Nintendo Warns of Weak Wii U Sales

2013 isnt looking better.

• Where's the Far Cry 3 port?
• Where's the DMC port?
• Where's the MGS Rising port?
• the Bioshock port?
• the Crysis 3 port?
• The Tomb Raider port?
• Dead Space 3 port?
• Army of Two port?

S0lidSnake

I said it ealier in the thread, but I think its because those games were already so close to completion by the time the Wii U came out that it just doesn't make sense to port games to it. Harder to justify when everyone's getting ready for another set of consoles. That's money and resources that could be put toward new games.

If PS4 and Xbox 720 blocks used games I bet the Wii U won`t have weak sales for long.BuldozerX

The Wii U is still an overpriced and (currently) redundant console.

People may just as well keep playing their PS3 and XB360 rather than purchase a Wii U.

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

2013 isnt looking better.

• Where's the Far Cry 3 port?
• Where's the DMC port?
• Where's the MGS Rising port?
• the Bioshock port?
• the Crysis 3 port?
• The Tomb Raider port?
• Dead Space 3 port?
• Army of Two port?

c_rake

I said it ealier in the thread, but I think its because those games were already so close to completion by the time the Wii U came out that it just doesn't make sense to port games to it. Harder to justify when everyone's getting ready for another set of consoles. That's money and resources that could be put toward new games.

That is certainly a factor but there is a deeper neglect at work here as it pertains to third party developers and I suspect that these soft sales are only strengthening their collective apathy towards Nintendo's newest console.  

[QUOTE="S0lidSnake"]

2013 isnt looking better.

• Where's the Far Cry 3 port?
• Where's the DMC port?
• Where's the MGS Rising port?
• the Bioshock port?
• the Crysis 3 port?
• The Tomb Raider port?
• Dead Space 3 port?
• Army of Two port?

c_rake

I said it ealier in the thread, but I think its because those games were already so close to completion by the time the Wii U came out that it just doesn't make sense to port games to it. Harder to justify when everyone's getting ready for another set of consoles. That's money and resources that could be put toward new games.

Wasnt the Wii announced two years ago? All these games were in early stages back then and couldve easily been ported to the Wii U. 

Well, not easily. Weren't we just discussing that Nintendo didnt even bother giving out specs with their devkits? No wonder none of these guys bothered with the port, no one knew exactly what this thing was capable of.

Michael Ancel and some other members of the Rayman team are openly protesting Ubisoft's decision to push back the Wii U version and talking smack about Ubisoft's management off the record. Be interesting to see how this plays out. This strikes me as a watered down version of Shinji Mikami's 'cut off head' moment.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-12-michel-ancel-and-rayman-dev-team-appear-in-protest-at-ubisofts-decision-to-delay-rayman-legends

Michael Ancel and some other members of the Rayman team are openly protesting Ubisoft's decision to push back the Wii U version and talking smack about Ubisoft's management off the record. Be interesting to see how this plays out. This strikes me as a watered down version of Shinji Mikami's 'cut off head' moment.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-12-michel-ancel-and-rayman-dev-team-appear-in-protest-at-ubisofts-decision-to-delay-rayman-legends

CarnageHeart

Even though I don't intend to buy a Wii U for some time, if ever, I'm heavily tempted to buy Rayman simple to support the devs.  Having to crunch and spend all that time away from their families to get it out the door soon only to be told it wouldn't then be released until later is terrible.  Damn Ubi, just when you were starting to earn back my respect.

Amazing job by Ancel to stand up for his game. It is total BS what Ubisoft is doing and I am glad he is not sitting on this.dvader654

Its easy to be generous when its other people's money is at risk.

Ubisoft is a company which moreso than any other big 3rd party publisher, has supported young hardware with painstaking crafted, if not quality (Zombi U and AC Vita got mixed reviews, but they are 3rd party core games built from the ground up, rare things on both system at the moment) games.

I think its kind of funny that the company most supportive of the Wii U is the one taking all the flack (most third parties aren't even putting multiplats on the Wii U). When a company that actively supports the Vita lessen support for a system, maybe, just maybe, there is something very wrong with the system. Nintendo fans ought to take some time out from the hate mail campaign and research what Nintendo could do better and encourage them to do it.

http://www.examiner.com/article/ubisoft-vita-not-dead-ac-liberation-profitable

I really hope Nintendo is capable of turning things around with Wii U. The system has a ton of potential given its feature set (especially Miiverse) and I'd hate to see the strongest first party in the industry suffer.

[QUOTE="CarnageHeart"]

[QUOTE="dvader654"]Amazing job by Ancel to stand up for his game. It is total BS what Ubisoft is doing and I am glad he is not sitting on this.dvader654

Its easy to be generous when its other people's money is at risk.

Ubisoft is a company which moreso than any other big 3rd party publisher, has supported young hardware with painstaking crafted, if not quality (Zombi U and AC Vita got mixed reviews, but they are 3rd party core games built from the ground up, rare things on both system at the moment) games.

I think its kind of funny that the company most supportive of the Wii U is the one taking all the flack (most third parties aren't even putting multiplats on the Wii U). When a company that actively supports the Vita lessens support for a system, maybe, just maybe, there is something very wrong with the system. Nintendo fans ought to take some time out from the hate mail campaign and research what Nintendo could do better and encourage them to do it.

http://www.examiner.com/article/ubisoft-vita-not-dead-ac-liberation-profitable

Nintendo could have slashed the price of the Wii U the same way they slashed the price of the 3DS.

The rumor that Ubisoft is putting Watchdogs on the Wii U (which will run on both last and current gen Playstations and Xboxes) supports my claim that the fact that Ubisoft is the focus of so much ire from Nintendo fans is bizarre because they are the Wii U's strongest 3rd party supporter. Its like a guy with one friend picking a fight with that friend because he feels that the guy isn't a good enough friend.