Xbox YouTube Channel Advertises The Witcher 3 With PC Footage

30 responses to “Xbox YouTube Channel Advertises The Witcher 3 With PC Footage”

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   weresmurf

   April 23, 2015 at 9:07 am

   Straight up false advertising. Not representative of the final product, misleading in all ways.

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      vanit

      April 23, 2015 at 9:37 am

      > See all game advertising

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         weresmurf

         April 23, 2015 at 9:51 am

         Not all, but it’s definitely getting worse. That Battlefront trailer was as bullshot as bullshot could possibly be.

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            osi

            April 23, 2015 at 9:57 am

            Totally agree on ^
            It surprised me that gaming journalists didn’t call that out when the battlefront vid was distributed. It is blatant fantasyware peddling.

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            foggy

            April 23, 2015 at 9:57 am

            “Bullshot” and using footage from a multi-platform game running on another platform that they also own (windows) in a trailer which contains both the Xbox and the windows logo at the end aren’t exactly the same thing….

            People need to chill a little. They should have clarified, but it should also have been expected.

            I don’t want to make it a fanboy thing, but this isn’t in the same league as the Killzone 2 trailer, or the accidental use of Forza screenshots to advertise Gran Turismo, or the over editing of the Battlefront trailer….

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               weresmurf

               April 23, 2015 at 10:00 am

               It depends how you view it. It is indeed false advertising and it’s deceptive practice by MS. It may have been a simple mistake of using the wrong footage, but it’s definitely something that needs to be called out.

               Bullshot also indicates something that’s not possible, something that’s completely undoable. In this case it’s definitely bullshot because simply, The Witcher 3 does not run at 60fps 1080p on consoles, it’s 900p 30fps. That’s a huge difference, not so much the res but *absolutely* the animation, you can most definitely tell the difference there. So it does enter bullshot territory when you’re using one to advertise the other.

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               foggy

               April 23, 2015 at 10:07 am

               Like I said, it should have a little disclaimer down the bottom but it is also a multi-platform title and the ad does feature a MS and Windows logo as well as the Xbox one.

               If you’ve ever seen a multi-platform youtube vid, game announcement or TV commercial that hasn’t got a little disclaimer down the bottom then you’re looking at the exact same thing (that happens ALL THE TIME). I don’t think that’s anywhere near as bad as completely bullshitting their footage from scratch.

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               weresmurf

               April 23, 2015 at 10:12 am

               It’s as simple as this, if you’re going to advertise the game coming to your platform, you advertise the footage from *your* platform. Nintendo has been called out for it before (and apologised) with one of their golf games when they used Xbox 360 footage I believe it was for a Wii game for example.

               It’s at its core, false advertising. You cannot represent one product with another product. It is doing that, it’s deceptive practices if you advertise one thing with features it does not have (resolution, frame rate) when it has another (lower resolution, lower frame rate), that is, for all intents and purposes, illegal, morally wrong and… stupid.

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               skrundarlow

               April 23, 2015 at 10:21 am

               My word some of you guys need to calm the hell down

               It’s really not that big a deal,
               You’re acting like they slaughtered some puppies or something.

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               foggy

               April 23, 2015 at 10:33 am

               That’s fine, as long as everyone is held to the same standard and we get all our game trailers maxed out with 500 disclaimers indicating that the frame rate might drop occasionally, that your version might get a glitch, that trailers were shot multiple times to ensure there’s no screen tearing or that performance even on consoles might be impacted by outside factors.

               The trailer should have made it clear that it was PC footage but the game is also primarily the same. It’s not different to the extent that an average person is going to care or even notice.

               This thing is a more reasonable legal complaint, and that’s saying a lot! http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/222782/Sony_hit_with_class_action_suit_over_Killzone_resolution.php

            6. 

               shadowstealer7

               April 23, 2015 at 11:07 am

               Windows is the bastard of the Xbox division at this stage, Microsoft only focus on Windows gaming when a new version is about to come out (see Halo 2 Vista, DirectX 11)

2. 

   cufcfan616

   April 23, 2015 at 9:14 am

   UPDATE: Microsoft’s added a new note to the YouTube description: “In game footage provided by CD Projekt Red, captured on a PC.”

   You mean the description that you probably have to click to expand and read? It should be edited into the video, not put in a description that no one will read. False advertising

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      foggy

      April 23, 2015 at 9:53 am

      The trailer has the f*cking Windows logo at the end! Who would have thought they’d use footage from the PC version?!

      Doesn’t this sh*t happen all the time?

      Ideally, yes it should say what platform it was shot on, but it’s not exactly standard practice. Multiplatform advertising is standard for most of your AAA titles. They posted an ad for a multiplatform game that works on their multiple platforms on their gaming channel! THE SHOCK OF IT ALL!

      Game trailers aren’t generally shot by console makers. They’re directed, edited and provided by the developer. The game isn’t out yet, Microsoft is using the footage they’re given, the same way that 99% of multiplatform trailers are only shot once and then shared across multiple platforms.

      It’s not ideal but wow…. some people are getting really worked up about what is pretty standard practice. Have you never seen a non-descript game trailer that ends with ‘coming to Xbox, Playstation and PC’ at the end?

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         weresmurf

         April 23, 2015 at 10:03 am

         I think you need to go to the xbox channel where it’s clearly labelled Xbox all over it…

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            foggy

            April 23, 2015 at 10:11 am

            I agree that it should be clearer (and it is now), I just don’t think it’s a huge deal.

            Like I said, it’s pretty standard practice and it does contain the windows logo too.

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         jozarin

         April 23, 2015 at 10:09 am

         The problem with this is that it is being advertised as an xbox game. On the xbox channel. It is not a multiplatform advertisement, it is an xbox advertisement.

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   letrico

   April 23, 2015 at 9:21 am

   I guess there will be more of these type of promo coming from Microsoft from now. Every single Xbox console will show PC footage to mislead people.

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   korwin

   April 23, 2015 at 9:23 am

   Realtime Bullshot.

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   cnut

   April 23, 2015 at 9:46 am

   Come on CD Projekt Red Microsoft, don’t let me down with little mistakes like these.

   I should probably clarify that since CD Projekt Red are my fav dev and I don’t want crap like this to chew into their sales.

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      foggy

      April 23, 2015 at 9:59 am

      You should totally not buy their products.

      It’s a conspiracy against you.

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         weresmurf

         April 23, 2015 at 10:04 am

         Who are you, Major Nelson? You’re all over this getting so defensive?

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            foggy

            April 23, 2015 at 10:17 am

            How on earth is it Project Red’s fault?

            The Windows and Xbox logos were added by Microsoft, the video was posted by Microsoft on their Xbox page and the inept description of the game footage was written by Microsoft.

            There’s an argument to be had over how serious MS’s f*ck up is, but it’s clearly THEIR f*ck up to the extent that it is one.

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            skrundarlow

            April 23, 2015 at 10:26 am

            Who are you, Katz Hirai? You’re all over this getting so butthurt about a non-issue?

            Sure sounds like it given how much you’re going on about this.
            Seriously my god it’s not some conspiracy, the footage is a good approximation of the product you’d receive by purchasing the Xbone version.

            GTF over it

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               weresmurf

               April 23, 2015 at 10:39 am

               It’s Kaz and I was waiting for that 😉 lol

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         cnut

         April 23, 2015 at 11:12 am

         As if I’d do that. They’re my favourite developer. I just don’t want people to get all bitchy about a simple mistake like this and then make it a big deal.

         Also realised it was probably MS’ fault, so fixed it up. Some intern probably not doing their job right, as opposed to intentionally trying to mislead people.

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6. 

   doubledizz

   April 23, 2015 at 11:34 am

   …LAAAWWL

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7. 

   DeeDub

   April 23, 2015 at 12:41 pm

   This has been happening in the industry for a very long time. I’m not saying it’s right but is absolutely anyone surprised?

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8. 

   bigcheez77

   April 23, 2015 at 1:45 pm

   Oh no a company using false advertising – toothpaste, cars, shampoo, well lets just say all ads be shamed.

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   micksy

   April 23, 2015 at 4:37 pm

   It’s about ethics and misandry!

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10. 

    bears_wear_hats

    April 23, 2015 at 6:39 pm

    People should stop using the argument that it happens everywhere so it doesn’t matter. That doesn’t make it okay.

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    matthewholgate

    April 23, 2015 at 8:26 pm

    Love a bit of false advertising.

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