Dev says companies talked about canned Wii U games rather than new ones at DICE, more

[Barozi]

zumnupy10 said:

Barozi said:

Thing is neither of them look like they would need a big budget on WiiU. Ubisoft said that late ports only cost $1m to make, so it can't be Batman (though they changed the game a bit. Shouldn't be more than $2m however. Also I know that Ubisoft isn't the publisher of Batman ). Skylanders Giants should've been more expensive to make, since it was developed simultaneously but Skylanders isn't an expensive game to begin with.

It is confirmed that this "High Bugdet" game is from Ubisoft ?      

 

Added Wii U Top 10 launch games:

Could be anything from nº3 to nº10.   My bet is still in AC3.

No it's not confirmed to be Ubisoft.

Again read the original quote:
"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”."

Can't be ZombiU since it sold more than just "tens of thousands" and was surely never expected to sell millions as it's a survivor horror game.
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is just an enhanced port and released in only one region. Impossible to sell "millions" that way.
Just Dance 4 is not a high budget game. They likely just took the Wii version, upped the rez and tacked on some Gamepad exclusive features.
Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed can't be expected to sell "millions".
Same for Scribblenauts (plus it's not released in all regions).
Batman Arkham City is not high budget either as it's a cheap port.

Leaves really just Black Ops 2 and Assassins Creed 3.