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Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 29 September 2013
binary solo said:
They expect Splinter Cell to sell on Wii U? The fanbase is all on PS360. That ZombiU failed to sell is the big thing.


ZombiU didnt fail to sell. Just had too much money wasted changing the project three fricken times.



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curl-6 on 29 September 2013
Dr.EisDrachenJaeger said:
curl-6 said:
NightDragon83 said:
Dv8thwonder said:
Nintendo fans: Don’t buy third-party games if they're gimped.

If you don't want developers to put out gimped ports, then don't support a company that puts out gimped hardware.

Wii U isn't gimped hardware.

The gimping of games like Splinter Cell and Batman is not justifiable through the hardware.

You know its stupidity like this that irritates me.

Splinter Cell isnt gimped. Gimping is when you screw over something. They spent the least amount of time on the WiiU version. Still came out better than everything else. Splinter Cell in general has issues with online. PC version doesnt have Online co-op either because it was not made.

 

Batman is having its multiplayer outsourced. To a company with no experience with the WiiU.

Its just shoe-horned in there.


It's still gimping to give one version of a game unequal treatment. They treat Wii U owners like second classs citizens and then wonder why their games don't sell to Nintendo gamers.



Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 29 September 2013

Nah thats what EA does^

Sure these companies are being duplicitous as all hell, however Im not gonna develop an insecurity in my complex

Splinter Cell actually is pretty good so I'll buy it. I'll get ZombiU when they drop the damn price on the E-Shop to 30$ and I'll get Child of the Light .



Conegamer on 29 September 2013

Well, I'm getting Watch Dogs for the U, maybe AC4. Rayman would have done better had it launched earlier and exclusively, and if you don't advertise the Wii U version of a game, it won't sell.

In addition, were large games like Bioshock or GTA launched on the Wii U, I'm sure they would have sold as well. I'm not here to defend the poor sales of these titles, because they are poor. But let's reserve judgement for now. And threatening people to buy Ubi games doesn't seem like the best approach.



 

Here lies the dearly departed Nintendomination Thread.

hsrob on 29 September 2013
allenmaher said:
Seece said:
RolStoppable said:
Seece said:
RolStoppable said:
You've heard it, everyone. Buy Ubisoft games to show them that halfassed is good enough for you.

I thought Rayman Legends was the best version??

Regardless, you know even if they put the effort into Splinter Cell, ect it would have sold the same.

It was also completed half a year before it got released. Besides, it's not like RL is doing well on any platform, not even those with big installed bases.

Anyway, Ubisoft has to give reasons why their games should be bought. Issuing threats isn't the way to go. Of course, it doesn't help the company one bit that they built an awful reputation for themselves on Nintendo platforms. Always there with plenty of games, but almost exclusively cash-ins or games that cut corners. Nobody in their right mind should expect goodwill with such a track record. But that's just how it goes: Lost Planet 3 bombs spectacularly and it's concluded that it's well deserved; game flops on a Nintendo system, the conclusion is that the audience is to blame. In the specific case of Splinter Cell, I am quite sure that the game underperformed across the board. But even though the Wii U version was never supposed to carry the load, it's the one that is the most talked about.

It's not good enough to say "It's not doing well on any other platforms" Perhaps that means the game shouldn't exist simply because it doesn't have an audience on whatever platform it's on.

But WiiU is a young system, not only is there not many games on the system right now, thus owners should be picking up the new ones, but Rayman is a platformer which really should appeal to WiiU owners, it's a very good one by the looks of it too.

Why didn't it sell?

I was planning to buy it when it was supposed to release... then they delayed it and put it up against the tail end of Pikmin 3, windwalker, splinter cell black list, wonderful 101 and a bunch of others.  I bought pikmin, windwalker and splinter cell.  RL can wait until a lul in other games.  I have AC3, Just Dance, Zombie U and Splinter cell so far from Ubisoft.  I was planning on RL until they puled a dick move and I am currently planing on Watch dogs and AC4...  If they pull another dick move, like giving me an ultimatum,  I have steam games I might buy instead. They have no right to me as a customer, if they want to continue to recieve my money they will stop pulling this shit.

I have no problem with them making RL multiplatform, none whatsoever, and no problem with them not releasing a game on wiiU because they don't think they will make money on it (they are not a charity).  I have a problem with ultimatums, and bad decisions like the RL delay.  I actually buy a lot of thier games, but I will think twice about the next one they release after thearing this.

This was the post I was going to type about 20 minutes ago, but I got distracted.

Prety much exactly this, even down to the games you bought.



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BluGamer23 on 29 September 2013
kupomogli said:
RolStoppable said:
You've heard it, everyone. Buy Ubisoft games to show them that halfassed is good enough for you.

I thought Nintendo fans were praising Ubisoft for supporting their console and not half assing their games.  Now that Ubisoft makes a comment about the Wii U and this comes out, Nintendo fans suddently don't care about Ubisoft.


oh gawd.. get with the program.. just because a few praised ubishit.. doesnt mean the rest of the wiiU owners did.. bet most of us still very pissed for the delay of rayman.. dont ass-ume some nintendo fans posting praise reflects the way the rest of the wiiu owners feelings.. 



 

 

HoloDust on 29 September 2013

Haven't read any of the comments, but let me guess - thread turned into "Them frickin' 3rd parties and their half-assed ports"?



Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 29 September 2013

Nah it turned into a thread criticizing the half-hearted game play in Ubisoft's Auto Platforming Series Assassins Creed



BluGamer23 on 29 September 2013
KylieDog said:
Many Nintendo fans like to act like they're the ony ones who recieve lazy, gimped or late versions of games and use that as an excuse to not buy games. Well other companies get late ports, lazy ports and/or gimped ports and the games still sell most of the time.

Just because a game got ported late, looks slightly worse, has a worse framerate or has something missing doesn't mean it isn't worth buying or is a bad game.

If Watch dogs and ACIV don't outsell Wind Waker HD thid parties should drop the WiiU because is clear the fanbase don't really care about third party and just want the same thing from Nintendo over and over.


Uhmm.. i think you missed the part where most of all we get are  lazy, gimped or late versions of games  of games .. where as the other consoles get the full best versions.. along with the shitty ones.. big difference think about it!



 

 

Dr.EisDrachenJaeger on 29 September 2013

Hey at least we didnt get Aliens and shitty Bestheda ports.