Assassin’s Creed: The 5pct Cross-Platform Difference Posted by XanTium | September 5 12:35 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From thebbps.com: [QUOTE] We had a chance to speak with Lead Engineer for Assassin's Creed, Mathieu Mazerolle and asked the big question; how do the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions stack-up against each other? "Our goal is to ship the two versions of [Assassin's Creed] to be within 5% or less of difference between each other. That doesn't mean the PS3 is 5% "better" or "worse", it's really just an approximation and a statement that while the two versions are very similar, there will be (as there always is) small, hopefully inperceptible, differences between the two versions within a very small threshold." Later adding: "Both machines are very complex and have very distinct strengths and weaknesses, so it's almost impossible to quantify these sorts of comparisons - we just want to make the game as good as it can be on both platforms, and owners of both consoles will get the same experience from playing [Assassin's Creed]." [/QUOTE] Full Story: thebbps.com

Right, so whats the problem?

I'm more worried about the controls then the graphics.

Just sounds like they're being politically conservative. Either way, I'm looking forward to playing this game. . . on my 360 that is.

DMAddict is spot on - I'm growing tired of people putting that stupid question to artists - They have to be loyal to the 2 platforms that they want their games to appear on thus, they have to give a fair answer to both - you'll never hear anything different!

that statement seems like a wast of time. All he is saying is that they are trying to make both versions of the game the same. Wel no shit. It would make sence try and make them that much different from each other.

80% of Assassins creed buyers will be the 360 version...

20% (if that) will be the ps3 ppl...

Im from a *small* area, and almost everyone has a 360 around here (1 outta 3 have a 360)

out of all the people i know in the area, there are maybe....5-10 ps3's (yes very vague in my assumption) and those ppl with ps3's ALSO have 360's so...

im just gonna take a quick guess and assume the 360 version will run better, just like most crossplatform games.

the only company that has took a definitive stand on which console it better was epic talking about how ps3 was able to run unreal much better. every other company has stuck with the same generic shit excuse " both consoles are complicated, we are making the games the exact same" i think no comany wants to stand up and say which is better looking/easier to develop on etc.

XBOX-SCENE "how gooddo the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions stack-up against each other?"
Mathieu Mazerolle "Well, I porting from xbox 360 right now, expect 5% loss in the process"

I don't understand the point of releasing this statement, it just highlights the fact that there IS a difference between the two versions. If they hadn't said anything people would just assume that they were identical.

360's gpu is gonna eat assassins creed alive... cannot wait

but yeah the controls and camera angles are gonna be my major worrys

I will get the 360 version just for the achievements

In other words PS3 is holding 360 back again..

at least multi-platform developers not complaining about DVD size limit verses blu-ray

Ubisoft and Tom Clancy have a tendecy of making games better on the xbox 1, 2 platform.

To the person who said unreal engine 3 games run better on PS3 please show your facts.
To the guy who said that Assassin's Creed is being ported from 360 to PS3 that's wrong, cos at first it was a Ps3 exclusive so it was ported from the PS3 to the 360, so stop talking Bullshit, and if it runs better on the 360 then the PS3 then it will once again show that 360 games don't just run better cos they where made with the 360 in mind first...

Oh and to the guy who said "Ubisoft and Tom Clancy have a tendecy of making games better on the xbox 1, 2 platform." that's cos with the Xbox it was alot more powerful then the PS2, but then ye PS fanboys wouldn't know that would ye?..
And if a game runs better from ubisoft on the 360 its not their fault blame sony for making a console that's so hard to make games for.

Since the game was first made for the PS3 and later ported to the 360 I would say without a doubt it will look better on the PS3.

I have both the PS3 and 360 and I will be getting it for the 360 for the achievement points.

It's already been reported that the 360 version will have better AI.

No game should ever be 100% identical multi-platform. If the dev's are being cheap and porting code over with a wrapper class, hurting performance, then you have a right to complain.

This shouldn't be news to anyone, so expect differences in all multi-platform games and realise that all of the versions will have great next-gen material on each platform. The gameplay and storyline are the backbone of any game, the sweet graphics are an added bonus that should not be mocked. The last thing you want to do is piss off the dev's for making a non-exclusive game. Fanboys will be fanboys, no need to give them more data to speculate and create false rumors with.

I believe that both games will run very similarly. That is to say, they will both be broken, glitchy unpolished messes.

they say both have strengths and weaknesses,
i say they both have the strength of not being a wii,
480p niiiice.

wth? Where the hell did you get that? That doesn't make any sense. The raw processing power of the PS3 is more powerful, it can have better AI... I do understand that sometimes the 360 can have better graphics, but better AI? No chance. Usually, multi-platform game are very similar in terms of AI.

http://thewilleffect.wordpress.com/2006/09...er-ai-than-ps3/

http://www.digitalbattle.com/2006/09/30/as...-has-better-ai/

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Xbox_360_Versi...ter_AI_Than_PS3

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/09/29/assassin...isoft-producer/

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154110

Is that enough???.

Wasn't Assassins Creed PS3 demo running on the xbox 360 one year at e3? I seem to remember they haveing a 360 running it behind a curtain...

Nice to see someone backup what they post. :-)

Oh comon how the hell do you work that out? Because of your *small* area overall the vast majority of sales for that game will be for 360?..pleaassse

This isn't correct.
Ubisoft announced a game called "Project Assasin" at X05 for X360. A few months later, "Project Assasin" disappeared and "Assasins Creed" for PS3 showed up. Apparently Ubisoft and Sony were negotiating about it being a timed exclusive, like with "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" in Europe. They either couldn't agree or MS paid more money than Sony.

guys my 360 is the best..........suckersssssssssss

360 has more raw power actually... those spu thingies are not fit for general processing. l2study?
it's been said many times that cell is almost more of an attempt to merge gpu and cpu...

They were asked the question.....this isnt just a blanket statement or press release.

~Dj~

wow what a fanboy.. the 360 is better.. they sell more games by putting there effort into the 360 version because noone has a ps3.