[EDITED]Wii U owners, do not buy WatchDogs!

Hedra42 said:

Zero999 said:

I already answered the damn question but you clearly isn't getting it.

"OK, 96% of you, we have your game ready, so you can have it now. The other 4%, you'll have to make do with some half-baked rubbish we never finished, because we have to fill our obligation to deliver everything at the same time."

"OK, 96% of you, we have your game ready, but you can't have it. We're going to sit on it for a further undetermined length of time until we finish the game for the remaining 4% so we can fill our obligation to deliver everything at the same time."

for the bolded: UBISOFT IS TAKING RESOURCES AWAY FROM THE WII U VERSION IN ORDER TO DELIVER THE OTHERS FIRST. BUT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO FINISH ALL VERSIONS AND RELEASE THEM SIMULTANEOUSLY.

UNDETERMINED LENGTH OF TIME? HOW LONG DO YOU THINK IT WOULD TAKE IF THEY ACTUALLY CARED? THEY NEVER GAVE DATE MORE ACCURATE THAN SPRING. LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE IF THEY WERE HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE TO FINISH THE GAME BY MAY. AND NO, THEY DON'T LOSE A CENT IF A VERSION IS READY AND WAIT A LITTLE LONGER TO RELEASE IT.

And just a reminder, those "4%" aren't less important than the rest, especially when they have the potencial to increase even before the game releases. at least they HAD potencial, now ubisoft is telling them to fuck themselves.

No, you haven't answered the question, which has been asked 3 times, now.

Oniyide: "So they should delay ALL versions of the game and lose out on sales for versions that are actually going to do good to appease a few thousand people who MIGHT get it on WIi U? Is that what they should do? answer the question."

All you've been saying is that they should release them all together. Yes, we all know that, in an ideal world, but they'd already had one delay, so it's no longer ideal. You haven't said how they're supposed to achieve that in the position they're in, which is what the question was about, and even when I presented two possible alternative answers to you, you were still unable to decide.

Now, understand this. Delays. Cost. Money.

A quote from Dominic Guay, when talking about the original delay back in October: “The good news is when HQ and the studio management here looked at the game, they understood what we’re trying to do with Watch Dogs and they agreed. They said: We understand, we see the same thing as you, you guys need more time. They agreed to it. I don’t know if I’m going to get that luxury every time I ship a game, but in this case it really was beneficial." Source

News of that delay caused their shareprice to drop by 26%, caused anticipated sales for 2013-2014 to fall by 0.4 billion Euro, and gave rise to an anticipated operating loss of 40 to 70 million Euro compared with a previously anticipated profit of 110 to 125 million Euro. Source

Do you think they could honestly get away with delaying EVERYTHING again if one version is still not complete?

The original delay was to give a better gaming experience to their customers. They risked all of that, for their customers, Wii U customers included.

LATE JUNE OR EARLY JULY WOULD BE PERFECTLY FINE IF THEY WERE HAVING SO MUCH TROUBLE TO FINISH THE GAME BY MAY. AND NO, THEY DON'T LOSE A CENT IF A VERSION IS READY AND WAIT A LITTLE LONGER TO RELEASE IT. - Rubbish. Every day of delay, hell, every HOUR of delay is potential sales lost. This is true across every industry in the world.

And just a reminder, those "4%" aren't less important than the rest, - you are correct, here. And that is why they're going that extra mile to finish doing for the Wii U version what they've done for the other versions. Maybe they have needed to pull some Wii U developers to help on the others, but pushing the Wii U version back will have been a risk-based decision, and not anything to do with Wii U customers being viewed as 'second class'. In the business world, delaying that 4% and releasing the rest reduces potential loss of sales, and raises more funds from sales to invest in developing other games - maybe even the Wii U version itself.

So far, from what I read around the internet, there is every indication that the Wii U version will come, and it will have been given every bit as much TLC in its development as the rest of the versions. It's just taking longer.

Now, if it turns out further down the line that the Wii U game is put on hold indefinitely or cancelled, then your anger, and everything you've said about Ubisoft will be justified.

But right now, it's not.

Ubisoft’s shares dropped 26.2% yesterday to an eight-month low after announcing the delayed release of two titles until next year.

The company announced that the highly anticipated Watchdogs would be delayed until June 2014 with The Crew, a car racing franchise delayed until September 2014. At end of day yesterday, shares were at €8.19, giving the company a market value of €782 million.

Yves Guillemot, CEO told investors “In a world of mega-blockbusters, we have now come to the conclusion that the team needed additional time.”

The delay was blamed on pressure to meet consumer expectations and the French publisher admitted the decision would cause it to swing to an operating loss for the 2013 to 2014 fiscal year.

Operating losses of between €40 million and €70 million are now expected, compared to the previous target of a profit of €110 to €125 million. Sales forecast for 2013 through 2014 now stand at between €995 million euros and €1.05 billion, down from the original target of €1.42 to €1.45 billion

The delay was blamed on pressure to meet consumer expectations and the French publisher admitted the decision would cause it to swing to an operating loss for the 2013 to 2014 fiscal year.

Ubisoft’s shares dropped 26.2% yesterday to an eight-month low after announcing the delayed release of two titles until next year.

Yves Guillemot, CEO told investors “In a world of mega-blockbusters, we have now come to the conclusion that the team needed additional time.”

The delay was blamed on pressure to meet consumer expectations and the French publisher admitted the decision would cause it to swing to an operating loss for the 2013 to 2014 fiscal year.

YES, THEY SHOULD DELAY ALL VERSIONS TO RELEASE THEM TOGETHER. AND NO, THEY WOULDN'T LOSE MONEY WITH THIS.

in the business world, telling your consumers to f*ck themselves doesn't do you any good. they are completely hindering any sucess the wii u version might get.

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