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Watch Dogs: The PS4 Technical Difference

TheGameHeadz Write: Ubisoft drop some awesome details for Watch Dogs during Sony’s PS4 announcement. The game is confirmed to appear on PS3 and 360, and the upcoming release of the PS4. With the game being showing on Sony’s next console, and their current one; you are probably wondering just as I was, what could be the major difference between the two versions.

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LessThan2Tflops4813d ago

Could have just said "it will be more like the pc version"

Kaiou4813d ago

True , best thing about next gen is that finally PC versions will be expanded and get more graphical enchantment instead of just mostly better resolution and Anti-aliasing .

LocutusEstBorg4813d ago

Um no the Geforce Titan curb stomps the 720 PS4 and Wii U put together. Console ports will again be under use of GPU power.

fsfsxii4813d ago

@KurianOfBorg
Goodluck paying 1000$ for that, you could get all next gen consoles for maybe even less

dmN_1144813d ago (Edited 4813d ago )

@KurianOfBorg

What else did you expect from a GPU that will cost as much as all those consoles you said put together. LOL

EDIT: beaten

KimDongHwan4812d ago

@KurianOfBorg

The PC Master Race always talking how PC are more advanced, and the graphics and etc. But what about the games? why would you need such an amazing power just to try playing Simcity, and your souless Crysis. I bought a gaming PC just because i wanted to see this amazing features, but not a single game until now has have the same impact in me as Metal Gear Solid 4 or Uncharted 2, its like you got only shooters.

knowyourstuff4812d ago

Geforce Titan has 6GB of GDDR5 RAM, PS4 has 8GB... sorry Kurian, your math is a tad off, and everyone seems to agree.

Irishguy954812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

Lol...The Titan has 6GB Ram...Ps4 has 8GB..

Ps4 > Titan?

Are you ****ing serious? Are you that ignorant of technology that you actually think Ram in the only factor in a GPU?

N4G Fanboys eh?

Yes 'knowyourstuff'...the 1000 quid Titan(GPU) is weaker than the 400-500 Ps4(CPU/GPU/RAM/Motherboard/Wi fi etc)

Congratulations. Hopefully the N4g admin will see fit to add a 'stupid' bubble down option.

dantesparda4812d ago

for once, i agree with you Irishguy

jmc88884812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

WTH are people smoking?

RAM has NOTHING to do with POWER.

Hint: If you have an old PC say one from 10 years ago, and you increase the ram from 512 GB to 4GB, does that make your PC faster?

Nope. Not one bit.

The GPU equivalent of what the PS4 has is a $250 graphics card. That's reality.

It's 8 CPU cores can't beat a mid range 2008 4 core CPU.

I'm buying a PS4 via preorder just like I did a Wii U, but the facts ARE the facts.

A mid range 2011 PC GPU is what the PS4 has.

1.8 TFlops of power vs midrange cards of 2.4 TFlops, and that will be over probably 3.5 TFlops by the time the PS4 launches.

The Titan is close to 3x a PS4, and you can put three of them in your PC.

No it doesn't take 1000 to get better than a PS4, takes about 600.

OR IF YOU HAVE A PC, all it takes is a $250 GPU upgrade to match it.

When will people realize not all 8 gb's will be used for gaming and the ~6 that is, half of it won't be used and might only barely be used as workarounds in later years.

Take a PC GPU at 1080p gaming say a GTX 670 2gb and measure it against a GTX 670 4gb...guess what at 1080p there IS NO DIFFERENCE in performance.

On top of this don't forget that the PS4 will have lower grade GDDR5 memory then what's in the top PC GPU's. (because not all GDDR5 is of the same speed and latency type...hint to make MILLIONS of consoles, they won't be using the fastest, they'll be using what they can make the most of).

The reason you WANT 8 GB's is to ensure that you DON'T have a BOTTLENECK in the system. If you have a BOTTLENECK then whatever power it has is partially wasted because you have to run tricks that use up the power in order to get around less RAM.

This is what people are being stupid about.

They think more RAM makes the system faster. NO. It means that if you are driving a car and hitting the gas, enough ram means you aren't using your other foot to hit the break at the same time.

It DOESN'T make the system ANY MORE faster, it simply removes a bottleneck that was slowing it down.

Also part of that is the density of the chips. They come in chip sizes that mean's it needed to either be 4 or 8, so with 8 you have TRIPLE the ram you would have with 4.

Double you say? Nope triple? How? Simple.

2 GB's is most likely going to be reserved for the OS, which is not going to be simple.

Thus 4-2 = 2
Thus 8-2 = 6

6 vs 2 = 3x

Triple.

6 GB's is more than the unit can push, but it fits in with the desire to NOT have RAM be a bottleneck and what the chip densities dictate.

Gaming1014811d ago

PC's for some reason can get upgraded to higher specs than the PS4, however due to the massive requirements of running all the non-gaming related programs in the background, running the Windows Operating System, it all taxes your PC, which is why even the the best looking PC games today (unmodded) don't look as impressive as Killzone on PS4.

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1up4812d ago

i see those jaggies, so much for good anti analyzing.

Twignberries4812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

@knowyourstuff
Man with a name like that, one should assume you actually "know your stuff".... Clearly just an ironic name.
PS4's 8gb ram is PHYSICAL ram not vram. The GTX titan has 6gb vram which means it's ram that is SOLELY used for image processing. But Im sure you already knew that since you "know your stuff"...
P.S. Comparing a full spec console to a video card anyways? Epic tech knowledge fail.

x8004812d ago

yep, glad someone knows, and am glad the ps3 has 8gbram which it shares with the GPU somehow. correct me if i am wrong.

dantesparda4812d ago

Wow! its obvious you dont know your sh!t either the PS4 has GDDR5 RAM, which is VRAM.

and p.s. there is no such thing as "physical" RAM (actually all RAM is "physical" as in, it all physically exists)

Twignberries4812d ago (Edited 4812d ago )

@dantesparda Dude do your research. It's 8gb GDDR5 SHARED memory, not dedicated VRAM. If you honestly think the ps4's video card is even close to the power of the gtx titan you are sadly mistaken

mistertwoturbo4813d ago

Well graphics is going to be an obvious one. But I'm thinking they might try to tie in some of the social aspects of the system and maybe do something with the touchpad and speaker on the DS4.

Bathyj4813d ago

Some sort of touchpad hacking interface where you have to go by feel would be good.

Or an eavesdropping surveillance gadget that plays through the speaker.

I_am_Batman4812d ago

They have already confirmed that they'll be using the touchpad of the DS4. They said they will use it to dial on a cell phone or something like that.

N0S3LFESTEEM4813d ago

I see them making use of that touch pad on the controller for the phone... other than that it may be comparable to high settings on PC. It's a first gen game so I'm not all too impressed if the game itself still has it's foot anchored in last gen.

JP13694813d ago (Edited 4813d ago )

Can people stop approving articles written by people who don't know how to spell, use words in their proper context or utilize appropriate punctuation? The info presented here has been included in other, better written articles. Again, why what this approved?

JP13694813d ago

That will teach me to bust out my soapbox while using a phone to make statements on forums.

mistertwoturbo4813d ago

It's N4G, where any random blogger could create a website overnight, put an attractive headline, and get hits.

romancer4813d ago

the article states: " PS3 and 360 players shouldn’t find any disappointment with their perspective versions of the game."

he means respective, of course... but there's an unintended joke in the original.

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(For Southeast Asia) New Price Changes for PS5, PS5 Pro, and PlayStation Portal remote player

For Southeast Asia, new price changes.

Prices effective starting May 1st, 2026.

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BeHunted17d ago

Looks like PlayStation took a hit with Marathon and is now quietly adjusting prices worldwide to recover the losses

andy8517d ago

Lets be honest raising prices doesn't do that when no one's buying it. I imagine the profit it greater selling 10 times more at a lower price

Pergele17d ago

Whatever you say buddy, let's all wear the tinfoil hats.

IceKoldKilla17d ago (Edited 17d ago )

LMFAO Your comment alone says a lot more about you than anything else. When has one game not selling 10 million copies made a company raise the prices of their console? Then Xbox would be costing $5000 by now lol. You remind of the crazy drug addicts on the street rambling on about conspiracies. xD You sure you don't need a hug, buddy?

ChunkyMonk17d ago

One game that Sony payed $200 million for. lol
Also, you sure were quick to get triggered. Maybe your the one who needs a hug?

Eonjay17d ago

If nothing else, we should be united against the real issue here. AI and unnecessary tariffs that are effecting all gamers.

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Athlon10117d ago (Edited 17d ago )

The price increases are due to the RAM demand associated with AI and the US-Iran war. You can look to any business news website and local news to see that. Heck, even the 2026 Asus Zenbook Duo I've been eyeing has faced delays and has had a price increase of $400; that laptop has two specs. Asus is doing a staggered release with per-orders for the lower spec now and shipping in May and pre-orders for the higher spec that I'm eyeing starting in June. Basically, all computer manufactures are affected. It'll most likely start affecting smart phones too if it hasn't already. I can't remember the last time any major console maker (Nintendo, Sony, Sega, etc) increased the price of their console mid cycle outside of Microsoft just to make more profit.

S2Killinit17d ago

Its not the war. Its the RAM issue.

jznrpg16d ago

War is causing gas prices to rise. Transport of everything requires gas so the prices of those items go up as well. So it does have an impact

Athlon10116d ago (Edited 16d ago )

The blockage of the Straight of Hormuz due to the US-Iran war has affected raw components used in semi-conductor manufacturing such as bromine, aluminum, and helium. Iran had attacked the liquified natural gas (LNG) plant in Qatar which is a large producer (1/3 globally) of helium which is used in semiconductor etching. So it's the both the war and the RAM crises.

badz14917d ago

Oh no...should I get the Pro now before the price increase?

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Ubisoft Cancels Alterra, Its Animal Crossing-Inspired Game

Insider Gaming - "Ubisoft has cancelled yet another game, this time ending development on the Animal Crossing-inspired title Alterra."

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Workers approve settlement over Ubisoft Halifax closure

HALIFAX (April 14, 2026) – Laid-off Ubisoft workers in Halifax have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a settlement with the video-game giant. The terms of the settlement, including the compensation employees will receive, is confidential.

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lodossrage27d ago

I can't sit here and act like I know these workers financial situations. And I'm sure nobody wakes up WANTING to go to court. But for the sake of the industry, I wish some of these types of cases made it to trial.

Settlements allow companies to continue to do whatever abusive practices they do. While the trials (should the company lose) would actually force real changes for the better.

But again, I'm not in these workers shoes and I can understand them not wanting to risk it.