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ZombiU 2 listing spotted on Amazon France

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Jimmyfenix

Member
Effect said:
I don't think there was ever any statement by Ubisoft on how much the game sold. Maybe word that they were disappointed but that doesn't tells us what the game sold. We don't know what unrealistic expectations Ubisoft had for the game. Especially after the game was reportedly restarted twice. It was originally suppose to be a 360/PS3 game I believe. Then changed into the Killer Rabbids from Outer Space game that was shown at E3. Then it turned into ZombiU. What we do know is that Ubisoft didn't do a damn thing to push the game at it's launch. In that year they had no problem spending tons of money pushing Assassin's Creed 3 all over the place. Mutliple trailers and TV commercial among other things. They could have easily added a few seconds to those ads about ZombiU but didn't.

Now if Ubisoft expected the game to sells millions with no advertising or push and recoup the development cost they sunk into the game after restarting it a few times they were stupid. Of course the sales would be disappointing. I've always said and will continue to believe that ZombiU's failure was 100% on Ubisoft. I think the failure of a game not selling is completely on the publisher/developers side for not making the buying public interested enough in your game to purchase it at all or over something else. Especially when you are dealing with an early adopter crowd who are more willing to try new things and are perhaps the more core game focus regardless of it being a Nintendo console.
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I think Yves said it was not close to being profitable in relation to zombiu

Yves Guillemot, Chairman and CEO of Ubisoft, is typically one of the biggest proponents of new systems, but betting big on the Wii U didn't work out well for the company. ZombiU, one of the most popular launch titles for the system with players, was not profitable, he says. Not even close. As such, he says, there are no plans (or even desire) for a sequel.

It was, in fact, because of that game's performance that Ubisoft decided to make Rayman Legends a multiplatform game.
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blankempathy

Member
Effect said:
I don't think there was ever any statement by Ubisoft on how much the game sold. Maybe word that they were disappointed but that doesn't tells us what the game sold. We don't know what unrealistic expectations Ubisoft had for the game. Especially after the game was reportedly restarted twice. It was originally suppose to be a 360/PS3 game I believe. Then changed into the Killer Rabbids from Outer Space game that was shown at E3. Then it turned into ZombiU. What we do know is that Ubisoft didn't do a damn thing to push the game at it's launch. In that year they had no problem spending tons of money pushing Assassin's Creed 3 all over the place. Multiple trailers and TV commercial among other things. They could have easily added a few seconds to those ads about ZombiU but didn't.

Now if Ubisoft expected the game to sells millions with no advertising or push and recoup the development cost they sunk into the game after restarting it a few times they were stupid. Of course the sales would be disappointing. I've always said and will continue to believe that ZombiU's failure was 100% on Ubisoft. I think the failure of a game not selling is completely on the publisher/developers side for not making the buying public interested enough in your game to purchase it at all or over something else. Especially when you are dealing with an early adopter crowd who are more willing to try new things and are perhaps the more core game focus regardless of it being a Nintendo console. I know I was which is why I got ZombiU in spite of their actions. The few interviews and clips were enough for me but I doubt for many others.
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You cant believe the crap ubi says. They most likely had unrealistic expectations for a game thats on the niche side. Some people love the survival horror style game play and some didnt. Its a shame because the game has a great foundation and ideas that a sequel would really benefit from making for a better game. But it didnt print money for ubi so it got shelved.
 
Akhe

Akhe

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foxuzamaki

Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
emb said:
Haha, no way (I mean, with Zombi U's sales...?). With the specific date and the weird publisher, it seems like it's probably just made up info an employee put into the wrong place somewhere.

Would be sick if true though. I'd buy it.
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ZombiU's sales are good(and probably increased even) they just werent good enough for ubisoft, zombiU is one of the highest selling if not the highest selling 3rd party game on WiiU
 
shanafan

shanafan

Member
blankempathy said:
But theyre just reporting an amazon listing in this case.
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True :)

I just wish their news of COD AW on Wii U was still true.. that story came out at a time when there was no news about AW coming to Wii U, and then suddenly it appeared in a sentence on that website. Hopes later dashed unfortunately!
 
Doczu

Doczu

Member
foxuzamaki said:
ZombiU's sales are good(and probably increased even) they just werent good enough for ubisoft, zombiU is one of the highest selling if not the highest selling 3rd party game on WiiU
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The question is how high are the sales and how much of that are bargain bin prices. Are there any good data about this game?

Edit: *something in french* survivors and New York? Well, or they made that shit up, or... Please be true, please be true, please be true!
 
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ekim

Member
Hm... the dubios Capcom PS4 title maybe? But the name ZombiU might cause some trouble then. Who owns the IP ?
 
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Ninja Dom

Member
Surely it wouldn't be called ZombiU 2 if the Wii U wasn't going to be involved. Right?

The clue is in the question. Say what you see. You get nothing for a pair, not in this game.

Any other gameshow catchphrases apply??
 
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jimi_dini

Member
Mpl90 said:
Amazon.fr listed it for Wii U.
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If that's going to be true -> day 1. Even when it would be a slightly broken mess. Got ZombiU for 5pounds and the patched version is fricking awesome.

foxuzamaki said:
ZombiU's sales are good(and probably increased even) they just werent good enough for ubisoft, zombiU is one of the highest selling if not the highest selling 3rd party game on WiiU
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Anyway, didn't Ubisoft say something about a Wii U game that was finished, but they didn't want to release it yet?
 
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evilromero

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Oh god oh god oh god oh god. Please be true. Easily my favorite game of 2013 or whatever that year was that it came out. Of all these recent popular horror games, ZU did it best. Nintendo needs to publish and push it hard.
 
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wildfire

Banned
It would be funny if this was the game Ubisoft mentioned during the summer that they decided on delaying its release. Though the publisher is listed as Namco. It isn't impossible for a publisher to take care of a specific region but I don't see why Ubisoft would bother with a cosponsorship deal so this most likely isn't that game.

it's even more likely this was just a mistake.
 
R

richiek

steals Justin Bieber DVDs
I hope they overhaul the melee fighting system for ZombiU 2. Constantly wacking zombies with the cricket bat got old real fast.

lostinblue said:
I wish it wasn't a mistake.

I'd prefer it on the Wii U too, but if Wii U is not an option by all means, go multiplat. In systems where games like Dark Souls/Demon Soul thrive this should be a no brainer to happen.

Such a good concept it's Ubisoft's best new IP in years.
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But the game was one of the few examples of using the WiiU Gamepad substantially. I'm not sure how this can be replicated to other platforms.
 
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lostinblue

Banned
I wish it wasn't a mistake.

I'd prefer it on the Wii U too, but if Wii U is not an option by all means, go multiplat. In systems where games like Dark Souls/Demon Soul thrive this should be a no brainer to happen.

Such a good concept it's Ubisoft's best new IP in years.
 
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69wpm

Member
ZombiU est de retour dans ZombiU 2 ! Arriverez-vous à survivre dans New York ? Plus open world que jamais, ZombiU 2 s’annonce comme le meilleur survival-horror de l’année 2015.
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ZombiU is back with ZombiU 2! Will you survive in New York? More open world than ever, before ZombiU 2 promises to be the best survival horror of 2015.

Is my translation correct? My french sucks.

Anyway, it's a weird description. More open world means that the first one was open world, and it wasn't.
 
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L~A

Member
lostinblue said:
I wish it wasn't a mistake.
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Your wish has been granted!

It's not a mistake!

It's a fake-ass listing and someone is laugh his ass off right about now.

I mean, come on guys. The guy who made that thread is called ZombiU2. It's his first thread. His first post. I mean, do you need even more evidence?
 
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evilromero

Member
lostinblue said:
I wish it wasn't a mistake.

I'd prefer it on the Wii U too, but if Wii U is not an option by all means, go multiplat. In systems where games like Dark Souls/Demon Soul thrive this should be a no brainer to happen.

Such a good concept it's Ubisoft's best new IP in years.
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I disagree. Nintendo needs games like this, just as they did with Bayonetta and ZombiU. The PS4/XBO have plenty of horror-themed games- TEW, Bloodborne, DS2, Alien. They'll just keep coming.

Nintendo needs a few titles it can use to diversify their library.
 
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lostinblue

Banned
blankempathy said:
You cant believe the crap ubi says. They most likely had unrealistic expectations for a game thats on the niche side. Some people love the survival horror style game play and some didnt. Its a shame because the game has a great foundation and ideas that a sequel would really benefit from making for a better game. But it didnt print money for ubi so it got shelved.
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Not just that.

It was new IP, that's like saying Assassins Creed 1 didn't sell like some later instalments did. The game was well received they should have pressed on.

Probably should have ported it as well, it would suck for the Wii U to a certain extent (devs can never be smooth about these things with Nintendo consoles, they would sell it on other platforms with extra content we wouldn't get), but yeah.
 
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evilromero

Member
69wpm said:
ZombiU is back with ZombiU 2! Will you survive in New York? More open world than ever, before ZombiU 2 promises to be the best survival horror of 2015.

Is my translation correct? My french sucks.

Anyway, it's a weird description. More open world means that the first one was open world, and it wasn't.
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Compared to a lot of games it was. It feels very open in parts and has interconnecting tunnels.
 
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zruben

Banned
man, I would be the happiest person in the planet if that listing is true. however, I'm mentally prepared for it to be bullshit.

PS. ZombiU 2 on a non-WiiU console would be hilarious.
 
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lostinblue

Banned
evilromero said:
I disagree. Nintendo needs games like this, just as they did with Bayonetta and ZombiU. The PS4/XBO have plenty of horror themes games- TEW, Bloodborne, DS2, Alien. They'll just keep coming.

Nintendo needs a few titles it can use to diversify their library.
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I do think they need them as well, but of course they can't hope to do better with them at this point than PS4 and Xbone can.

Nintendo solving that issue calls for a 5-year commitment by third parties in regards to "yeah, we know it won't sell as much as PS4/XBone, second best selling system at best but we're doing it anyway because it can be profitable". And well... actually delivering good ports and goijg through with their commitment in regards to DLC.


Real issue is periodicity, why would you buy a mature game on the Wii U? You won't because devs are not regular about it, no guarantee of getting the sequel if that ever gets done. No guarantee of DLC even, games are dropped, when they do get released, like bombs and it's the demographic fault. They treat customer as second rate and thus, it's really a hard sale, because the past has been tactless in it's approach.

Exclusivity is a whole different deal, of course, but multiplat is where it's at for something niche if you ask me. I'm more interested in seeing ZombiU 3 someday than having Nintendo foot the bill for ZombiU 2 and effectively condemning it when Ubisoft doesn't see the potential it has.
 
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3bdelilah

Banned
If it's true, then most likely a different name I'd assume? Since it wouldn't be coming to the Wii U, if Ubi is consistent in their decision of not having 18+ games on the Wii U any more.
 
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Tigress

Member
suppadoopa said:
If they are outsourcing the publisher to nacmo then I can see it being multiplat
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That would be kinda cool. All the talk I hear of it sounds like it could be interesting (Ok, so I know nothing about it except it's about zombies and people seem to really like it. But that alone is enough that if it was multiplat I'd be curious enough to check it out further to see if it was something I wanted to play).
 
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