Emily Rogers: “Wii U Owners Better Buy Ubisoft Games”

[Mr Khan]

Kresnik said:

forest-spirit said:
I doubt that Splinter Cell will be a deciding factor for Ubisoft's future support considering how bad it did overall. Rayman Legends on the Wii U did well compared to PS3 and 360 versions, the question there is whether or not combined sales are enough to warrant another Rayman game on any platform.
Watchdogs and Assassin's Creed IV on the other hand will be very important. As far as I know neither will be gimped in any way for the Wii U so there won't be any excuses for disappointing sales. If you want more of that content on Wii U you'll have to get those games.

@ underlined, a very valid question unfortunately.  Legs will be interesting, but ultimately legs come from heavy discounts months after launch, which aren't ideal for any publisher really.

@ bold, we've already seen the excuse for that in this very thread.  "Ubisoft treated Nintendo poorly in the past therefore why should why buy their games?"  Should Watch Dogs & AC4 bomb, I suspect it'll rise up again.

 

It will, however, be very interesting to watch how they do.  By series standards they were terrible, but imo, the sales of Black Ops 2 & Assassin's Creed 3 on Wii-U weren't bad for what the games were.  I suspect a lot of that has to do with people getting caught up in the launch rush and buying extra titles, though, so who knows if AC4; Watch Dogs & CoD Ghosts will follow that trend, or the more recent trends from things like Splinter Cell & Injustice.

The question is: will Ubisoft act like the Wii U versions of those games exist? Will there be preorder bonuses, will the TV and game magazine ads prominently mention that Wii U is an option? The key to too many Nintendo ports of games is that the publisher never bothers to create awareness.