Some people just don't get it...

Sadly, the kind of people typically found on gaming forums tend to be unable to see outside their chosen company's box. This is the stuff one has to deal with.

I didn't say that PS360 owners were satisfied with those, I said that the existence of those meant that the impact was a lot less. Those people were miffed, but not outraged.

And I'm sorry, but all evidence points to the Wii U version being the most anticipated version, and it's not that the Wii didn't have such games, it's that the Wii U doesn't. The Wii had a few different realistic racers. But then, perhaps you need to learn of the concept of "blue ocean" - it's about providing products to people who haven't had such products. It's a highly effective technique for boosting sales. To drop only the Wii U version entirely would be like saying "hey, why bother selling our apples in a country where there's a drought, when we could sell them in a place where there's so many apples they don't know what to do with them all!"

The difference is that Watch Dogs will have probably sold 6-7 million by the time releases on the Wii U so whatever it sells will be extra icing on the cake for Ubisoft. However, With Project Cars its facing so much compeition on the other systems that Wii U was going to be its best environment to gain some traction.

I am more into arcade racing but I will get this to the Wii U. I buy most racers I can get my hands on.

Followed the progress of this game and it is true that the Wii U was not in any way put in second place by the developers. As you mentioned it will probably flop on Wii U.

Even Vita sold more of Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game (yes, it was lateer than for the other consoles, but it was the only one for the Wii U

PS3     2.37 ---- Xbox360     1.38 ---- PSV     0.65 ---- WiiU    0.14

Agreed with your first point then.

The poll suggests that the Wii U is the most anticipated? Surely you realize that the internet is not the best representative for "anticipation" and especially "sales" right? I personally don't remember any realistic racers on WIi and if they exist, they certainly had no impact. Blue ocean is a risk that may or may not work when introducing a product to brand new potential consumers but at this stage in the game, I think it's safe to say the 8th gen has a negligible amount of such consumers.

In that regard, I can argue that most people who've invested in the 8th gen know what they're getting into with each company. Thus racing sim enthusiasts are not going to be prioritising the Wii U. PC is the best choice for this game by far. It's seems more of a case of a few people have invested in the wii U and now want ports instead of buying another console but one has to wonder that if such people had enough spare moneyt to crowd  fund games, they can afford a high end PC for the best version or at least PS4/X1s for what would surely be better versions of the game.

Your drought analogy is terrible because we're talking about an essential human need compared to plain old entertainment and somehow I doubt that apples would be a priority for people actually facing a drought. Drinking water would probably come first, then staple carbs/protein sources before stuff like apples.

You're missing the point. The better versions are of course more likely to sell better, but that isn't the only indicator of demand for individual versions. Audience plays a very big part. Why do games from franchises like Skylanders and Just Dance conitinue to do better on weaker Nintendo platforms? LIkewise, Call of Duty sold better on the PS3 and 360 not just because they were so much better technically, but because the family-friendly/casual audience has only limited overlap with the shooter crowd.

I think you're drastically overstating the impact of "better versions". If people cared that much, then Xbox One would be selling a margin worse, and far less people would be gaming on consoles anyway.

I didn't say that PS360 owners were getting a better deal. I explained why they weren't annoyed about the raw deal they got. I even said that, two different ways, in my post. I said that PS360 owners weren't as annoyed about it because of how many options they had. I said that Wii U owners were more annoyed because of circumstance, not the isolated situation with the game. And I said that most of the Wii U owners complaining would also agree that it was absurd that they dropped PS360 support - it's just not as big a concern to the people who planned on getting the Wii U version, because it doesn't affect them directly.

Meanwhile, please stop telling me what Ninty systems are big on. The fact is, Ninty systems haven't been given many of these sorts of racers, and thus it's really not a good test of potential. The concept that, if a genre sells well on one system, it means it won't sell well on another is just idiotic. And how about we turn the logic on its head? Most would have said that kart racer fans generally play on Nintendo consoles... and yet, Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing still did quite well on PS3, which wasn't known for its kart racers.

The fact is, the demand was there, as shown by the poll and by the reaction that this decision has garnered. And some gamers even pointed out that, despite owning a PC and/or PS4, they were going to buy it on Wii U and are now reconsidering buying it at all...

But hey, Wii U fans shouldn't be pissed, because reasons.

You mean the low end ports?

When has this ever been about graphics?