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chemgear · 10-07-2014, 10:22 AM

Ahh some more updates and commentary from the Digital Foundry guys today:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...n-ps4-xbox-one

UPDATE 7/10/14 11.40am: Ubisoft has told Eurogamer that Assassin's Creed Unity's final technical specifications for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are actually still to be locked down.

Some fans have even pointed to the fact that this year - for the first time in many years - the brand is allied to Xbox, rather than PlayStation. Microsoft will be able to feature the game in its Christmas Xbox marketing, and the game will - for once - not include any PlayStation-exclusive content.

"That said, the design of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 makes the decision to lock specs on Assassin's Creed: Unity difficult to fathom. Time and time again, we've seen evidence that the Xbox One graphics hardware operates almost like a subset of the PS4's - perhaps not surprising bearing in mind that Sony's GPU is essentially a larger version of Microsoft's. We often see resolution differentials on cutting edge titles, and even though the difference is frequently less of an issue than the raw numbers suggest, a cleaner presentation overall is obviously welcome.

"We're a bit puzzled by the ACU situation and had a chat about it amongst ourselves. Internal bandwidth is shared between CPU and GPU on both machines which can result in a battle for resources, and if ACU is as CPU-heavy as Ubisoft says it is, that could potentially have ramifications - the only problem with this theory is that there's very little evidence that other titles have experienced the same issue, certainly not judged by Ubisoft's own output.

"I think the main problem here is that the initial story suggests that the publisher has put platform parity politics over getting the best possible game out there, while the updated statement offers no real answers to the questions gamers actually have. If there's a technical reason that prevents PS4 offering a full 1080p presentation - or something closer to it compared to the Xbox One's 900p - I'm really curious to know what it is."

10-07-2014, 10:22 AM	#3614
chemgear Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	Ahh some more updates and commentary from the Digital Foundry guys today: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...n-ps4-xbox-one UPDATE 7/10/14 11.40am: Ubisoft has told Eurogamer that Assassin's Creed Unity's final technical specifications for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are actually still to be locked down. Some fans have even pointed to the fact that this year - for the first time in many years - the brand is allied to Xbox, rather than PlayStation. Microsoft will be able to feature the game in its Christmas Xbox marketing, and the game will - for once - not include any PlayStation-exclusive content. "That said, the design of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 makes the decision to lock specs on Assassin's Creed: Unity difficult to fathom. Time and time again, we've seen evidence that the Xbox One graphics hardware operates almost like a subset of the PS4's - perhaps not surprising bearing in mind that Sony's GPU is essentially a larger version of Microsoft's. We often see resolution differentials on cutting edge titles, and even though the difference is frequently less of an issue than the raw numbers suggest, a cleaner presentation overall is obviously welcome. "We're a bit puzzled by the ACU situation and had a chat about it amongst ourselves. Internal bandwidth is shared between CPU and GPU on both machines which can result in a battle for resources, and if ACU is as CPU-heavy as Ubisoft says it is, that could potentially have ramifications - the only problem with this theory is that there's very little evidence that other titles have experienced the same issue, certainly not judged by Ubisoft's own output. "I think the main problem here is that the initial story suggests that the publisher has put platform parity politics over getting the best possible game out there, while the updated statement offers no real answers to the questions gamers actually have. If there's a technical reason that prevents PS4 offering a full 1080p presentation - or something closer to it compared to the Xbox One's 900p - I'm really curious to know what it is."