Yesterday, we told you that Sony was boastfully claiming that Watch Dogs, Ubisoft’s open-world hacking action adventure was best on its platform, claiming that it was the only place (other than PC…obviously) you’d be able to play the game at a glorious 60 frames per second, rendered lovingly at 1080 vertical lines of pixels. Only they’ve gone and unsaid it.
Here’s what Sony’s website used to say
The world of Watch Dogs comes alive on PS4 with the best graphics on any console and exclusive missions found only on PlayStation. Hack everything as you make your way through Chicago’s underground as you experience Watch_Dogs in a way that only PS4 can provide, at 60 Frames Per Second in 1080p.
The chaps at GameInformer noticed that the boastful text has been wholly excised from Sony’s website – there’s no longer any mention of the game running at 60 frames per second or indeed 1080p.
The presumably false information has been propagated all over the internet, probably because it helps point out the disparities that exist between the PlayStation 4 and the arguably weaker Xbox One.
If you want to experience Watch Dogs at a glorious 60fps (and you probably do), you’re going to have to do so on a reasonably powerful PC. Watch Dogs was previously rumoured to be running at 30fps on both new consoles – so it’s probably safe to assume that’ll be the case.
Neither Sony nor Ubisoft have offered comment on the matter. Watch Dogs is coming on May 27th to just about all of the home consoles. The Wii U version is in production, and will be coming along later.
Oh…and for those of you hoping to get the full Watch dogs experience, you’re a bit out of luck. Not a single version of the game available from any retailer contains all of the game’s content. Each of the many different SKU’s of Watch Dogs contains something different, with a little overlap from the purchase of a Season Pass. It’s honestly just a tad ludicrous. Cheap Ass Gamer’s Robert Goode pointed this out on Twitter.
Isn’t DLC a wonderful thing?
Last Updated: May 13, 2014
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 07:51
[insert huuuuuge sigh right here]
What has gaming become? Stupid silly DLC. You know what dudes? I don’t even feel bad for waiting a year or two and buying your game on some ridiculous cheap special with ALL the DLC INCLUDED!
Skyblue
May 13, 2014 at 08:19
Preach it. I have not planned to purchase any new releases this year due primarily to DLC. These fuckers are milking us dry.
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 08:20
I’m sorry but I ain’t now cow dammit, and I refuse to pirate, hence I shall wait for the glorious specials
Skyblue
May 13, 2014 at 08:24
On a side note, what is the best combo for FTL against the main Rebel ship? I’ve put in some serious hours on FTL but if that cheating ass boss ship kills me one more time I’m going back to Skyrim.
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 08:38
It depends what ship you are fighting them with. Transport in and cause havoc. There are 4 weapon systems, take out the trip-missile first, then the trip-heavy-laser and kill as many of the crew as possible (this will make the second and third wave MUCH easier)
Pop me a direct message on Steam when you are playing, I’ll walk you through it.
Systems to look out for to upgrade that help a lot, are the transporter (you transport 2x crew into the trip missile for instance, you kill the crewmember there and disable the missiles, then repeat for other weapon systems), the cloak (since once you activate cloak, all shots currently in process of hitting you will miss, good to avoid those missiles!) and the mind control also works well
Skyblue
May 13, 2014 at 09:51
Thx Admiral!! Gonna have another crack at it tonight hopefully.
iAmWeasel
May 13, 2014 at 10:12
Refer to my other comment on this article.. DLC has been around since the very early 90s. Not sure why it still irks people.
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 10:16
Read my response then
Umar Returns
May 13, 2014 at 10:21
Because you’re forced t play things that were present in the early nintys…We need to stop giving DLC a free pass. Oh you want to color swap in your fighting game….3 dollars please…How is this not a bad thing??
Brandon Isaacs
May 13, 2014 at 10:57
fuck your understanding of video games, as politely as that can be interpreted. We are sick of being eaten alive by acutal monsters, just to be able to beat the shit out of monsters in the game we’re forced to deal with.
UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy
May 14, 2014 at 08:45
Steam sale FTW! Just sad that we have to wait 1-2 years to get a normal price on the full game.
A 2 EL POLLO DIABLO?
May 13, 2014 at 08:15
10 different versions of release for the same game? *Groan* This has gotten way out of hand.
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 08:19
Here is the line [___]
And here is how its being crossed
[the line]____________________[the moon]_________________[how far its crossed]
Hammersteyn
May 13, 2014 at 08:18
Nope, will wait for it to pop up in the bargain bin at BT Games. Either that or a GOTY edition.
Jonah Cash
May 13, 2014 at 08:23
No man!! Who cares about the extra mission you will miss? You are going to buy it on PS4 which already has an hour extra just because…. That extra mission is probably just fluff!!
Hammersteyn
May 13, 2014 at 08:26
Yeah but it’s gonna cost R800 – R900 for the standard edition. And it looks like it’s visited Edward Scissor hands so much has been cut out. I’m just exhausted by all this season pass and DLC kak.
Jonah Cash
May 13, 2014 at 08:29
I hear you, I just flat out ignore the DLC crap!! I will either trade in Infamous or Ass Creed 4 on this and whichever one I have left will be traded in on Elite Sniper V3!! So that makes those game only R400-R500 which is something I would still pay for games!!
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 08:38
R400 will net me QUITE a few Steam specials tbh
Jonah Cash
May 13, 2014 at 08:41
Yes I know!! But there are not all that many old games left for me to play, or rather that I want to play. So I am stuck buying new games as they come out. The only two old games that I want to play is GTA5 and The Last of Us and now both are coming to my PS4 as well…… So yeah I am pretty much screwed!!
And I still think Watch Dogs is going to be a super cool game, the premise has had me from day one which really hasn’t happened often over the last 3 or so years!!
FoxOneZA
May 13, 2014 at 10:23
Or some RAM’s. Always need moar RAMZ.
FoxOneZA
May 13, 2014 at 10:22
I believe that you get the same trade-in value as PS3 games at “that” store. I’m not sure about that thought but having to trade-in a AAA title for a game is not worth it.
Jonah Cash
May 13, 2014 at 13:58
I trade them in, there has very rarely been a game that I wanted to replay over the last 10 years!! I just play new games and enjoy them!! So having it just sit on the shelf is useless to me so I might as well get R350 for it and offset that on the new game!!
Decembermaloy
May 13, 2014 at 08:19
fuck it, don’t really want to play it now, will get it on the cheap a year from now. Steam Sale man, Steam Sale…
Skyblue
May 13, 2014 at 08:27
I wish it was that easy. I recently purchased all the essential (story based) Mass Effect Trilogy DLC and it still cost the same as it did on release.
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 09:03
Yeah but that was on Origin right?
Skyblue
May 13, 2014 at 09:21
Yeah it was.
Decembermaloy
May 13, 2014 at 09:45
my condolences to your pc and your wallet.
Ryan Vorster
May 13, 2014 at 15:33
LMAO
Jonah Cash
May 13, 2014 at 08:20
As long as the game is 20 hours long on any version with extra hour or two on whatever extra version you have I don’t care!! As long as the game is standard across the board and there are an extra mission here and there that I don’t play I am sure I would survive!!
Jonah Cash
May 13, 2014 at 08:27
DLC is like microtransactions, I have never paid for either. And I can truly say that I don’t feel I have missed all that much in any case!! I played Batman Arkham Asylum when it came out and then a year later I bought again but the GOTY edition and really people that hour more on the game didn’t make a single bit of difference to the game!!! Everyone relax, the game is not cut up in 4 parts which forces you to pay for DLC!! You are paying for the main game and DLC buyers is paying for their horses to have better armour!!!
Hammersteyn
May 13, 2014 at 08:31
Why can’t we earn horse armour in a game like we used to? Unlock it by getting achievements? Why should we be forced to buy it? They are milking us. But yeah you are right, we are getting a whole cake. The cherries and sprinkles cost extra though.
Jonah Cash
May 13, 2014 at 08:34
I am playing Hearthstone at the moment and let me tell you I am battling to unlock my horses armour, but I see myself as someone who doesn’t like to give up so I will get it!! Played a guy yesterday who has clearly bought quite a bit of packs of cards, he destroyed me in 5 rounds with 20 power and 20 health cards all over the place!! Hahahaha…. I just thanked him and moved on!!
Jonah Cash
May 13, 2014 at 08:37
Same goes for Fifa Ultimate team as well… When you play a guy who has Messi, Ronaldo, Bale and Neymar as his front 4 you just know he bought them with cash!! I have played quite a bit of Fifa and if I didn’t buy anyone else and kept all my coins I would still not be able to buy even one of those 4 players!! Hahaha
So unfortunately for us as long as these idiots are out there, us older folks will be pissed about these types of gaming practices!!
Josh Strauss
May 13, 2014 at 09:10
Nothing rocks more than wiping the floor with a player using only basic cards and some commons when he/she is dropping rares and a couple of legendaries.
To be fair though I’ve had my ass handed to me with some seriously well thought out decks with some top cards.
Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!
May 13, 2014 at 08:27
Well, I was going to purchase watchdogs. Now I guess I will just wait for a GOTYE
Decembermaloy
May 13, 2014 at 09:47
Which version? Because there’s going to be 10 GOTY versions. Are they like Pokemon? Do you have to catch them all?
MakeItLegal
May 13, 2014 at 08:30
Wow… words can not describe the disappointment i see in that graph
fred
May 13, 2014 at 08:32
There is no more stupid a thing in the gaming world than a frekin season pass for extra content.
oVg Errorist
May 13, 2014 at 08:44
10 different editions? WTF?
Ubisoft is on track to defeating EA at the golden pooooooooo awards.
They lost my vote when they made the Jackdaw fully upgradable via on-line mini games. The single player experience was affected by their greed.
HvR - THE Average GAmer
May 13, 2014 at 08:46
Screw this. That line on when something just got to ridiculously expensive to buy has been crossed. That chart just overshadowed everything I liked about the game.
Weaner 'some arsehole' dog
May 13, 2014 at 09:29
Not that is ridicules beyond measure, but you do seem to get all the actual missions with the season pass. The game and white hat pack are part of the original purchase. Although the White hat pack only works on the PS4 for most of the purchases. The stuff you don;t get with the season pass seem to be physical things or fluff. Just think some day soon you will be able to download your limited edition figures and print them on your home 3D printer.
Brandon Isaacs
May 13, 2014 at 09:34
29 comments?! PATHETIC! The progenitors of the new age must rise against the ludicrous standards of a massively expanding industry pioneered by our ilk! Our forefathers of gaming and those corrupted anew are savaging what we once knew to be sacred. Stand up and speak brothers, spread the word of tyranny throughout the nexus. We must no longer accept the evil that has become of our once beloved passion. We must bring ourselves to abandon these wretched mongers of greed and confusion. We must fight for truth and justice, NO MATTER THE COST! WE MUST FIGHT TO REVENGE OUR FALLEN LOVE!
Aww jesus, I’m drunk..
oVg Errorist
May 13, 2014 at 10:12
Follow the drunk man. Even if his cause is but a drop in the Ocean.
The American COD kids hold the future work models of gaming politics in their hands. You know? the ones that have so much money in their first world country that they are more than happy paying $40 for a 10 minute MGS demo.
We got it wrong when we said that there would be a gaming crash around the corner. But were close. Its not a gaming crash but total deprivation of gaming passion. Thanks to our hobby becoming so darn popular that they can now milk every penny out of the young demographic of gaming.
I have been gaming for 35 years. I have the money to go next gen.
But I just do not give a hoot anymore. Keep it.
Brandon Isaacs
May 13, 2014 at 10:52
Huzzah to those that know! I am but a young man, 21 years of age! But I remember the greatest of my days on this planet were spent playing original street fighter arcade games, and even those as simple as Galaga and Robotron. Praise be to Robotron! Goldenaxe! Castlevania! Metroid and the like!
The next generation of gaming is a sham! There is already generations of gaming far beyond our average console wars. Stand up! Deny the devils their dollar! We are being transgressed upon, and our culture is being disseminated! Stop giving them your damn money…I beg of you. I bought but a solemn few of only the best games for my playstation 3 in the last few years….and I too feel the pain and disappointment of lacking and ravenous games and their creators. Each of us that says
“FUCK EA GAMES! AND FUCK UBI!” And stops buying their overhyped, half-assed shit is a huge victory for our cause. Stop supporting the rich bastards that insist on milking our collective teet for everything it’s worth. OUR TEETS ARE WORTH MORE THAN THAT! Stop being noobz and resist the pwnage that is brought down upon you! Gamers must arise and be better! LEVEL UP MOTHER FUCKERS!
oVg Errorist
May 13, 2014 at 11:23
Hear hear. You sound like a young oVg 🙂
RinceBroken
May 13, 2014 at 11:28
Cool, give me all your EA games then 😛
iAmWeasel
May 13, 2014 at 10:10
Everyone always bitching and moaning about DLC like its some kind of new method of cheating gamers. Do you guys realize that DLC has been around since the very early 90s?
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 10:16
EXCEPT that it was called expansion packs and well worth the money. The game and whole business model was not built around it, the game was shipped COMPLETED, and depending on how well it done the EXPANSION PACK was then built and shipped COMPLETED
DLC and expansion packs are as different from one another as a bacon+avo+feta sammich and a cheese sammich (with b+a+f sammich being the expansion pack)
iAmWeasel
May 13, 2014 at 10:20
I play a lot of games and I’ve yet to play one that felt incomplete to me, regardless of whether or not there is DLC for the game. Why are people so bothered by the idea that they are missing out on some small tidbit of a game? Maybe gamers should focus more on plain and simple having fun.
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 10:25
Oh I have fun indeed, and I refuse to pay for DLC that is just eye candy or some nonsense like that. I’m referring to sections or missions or content DELIBERATELY left out for the mere fact of selling it again
iAmWeasel
May 13, 2014 at 10:33
Well like I said I have never played a game that had DLC which left me feeling like I’ve been cheated because something was missing from the experience, and I’ve never bought DLC. I don’t feel like I’m being short changed in some way.
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 10:35
Right DLC is not something that’s horribly wrong with gaming, I get what you are implying
iAmWeasel
May 13, 2014 at 10:41
I just get annoyed cause gamers are like wired to be unhappy and complain. It’s like there’s a list of gripes that you are required to have as a gamer. It makes me feel like avoiding discussing this thing that I love with other gamers.
Admiral Chief in Space
May 13, 2014 at 10:50
So the trend in the gaming industry to milk the gamers rather than make good ‘complete’ (please note I use this term loosely) games does not annoy you, but you get annoyed about unhappy gamers?
Some of the best games I’ve played had little to NO DLC at all. The DLC, if you wanted to call it that, for FTL for example was released for FREE.
The industry is milking itself to a complete mess, and don’t even get me started on the damn mobile “gaming” (I use this term as a sarcastic joke) industry…
But, yeah, we both have some thoughts and points about this, so lets just leave it at that
Milesh Bhana
May 13, 2014 at 10:19
I care very little about this.
I’ll get the standard edition (or digital if it’s more cost effective), get my 30+ hours worth, then move on to the next game.
I seldom buy DLC because my brain instantly starts thinking about the next game in the massive backlog when i see the credits roll.
I think the only game i actually buy DLC for is Rocksmith.
Brandon Isaacs
May 13, 2014 at 11:09
At least people are debating things, The least I would expect from gamers, really. But get your damn brains straight. (some of you) Anyone who thinks “DLC” is acceptable in any way that is currently presented to us is just plain wrong. Its a blatant exploitation of the most essential desire of a gamer. To achieve the highest score, or have all the loot, or be the strongest you can be!
Anyone allowing themselves to spend MORE money on MORE content just to achieve loftily placed goals is absurd to me. Stop advocating F2P P2W games. IF we don’t all play our cards right, the future of gaming will quickly snowball into entirely unrecognizable formats functioning solely off of greed. The new age of gaming is here with us now. Participate in the future, or doom us all to the regulated ideas that all major companies seem to be adopting. Pay for a game, then pay for what we didn’t give you at first. KNOCK IT OFF.
please, for the sake of this art, and the enjoyment we all get out of it. DO THE RIGHT THINGS, and deny these assholes their extra buck, just so they can pump out another sub-par excuse for a full game that they claim consistently will be better with “DLC”
P.S. I’m drunk, Follow the drunk man!
CAE9872
May 13, 2014 at 11:32
*sigh* That is a lot of editions! The hype over this game passed me by a while ago – will definitely play it; but one day…
Tarka_za
May 13, 2014 at 12:32
Remember COD 4 and WAW, where the game will get patched to version 1.4 and the patch would be accompanied by 4 maps as well, for free. That was probably the last of the free add-on era.
InsanityFlea
May 13, 2014 at 14:39
peeeee ceeeeee 😀
Tauriq Moosa
May 13, 2014 at 17:06
Hm, well, I mean if you can ignore what is mostly swag, you can get all the content stuff with Sony + Season Pass.
Lex
May 13, 2014 at 17:23
No matter what still getting it PS4 on day one. 🙂 Not paying more than $60 for it, so whatever edition that gets me. May go reserve it, ended up with a limited addition of Second son last time.