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joesampson on 17 April 2014
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Zero999 said:
Seece said:

When you're talking about a franchise like Watchdogs, 300k on a platform is DIRE. And WiiU only has 1 third party game above that. It was exclusive and bundled, if Zombie U released on PS360 simultaneously and wasn't bundled with WiiU what do you think its figures would be?

Lego City Undercover is the only successful third/second party game on WiiU, again tho it's exclusive .. along with Monster Hunter (the added benefit of being popular in Japan as well).

320k is the highest a multiplatform game has done on WiiU.

XB1 and PS4 have several multiplatform games double that.

AC Black Flag, the closest thing you could compare people interested in Watchdogs too

WiiU - 240k
XB1 - 740k
PS4 - 1.53m

XB1 version is three times the WiiU version, PS4 version is a whopping 6 times the WiiU version. Also to take into account, the PS4/XB1 versions were competing more directly with the PS360 versions. (as many who bought PS4 and XB1 had a 360 or PS3).

You are confusing two things:

1. This isn't a discussion about the game selling more on wii u than on other platforms.

2. The meaning of business sense. ubisoft guaranteed that the wii u version of watch dogs isn't going to sell well while not getting extra money in return + they pissed a lot of people. basically the same that happened with rayman legends. that DOES NOT make business sense, period.

It doesn't even seem like you're trying. Not trying to give you a hard time here but you aren't making any impactful arguments which is why so many people are beating up on you. I'm gonna play devils advocate and make one of the arguments for you that you could have hypothetically made. The only apparent thing I immediately see that doesn't make business sense is that postponing the wii u version means that that version will not be able to take advantage of the large marketing push all the other versions will get in May. It is also unlikely that Ubisoft will spend enough later on for the wii u's marketing push to match the other versions' release. This will certainly affect sales.

However....

1. It is likely that the loss of revenue from the wii u's release will be far less than the loss of revenue from delaying all the other versions. Remember, Ubisoft is a public company and has profit expectations that they need to try to meet on a quarterly basis.

2. The wii u version is likely delayed much further than you believe. The quotes I posted earlier imply that and you have yet to show evidence that proves otherwise. 

3. Some lost sales from the wii u version will likely go to other versions. This doesn't effect Ubisoft's bottom line as $60 for the PS3 version is as good as $60 from the wii u. No lost opportunity. 

4. Lastly, a lot of people are not pissed as you say. You are likely one of a very tiny disgruntled minority of wii u owners that 1) knows that the wii U version is delayed and 2) actually cares. This is why video game fan boycotts never work. Most people don't read vg news and forums and are largely uniformed. They still buy what they want when they see it. Hey, last year I was angry about how EA ruined Simcity. They never got my money but they sure as hell got millions from everyone else.