Ubisoft Downgrading "The Division" Graphics Across The Board
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CreatiXx
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this makes me really sad cause i was really lookin forward to the game but now meh... Just dont really get it,seems like a cheap ass excuse of them.. Instead of lowering it they should go all out on the pc platform cause of the fact it can look so much better but noooo..lets keep it the same...
Bang
New member
Avoiding Ubisoft, for me, began with Heroes of Might and Magic 6. Five minutes in, game breaking bug. Download a 720MB patch to fix the bug (which it did) then get hit by another game breaking bug five minutes later. Granted, I only paid $18aud for the game, but it was a wasted $18 as I cant play the bloody game.
The price is unimportant, it's the principle. Oh well, Ubisoft wont have a chance to burn me again. I boycotted.
The problem with consoles is the manufacturers can only deesign for so much and cant swap to the latest and greatest graphics card at the last minute after having worked on the design for a couple years or more.
Sony or MS release a new console, and it seems like the very next day AMD and Nvidia release new graphics cards that are far more powerful than the previous generation Then everyone complains that the console graphics are piss weak compared to 'what's out now'.
What MS and Sony need to do is release consoles with upgradeable graphics, like you can upgrade a hard drive.
barnsley
born in a.....
Exactly! There must be a way to make it idiot proof to upgrade as well.
Zoot
Active member
While I partly agree, the problem with that is cost. The whole point of going with an AMD APU and associated memory soldered to the motherboard is to keep the cost down.
When you start adding things like CPU sockets to the board, it drives up the complexity of the system quite a bit, and adds cost. You'd really be looking at consoles at least 150-200% of their current price if they were truly upgradable with off the shelf PC components. I don't know if the console people are willing to pay for upgradability given it'll come at a higher cost.
I'm hoping the steam machines will buck that trend, but I'm not too hopeful.
Dicehunter
Resident Newb
I've actually started to go off the whole gaming and pc seen, Not just hardware companies with their tedious drip feeding of technology from the exact same chip just cutting it down i.e 780, Titan, 780 Ti, Titan Black and then 290, 290X and now 295X, Again all from the same chip.
I'm also getting sick of tactics like this from publishers by downgrading their games across all platforms just so they can say "Oh look our game looks the same as on a £2000 pc, Consoles are the way forward blah blah blah" or multi billion £/$ companies releasing games that are filled with game breaking bugs from the get go.
I know it's business but it's a liars and deceivers business and a lot of the reviewers aren't any better either and I for one will no longer be handing any of them my money.
I'm also getting sick of tactics like this from publishers by downgrading their games across all platforms just so they can say "Oh look our game looks the same as on a £2000 pc, Consoles are the way forward blah blah blah" or multi billion £/$ companies releasing games that are filled with game breaking bugs from the get go.
I know it's business but it's a liars and deceivers business and a lot of the reviewers aren't any better either and I for one will no longer be handing any of them my money.
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You are like 3 years late but thanks for seeing the light.
Kickstarter is the way forward for us, lots of good projects who usually don't even plan on having a console version.
barnsley
born in a.....
Is the 295x actually confirmed now?
The whole trying to keep the top of the range thing is why I don't bother with any part over £400
. Its much more fun beating more expensive machines with lower end/older hardware. Much more satisfying as well knowing that your ol' rig can kick the idiot with the £2k machine's ass. Heck, I'd probably still be sticking with my AMD rig if it wasn't for form factor. Nothing feels better than beating people with more expensive computers, I recommend you try it sometime
. Besides, you don't actually miss out on much by not going for the top of the range stuff. Heck, even my AMD rig with its current bluescreen-iness doesn't struggle with any game worth playing at the moment, despite what the internet would think.
Zoot
Active member
Again, that benefits us via cost. It avoids extra mask-set costs for Intel, AMD or Nvidia when they can use other die on the wafer to go into less highly performing products.
If there wasn't as much products coming from the same chip (or die) as there is, we'd all be paying quite a bit more for graphics cards, CPUs etc.
I do feel sorry for the true PC gamer, those that don't want or refuse to buy a console should still get the absolute top product from a developer, gaming PC's cost a fortune and the games should look and play the part to go with it if you get what I mean.
Its now almost like well all PC gamers may as well go and put their rig on eBay and get yourself a console if you don't want any bugs, well not that many, at least the game will run and be playable. Shouldn't be the case though.
Maybe something like Doom 4 will give us hope, is it PC only?
Its now almost like well all PC gamers may as well go and put their rig on eBay and get yourself a console if you don't want any bugs, well not that many, at least the game will run and be playable. Shouldn't be the case though.
Maybe something like Doom 4 will give us hope, is it PC only?
