Watch Dogs has been delayed

[Titan]

Instead of being a launch title for the PS4 and Xbone, it has been pushed off to some time in 2014. Ubisoft believes that the extra time will allow them to polish the game and bring out a much more superior product. Glad they'll take the extra time to make it better but I know a lot of people were gonna buy PS4 at launch because of this game.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/watch-dogs-the-crew-delayed-to-2014-22077

[clips]

Meh...i wasn't going to buy a ps4 at launch anyway...there really isn't anything that would make me go out and purchase one. Me personally i still felt the ps3/360 had alot of life in them...those consoles are still cranking out some some stellar visuals...Dead Space 3....Beyond....Remember Me...Tomb Raider....Last of Us...

"Watch Dogs" along with "The Evil Within" are probably the only two games i'm checkin' for at the moment...and i guess it's a good thing that they are delaying this game, if it's still a bit shaky, then they need to use the extra time to polish things up....it also gives them time for the gta 5 craze to die down some as i'm sure alot of folks are still going to be purchasing that game for the xmas season...

[Titan]

Meh...i wasn't going to buy a ps4 at launch anyway...there really isn't anything that would make me go out and purchase one. Me personally i still felt the ps3/360 had alot of life in them...those consoles are still cranking out some some stellar visuals...Dead Space 3....Beyond....Remember Me...Tomb Raider....Last of Us...

"Watch Dogs" along with "The Evil Within" are probably the only two games i'm checkin' for at the moment...and i guess it's a good thing that they are delaying this game, if it's still a bit shaky, then they need to use the extra time to polish things up....it also gives them time for the gta 5 craze to die down some as i'm sure alot of folks are still going to be purchasing that game for the xmas season...

I already told my girlfriend to get me GTA5 for my birthday, lol.

I'm still on the fence of getting it at launch. I'm probably not since I don't have the money to spare with my hours being cut and still going through physical therapy. Plus it is going to be tough getting one this holiday season. I think I'm going to get it after the holidays as a birthday gift to myself. I'm definitely going to get it before Destiny comes out though.

Instead of being a launch title for the PS4 and Xbone, it has been pushed off to some time in 2014. Ubisoft believes that the extra time will allow them to polish the game and bring out a much more superior product. Glad they'll take the extra time to make it better but I know a lot of people were gonna buy PS4 at launch because of this game.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/watch-dogs-the-crew-delayed-to-2014-22077

Well that sucks because I was looking forward to this man. The list a games at launch ain't enough to keep you going for while. Especially with no backwards compatibility. Sucks we got wait now.

[Titan]

Read this today while pooping. Finally had the chance to post it.

Delaying open-world game Watch Dogs from November to 2014 was an "intense decision," but was in the best interest of the game, Ubisoft North America president Laurent Detoc told IGN in a new interview.

"It’s a very intense decision,” Detoc said. “I think one of the fascinating things about this industry is that you can go from genius to idiot in an extremely short time frame. These are some of those moments, where you’re riding sky high on Watch Dogs or Rayman, and then suddenly you have to break it to the outside world, and sometimes even convince the inside people. Not everybody agrees. You have to say, ‘this is in the best interest of the product, to do this,’ because at the end of the day we’re going to be able to do this extra fine tuning.”

Detoc recalled that as late as Gamescom (August), most people at Ubisoft expected Watch Dogs to launch on schedule, despite some "lingering doubts." But the game was delayed shortly thereafter, because it just wasn't ready, Detoc said.

"Some games, you just can’t make them that much better because of how they’ve been progressing. Part of the decision to delay Watch Dogs is also that," he said. "We know it’s not where we want it to be. Can it get there? What will it take to get there? That’s why it takes a longer process. But in August we really thought we were going to have that game at launch.”

If Ubisoft had delivered Watch Dogs on schedule, the game could have been the "best-rated game on next-gen," Detoc said, claiming Ubisoft is "breaking ground" on various gameplay assets that put the game in "uncharted territory." But this wasn't good enough for Ubisoft, he said, mentioning that Grand Theft Auto V is the high point to aim for.

“The whole package is there already. But without sending them too many flowers, the guys at Rockstar have showed us again that if you make a 96-percent game, people will come," Detoc said. "Watch Dogs, I can only hope we get to that level. There’s an attachment to the brand, in the case of GTA, that makes people really want to give it that 100-percent review. We’ll be missing that on Watch Dogs until we go further, potentially. That’s what we’re after.”

Also in the interview, Detoc addressed the South Park: The Stick of Truth delay. After Ubisoft purchased the South Park game from THQ in January, Detoc said "took a while" to understand the vision for the game. And after a meeting with the South Park team, Ubisoft had a choice to make, he said.

"Do we want to have a fight with these guys and ship the game without their support? Be the guy who did the bad South Park game? Or do we bite the bullet and say, ‘fine, give it another six months and see if we can get there?’ In the end we had to give it another nine or 10 months. That’s more than we thought. But we really reshuffled the cards dramatically with this one," Detoc said. "It was trickier, because it was a third party--both Obsidian and South Park Digital Studios are third-parties--in addition to what we’re typically dealing with. So this one was more complicated. In this particular case, if you keep those two guys engaged, Matt and Trey are really funny guys. They want to put their hearts into making the game better.”

South Park: The Stick of Truth is now scheduled to launch on March 4, 2014, one year after it was originally intended to ship.

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-ubisoft-delayed-watch-dogs/1100-6416756/

[Kurt Angle]

They now say it may not be 1080p or 60fps

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/watch-dogs-ps4-may-not-end-up-running-at-1080p-and-60fps/1100-6419588/

[Viper_Fujax]

They now say it may not be 1080p or 60fps

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/watch-dogs-ps4-may-not-end-up-running-at-1080p-and-60fps/1100-6419588/

i thought i read somewhere that it was definitely 1080p on ps4

http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/05/12/watch-dogs-on-ps4-confirmed-to-run-at-1080p-60fps

so who the hell knows

[Titan]

I heard it being reported that its not 1080 and 60 fps because they took it off the website. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

[Paul2]

Update 2: Watch Dogs will run at 900p on PlayStation 4 and 792p on Xbox One, Ubisoft confirmed. Both versions run at 30 frames per-second.

according to the link, the latest news update was that the ps4 will runs at 900p while xbox one at 792p.  Both version runs at 30 fps.

[Titan]

900p? That's a weird number. Is that in North America? I never heard of anything running at 900p

[Paul2]

900p is the native resolution.  it will upscale to 1080p for the tv.  So basically, videogames can be any resolution but it will either upscale or downscale to any tv resolution like 1080p for instance if the videogame resolution isn't "native" 1080p.

i think its kind of like that most hdtv is 60hz progressive, but some videogames don't run at solid 60fps, so it upconvert its native framerate say like 30fps to 60 fps by repeating each frame twice.  at least that's what i think how its done.

[Kurt Angle]

900p seems to be the prefered resolution of the Xbox one. The 1080p multi format games only run at 900p on Xbox but 1080p on ps4. In fact I don't think any current Xbox one game is capable of 1080p.  Just seems strange that watchdogs is bucking the trend. Only thing I can think of is they have had to reduce it due to frame rate issues.

[Paul2]

Actually there are a few xbox one games that are 1080p and some are not just 1080p only but at 60fps too.  Like the game Fifa Soccer 14, nba 2k14, and wolfenstein: the new order are all running at 1080p @ 60fps.

some xbox one games run lower than 900p like killer instinct which runs at 720p but at 60fps.  Here is the link to the list of ps4 and xbox one games resolution and frame rate.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/PS4_vs._Xbox_One_Native_Resolutions_and_Framerates

[Titan]

Has anyone gotten this game? I really want to get it. Apparently it is Ubisoft's fastest selling game of all time. Not surprising with the level of buzz this game has gotten.

http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/watch-dogs-is-ubisofts-fastestselling-game-26051

[Viper_Fujax]

I got it (since there's nothing for ps4 till October..then all hell breaks loose)

It's pretty good with a few annoying quirks. My two main gripes

1) The AI is pretty dumb. I'll shoot a guy in the head, theyll see him dead and he like "hmm..somethings suspicioussss. I bet ill be safe standing over his dead body"

2) The driving is a bit more arcadey than i was expecting. I thought it'd be a blend of realism and arcadey, but its VERY heavily on the arcadey side

But it's a solid open world game. The hacking is cool once the game gets going. When it starts you think you just sit back and hack a bunch of stuff, but when you start attacking with guns and hacking stuff simultaneously, its REALLY fun.

I'll post some mandatory screenshots when I get around to it lol