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Wii U Watch_Dogs canceled? GS Italy says so; Ubisoft no comment; back on gamestop.it

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Do we know of any journalist that watches Neogaf who is reaching Ubisoft for comment? It should be simple. If it's not cancelled they would get contacted immediately. If it is there will be a significant delay in response or silence.
 
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TheRealTalker

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Quentyn said:
CVG got a response from Ubisoft. Doesn't really fill me with confidence to be honest. The game is announced for Wii U, it wouldn't really be that hard to say that it is still in development.



Ubisoft next financial call is on February 10. Pretty sure we will hear something then.
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They never debunked it = yes it is cancelled

When will we get the news? Jan 30th maybe
 
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ramparter

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Who cares really?

It's not even in the board and Ubi has been already crossed out..
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ramparter said:
Who cares really?

It's not even in the board and Ubi has been already crossed out..
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That board is out of date, Wii U Fit and 3D Mario need crossing out too.
 
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oti

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While I have to agree that the amount of people (still) associating Watch_Dogs with the Wii U must be fairly limited by now (if that group was ever big enough to begin with), cancelling this game for the platform would be really bad.
 
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stryke

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That was definitely a strange response from CVG. If the Wii U version was still in the works, they wouldn't hesitate to reject rumours.
 
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RE_Player

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stryke said:
That was definitely a strange response from CVG. If the Wii U version was still in the works, they wouldn't hesitate to reject rumours.
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Exactly. This is purely confirming a sku of a game. If everything was going accordingly they would give a boiler plate response stating all the platforms it is coming out on. Considering how we never saw in depth footage for the Wii U I bet this was cancelled awhile ago.
 
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RE_Player said:
Exactly. This is purely confirming a sku of a game. If everything was going accordingly they would give a boiler plate response stating all the platforms it is coming out on. Considering how we never saw in depth footage for the Wii U I bet this was cancelled awhile ago.
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did we ever even see any wii U footage?
 
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RE_Player said:
There is some last gen footage floating around but I can't imagine it was the Wii U version. Probably PS3 or 360.
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yeah thats what i was thinking. The only thing that could have made the Wii U version even remotely interesting is if they would have done some really really cool stuff with the pad, the potential was there, but doubt they spent too much time on it.
 
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Pancakes R Us

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Jawmuncher said:
If Ubisoft is pulling out then that's a bad sign.
Ubi was the only third party with really any presence on the system.
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Bad sign just from Ubi pulling out WD? I don't think so. The state of the Wii U has been a bad sign for the last 3-6 months. Companies like Ubisoft are doing the right thing for their business by jumping off a sinking ship. I'm sure things like Just Dance will still see the light of day, but any third party that's working in or thinking of working on anything like Watch Dogs for Wii U is nuts right now. They may as well just give their money away for free.
 
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marrec

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Jawmuncher said:
If Ubisoft is pulling out then that's a bad sign.
Ubi was the only third party with really any presence on the system.
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I don't think this signals that Ubi is dropping all support for the Wii U... but it does make sense that their most ambitious game to date would be hard to justify on a console that wouldn't move more than 25k units.

You'll still see Ubi games on the Wii U, just smaller scope ones.
 
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RE_Player

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marrec said:
I don't think this signals that Ubi is dropping all support for the Wii U... but it does make sense that their most ambitious game to date would be hard to justify on a console that wouldn't move more than 25k units.

You'll still see Ubi games on the Wii U, just smaller scope ones.
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You'll see Just Dance for sure and maybe smaller downloadable titles hitting almost all other platforms. Their major franchises like Assassin's Creed, Watch_Dogs and all the games in the Tom Clancy universe will skip Wii U.
 
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marrec

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RE_Player said:
You'll see Just Dance for sure and maybe smaller downloadable titles hitting almost all other platforms. Their major franchises like Assassin's Creed, Watch_Dogs and all the games in the Tom Clancy universe will skip Wii U.
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Maybe a potential Rayman sequel? Who knows. But the big budget titles from Ubi just aren't viable on the Wii U right now.
 
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tebunker

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I can't stop watching this thread. It's like a train wreck.

I mean the level of crap being thrown around. The assumptions, I won't lie I expect it to be cancelled too, but is the current cycle so slow that we take a small arm of a game retailer saying that one special version of title is not available as confirmation?

I want to ignore it but I just can't.
 
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Petrie

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tebunker said:
I can't stop watching this thread. It's like a train wreck.

I mean the level of crap being thrown around. The assumptions, I won't lie I expect it to be cancelled too, but is the current cycle so slow that we take a small arm of a game retailer saying that one special version of title is not available as confirmation?

I want to ignore it but I just can't.
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All the signs are there. Bury your head in the sand if it makes you feel better though.
 
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tebunker said:
I can't stop watching this thread. It's like a train wreck.

I mean the level of crap being thrown around. The assumptions, I won't lie I expect it to be cancelled too, but is the current cycle so slow that we take a small arm of a game retailer saying that one special version of title is not available as confirmation?

I want to ignore it but I just can't.
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Get your head out of the sand. The signs are there.
 
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darkstar0155

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If this is true, N should just pay for the rest of the dev costs or something, do something so ubisoft will see it as worthwhile to just finish the development (assuming they have already done a lot of work on it already)
 
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Pancakes R Us

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tebunker said:
I can't stop watching this thread. It's like a train wreck.

I mean the level of crap being thrown around. The assumptions, I won't lie I expect it to be cancelled too, but is the current cycle so slow that we take a small arm of a game retailer saying that one special version of title is not available as confirmation?

I want to ignore it but I just can't.
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Small arm of a retailer was the start. Ubi's 'no comment' basically sealed the deal.
 
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Bjoern the Smexy

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djplaeskool said:
Yikes.
You don't "no comment" something like this.
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A "No comment" shouldn't always be seen as a bad sign.
Maybe the person asked wasn't at liberty to say anything about anything.
He could've said the same about the all the other versions of the game.

For now I remain optimistic. I was and still am looking forward to play Watch_Dogs on my Wii U, mainly because of the Gamepad features.

EDIT: Nintendo claiming to "not being able to comment on a Ubisoft title" makes me even more optimistic.

Maybe there's just a major news coming up for the game?
 
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marrec

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darkstar0155 said:
If this is true, N should just pay for the rest of the dev costs or something, do something so ubisoft will see it as worthwhile to just finish the development (assuming they have already done a lot of work on it already)
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That wouldn't make sense for Nintendo either. Watch Dogs isn't going to move Wii U's off the shelf and paying for any gap in the development of a likely to be further delayed port will not convince Ubisoft to put future AAA titles on the console.
 
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darkstar0155 said:
If this is true, N should just pay for the rest of the dev costs or something, do something so ubisoft will see it as worthwhile to just finish the development (assuming they have already done a lot of work on it already)
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If there is a lot of work on it, it could be a good idea. I'm concerned that there's little to no work done on the Wii U port though, it seems like third party companies put it off until right before launch and then either rush it out resulting in a shoddy port or cancel it outright.
 
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MyBodyisReady

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Jacobi said:
Eh, I was on an Ubi career meeting today and they actually included both WiiU and Watch Dogs in their presentation. Lots of rabbids too... So I wouldn't give up hope.
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I'm glad to hear that this is not cancelled. I actually want to play this game on the Wii U.
 
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BRocknRolla

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I didn't put much stock in this rumor based on the preorder cancellation, but now that Ubi has offered a, "No comment" ... This just isn't the sort of thing you say, "No comment," to unless it's true and you're not prepared to break the bad news.
 
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darkstar0155 said:
If this is true, N should just pay for the rest of the dev costs or something, do something so ubisoft will see it as worthwhile to just finish the development (assuming they have already done a lot of work on it already)
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Those are not easy decisions as the platform holder. On the one hand if Nintendo can afford to open up their wallet and help Ubisoft bring the title out it will help their ever diminishing Wii U retail library. On the other hand as soon as they help one title Ubisoft as well as other publishers will smell blood and will want or expect the same treatment to other titles, something that Nintendo simply can't afford to do with every game.
 
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ultratruman

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tebunker said:
I can't stop watching this thread. It's like a train wreck.

I mean the level of crap being thrown around. The assumptions, I won't lie I expect it to be cancelled too, but is the current cycle so slow that we take a small arm of a game retailer saying that one special version of title is not available as confirmation?

I want to ignore it but I just can't.
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You're right, but the amount of genuine leaks that have came fron some Italian company jumping the gun is pretty shocking (and hilarious).
 
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