Disappointment over a six-month delay of a video game’s release may be a first-world problem. But there’s a good case Ubisoft is holding Rayman Legends back from Wii U while it gets the newly announced PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions ready for a September release.
https://kotaku.com/rayman-legends-no-longer-a-wii-u-exclusive-ps3-and-xbo-5982484
Going multiplatform here isn’t raising garden-variety console fanboy butthurt. There are many understandably pissed off Rayman fans who just want the game originally promised at the end of this month.
https://kotaku.com/heres-17-minutes-of-wii-u-owners-freaking-out-about-ray-5982681
So to tide them over, Ubisoft is giving them a special Wii U exclusive Rayman Legends demo. Yes. A console-exclusive demo. Another one.
“We are working with the development team to provide you with a new, exclusive demo for the Wii U soon,” Ubisoft said on its Facebook page yesterday. Yeah, there already is a demo for this game—technically Wii U exclusive!—and it’s been available since December
https://kotaku.com/you-can-finally-get-a-taste-of-rayman-legends-in-this-w-5968146
This—I mean, this is crap. Come on. A second demo? That admits the game is ready on the Wii U and Wii U gamers are forced to wait because the machine isn’t selling to Ubisoft’s satisfaction. Better to just apologize for the delay and say nothing else, rather than tacitly admit your Wii U fans are being screwed for a business priority. But then, this is Ubisoft, which—ask PC gamers—excels at alienating large segments of its customer base.
Ubisoft Facebook [via NeoGAF.]
