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ICStats on 16 May 2014

Of course they're done. I wouldn't buy the Wii U version even if they made one. Be surprised if Watch Dogs makes it out.



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softcoregamer82 on 16 May 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Ativision is the only one left then?

Well, there's Sega and Warner Bros. But Activision isn't even looking great, as Call of Duty is uncertain.



Aielyn on 16 May 2014
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.



Mr Khan on 16 May 2014
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).



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WhiteEaglePL on 16 May 2014



Nintendo really needs to make sure 40% of sales are 3rd party ones.....and to do that they NEED to change how they are viewd and be like ps4/x1 where most people want to buy the 3rd parties.......

this is horrendous.

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vivster on 16 May 2014

I thought every Wii U owner also owns a PC so this shouldn't be a problem as long as Ubi supports PC.



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Spade on 16 May 2014
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:
Ativision is the only one left then?

SEGA? maybe? 



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AnthonyW86 on 16 May 2014

No Assassin's creed game either. There will be two new games in the AC franchises, one for x360 and ps3 the other for PS4 XOne. Pc will get both games. Once all the major Nintendo titles have launched the Wii-U will pretty much be dead.



vivster on 16 May 2014
RolStoppable said:
vivster said:
I thought every Wii U owner also owns a PC so this shouldn't be a problem as long as Ubi supports PC.

I for one don't have a gaming PC.

It's still no problem. 

But you have something else to enjoy multiplats?



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cannonballZ on 16 May 2014
WhiteEaglePL said:



Nintendo really needs to make sure 40% of sales are 3rd party ones.....and to do that they NEED to change how they are viewd and be like ps4/x1 where most people want to buy the 3rd parties.......

this is horrendous.


That would be impossible for Nintendo to do at this point. They could never guarantee success of third party franchises on their consoles. The only thing that would guarantee more sales is more Wii U's sold globally. I think it's their fault also for not having the games that people wanted most available sooner. Their marketing didn't help either, even a year into the consoles life cycle there were still people that thought the Wii U was nothing more than a tablet upgrade for the Wii.