More Assassin’s Creed PS3/Xbox 360 Controversy.
(For the previous entry on this story, click here.)
It seems not only were the demo units for the Assassin’s Creed odd looking in the Sony booth at E3 (sheet overing whatever was playing the console for example), but it seems some, if not all, of the demo units were using an Xbox 360 controller to play. As you may know, the Xbox 360 wired controller works flawlessy with the PC, and since the actual PS3 demo units right now are actual computers (just like any console is before it’s finalized) it makes sense. It also would be convenient, since Ubisoft Montreal was originally making the game for the Xbox 360 and probably already had the control scheme mapped out for that controller. We probably will never find out if it was actual Xbox 360s under the sheet however.
Eurogamer.net article which talks about this.
May 18th, 2006 at 9:33 am
Doesn’t surprise me, we should have known that it was done on the 360 being that it wasn’t rendered in 4-D.
May 18th, 2006 at 11:24 am
First it’s on an Xbox 360, and now they’re playing with an Xbox 360 controller? Oh man, this just gets better every day.
September 1st, 2006 at 3:24 pm
[...] More Assassin’s Creed PS3/Xbox 360 Controversy [...]
February 15th, 2007 at 8:48 pm
[...] With the launch of the PS3 occurring in Australia and Europe soon (so much for that promised simultaneous worldwide launch) we should have all expected more Sony BS to pop up any day now. Today’s story might remind of you E3 2006 (RIP E3) where Sony used an Xbox 360 to demo Assassin’s Creed, a game which they swore up and down was exclusive to the PS3. For one thing, the game was not exclusive to the PS3, and was actually just shown at an exclusive Xbox event. The Xbox 360 version was being made well before the PS3 version, and that is why an Xbox 360 unit was being used to demo the then supposed PS3 exclusive in the Sony booth. Anyway, on to the new story. [...]