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[Grandmaster_Z]

"Notably, the original Assassin's Creed on the PC, which saw release nearly five months after the console editions, sparked a lawsuit in 2008. Ubisoft's claim stemmed from allegations that an employee at the company charged with reproducing Assassin's Creed's disc had leaked the game online a full six weeks before it was to be released at retail. Ubisoft claimed that the leaked edition of the game was downloaded more than 700,000 times, costing the publisher millions of dollars."

-Gamespot

[Grevling148]

Originally posted by Grandmaster_Z:
"Notably, the original Assassin's Creed on the PC, which saw release nearly five months after the console editions, sparked a lawsuit in 2008. Ubisoft's claim stemmed from allegations that an employee at the company charged with reproducing Assassin's Creed's disc had leaked the game online a full six weeks before it was to be released at retail. Ubisoft claimed that the leaked edition of the game was downloaded more than 700,000 times, costing the publisher millions of dollars."

-Gamespot

I hope thy fired the bastard, and made sure he newer works for a game developer again

[Atkamon]

Originally posted by Grandmaster_Z:
"Notably, the original Assassin's Creed on the PC, which saw release nearly five months after the console editions, sparked a lawsuit in 2008. Ubisoft's claim stemmed from allegations that an employee at the company charged with reproducing Assassin's Creed's disc had leaked the game online a full six weeks before it was to be released at retail. Ubisoft claimed that the leaked edition of the game was downloaded more than 700,000 times, costing the publisher millions of dollars."

-Gamespot

This "cost them millions of dollars" thing is so stupid. Not all 700000 people, who downloaded the game would have bought it if it came out. But it was there, it was free, why not get it... this is the most basic philosophy behind piracy...

[caswallawn_2k7]

Of course they used PC to develop. But then again 360's and PS3 are exactly the same as PC(PS3's can even be turned into PC's). It's just that they have different OS and Firmware.

not true while the consoles do use some modified PC parts they run very differently to the PC as all the firmwares in the consoles for every piece of hardware is unique to that console and all the hardware is totally different to what's in a PC it isn't just a standard part.

also the fact nothing but a PC is used to make a game for a console is a very common myth, for every console there is a special dev version (these cost thousands of $ generally) these do connect to a PC for the code to be wrote but everything is done for the specific environment as a PC can never run what's on the console. (don't bring up emulators as these are generally poorly coded and need a hell of a lot more power than the original system)

that is before you take into account none of the consoles use a standard windows PC CPU (AMD or Intel) they all use the PowerPC chip or cell, making them have very different process management. (it was the powerpc chip that stops old mac's booting windows)

as for the PS3 being able to be turned into a PC it only works with one specific distribution of linux (if you want it actualy able to do much) and even then the graphics card and a lot of the cell's power is locked out from linux, this is before we take into account that the linux install has been removed with the PS3 slim.

[Alex_HS]

The delay is too long, i think the game would sell well if it came out atleast this year while the hype is big, 5 months down the road ACII will be an old game, i dont think it will be able to compete will all the other games that were pushed to Q1 2010.

Its better to forget about it.

[POPersiaT2T]

Now, the official release date also cannot be trusted. By the time, they can still delay the game even more longer if they want to do so.

[the amolang]

i feel sorry for you guys, but I have to say that I am glad I am getting it for a console...

[Xanatos2007]

Consoles are pretty cheap now, but it's still not worth it just to play ACII. More so because I don't want to buy a TV either. What are they actually planning for the PC edition? More gametypes? Extended story? Exclusive ACIII information? Or are they going to shorten the console versions and release the removed features in March 2010? Whatever it is it had better make up for being 5 months late to the party.

And what about ACIII? Are they going to release the PC version 5 months earlier or something?

[POPersiaT2T]

Originally posted by Xanatos2007:
Consoles are pretty cheap now, but it's still not worth it just to play ACII.

yeah, whats the point to buy a console merely for playing ACII ? I rather spend those money for upgrading my PC.

[Xanatos2007]

I already did, and by the looks of things I will have to get a new OS for '10 to support ACII.