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Train wreck on 19 June 2014
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padib said:
Train wreck said:

Who knew that Assassin's Creed would be a blockbuster in 2006/7 when it was announced/released.  It was a new IP for the time.  Ubisoft did not have any exclusives permiering on the PS3 either as AC 1 went multiplatform before release and sold better on the 360.  ZombiU IS a blockbuster (costing more than Assassin's Creed did as Yves IP put the cost of AC < 20 mil) for the U and it fell flat on its face.

Assassin's Creed was developed by the Ubisoft Montreal team. It's the same team that came out with Prince of Persia, Splinter Cell and now Watch Dogs. That's how we knew it was going to be a blockbuster way before its release.

Zombi U was made by Ubisoft Montpellier, which in the past made Beyond Good and Evil. Sure I like their games, but they aren't blockbusters.

Your argument falls flat on its face. Do you like the sound of your own expressions? Use less biased terms please.

Also, even if Zombi U yielded underperforming revenue, it is ranked 10th in the top 10 WiiU games and sold 700m units.

PosGamePlatformYearGenrePublisherNorth AmericaEuropeJapanRest of WorldGlobal
1 New Super Mario Bros. U WiiU 2012 Action Nintendo 1.87 0.76 1.18 0.23 4.04
2 Nintendo Land WiiU 2012 Action Nintendo 1.71 0.70 0.42 0.21 3.03
3 Super Mario 3D World WiiU 2013 Platform Nintendo 0.93 0.48 0.56 0.12 2.10
4 New Super Luigi U WiiU 2013 Platform Nintendo 0.95 0.39 0.14 0.11 1.59
5 Mario Kart 8 WiiU 2014 Racing Nintendo 0.58 0.33 0.41 0.08 1.40
6 Wii Party U WiiU 2013 Action Nintendo 0.20 0.26 0.76 0.05 1.26
7 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker WiiU 2013 Action Nintendo 0.55 0.25 0.10 0.07 0.97
8 Pikmin 3 WiiU 2013 Strategy Nintendo 0.33 0.15 0.25 0.04 0.78
9 Lego City Undercover WiiU 2013 Action Nintendo 0.37 0.24 0.10 0.06 0.77
10 ZombiU WiiU 2012 Action Ubisoft 0.35 0.23 0.05 0.06 0.69
11 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze WiiU 2014 Platform Nintendo 0.27 0.17 0.10 0.04 0.58

If Ubisoft pushed the market, what would stop them from making sales of 1m like a WW remake?

A market is paved, it is created. ZombiU actually showed that the console gave promise. They should not have stopped their effort.

Ubisoft Montpellier also houses the Rayman franchise (which, of course, you magically left out) and as someome mentioned in a later thread post, Montreal was busy creating game for multiple systems at the time of ZombiU's release and with Montpellier's expertise on Nintendo systems (which had the exclusive Rabbids go home and the best version of Rayman Legends) they seemed like the best studio to tackle this game.

And yes im sure for the scale and budget that Ubisoft spent on ZombiU (which is a parallel to Assassin's Creed, a new IP for a new generation of systems) the game fell flat on its face while AC went on to be massively successful.  Both had somewhat metacrodire metacritic scores (81 for AC, 77 for ZombiU) but ZombiU had the added benefit of being exclusive to one console, utilize the gamepad better than any launch title and came with a bundle.  Ubisoft has every right to demand more out of nintendo and their console.