Did Sony surpass Ubisoft with downgrading games visually?

[digitalrelic]

Pointless thread doh

Downgrade in tlou2 n got? Where lol?

Mods shouldnt allow such threads

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Mods shouldn't allow threads that show factual side-by-side comparisons showcasing inarguable proof of downgrades in the final version of games?

 

[SoulsHunt]

Lmao what is this and this poll.

 

[Deleted member 1003]

The issue surrounding the downgrade outrage/discourse is that it assumes that companies are going out of their way to mislead people. If they were really trying to do that in earnest, they'd continue showing footage that doesn't represent the game right up until the game hits shelves. That simply isn't the case.

The major problem you have is that vertical slices, which the majority of these demos are, are purpose built and often early in development when optimisations haven't been finalised. I have no doubt, for example, that the footage of GoT and The Last of Us Part II were running on PS4 Pro and that's what those teams were shooting for. However that was two years ago, when the games likely weren't even feature complete.

There are so many hurdles that can arise in 6 months, let alone two years of game development that can lead to instances where art direction changes, lighting has to be scaled back etc. It's just the reality of making videogames. This would be less of an issue if games weren't announced as early as they are, but then not announcing games has it's implications as well.



No, it's not a 'real problem' in the industry. This logic would hold up if subsequent trailers for the two games referenced in this thread didn't have plenty of media shown in the run up to launch which captured millions of views. And it's not like people are watching a trailer from two years ago, not seeing anything about the game until launch and buying blind based on the trailer they saw two years ago. People don't do that, not on any meaningful scale.

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[Ctalkeb]

OP: "Dear Era, have you stopped beating your wife?"

Minor changes during development are normal, and all these examples fall within that.

 

[score01]

What a world we live in. Both GoT and TLOU2 look phenomenal and at no point have i felt hard done by on the quality of their graphics 🤷🏽‍♂️

 

[Pancracio17]

Yeah, jfc.

Give it a rest folks. If you're whining about this it's due to ignorance. Read about how and why early demos, vertical slices are made.

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You can know about demos and vertical slices and still end up dissapointed. Its probably a consequence of showing games too early, but maybe you shouldnt show them that early if thats the case.

 

[danhz]

Sony would have to pull various games with that downgrade type to be at the same level of the witcher and watch dogs.

 

[eso76]

Smh.

No, TLOU2 and GoT are nowhere remotely near the most egregious Ubi examples.

 

[Dr. Lucien Sanchez]

These downgrade threads are almost always the most Gamer™ threads imaginable. Almost feel second-hand embarrassment tbh

 

[ShyMel]

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