Seriously?
According to Ubisoft France’s studio boss,Rayman Legendsis going to be a huge system seller for the Wii U, succeeding where Nintendo itself has so far failed. Xavier Poix expects the delayed platformer to work magical wonders.
Poix was bigging up the Wii U toGI.biz, denying suggestions that Nintendo’s console was a disappointment.
“We don’t have any disappointments compared to the installed base,” he said. “We are just hoping that Nintendo’s results for Wii U will be a bit bigger.
“Selling a new way of playing can take some time, and we know the power of the brands from Nintendo and we know from the fans that the majority of what will be the system sellers are not yet available. And on our side,Raymanwill be one of them for sure. We really expectRaymanto be a huge system seller on the console.”
I’m looking forward toLegends, and do not wish to disparage theRaymanseries, but … really? Even whenLegendswas exclusive to the Wii U, I wouldn’t have thoughtRaymana massive enough brand to actually be considered a system seller, especially with Ubisoft’s oftendubious promotionof the series.
This is before we get into the fact that Ubisoft is nowreleasing the game on Xbox 360 and PS3, and has delayed the Wii U version so all three versions become availableat the same time— during a period when all eyes are going to be onGrand Theft Auto V, no less.
I hopeRayman Legendsdoes well, I really do, but if Ubisoft’s expecting it to sell Wii U systems in the face of all that, I would love some of its obviously quite powerful array of hallucinogenics.
