Reminds me of psp, wii, ps2 versions of games. Often they would come out after the major releases and were poor compared to the versions on major formats. This looks much the same. If the Developer struggled to get good performance out of the wii u for assassins creed 3 and 4 its very unlikely Watchdogs is going to perform well on wii u. The reality is it will be a very weak version.

Surely the time has passed where people can keep pretending the wii u is powerful. Clearly its struggling against ps3 and 360 in performance terms. I keep reading how wii u is difficult to develop for when there is absolutely no evidence of that at all, in fact the reverse seems to be true. What we are seeing for major games is pretty much the same level of performance on wii u.

I'm sure you understand how weak this argument is.  "At least they're turning a profit" would be fine for a small developer like Compile Heart or Shin'en, but do you really think for a multi-billion dollar corporation like Ubisoft just turning a profit is sufficient?

If there were signs things were getting better that would be more promising too, but the AC3 -> AC4 sales show that WiiU buyer's interest in third party games remains relatively stagnant.

Maybe you're right and they need those developers to work on other versions of the game; certainly fits the bill as this title has been having a nightmare time in development.  But equally, maybe they decided that those resources were just better put elsewhere for the time being.

So be it. Maybe it was a shitty port but then they realized I was excited about it and decided to improve it because they like me.....or cancel it because they hate me.

One thing bothers me about some reactions to the news of the wiiu version.... Why do some users enjoy bad news about the wiiu? It's irritating that some find pleasure in a struggling system. They mention game sales and percentages, followed by lo, haha, or some other juvenile reaction. I find posts like this very annoying. Stop it already.

I can't blame Ubisoft for this one. They gave Wii U a fair chance (unlike EA). I blame Nintendo, because it's responsible to create a healthy install base for developers.

http://www.vgchartz.com/gamedb/?name=rayman+legends&publisher=&platform=&genre=&minSales=0&results=200

Would disagree with you, though it is the closest a Wii u has got to being the best seller, that doesn't avoid the fact that by making it multi plat they tripled its sales. Do you think it could have sold 0.9 million if it has stayed exclusive to the Wii u, despite zombieu doing only 600k which wasn't profitable for ubi?

Yeah "turning" a profit (especially when the profit is likely basically negligable to your financial reporting) doesn't cut it. 

It's about dev resources ... improving a version of a game that has access to a 80 million userbase like the PS3 version and having that version consequently sell better is simply better resource managment than keeping some devs working on a Wii U version that's barely going to make any money if at all. 

Maybe it's a bad game and they spared you because they LOVE you! 

Do Wii U gamers want this game cancelled now?? Let's be honest here. Even if there was no delay, it's not like it was going to change the sales situation. Be glad the game is still coming for those who wanted it.

I suppose this just means: "don't hold your breath".
It probably won't get released at all on WiiU.