Watch Dogs and The Crew delayed until Spring 2014

[Mr Khan]

RolStoppable said:

Mr Khan said:

morenoingrato said:

Mr Khan said:
I just wonder if this will make Watch Dogs like Rayman Legends, from a highly-anticipated title to a game that'll lose to Pikmin 3.

That's a bit of a stretch but I'm sure this will cost Ubisoft some serious money.

Yeah Watch Dogs is running on a larger scale, but that's still the general message. Rayman Origins was solid in sales, Rayman Legends fell far short of that. We could be going from a good Assassin's Creed-level down to something that could, well, match Rayman Origins

Now that would only happen, if Watch Dogs gets anti-hype before release and then mediocre reviews.

Also, really? (Regarding your first post.) RL went from a game that was going to lose to Pikmin 3 to a game that lost to Pikmin 3. That's not a change.

Watch Dogs is positioned as blockbuster by Ubisoft, meaning that they'll put their marketing muscle behind the game, something that Rayman Origins and Legends could only dream of. Combine that with a review embargo that will only let favorable scores surface before and at the game's release date, and you pretty much get an opening week that matches Rayman Origins' lifetime sales at the very least. Or did I miss something and Origins sold 3m?

I thought Origins did sell 3m <_>. 2.33 only? Huh.

I suppose you're right. More than marketing, it's a punt in the right direction, away from competition and not towards it. Only thing that we really know of hanging out in Q2 next year that's big (on any platform) is likely to be Mario Kart. Infamous to a lesser degree.

Regarding Legends, i still feel that if Ubi had split the difference on what they ended up doing, if RL had launched on Wii U in February and then with enhanced versions on PS3 and 360 in September, it could have at least matched Origins. Now, even across three platforms, it will lose out to one of Nintendo's lesser franchises.