Assassin's Creed Unity PS4

Either someone at Ubisoft has said something very silly, or there’s some seriously shady stuff going on behind the scenes. Those that have been following the console industry closely over the past year or so will be aware that the PlayStation 4 has showed a significant technical lead over its closest competitor the Xbox One – and that’s resulted in some titles running at higher resolutions or frame rates. However, an Assassin’s Creed Unity developer has indicated that the firm has enforced platform parity for its forthcoming Parisian escapade – in order to avoid “debates and stuff”.

Now, we’ve gone on record as saying that we don’t particularly care for the performance wars that have been taking place of late – although it’s always nice to know that you’re playing the best version of a given game – but if the developer has deliberately scaled back its PS4 release, as is indicated here, for the sake of side stepping the argument, then that’s not on as far as we’re concerned. “We decided to lock [both iterations] at the same specifications to avoid all of the debates and stuff,” is apparently what senior producer Vincent Pontbriand told Videogamer.com.

As a result, both versions will run at 30 frames-per-second in 900p – though there’s no word, for example, on the aliasing techniques employed, which may still differ. The biggest concern here is the language used, which makes it sound like the PS4 version has been held back. Of course, if it genuinely can’t hit 1080p on Sony’s system, then we doubt that anyone would have an issue with that – but that’s not what the quote implies. Of course, it’s not the first time that an Assassin’s Creed game has shipped in this state: Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag employed the exact same specifications, but was patched to run at a higher resolution on the Japanese giant’s big black box at launch.

Either way, we’re pretty sure that the French publisher will be forced to clarify its stance soon, as this has prompted a tidal wave of negative press. What do you make of this news, and do you think that there could be some sinister business dealings going on behind closed doors? Rant and rave in the comments section below.

[source videogamer.com]