Rayman Legends delayed, going multi-platform in September
Who didn’t see this one coming? Ubisoft has not only delayed the release of Rayman Legends (again) but has also announced that the game is going multi-platform and will be released on the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, as well as the Wii U in September. Ubisoft Montpellier is making all three versions still.
The game was originally due to be released later this month. A great loss for the Wii U, but no doubt more people will be able to play it now.
Update: Ubisoft has explained the delay to IGN;
“When we saw all the comments when we announced the game would be focused on Wii U, all of the peeople that have both the PlayStation 3 and 360 were really disappointed, So we thought it was making more sense to also bring the game to where it was originally from. That means Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. So we decided to go for a multiplatform launch simultaneously.”
Time to go play that demo again.
What rot. If the Wii U version is ready now, then release it now. I could care less about it going multi platform, but to have the game just about done, only to delay it by 6 months just to release it together with other versions of the game? Sorry Ubisoft, you have lost a sale here. And according to Miiverse, a lot more people as well. GOOD WORK!
This just pisses me off, its soo stupid, I’m sure many many Wii U owners were looking forward to playing this, I don’t get why they have to delay the Wii U version just for the others. It makes no sense, they can still release it on the Wii U now and then on the others down the road as they see fit.
Thanks Ubisoft! After ZombiU and AC3 you were shaping up to be a company I liked and admired. The multi-platform doesn’t bother me, the delay annoys me beyond description if it’s solely for unified platform release. The demo sold me for a day 1 purchase THIS month (I believe that was when it was to be released) but now I’ll wait for Boxing Day sales or end of year clearance sales. Come September I imagine the Wii U library will have other games to play besides Rayman Legends. Does’nt it have to compete with GTAV that month on PS360?
I dont have a Wii U yet, nor was this a game I would get, nor do I care about the multi platform part. But this is just stupid, it makes no sense at all, why sit on a completed game for months, it makes no sense.
Game developers never delayed their games for the release of the Wii U.. It got ports much later whch only makes sense. Why should the 360 and PS3 have to wait which is fair enough, but why should we have to wait 6 months to play this when it’s almost ready?
I wasn’t going to bother with this game but after the playing the demo I decided to buy it.
I got a good pre order price for $40 but now I might just cancel it if I have to wait so long anyway.
I also don’t know why Nintendo would allow this since they must be contracted to exclusively release it.
This just gives people more reason to not buy a Wii U when they get the same games anyway.
Next they’ll make Bayonetta 2 a multi-platform game and lose lots of potential sales.
yep this was going to be the feb gaming hit. might have to fund my iOS side of things this month instead.
Poohbisoft.
Even a dev is pissed about it.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-08-rayman-legends-dev-pissed-at-ubisoft-for-delay-after-completing-wii-u-version-blames-men-in-ties