Ubi tries to bail out

[rocketpig]

sc94597 said:

rocketpig said:

sc94597 said:

rocketpig said:

RolStoppable said:

rocketpig said:

Did Ubisoft say that they had 400-500 people working on Wii games in 2008 for 2008 release? I just want to clarify this because I don't have the original quote in front of me.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3164228

In an investment meeting reported by Next Generation, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot stated the company currently has 400-500 people dedicated to development on the Wii platform, and believes that they will achieve "Nintendo-like quality" on the Wii next year.

Since the article is from 2007, the Nintendo-like quality refers to 2008 games.

It was also written in November of 2007.

Methinks people are jumping the gun here.

Which means they are talking about games they are making for release in 08 ie(dogz)

Or they could be unannounced holiday 2008 games that will be shown down the road.

Or they could be 2009 games and the CEO was talking in fiscal years, not calendar years.

Either way, a lot of people here could wind up with egg on their face in six months.

Well why wouldn't they announce the games at ubidays? Especially after this big thread. http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9251049315/m/4081042366

Maybe they're not ready to be shown. After all, it's not like a decent core game has a development timeline under the six month mark. If they put those 400-500 people on Wii development in late 2007, there's a good chance we won't see anything from them until late 2009.