Ubisoft Has Scrapped ZombiU 2 Due To Low Wii U Sales Performance
According to a report from Games Industry International, Ubisoft is not working on a sequel to the popular ZombiU franchise. In the report there are three third parties mentioned, Ubisoft, Activision, and EA, all of which are unsure of the Wii U’s future. Ubisoft, which has been one of the biggest supporters of the Wii U, is even taking a more cautious approach to future Wii U development plans.
Yves Guillemot, Chairman and CEO of Ubisoft, is typically one of the biggest proponents of new systems, but betting big on the Wii U didn’t work out well for the company. ZombiU, one of the most popular launch titles for the system with players, was not profitable, he says. Not even close. As such, he says, there are no plans (or even desire) for a sequel.
It was, in fact, because of that game’s performance that Ubisoft decided to make Rayman Legends a multiplatform game.
“We must find a way to ensure the creativity of those games could have a big enough audience,” he says. “We hope it will take off. At the moment, we’ve said ‘let’s do through Christmas and see where we are from there.”
July 8, 2013
Not good news, let’s hope the Wii U receives a price drop and a sales boost, as the 3DS did, soon!