Dice Summit: "nobody talking about the new WiiU projects they started, only canceled"

[Pachterballs]

At DICE, nobody has been talking about the new Wii U projects they have started, only the Wii U projects that have just been cancelled.

Platform is in serious trouble.

Publishers and developers from the US, UK, France, Germany, and Australia mainly.

Pubs and devs never recoiled from PS3 like they seem to be with Wii U (though this is anecdotal). There was always the confidence that the numbers would get there over time with PS3. I'm not sensing that with Wii U.

I had a data point yesterday at lunch with a high budget Wii U game that was hoping to sell "millions" over time. It only managed "tens of thousands".

from the wiiU uk sales thread.

 

[Eideka]

Very worrying.

 

[RoKKeR]

DICE Summit or Digital Illusions CE?

EDIT: Summit, got it. Not surprising. Everybody is focusing on Orbis/Durango, and main third party developers just can't be troubled wit the WiiU.

 

[MuddyDonut]

What was that high budget wiiu game?

 

[EMT0]

Do we know what these games are?

 

[Various Artists]

Incoming comments of how it doesn't matter, they got Mario.

 

[Can Crusher]

Mario, lol

Well I think Nintendo needs to flip the script, but I think it's too late.

 

[The Mana Legend]

Oh man, can't wait for the Nintendo Panic Mode.

Shits gonna get so real by the end of the year.

 

[grimshawish]

Who was hoping to sell millions?

 

[JaseC]

DICE Summit or Digital Illusions CE?

Reading the OP makes the answer quite clear, although I do agree that the thread title could use some clarification.

Edit: And there it is.

 

[GulAtiCa]

I remember when all those 3rd party 3DS games were cancelled 2 years ago around the time of the big price drop.

Btw, what games was wanting to sell millions over time?

 

[lockload]

There was only ever a 1 year window that has been well and truly blown with terrible marketing and customer confusion

 

[SystemBug]

I have Wii U in my living room that nobody uses to play games on - mainly used for Netflix and Youtube. I regret buying it day one.

I was so looking forward to Rayman Legends.

 

[SolidSnakex]

What was that high budget wiiu game?

Mario said that he can't comment on what the game is. But he did say that it's one of the highest rated Wii U titles.

 

[Twinduct]

Oh man, can't wait for the Nintendo Panic Mode.

Shits gonna get so real by the end of the year.

Did they ever go into panic mode with the Gamecube?

 

[1-D_FTW]

I expect the messenger to be burned, but makes perfect sense to me.

 

[GhostTrick]

Lol. I'm wondering what was the game which was supposed to sold millions.

 

[Haunted]

The platform has been pronounced dead by Western third parties.

 

[SykoTech]

I had a data point yesterday at lunch with a high budget Wii U game that was hoping to sell "millions" over time. It only managed "tens of thousands".

Hot damn.

Any idea what game with was? CoD? ACIII?

 

[The Mana Legend]

Did they ever go into panic mode with the Gamecube?

$99 consoles say yes.

 

[Mithos]

Lol. I'm wondering what was the game which was supposed to sold millions.

I'm wondering the same.

Hot damn.

Any idea what game with was? CoD? ACIII?

I'd expect BLOPS2 to have sold 1million by the time the next BLOPS game is releasing (about how all CoD games have sold on Nintendo platforms I think).

 

[Derrick01]

Oh man, can't wait for the Nintendo Panic Mode.

Shits gonna get so real by the end of the year.

Is this the same panic mode people talk about where they pump out a bunch of games? Not sure how that will solve the problem this thread is talking about.

 

[enzo_gt]

The platform has been pronounced dead by Western third parties.

It was never alive.

Perhaps it's ZombiU? How did that sell?

 

[Herb Alpert]

What's the problem? the wii sells : no third party. The wii U doesn't sell : no third party.

 

[Kagari]

Oh man, can't wait for the Nintendo Panic Mode.

Shits gonna get so real by the end of the year.

We already saw it somewhat. They released that "panic mode" Nintendo Direct to announce a bunch of stuff that's too far off in the future.

 

[Porcile]

high budget Wii U game that was hoping to sell "millions"

Zombi U surely. Unless third parties are so delusional they consider their shitty ports high budget and expect to sell millions over launch?

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

The game has to be call of duty. I mean, what else fits.

edit: Zombi U could be it too though, like said above.

 

[Twinduct]

$99 consoles say yes.

Ah ok, never knew they went that low with it! Nintendo never officially launched it here so never got too involved with the system's lifespan. Was RE4 before or after panic mode?

 

[AZ Greg]

They need to get some product placement on Ellen or something. Things aren't looking good...

 

[PhoenixDawn]

Hoping to sell multi-millions on a console that just launched? When has that ever been a reasonable expectation to have?

 

[grimshawish]

Stop saying panoc mode. It didn't create already planned software.

 

[GulAtiCa]

Mario said that he can't comment on what the game is. But he did say that it's one of the highest rated Wii U titles.

The only game I can imagine this would be about is Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The rest of the high quality Wii U games were late ports with a few exceptions. I also doubt it's ZombiU as the OP said "tens of thousands" and we already know ZombiU has apparently sold > 100k.

 

[VeryGooster]

$99 consoles say yes.

$99 with a copy of Metroid Prime, too, if I remember right.

 

[-Pyromaniac-]

Hoping to sell multi-millions on a console that just launched? When has that ever been a reasonable expectation to have at any point in time?

I think they meant over time, not right at launch. But if it only sold 10s of thousands now, it likely won't reach that.

 

[Can Crusher]

I'm guessing it was either Assassins Creed 3 or BLOPs2. No other game fits the bill.

 

[Cold-Steel]

Obvious choices:

ZombiU (exclusive, high profile Western third party release)
Call of Duty Black Ops II (Activision's recent comments support this)
Assassin's Creed 3 (I think this is far less likely than the other two)

If I bet on anything - it'd have to be ZombiU.

 

[The Mana Legend]

We already saw it somewhat. They released that "panic mode" Nintendo Direct to announce a bunch of stuff that's too far off in the future.

But Panic Mode this holiday season when PS4/720 is released and the first real wave of Nintendo games is released?

Fuck yeah, if Wii U hasn't picked up by then (it won't), I'm guessing Nintendo is going to do some crazy shit to combatant the new consoles.

 

[DaBuddaDa]

So the Wii U will end up being a Nintendo console for Nintendo games, like the Gamecube and Wii. I liked the Gamecube. I'm ok with this.

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Did they ever go into panic mode with the Gamecube?

People usually talk here like if that is a good thing, but it meant that time that Nintendo released a buggy and unfinished Super Mario Sunshine and a Zelda with a horrible fetchquest to replace cut dungeons.

 

[Refreshment.01]

Wii U just needs it's Custom Sauce™ to shine, 3rd parties be dammned.

Top it all of with an exclusve Rayman Legends Demo, thanks to the good folks at Ubisoft (God Bless Them)

 

[Leona Lewis]

Hoping to sell multi-millions on a console that just launched? When has that ever been a reasonable expectation to have?

"Over time" according to Mario. I guess they were hoping for evergreen sales once the userbase built up a little.

Based on that, I'd guess Call of Duty.

 

[grimshawish]

I'm guessing it was either Assassins Creed 3 or BLOPs2. No other game fits the bill.

No chance. It'd be mad to think they'd sell anything like that.

 

[crinale]

Out of curiosity, can anyone tell me who the original poster is?
(Like reputation on info and such).

 

[PhoenixDawn]

I think they meant over time, not right at launch. But if it only sold 10s of thousands now, it likely won't reach that.

Yeah re-reading it I guess that's what they mean, but it's still a pretty lofty expectation for a new console. Especially if it's Black Ops 2 (I'm assuming it is) which gets a yearly renewal game anyways and has sales drop a lot once that new version is released.

 

[Dave Meltzer]

Damn you Ubisoft!

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

I can't think of any 3rd party game that's already out that should have sold millions.

 

[Frolow]

Can't wait for my future ambassador games!

Honestly though, if the current situation keeps up like this then Nintendo will absolutely have to cut the price in time for the holidays. Mario can't save the system solely.

 

[farnham]

Tahts the kind of not nintendo bonus you get. No matter how dou did last gen and how you do now

If nintendo - doomed
If not nintendo - will be succesful in time

I believe ouya will probably get more support than wiiu

 

[Hero of Legend]

Nintendo turned the 3DS around when it was all doom and gloom, they can do it for Wii U as well.

Though that certainly applies in Japan, but the 3DS still isn't exploding in NA is it?

We need support on that end too, did DS ever TRULY take off at least in it's first year or so in NA?

Pokemon will do the trick, but any 3rd-party success stories in NA on DS?

How did the DS COD games do?

 

[Can Crusher]

The game has to be call of duty. I mean, what else fits.

edit: Zombi U could be it too though, like said above.

Zombi U can't be the game because it's far from a heavy hitter. New I.P, horror FPS, average production values...