Is Ubisoft done with supporting Wii U?

[Mr Khan]

Aielyn said:

cannonballZ said:

Aielyn said:

That it hasn't been announced means nothing. For instance, Splinter Cell: Blacklist was announced at E3 2012. It was only confirmed for Wii U in April 2013. It's actually a common pattern from developers. Sometimes, it might be because of Nintendo (for instance, there have been times when Nintendo themselves announced a game as coming to their system), and other times, it just becomes obvious that Wii U is an afterthought, there only to mollify investors.

The link shows a release date of november 21 this year. At this point I think they would have announced a Wii U version if there was one. I'm almost positive that Farcry 4 will skip Wii U but Assassin's Creed may still be up in the air.

Another possibility is that Nintendo are announcing the Wii U version at E3.

Also note that there is some speculation that either MS or Sony pays certain publishers to stay quiet on certain games, just as they pay publishers for exclusive content, exclusive advertising rights, etc. I don't know how accurate it is, but the fact that it happens so often that people form such ideas about it demonstrates the point pretty well. Note that, multiple times, CoD had only been revealed for the Wii at the last minute, and not even mentioned in the launch press release - so that it hasn't been announced in May for a November release isn't really conclusive at all.

The question is why Sony or MS would pay to keep the Wii/Wii U version of games quiet when such versions are no threat to their sales base. If anything, you'd pony up for timed announcements for the PS/Xbox version to give a false impression of exclusivity.

With how much the Wii/Wii U versions end up selling, it's like McDonald's going out of their way to bully local advertisers to not advertise a standalone burger shack.

(note that I do agree with that hypothesis, i just can't understand what it earns them. I can't understand what it earns the third parties for doing it voluntarily, either, though, unless they're just doing it for no reason at all).