Ubisoft: Watch Dogs 2 Pre-Orders Not as High as Hoped, but It'll Be the Premier Action Game This Fall

During today'southward earnings conference call, Ubisoft executives admitted that Watch Dogs 2 pre-orders are currently not as high every bit they hoped. Overall, Ubisoft is reducing the revenue target for FY17 equally a result of more than conservative sell-in estimates for titles launching in this financial year. However, they mentioned that pre-orders practise non necessarily tell the whole story and in the past, Far Cry had a situation with low pre-orders and high sales.

Ubisoft also noted that at that place's been overwhelmingly positive feedback for Watch Dogs ii, including internal playtests. In fact, Ubisoft's CEO Yves Guillemot went as far every bit saying that Lookout man Dogs 2 is expected to be the premiere action game this Holiday flavour.

The game is scheduled to launch in less than two weeks (November 15th) on PlayStation iv and Xbox One, while PC players volition have to wait the end of the month (Nov 29th). The upside is that Ubisoft apparently took smashing intendance of the PC version with dedicated optimization and multiGPU back up available at launch.

Yesterday, Ubisoft likewise revealed the full breadth of post-launch content that will be included with the Picket Dogs 2 Season Pass (priced at $40). The game takes identify in a new setting, San Francisco, with players taking the role of new protagonist Marcus Holloway (who is very much capable of moving throughout the metropolis through parkour).

His phonation actor, Ruffin Prentiss, noted that Marcus represents all African-American people working in the tech industry, for in one case. We've embedded the official minimum & recommended requirements below; Lookout man Dogs ii volition also back up PlayStation 4 Pro, running at 1800P with checkerboard rendering.

MINIMUM

Supported OS – (64-bit versions merely)
Windows vii SP1, Windows 8.one, Windows 10

Processor
Intel Cadre i5 2400S @ 2.v GHz | AMD FX 6120 @ 3.5 GHz

RAM
6GB

Video Card
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2GB) | AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2GB) or better

Hard disk drive Space
l GB

Peripherals
Windows-compatible keyboard and mouse, Microsoft Xbox One Controller, Dual Shock 4 Controller

Multiplayer
256 Kbps or faster broadband connection

RECOMMENDED

Supported Os – (64-bit versions only)
Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows x

Processor
Intel Core i5 3470 @ three.2GHz | AMD FX 8120 @ 3.9 GHz

RAM
8GB

Video Carte
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 (3GB) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB) | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (3GB) or better | AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB) or better

Hard Disk Infinite
50 GB