Watch Dogs is still set to hit Wii U, but it will be the "only mature game" Ubisoft releases on the system.
Nintendo fans aren't buying Assassin's Creed games according to Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot.
"It’s very simple. What we see is that Nintendo customers don’t buy Assassin’s Creed," Guillemot told Game Informer. "Last year, we sold in very small numbers. What we see is that they are very interested in Just Dance, very interested by other kinds of games."
However, Watch Dogs, which came out on other platforms in May, is still set to launch of Wii U later this year. According to Guillemot, "it will be the only mature game [they] publish on it."
Around the launch of Wii U, Ubisoft had seven games available, including ZombiU. In 2013, the company released seven Wii U games total across digital and retail, including Rayman Legends and a pair of Just Dance games. In 2014, Ubisoft has only released one game on Wii U so far, the eShop title Child of Light. Watch Dogs and Just Dance 5 are the only other games slated for release later in the year. Ubisoft is also waiting for the Wii U userbase to expand before launching an unspecified amount of completed Wii U games.
I'm more upset that Nintendo fans didn't buy Pikmin 3.Your why we won't get Pikmin 4 or any RTS with Little Plant Things. YOU KILLED A WHOLE GENRE.
Wait, I didn't buy Pikmin 3 ether...
Oh no!
...We have a winner! Why would you buy AC when your not getting the DLC and you probably by now own a P360 or PC if your interested in the genre to begin with.
But on the other hand, Ubisoft's never really given anyone a reason to buy the Wii U versions of their games.
*shrugs* Well...yeah, if you had the choice, why would you buy the Wii U version of the Assassin's Creed games when you can get a better version of the same game on any other platform (but especially the Playstation platforms)?
On the one hand, I kind of can't blame them for taking this stance, because they've supported the Wii U long after anyone had any reason to do so. But on the other hand, Ubisoft's never really given anyone a reason to buy the Wii U versions of their games.
They didn't really try to market it or anything, they literally just dropped it off on the eshop for it to die.
We have a winner! Why would you buy AC when your not getting the DLC and you probably by now own a P360 or PC if your interested in the genre to begin with.Who wants to make a wager this will happen with Watch Dogs? Dropped on Wii U with no support, DLC, or otherwise leaving it vastly inferior to every other version out there has been out for around 7 months.
I enjoyed my 50+ hours of ACIII. And 40+ hours (still going) of IV.Totally agree. I had never played an Assassin's Creed game before, but I picked up III fairly early on in the Wii U's life and absolutely enjoyed it (I even reviewed (http://www.negativeworld.org/review/9135/assassins-creed-iii-nintendo-wii-u-review) it back when I was editor on the other Nintendo fan site). I also bought IV but haven't had a chance to start it. Looking at your Miiverse posts though, I am excited to get into it.
People tend to overlook these titles on Wii U but there is nothing like it (Lego City maybe) on the console. Of course it runs on "console framerate", but if you care about you should have got it on PC. Inferior console ports or not, both still look gorgeous.Sure, it's formulaic, but if you loved collectathon 3d platformers of old and refuse to give AC series a chance then you're being stupid. Because AC is exactly that.
How many people bought Zombi U?I did and regret it. I knew it probably wasn't my cup of tea to begin with and well... Yeah I barely got anywhere in it.
One reason I find myself not buying third party games is because I know they drop from $60 to $20 in about four months or so.I'm the same way, except I do buy them when they get cheap, usually. To be fair though, I wait for sales and deals on most games, even Nintendo, so I don't think I'm a typical consumer. And companies would probably hate it if more people were like me.
The problem is that these companies are catering to consumers like you by dropping their prices.That doesn't sound like a problem to me. :)
Just dance!?No I don't play them, which means you can rule out the insane as well.
O.K hold THE PHONE!!!!!!!
No Sane Person i know plays dancing games! (other then Pokepal)
Screw you Buddy!