Topic: Watch_Dogs for all systems

Lol, not at all but my phone has a translator. Plus I found it on Metacritic.

I'm wondering if it will hit 4 reviews to show up on the Wii U list of games...

@dumedum I'm sure it will. You have the one already there plus Nintendo Life. Sites dedicated to Nintendo most likely will as well Like Nintendo World Report and Nintendo Everything so I think it will end with about 9 reviews or so.

Actually, ACIII is actually only just behind the PS3 in performance where ACIV and Watch Dogs fall much further behind compared to the 360 and PS3 versions. I don't mind if a game like Watch Dogs doesn't run on a perfectly smooth 60fps, but I do want a stable framerate that certainly doesn't go below 25fps often. Watch Dogs on Wii U hardly manages that in even the less active scenes.

Some prices again, because Steam Sales:
Wii U eShop: $89AU
Wii U retail price after a week: $69AU
XBOne/PS4/PS3/360/PC retail: $49AU
Steam: $37.50US ~= $41.25AU

PC, PS3, PS4, XB360, and XB1 versions are all $30-35 on Canadian Amazon. Wii U is $55.

Also, the PS4 version will be $20 tomorrow morning for Black Friday sale.

What happened here, is Ubisoft putting only giving just enough effort to get the game to actually run, then adding a few GamePad features(which I read is just the map). So basically, it wasn't worth waiting for the Wii U, version, unless that's the only console you have, somehow, and that's besides if you are even interested in a game that wasn't particularly liked OR disliked.

I haven't seen any performance issues while playing

I'm sure the game runs fine. Ubisoft didn't really put in anymore effort into it than that, though.

What more did people expect from a port?

It depends on the type of port. There are ports like what we have seen happen on Xbox One and PS4(any game that is cross-gen), where the assets are mainly the same, but slightly enhanced. Then there are direct ports, like what Wii U is getting. I'm only talking graphics wise. They still had to add in GamePad support, but they can technically make the graphics better in the Wii U versions, compared to Xbox 360 and PS3; they just don't.

Also, I don't expect them to be enhancing the Wii U version's graphics, but they could have if they really wanted to, and that's where value could be for consumers if they ever decide to do that. Since Xbox 360 and PS3 still got the game, Wii U getting a direct port is understandable, and technically acceptable by consumer standards, as long as the game actually sells on those 7th machines. They took their time and already have experience from porting other games, so I figure Wii U getting the game is the cheapest port they've done for the system, thus far.

The gap has gotten smaller, though. I think the Wii U version runs/looks a bit better than the 7th gen versions, then the Xbox One and PS4 versions run a bit better than Wii U. Ultimately, it's not that big of a deal, because that just means Ubisoft is cheaply supporting all consoles. The only real difference is the delay.

Post-launch support? Timeliness? Price parity?

TBH, I think anyone who has ONLY a Wii U doesn't have any right to complain, though. I'll probably just buy it once it's $20.

That's basically Ubisoft punishing people for only having a Wii U, which isn't right. This game is out on 6 platforms now and only one of them is getting boned by the publisher. If it was only the PS4 version that was late and overpriced, there would be outcry, and rightfully so.

Being late was unavoidable, I suppose, but the least they could have done is bundled it with all of the DLC and shaved 10 bucks off the sticker price as a show of good will, something Ubi should be in desperate need of right now regardless of platform. They've managed to piss off almost every group of gamer this year with their shenanigans.

Well, Wii U getting the game at all should be enough for people interested in the game for Wii U to buy it. That's the way I look at it,

Does it suck that Ubisoft released the game a half a year later, for Wii U?
Yes
Does it suck that that the price is $60 for a relatively simple, late port?
Yes

Even if it does suck that that is what happened, people interested in the game for Wii U, especially that only have a Wii U, still don't really have any reason to complain, because they lack choice in the matter. That's just how the cookie crumbles. Buy it, or don't. If the game isn't good enough for someone on Wii U, then they should buy it elsewhere or leave the whole situation alone.

Gouging Wii U consumers because they don't have options makes it worse, not better.

Well, that's kind of how 3rd parties are treating Wii U, and partially Xbox One/PS4. Most of the 3rd party games we have right now are still mainly derivative of Xbox 360 and PS3. That means value is going to be lower, by default, until thet finally move on completely to 8th generation.

The only games really even taking advantage of 8th generation are 1st/2nd party games, otherwise people have the choice to buy most of the 3rd party games on 7th gen. Cross-gen games are already liquidating consumer choice.

I agree with the post-launch support but that is just extra content. As for the time and price, sometimes ports take a while. Plenty of ports on PS3, especially true during the early years of the console, were poor performing late games that obviously played better on 360. Ubisoft still sells Watch_Dogs for $60 normally, it is stores that have sales that bring the price down. People are comparing the Wii U price to sales and not the normal price (which I understand from a consumer point of view but from Ubisoft's point of view they are selling all versions of the game for the same price) If you don't want the game then don't buy it but I feel people are going out of their way to hate on this game when it is one of the best ports the Wii U has gotten in a long time.

Sale or not the game can be had at as little as 25$ on those other systems. Bottom line is this could be been handled better but the secrecy and the fact they did nothing but a port was all a lie for the most part.

No it's not,this is a bad delayed port the game can barley handle 30 fps.That's pathetic for a 6 month delayed and Wiiu owners get this garbage?This is just sad.