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No DLC for Watch_Dogs on Wii U, tweets the official Twitter for W_D
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Aquamarine
Member
Of course not.
Mr. Guillemot (Ubisoft's CEO) basically confirmed that Watch_Dogs would be the last mature title on Wii U regardless. So why bother with DLC?
Mr. Guillemot (Ubisoft's CEO) basically confirmed that Watch_Dogs would be the last mature title on Wii U regardless. So why bother with DLC?
bobawesome
Member
As if they needed to try for that to happen.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
Why did they even bother? They still have to print the discs. I mean, I doubt it would have sold anyway, but it's better than releasing a half-assed version half a year later and pretending that you tried.
Brutalitops
Banned
Or maybe they know no matter what they tried it wouldn't sell. Probably isn't worth the investment
captmcblack
Member
but will it still be full-priced, considering not only is it late, but it will also not/will never be fully (or even comparably) featured or supported by its publisher?
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Yet another self-fulfilling prophecy. Five months later, cut to: "Our games do not sell on Nintendo platforms."
James Scott
Banned
First it was seemingly delayed to not compete with Mario Kart 8, but then it was delayed to directly compete with Smash Bros and now it's missing features and it's apparently full price based on what I've seen. Not sure how anyone at Ubisoft could think that was a good idea
Monster Zero
Junior Member
I'm positive they won't sell this game at full retail.....
D:
Aquamarine
Member
To fulfill some kind of deal with Nintendo. Maybe a very old deal...like...a deal made back in 2011 so Nintendo could start bragging that Watch_Dogs would release on their console.
I'm convinced it's the only way the game is actually getting a release.
vinnygambini
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Ninja Scooter
Member
It wouldn't sell even if it had all the DLC. It wouldn't sell even if it had exclusive DLC. Nothing would have made this sell. Ubi shouldn't have bothered in the first place.
SerTapTap
Member
Didn't they already say wd is their last core game on wii u? Pretty sure they already have up and are not looking for "excuses"
I wonder if its some executive game of chicken, because it hasnt made sense for them to bother for a long time
It might have sold if it was released concurrently. But to release a game after the hype has died down is just bad business.
I don't want to say it because I know there will be people who do want to genuinely play this because they were interested to see what it would be like on the Wii U but I think they should've just canceled it :/
Its gonna be released months late, no after launch support is already confirmed, at this point we just need the $60 release price point announcement.
Its gonna be released months late, no after launch support is already confirmed, at this point we just need the $60 release price point announcement.
theechrisfox
Member
I'd buy it for free if Ubi gave me $10. If not for Child of Light I'd want Nintendo to tell just Ubi to plz fuck off.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Is it bad I laughed? This stuff is now in jokes territory lol
Bending_Unit_22
Member
My thought as well. The dlc may be different since they aren't the only company to eschew it on the Wii U, which causes me to wonder what costs are involved there but that's a topic for a different thread.
Werewolf Jones
Member
AC IV never had DLC either did it? So it's no surprise.
Brutalitops
Banned
They were the only major third party to put effort into their Wii U support. Nintendo are lucky they stuck around as long as they did.
I'll be honest here. Even though this isn't the style of game I usually enjoy, I was still interested in the Wii U version depending on if they used the gamepad in interesting ways, and that Ubisoft didn't screw me over as a Wii U owner. Now the delay I didn't mind as much as some did. Sure it pissed me off but I am honest with myself about the consoles position, and I wouldn't mind the delay as long as it meant that we got a polished version of the game that took advantage of the gamepad. Then they revealed that the gamepad would only be used as a map, and what interest I had just nosedived. I was still considering getting it though, if for nothing else than to broaden my horizons and to support Ubi for not giving up and bringing it to the system when everyone assumed they would drop it. This however has pushed me over the edge to not getting it. I don't know if I am the only one that will feel this way, but this was the final nail in the coffin for me.
JordanN
Banned
Aquamarine
Member
Not this time.
Ubisoft's CEO:
“It’s very simple. What we see is that Nintendo customers don’t buy Assassin’s Creed. Last year, we sold in very small numbers."
“[Watch Dogs] is coming to Wii U. It will be the only mature game we publish on it.”
This is consistent with NPD and GfK data reports.
Ubisoft has already written off the Wii U for their mature titles. This last title...is a courtesy, probably to Nintendo to fulfill a contract.
No point in whining and complaining when you've already written a console off.
I'm sure they do (I mean seriously why waste money making it if they didn't want it to sell). But I'm also sure that when they decided to put WD on Wii U that it might sell enough to make it worth doing. But in between that decision and now, they realized it really wasn't going to sell enough to justify it. But they already said they were putting it on Wii U. So they're doing so to stick to their word but they have decided it's not worth more resources. They never promised DLC so they don't have to put that on to keep their word and in their eyes waste more money on something they see isn't going to sell enough to make it worth it. They're not going to complain about it selling some copies, but they just don't see making DLC making enough difference to justify putting the effort in.
This is a much better assessment honestly. They're only even bothering cause they already promised they would put it on Wii U.
They already know their games don't sell on Nintendo's platforms
And have already pulled further support
Leafhopper
Banned
They don't want to sell to sell it on the WiiU period at this point.
outunderthestars
Banned
Funny I would have thought that they would have had enough evidence of that from all of their previous games, including the exclusive Zombi totally tanking.
Want to blame someone? Blame Nintendo for designing a system that nobody but hardcore Nintendo fans want to own.
Aquamarine
Member
Nah. Companies cancel games all the time without remorse.
See how Sega just abruptly cancelled Aliens: Colonial Marines for Wii U right before release. Or how EA / Take-Two just abruptly announced they wouldn't support the Wii U anymore.
Ubisoft is loyal to no one. If they weren't receiving some sort of incentive for this, the projected ROI just wouldn't be worth the time and effort.
It makes no sense to release Watch_Dogs on Wii U given how abysmal prior mature Ubisoft games have sold on the console in North America and Europe.
Ninja Scooter
Member
No it wouldn't have. Assassins Creed was released concurrently and it sold like garbage.
CosmicQueso
Member
Like saying you want to break up with someone 2 weeks after they'd already started dating someone else.
DUFFMCWALIN
Member
Ugh.
They were one of the few 3rd parties to support the WiiU hard out the gate. It back fired on them miserably. The Wii U is a failure with some great games. I don't blame anyone who stays away from that dumpster fire. Go look at the sell through numbers for the Wii U.
Wait, where are you contradicting what I said?
Edit: Nevermind, I see where you highlited what I bolded. I am thinking they are keeping their word on that cause they decided the bad PR from reversing the decision isn't worth not putting it out. And they might have already ported a lot of it when they gave up on the Wii U. So probably it was worth what little effort was left to at least keep their promise. But not worth putting more effort into DLC.
mullet2000
Member
It's not exactly self-fufilling when Ubisoft has actually made a lot of attempts at selling games on Wii U and have gotten poor sales anyway.
Really, they're pretty much the only western third party that has been putting effort into the Wii U. And it hasn't worked out for them.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Even if they bet the entire company on it and it released earlier than other versions, It would not have sold acceptable numbers. This is a reality.
There's no feelings involved or a desire to see Nintendo fail, just the reality that continuing to put games on this platform will not make money
are you saying that their Wii U games, including the exclusive Zombi U which was a total PR disaster that got lots of uninformed reviews with low scores, were promoted well enough to sell better?
No, but it would have sold better