Ubisoft sitting on completed Wii U games
The following comment comes from Polygon interview with Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot
“We did adapt the number of products to the level of quantities that the machine did. So we will have Just Dance again which is well suited for the machine. We’ll have Watch Dogs. We have another couple of products that we are waiting to launch, specifically we have one game that we wait for the machine to be more mass market to launch. We don’t have a number. We need the sales to increase so it becomes more and more mass market then we will have the volume that will justify massive marketing and TV marketing. We have a game that has been done for six months. It’s on the shelf, waiting for more families to have the console.
“It could never come out. It could come out on another format… I think we have to wait for Smash Bros. to come. Smash Bros has always been a big, big property for Nintendo and for gamers. And we all know that there are lots of Nintendo fans that are waiting for big games to come. We know they are coming. We don’t know if they will still be there. I think when I speak with the fans that come to E3 90 percent of them are crazy Nintendo fans. They really love Nintendo and the games they do.”
“I think ZpmbiU was so adapted to the Wii U so (bringing it to another platform) would be difficult to do. Maybe it will come to other platforms, but not as a full game. It was really developed for that type of machine. Nintendo is really coming up with fantastic games. They could, with the right price and very good games, help the machine start selling.”
What I first thought when reading the words, “More Families to have the console,” was the game being a casual family friendly game. My thought has since been confirmed fact. If I had to guess the game that was finished six months ago is Rabbids related. The question is what are the other games?
June 9, 2014
Interesting news, let’s hope it turns into something good :)
June 10, 2014
I am really curious to know if this means that ZombiU 2 actually exists! I can understand why Ubisoft would do this but just give us the games already! Folks will buy if you put it out there!
June 10, 2014
I don’t know I kind of understand why they are holding the games. At the same time I wonder if this could end up backfiring on them. I just hope they do not decide to skip the Wii U entirely with what ever these titles are. I also hope they are something good.