shikamaru317 said:
Honestly, even if it did release at the same time as the other platforms it would sell less than half of the next lowest selling version, just look at AC 3 and AC 4. It wouldn't make financial sense for Ubisoft to delay all of the versions a 2nd time just so the Wii U version has release date parity, Watch Dogs has already lost alot of hype from the first delay, the sales they'd lose from delaying the Wii U version only will be much less than the sales they'd lose from delaying all platforms a 2nd time. Hopefully Ubisoft will sell the Wii U version for like $40 instead of $60, or bundle some of the DLC with it for $60. Things are only going to get worse for Wii U fans as far as 3rd party multiplats go, soon enough games will be next-gen only instead of cross-gen, developers won't want the Wii U holding back the other platforms graphically and selling poorly. I feel like Wii U fans are mostly going to have to survive off of Nintendo's 1st party, as well as whatever 3rd party exclusive they manage to land. Fortunately Nintendo has a fantastic 1st party and they've managed to land a few good 3rd party exclusives for their fans. |
I agree.
I also agree that the WiiU version would always have sold the lowest, it's not surprising. Though it's getting beyond annoying that there's almost always something clinging to the side of a third party game on a Nintendo system, there's almost always 'fine print' so to say. I don't think it's surprising that gamers have become hesitant on Nintendo platforms when it comes to these games. I have, and it's even influencing my buying habits on my other platforms. It's been going on for multiple generations now.
