Ubisoft sending the game out to die confirmed. 

Well that is still better than delaying all the other versions further which would have increased costs and reduced profits from the versions which actually make them money.

For owners of Nintendo products only who want a new game, there's really nothing to compete for the gamers money.  Bayonetta 2 comes out almost one month prior and Super Smash Bros is coming out sometime in December(probably.)

It'll probably still sell poorly being a late port and all, but if it wasn't a late port and all versions were released the same date, the Wii U version would be in a great spot. 

Its good that you are getting this game, I've played and finished it on my PS4 and its a very enjoyable open-world game. Has a lot of content and its a must buy for fans of open-world games. I give it an 8.7/10, and I hope you enjoy it as well :)

I think you are failing to grasp the concept, they SPLITTED the development team for 5 months to make the other versions to reach on TIME and take advantage of the hype, the cost of those extra 100k units would had been HUGE as the others versions would not have arrived on May, meaning a lot of money would had been lost.

And you are ignoring previous evidence if you think the sales of arriving on time would have been even 50% of those on PS3/360, the install base simply is not there, the audience is also not there, you want a fair comparison, look at the sales of Batman: Arkham Origins, or Assassin's Creed IV to have an idea, the first one got 10% of the sales of the 360 version and even less than 10% for the PS3, for the second one the situation was even worse. Lets be VERY optimistic and say it would reach 15% of the 360 or PS3 edition Combined, that would only mean 300k units.

They don't guess, they look at previous numbers and they make sound bussiness decisions, and I have to admit (even if I don't like it), they made the right one.

The game would have come after MK8, but at the cost of the PS3, Xbox 360, PS4 and Xbox One editions that sold Millions coming during the period of time were gamers buy the less games out of the full year, that is a cost too high to pay.

The install base of the Wii U may be higher but those customer only buy and play exclusive titles, ask around and you will see that many people bought it just to play the Mario, Zelda and Smash game, not to get 3rd party games. When there is an overlap in user base, they will buy the version of the other console, not the one on Wii U.

New IP or old IP, the difference is not going to be double or triple, as I said even if you are very optimistic, anything above 400k would be nothing short of a miracle, just look at Rayman Legends 360k and it is undoutbly the best edition, with extra content and exclusive features.

About that "pleasing the customer", you are mistaken... They are not trying to please EVERY customer, just the ones that produce the most revenue, they are trying to please the shareholders like any other company, if they can do that only catering to the Sony and Microsoft customers they will do it like that, as it is happening now. I am a "Nintendo" customer, so I am not happy with their decision, but if you think about it with a cold head, you will realize that is the correct one and I cannot blame them for taking it, if I was running the company I would have done the same.

Well that is still better than delaying all the other versions further which would have increased costs and reduced profits from the versions which actually make them money.

Why would I even have a Wii U if I wasn't getting Smash? If you have a Nintendo system, you get Smash and Mario Kart, it's just what you do.