Watch Dogs shifts almost no copies on its Wii U launch
In news that has shocked nobody, GFK has released information on sales numbers for the recent week of Wii U software. Dominating the list is Mario Kart 8 and New Super Mario Bros. U, with Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric squeezing in an unlikely third from unfortunately unknowing parents and grandparents. The biggest reveal from the charts is that Watch Dogs has placed 14th, failing to even make it into the top 10 on its launch week.
Nobody expected Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs to do well, but 14th is even lower than anyone would have thought. However, it is around as low as the game deserves. It was released 6 months after all other versions of the game, and lacks most of the DLC that other systems have received.
Ubisoft recently announced that Watch Dogs would be their last mature game on the Nintendo Wii U, citing poor sales as their reason for ditching the platform. Given the poor performance of the game, that holds water until you consider that another recently released mature game, Bayonetta 2, placed first on the console in its launch. Oh, and it still managed to beat Watch Dogs, placing 11th a month after its launch on the system.
Maybe Ubisoft should stop blaming the system for poor sale numbers and instead realise that Nintendo gamers aren’t just children. We’re able to tell when a game release is delayed, poorly made and lacking content. For more Nintendo news, stay tuned to Pixel Dynamo.
