Playeressence - I hate to say I told you so Ubisoft, but……I told ya so. I wrote a article back in February saying that Ubisoft is sending Rayman Legends out to die. And by the looks of things, I was dead right.
Here is a snippet of my article I wrote the day Ubisoft decided to delay Rayman Legends on February 7th:
“Mark my words ‘Ubisoft will regret delaying Rayman Legends on the Wii U’ its going to come back and bite them in the ass. There is too much competition out there for Rayman Legends to succeed in September. GTA V, Mario, Zelda, and new consoles will overshadow it.”
Hanzala from eXputer: "With Ubisoft's practices becoming increasingly anti-consumer lately, the destruction of The Sands of Time Remake looks almost inevitable."
Hey Ubi, here's a gun, don't shoot yourself in the foot.
*Ubi takes gun, aims at foot, empties clip*
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Man the industry just keeps on going with all this bs and to think this is ubisoft again remember what happened with that skull bones team same crap.
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This game will be tossed out broken unplolished with a bloated budget trying to be cod but will fail sense ubi can get there shit in order. If i was me i would have gotten rid of this boys club asap there is alot looking for work out there.
Every industry has these issues
Some companies I’ve worked for were great and some were toxic as hell (UPS when I was a teenager was extremely toxic and I have heard it still is) It all starts at the top. They either hold people accountable , set standards and treat people with respect or the crap rolls downhill.
I don't think delaying it was the wrong choice.
Ubisoft, like many others, expected there to be more games from Nintendo to move Wii u units, when that didn't happen, Ubisoft had to make the choice.
If Legends was released only on the Wii U, it would of bombed hardcore.
Legends problem is the price. I am not saying its not worth the $60, but it is a hard sell for any full priced 2d platformer unless you name is Mario.
Ubisoft should of released it at $40.
I am sad this may be it for Rayman in the traditional platform sense. That being said this game was amazing and made more amazing by the delay. Sales be damned if it helped a products quality increase as much a it did. As long as you enjoyed it thats all that matters.
Even it it "underperformed" just because it doesn't appear on the NPD list, how many of those retail copies were sold on the WiiU? I would venture a guess that the delay helped sell more copies on the PS3 and XB360. Yeah, I am sure that Ubisoft is hanging their heads in shame that a small, unknown blog is saying "I told you so." Really? Think much of yourself that you had some sort of vision based upon your intimate knowledge of the gaming industry, development, marketing and the inner workings/financial status of Ubisoft?
Honestly, Rayman Legends is a great game that will likely sell well during the holiday season as it is a great stocking stuffer for parents looking for quality games for their kids and something that they can enjoy with their kids together, as well.
By the way, I bought 2 copies: one for my son's PS3 and one for my PS3 so that we can play together when he is over my house. Those are 2 more sales that would not have happened if it was only on the WiiU.
This is a fantastic game on the WiiU, for the life of me dont understand why "gamers" are hating on this one ?
WiiU has very few games in general so it makes no sense for nintendo based websites to condone boycotting games when you know it only hurts Nintendo in the long run.
Rayman would have sold far less if they released as planned- all the author had to do is look at sales of all wii u games w the exception of Nintendo Land and Mario U- nothing has sold well- look at Wonderful 101 - great game -sold like sh--.
I hope Rayman, W 101 and Splinter Cell all get a sales boost over the holiday-
I am sure Ubisoft is regretting their support for the Wii-U to date- they get nothing but flack from many Nintendo fans yet they supported the Wii U when Nintendo would not