No, they aren't technically downgrading anything.

What happens is they show games running on PCs and not on consoles. This allows them to show the game at the fidelity they want to show it at, not the fidelity it will actually be at. The problem is that people then assume the games will look that good and they never do.

The REAL issue with Ubisoft is how they unfairly and unnecessarily gimp the PC versions of their games. That's uncalled for. Parity is not something that should be considered. Whether between consoles or PC and consoles.

Shouldn't it be "Is Ubisoft Downgrading Games Again?" not "Are Ubisoft Downgrading Games Again?" Anyway I don't think Ubisoft is downgrading anything they're just getting lazier and just spewing out game after game as fast as they can.

Everybody does it. Naughty dog downgraded Uncharted 3 and 4.

If ur sad for this is downgraded. Think The Division then ??

Ubisoft is just baiting with really high polished PC demos for the initial trailers and gameplay, then a couple months later, they hit you with the regular console footage= BOOM! Downgrade. Technically they haven't downgraded anything until the release, they just switch from PC initially to console for later actual gameplay demos to show the game off and the difference is jarring because of this transition. However as I remembered from WatchDogs they did take away some of the high end textures on PC so it could be argued as more of a downgrade for PC then console, since they usually don't tell you its on PC by default. If they did console footage to begin with the difference wouldn't be as big.

Playing it right now, the graphics settings is locked away and cannot be tweaked, so it's probably set at a lower setting, but it is possible looking at their track record.

hell, i think they even did this with Rainbow Six Vegas

I hope so!! if that means im going to get a game that works as intended!!!

Dont need 1080p with a gazillion particles unbeliveable graphics if that means:

-Gameplay gonna suffer

-Framerate issues

-game breaking bugs

Ubi just have, The Division and Rainbow 6 work flawless and dont worry bout whiners crying bout downgrade of 3 blades of grass instead of 4 thanx

its ubisoft, you can't take their word for anything or reviewers of their games until its all out there for us to judge.

its in alpha what were you expecting it to look like the witcher 3

Here's the thing tho:

If youre a graphics whore, just buy it on PC

If not, chill back on the couch with your Xbox or PS4

Me, im gonna be doing the latter...

Dumb article.
They showed vertical slice on pc. Now they're in ALPHA testing.

Clickbait nonsense.

wait the reveal was an alpha footage shown on pc right? i remember it showing actual people playing and they also did some events where they got teams to try out a few stages.

how is the pc beta worse then the alpha reveal? it looked like it was running fine on the alpha footage so did they downgrade it for parity? if they did then it is a stupid move. this game is clearly made for pc gamers, so doing this is retarded.

People need to learn that trailers are supposed to look better than the final product, it is meant to get people hyped . If you honestly believe it will look the exact same at launch you should think again, since most trailer are CGI or on a insanely high powered PC. If they downgrade the graphics to make room for something else who cares.

I know Ubi have had a noticeable input to this with WD and AC but they aren't the only ones. If you're not running a top end PC, expect a lower level of graphics on a low end PC, similar for X1 and PS4 and if it's 'last gen' too, worse still.
I KNOW it's wrong that the benchmark platform is unclear and I know that the 'target' appearance can be misleading - but don't fall for it now until final release.
What I don't understand is why the software houses continue to put themselves in this predicament. Why the hell they don't show realistic targets and why they don't always make it clear as to what platform demos run on beats me. Just ******* people off when release day comes. Ubi pushed that too far.
Don't let myself get caught like it these days. Get hyped for games but prep for the disappointment too. I mean it's graphics, gameplay and content that can make me keep my money in the bank... :)

When did they stop? O.o

*Is

UBisoft has earned it's Gold achievement: Downgrade Master

Fool me once....you know the rest

Really though,I personally don't think much of Ubi or it's games to begin with.
Almost always 'highly anticipated' and almost always highly disappointing.

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