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Wii U Watch_Dogs canceled? GS Italy says so; Ubisoft no comment; back on gamestop.it
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the user base is not even remotely comparable dude
TrojanBlade
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Not as elegant as the other, and a slight twist on your idea, but anyways.
lol ... thanks...there we have it
I dunno, man. The Wii U logo is present on the Ubi site and it seems you can still preorder the game at UK retailers.
Besides, it already has been patched, hasn't it? I feel like it'd already been patched when I played it.
....No, Nilaul. There is not a significant number of potential Zombi U purchasers waiting for a patch.
Besides, it already has been patched, hasn't it? I feel like it'd already been patched when I played it.
Psycho_Mantis
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Show me one person who is seriously saying Nintendo are doomed. Seriously, you may be joking, but the only people I see saying that are ones that are using sarcasm poorly to undermine any negative news about WiiU and dismiss it as hubbub.
Maybe its gonna be download only?
U know port it quickly and dirty, don't pay for production or testers, marketing is already payed for by other consoles. Get more money out of download only because it is ok to charge 60 dollars for a digital release on Nintendo's shop. Any glitches pop up? Ignoooreee.
Not as elegant as the other, and a slight twist on your idea, but anyways.
That was.. coooold blooooded.
Miles Quaritch
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Woah, things must really be bad if Ubisoft is cutting and running...
No point in making cake if the ants are going to get to it first.
Acquiescence
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You're all not surprised? Really?! Ubisoft is the Wii U's biggest third-party supporter and it's probably safe to assume that it has had a team working on a Wii U port for a long time now. For it to be cancelled, well, I find that pretty shocking at least. If the game wasn't delayed, the Wii U version would've seen the light of day by now.
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Deleted member 17706
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Knowing Nintendo they probably charge publishers a large fee to put something on the eShop. Either way, when you're looking at maybe a few thousand sales on the high end, I don't imagine the brand damage of doing something like that would be worth it.
TheAngryMonkey
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Can confirm, I haven't ever seen more than about 150 people online in Splinter Cell.
Not as elegant as the other, and a slight twist on your idea, but anyways.
shit...I actually felt bad for the wiiu controller...a piece of plastic lol
good work
Lots of negative press about a low quality port with glitches in exchange for pitiful sales if AC4 and Blacklist are any indication of hardcore Ubisoft title performance on WiiU?
What a fantastic idea.
TheBaronOfNA
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Katana_Strikes
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Extra effort and costs for much less sales?
I wonder how bad Just Dance sold on the WiiU and whether that was a big decider for future support. I mean if that doesn't sell well, then what chance has anything got?!
cyberheater
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Another developer comes to its senses relative to WiiU. At this point. You'd have to be stupid or bank rolled by Nintendo to be a third party for this turkey.
Captain Smoker
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Don't know, Watch Dogs seems like the bigger project (while AC has a huge staff too), so let's say it's in that range, plus, minus.
Yes, that's true, there's a reason for the delay in the end.
Going by the other reports, it seems that it's cancelled. :/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=98245700&postcount=159
Here For The Free Feed
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yeh zombiu was patched
TheRealTalker
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saw this on the web today... could be a mistake
... or could not :/
but Ubi leaving WiiU support would be a travesty
... or could not :/
but Ubi leaving WiiU support would be a travesty
They didn't patch all the problems, just the most common ones. Google it there, quite a few forums posts about different ones.
I have no idea how much this game sold online but now that you can download the game for 10-15 euros of e-shop you'll probably get to a million by the end of this year. (Im just hopeful xD). Not sure how profitable that is for Ubisoft though if they sell it for that cheap.
Like you said: Wii U sales at 1 and 1.8% is just wow.
5. Batman: Arkham Origins (360, PS3, Wii U, PC) - <650,000 (PS3 + 360 = 98.2%, Wii U = 1.8%)
6. Assassins Creed IV, Black Flag (360, PS3, Wii U) - <630,000 (Wii U = 1%)
TheBaronOfNA
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But the game was delayed, and rumors point that is going to have mayor changes or at least be way more polished than Ubisoft was initially willing to pay.
Not mention they want to make this game a franchise, so they are thinking it as an investment.
CriterionDog
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If true, this really sucks. I wanted to try it on the Wii U,even though I planned on getting the PS4 version. The gamepad features would have been really cool. I'd double dip.
So PC got 0?
Numbers don't add up, and what was the source for that exactly, I sure never saw it...
LordMuffin
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Looking forward to a lenghty video of a leaked beta in ~6 yrs
Captain Smoker
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These are NPD numbers and they're correct.
PC got less than Wii U (11.700 from that calculation), probably rounding error or the 650.000 doesn't include PC.
Holy shit that is terrible! Really doubting Ubisoft would continue support with sales like that.
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Deleted member 17706
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I've been thinking it since those couple "Is Watch_Dogs still relevant?" threads popped up. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the current-gen versions were cancelled to push extra hard on the PS4/XBO/PC releases, but for the Wii U port specifically, Ubsoft basically has no incentive whatsoever to release it, so far as we can tell.
Captain Smoker
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They track PC sales, it wouldn't be listed otherwise.
The leaked number just doesn't include PC (probably).
Majmun
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Doesn't seem worth the effort, when you look at the sales.
Goldenmoney
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Would be interesting to know how much they expected for sales, considering they put minimal effort into the Wii U version. Poor frame rate (from what I've heard) and no DLC isn't going to make people want to buy the Wii U version.
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Deleted member 17706
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If they do, it's separate from the console category, which means it costs extra to gain access. Don't imagine many people bother. The NPD numbers you always see are just tracking console and handheld data.
PotionBleue
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Well it still seems highly anticipated on NeoGAF:
NeoGAF's Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2014
It seems they just haven't activated the marketing machine yet.
They'd be fools to cancel the PS360 version, there's millions of users who still use those consoles and will buy games for it.
Majmun
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Makes me wonder if Ubisoft will release anything official about the cancellation.
Captain Smoker
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axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
I hope this isn't true, (I'd buy!), but I've heard rumblings indicating this for a while so I wouldn't be surprised.
Acquiescence
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It depends how long the game is delayed for, because we still don't know when the finalised release date is, but for the entire Wii U version to be scrapped due to some extra months development strikes me as a bold decision to be made. Assuming Watch Dogs comes out in June at the latest, I can't see it undergoing "major changes" right now. Lots of polish and tweaking sure, but we already know it's been in development for years, so how much can really be changed?
I can see the cancellation happening, I'm just surprised that Ubisoft are willing to pull the plug at such a late stage. It's almost like another Rayman Legends scenario, when the Wii U exclusive was delayed a mere two weeks prior to release just so Ubi could work on multi-platform versions.
Sectorseven
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I don't think it's that simple. You can't ship a product that doesn't meet quality standards (at least, you shouldn't). That's bad business for everyone. You also still have to have customer support and maintain the online infrastructure which is a big part of the game. Then you have to educate retailers about the Wii U version (and the fact it even exists). There are likely minimum production runs they have to do which might not come even close to selling out, and which they still have to pay Nintendo fees on for printing. Plus if the game doesn't sell well they have to work harder to convince resellers to stock their next game.
The list goes on and on.
And the Wii U shop I doubt gets anywhere near the traffic for it to be worthwhile.
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