Topic: Ubisoft rationalizes their current support for Wii

[Flames_of_chaos]

DOuble post

[Flames_of_chaos]

I'll say it's a good thing that Ubisoft likes localizing... but they didn't do much advertising for NMH. Hopefully we can expect more from them, in both commitment, and the number and success of their localized titles, in the future.

I saw some Magazine and internet ads for NMH but not a lot of them.

[BeautifulShy]

This news has me conflicted do I buy this or should I pass on this? Hmm...Well I decided that I am going to boycott all of the things Ubisoft puts their hands on.

[BeautifulShy]

I went over to ubisoft's forum. The forums are closed till June 9th. My guess is that they are getting rid of all the negative posts.

[D_Average]

I went over to ubisoft's forum. The forums are closed till June 9th. My guess is that they are getting rid of all the negative posts.

Yup, they pulled the old "turn the power off" trick.  Genius.

[BeautifulShy]

I went over to ubisoft's forum. The forums are closed till June 9th. My guess is that they are getting rid of all the negative posts.

Yup, they pulled the old "turn the power off" trick.  Genius.

Yea they got rid of the forum that had that big ruckus. This is a newer low if such a thing is possible.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

EA buyout is LOOKIN' GOOD.

[BeautifulShy]

EA buyout is LOOKIN' GOOD.

Don't companies buy other companies to improve their lineup not make it worse.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

Or to eliminate rivals.

[Arbok]

Yea they got rid of the forum that had that big ruckus. This is a newer low if such a thing is possible.

Pretty much. I have never liked Ubisoft ever since that whole Fragdolls thing came to light... but this just further cements that they have a knack for largely underestimating consumers and are fairly inept at public relations in general.

[animecyberrat]

So we need to digg the hell out of the Blog post and spread the word how stupid they are so people will boycott their **** and they can go out of business.

[Chozo Ghost]

So we need to digg the hell out of the Blog post and spread the word how stupid they are so people will boycott their **** and they can go out of business.

I agree. If Nintendo fanbois stopped purchasing Ubisoft's crap offerings for the Wii, then Ubisoft will have no revenue to develop for the PS3 and the 360, and then they'll collapse... because their Nintendo offerings (crappy as they are) are the only things they are making serious profits on.

[Luigi Dude]

because their Nintendo offerings (crappy as they are) are the only things they are making serious profits on.

No they're not.  In 2007, Ubisoft made only 10% of their revenue off the Wii, while they made 20% off the PS3, and 26% off the 360.

I'll just post the data so everyone can see Ubisoft made their revenue from in 2007.

Xbox 360 - 26%
Nintendo DS - 26%
Playstation 3 - 20%
Wii - 10%
PC - 7%
Playstation 2 - 5%
PSP - 4%
Gameboy Advance - 1%


So a boycott won't effect them when they're hardly making anything off the Wii in the first place.  As long as Ubisoft keeps rehashing the Tom Clancy games into the ground like they've been doing the last several years and the PS3/360 userbase keeps buying them, they'll always have money.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Maybe if Ubisoft actually made a traditional game like Red Steel again they could repeat their success (Just think if it was a GOOD traditional game). But that is obviously too hard to contemplate for them.

[Chozo Ghost]

because their Nintendo offerings (crappy as they are) are the only things they are making serious profits on.

No they're not.  In 2007, Ubisoft made only 10% of their revenue off the Wii, while they made 20% off the PS3, and 26% off the 360.

I'll just post the data so everyone can see Ubisoft made their revenue from in 2007.

Xbox 360 - 26%
Nintendo DS - 26%
Playstation 3 - 20%
Wii - 10%
PC - 7%
Playstation 2 - 5%
PSP - 4%
Gameboy Advance - 1%


So a boycott won't effect them when they're hardly making anything off the Wii in the first place.  As long as Ubisoft keeps rehashing the Tom Clancy games into the ground like they've been doing the last several years and the PS3/360 userbase keeps buying them, they'll always have money.

But Revenue and Profit are different things. PS3 and 360 games cost more to produce, and they sell for $!0 more than the Wii versions, but the Wii is much cheaper to develop for.

[KDR_11k]

The Wii is cheaper to develop for if you compare titles of equal quality, Ubi hasn't made many high quality games for the Wii and most of their games probably had tiny budgets. The only bigger games I can think of are Red Steel and the RRR games, the rest was just cheap garbage and probably made a profit after the first 1-2k sales. Those Tom Clancy games probably cost a lot to make.

[UncleBob]

because their Nintendo offerings (crappy as they are) are the only things they are making serious profits on.

I'll just post the data so everyone can see Ubisoft made their revenue from in 2007.

Nintendo DS - 26%
Wii - 10%
Gameboy Advance - 1%

So a boycott won't effect them when they're hardly making anything off the Wii in the first place.  As long as Ubisoft keeps rehashing the Tom Clancy games into the ground like they've been doing the last several years and the PS3/360 userbase keeps buying them, they'll always have money.

Nintendo offerings are more than just Wii Games.  There's a full 37% of their revenue right there (and I'd almost bet a larger chunk of their profit).  Not to mention, many Nintendo Fanboys also own PlayStations/XBoxes.  Some of those could, in theory, stop buying PS3/360 Ubisoft games.

Not that I'm condoning a boycott or anything, I don't think it would make that much of a difference... I'm just saying...

[animecyberrat]

If they are going to insult the userbase a boycott would be effective, if done effectively. What it would require is the massive number of devoted fans who ere offended by the comments to point that out to as many people as they could. But you would have to boycott all of their Wii offerings, in order for them to get the message. It would also take the said 360/PS3 owning Wii fans to pitch in.


If enough internet nerds get together and voice their opinions, big companies will pay attention, it works all the time. Ubisoft maybe dumb and thick but they can't ignore the fans if the out cry is too vocal, based on their reaction so far with shutting down the forums say they realized how vocal fans can be. If they think it will go away, they need to be proven wrong. Politicians don't get away with **** like this, they **** up there is always someone there to remind the masses of said **** ups.


But we are not talking a boycott of just Wii games, it would have to be all inclusive, Wii, DS, 360, PS3, then they would get the hint. But it would take more than a boycott, we need to remain vocal about this.

Coming out and saying the Wii is under powered or taking a shot at Nintendo is fine, whatever, but taking public shots at the entire userbase and making generalizations is dumb on all levels.

[D_Average]

Anyone catch the Shaun White interview on G4 today?  When asked if you could make out on the ski life, Shaun immediately replied in deadpan fashion, "No, but you can snowball".....after a brief pause he confirmed the connotation by adding, "the forbidden fruit".

Classic.