I think that article is fake. Read it again with that in mind and see if anything stands out.

Since this press release runs directly contrary to how Ubisoft would actually spin this, and since this paragraph is in it:

"As for Shaun Whites on the Wii, can you at least wait to get some more information and gameplay on it before binning it? Most people have seen a few screenshots and they already hate it because it does not look as good as the 360 etc but to damn a game just because of looks, and without actually playing it is just silly. All I have seen is various forums doing childish Photoshop screens, at least wait to see the game face to face before turning it into a humorous gif."

...and since there are more than a couple of typos.

I'm not sure this is real.




EDIT: Oh, this is from a forum manager, not Ubisoft itself. That guy might be in trouble, tbh.

That is a pretty big assumtion. How would they know that wii owners don't want mature AAA titles if they don't release them. The only real mature title the have released is red steel and it it a million seller. In fact I think it was the first 3rd party million seller. If that doesn't say that the wii owners want mature titles then I don't know what does. 

Ubisoft sucks anyways.

I disagree with his letter, I am not upset that it doesn't look like the 360 version. I am upset that it looks worse than some DS games (at a slightly higher resolution).

You can get away with making a game ugly that is word training or babyz raizing, but one of the cool things about a 3d Snowboarding game is the graphics and having card board cut out rocks and 20 polygon heads with flat textures is not acceptable.

As much as I think graphics, in the end, do not matter, the top Wii Sellers show even casuals care...

Look at the million sellers, none of them are graphical power houses but there are only 2 butt ugly games and a couple debatable ones.

This game looks horrendous, it is not stylish. They are throwing it together to make a quick buck off of the balance board.

BTW, RRR series is one of the best looking and most stylish minigame collections. It is not a coincidence that it is the best selling non-Nintendo related minigame collection.

For me, graphics are not that important. There is bottom bar, a minimum, that even the casual market wants to see when they flip over the box or see it on the screen at Walmart. This game along with many other third party Wii Games do not meet the expectations of consumers.

Instead of complaining that your potential customers don't like what they see, they should fix it. 

 Oh thats right I can afford to buy a ps3 or an xbox 360... oh wait no I can't. I bought the wii for nintendo games. Now is it asking to much for just one AAA game from these guys. I like both Prince of Persia and Beyond Good and Evil, if you don't give me those then so be it. Give me something. I just want them to throw me a bone over here.

yushire said: Mahorosan said: Kind of disappointing how Ubisoft has gone with their wii titles. At first it looked like they would be one of the 3rd parties that would make serious efforts on the wii, but not now. So Red Steel and Rayman raving rabbids was serious effort to you?!!

Absolutely. We're not asking that every game they make is awesome -- that's unreasonable. I think what Wii owners want is simply to see that effort has been made, and that investments have been made both in development and marketing of the product. 

Red Steel wasn't a good game from what I understand, but it represented a substantial investment in the platform.  If they try and fail, that's okay, as long as they actually try.

I'm one of the most outspoken "graphics don't matter" people out there, but when simply looking at screenshots without being able to play the game, graphics serve an important purpose -- they usually show how much effort is being put into a game. Games that represent a substantial creative and financial investment by a company recieve enough funding to also polish the graphics. It isn't an absolute truth, but it's a reasonably good measuring stick when you can't play the game to prove whether the game is good or not. 

And with that in mind, Ubisoft's upcoming Wii library is particuarly and grossly lacking in graphical quality, which likely means their top teams aren't working on these projects (in fact, we know they're not) and the investment represented isn't substantial.