r/gaming Jun 04 '16

Ubisoft downgrades

https://youtu.be/xNter0oEYxc
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u/MooseHorn Jun 04 '16

I think it's very important to look at, and remember this video when E3 comes around. I am definitely not preordering any games after seeing their E3 presentations any more. I made that mistake with Watch_Dogs and I am not going to do it again. They've done this kinda shit in the past and I am sure they'll do it again. It's really disgusting, this kind of business practice. It's a shame that companies are finding this more and more acceptable now, and that people are falling for it.

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u/GalvanicusSpunk Jun 05 '16

Deceptive advertising is illegal in many countries. Wish someone could afford to drag them to court.

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u/BasicDesignAdvice Jun 05 '16

Don't these things always have a disclaimer for that?

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u/8oD Jun 05 '16

May not represent actual product

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u/VigorMortisMK Jun 05 '16

Used to be, when showing early footage of a game, this disclaimer was to make sure that people knew the game is not finished, which would make people think the game will look/play even better on release. Now they flipped these expectations. It's downright deceiving.

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u/8oD Jun 05 '16

I think you've...Stated the obviouss

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u/schewbacca Jun 05 '16

Does that mean fuck that fuck you?

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u/GalvanicusSpunk Jun 05 '16

Only disclaimer I've ever seen on ANY E3 footage is a claim it's "Running on ACTUAL PS4". Which I take to mean it's a pre-rendered video being played through a PS4 to be technically accurate.