http://metro.co.uk/2013/02/08/wii-u-ver ... s-3398942/Rayman Legend’s delay seems to have come as a surprise to the game’s makers as much as everyone else, as a furious developer rages against the decision.
‘If you’re p*****, imagine how we feel,’ wrote an ex-Ubisoft developer using the alias Zeta69 on Spanish forum EOL, as translated by NeoGAF. ‘Think on the situation, we’ve been making overtime with this game practically since May preparing E3, and then almost a demo per month (Gamescom, Wii U presentation, shops, eShop, etc…) and at the same time trying to actually finish the game.
We had a first delay because it was obvious we couldn’t finish on time but we gave it all to be there on February. What face do you think we had when the week we had to close the game we’re being told it’s not going to be released? I couldn’t believe it.
‘For us, this means we’ve spent six months barely seeing our wives, kids, and friends for nothing because, after all, such a haste wasn’t needed. Believe it, it was a hell to swallow this news.’
Zeta69 apparently quit Ubisoft’s Montpellier studio at the end of last month, but has been posting on EOL for years and there seems little question of his authenticity.
‘Rayman Legends is an excellent game and will still be, and the team that’s making it doesn’t deserve to have your back turned on them just because some men in ties one day took a wrong choice,’ he insisted.
‘This industry is really that s*****.’
Ubisoft yesterday announced that Rayman Legends would be released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as well as the Wii U, something that had always been hinted at. However, the Wii U version was due to be released on March 1, but despite now being completely finished has been delayed until September along with the other two versions.
The inference is that Ubisoft doesn’t think it will sell enough on the Wii U alone and wants to get the best value possible out of a combined marketing campaign.
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