unless the PS4 became much more powerful overnight, a high-end gaming PC running this on max will look better than any of the consoles can... Just by the sheer money factor.
900p and 30fps
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