After what has happened with Assassin’s Creed: Unity, a lot of gamers began wondering whether Massive Entertainment’s The Division will fall victim of this latest ‘downgrade-ation’ trend. Well, that won’t be the case according to Massive’s Martin Hulberg who claimed that the team is trying to get the most out of every machine it uses.
As Martin told YouTube’s Open World Games when asked about the possibility of a future downgrade-ation:
“Downgrading is a weird term to use. Obviously, we want to make a game that looks the best it can on its respective format, so Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. So I think the term downgrade is a bit confusing and weird because we’re trying to get the most out of every machine we use. So Xbox gets its attention, PlayStation gets its attention, and PC of course will be able to cram it up a bit more depending on the hardware you have.”
Now pretty much all developers are claiming this same thing, however we’ll give Massive Entertainment the benefit of the doubt. Let’s not forget that World In Conflict was the best looking strategy game at its time of release, so Massive has the talent and experience to pull this through.
The Division is currently planned for a 2015 release on PC, Xbox One and PS4.
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There is no way in hell that this game is NOT getting a downgrade. It looks way too good.
Downgrade from what. The game has always looked doable even on the consoles and on PC it will run at a higher framerate and be at a higher res.
“creaming up a bit more”
holy s**t ,this guy is effin’ r***rded ,if the pc version is just a bit better than its console counterparts ,is because it was massively downgraded ,they think we are stupid.
These past two months have not been kind to Ubisoft
And deservedly so.
Insider said that it was already downgraded, and let’s face it, anonymous insider looks more trustworthy than Ubisoft itself these days. And not just Ubisoft. Pretty much any publisher is trying to fool you in any way: “We are using a brand new engine”, “Watch Dogs was not downgraded”, “30 fps and black bars are for a more cinematic experience”, etc.
The difference is already noticeable even from screenshots. You don’t need to be a Sherlock to understand where this is going.
Dodging the question completely. Actually the first sentence is the most telling: “Downgrading is a weird term to use.” When someone is uncomfortable with a simple question, usually that means they’re going to lie in response. There is nothing “weird” about the term “downgrade”. This PR person is a transparent liar and the game WILL be downgraded. Which game was it that limits its PS4 to 900p just so the Xbone doesn’t look bad in comparison? AC Unity, right? Ubisoft have downgraded literally every game for several years now. I’ve explained this before and I’m too lazy to do it again right now so I’ll keep it brief: Downgrading is not an accident, it’s an integral part of Ubisoft’s marketing strategy. Showcasing a superior game, getting those preorders, then downgrading at the last second but denying it – this is how their marketing operates and has with every game for years now. There is no reason to assume they will change.
Amen
Like if we would believe their lies at this point. We all know The Division will not look like those E3 videos.
I’ll believe it when I see it. No doubt , guys at Massive studio are
extremely talented but they are now dictated by Ubisoft because they own
them now
Could this be it? Could masive bring the shinnig new light in ubisoft and prove to ubisoft… no wait they propably end up like another studio owned by ubisoft who is using the same code and assets as ubisoft and makes the games the exact same way as dictated by ubisoft.
All PC is going to get probably will be higher res, better antialiasing and maybe 4k support.
Actually most game support the 4k resolution, but most of the time you end with a non UI scaled and the games is kinda broke. Company of heroes 2 is the perfect example
“Look at this fake gameplay, looks good isn’t it? That’s the type of bullshit we always use to hype our mediocre products.”
If I recall correctly, they said the exact same things for Watch Dogs and AC4:BF,
$ony and Micro$oft aren’t going to let them make the PC version look much better. And because the consoles can’t run the graphics already shown, downgrade is imminent.
I’ve caught Ubisoft far too many times lying about their games to believe this non sense.