Ubisoft wil de nummer n third party-ontwikkelaar Wii U worden

Ubisofts senior vice president van verkoop en marketing, Tony Key, heeft gezegd dat de uitgever voornemens is om de grootste third party-ontwikkelaar op de Wii U te worden, wanneer het apparaat eind dit jaar uikomt. 

We have big plans for Wii U. Our intention is to be the number one third-party on Wii U, just like we were on Kinect and just like we were on 3DS”, zegt Key. De vooruitzichten zien er in elk geval goed uit: Assassin’s Creed III, Ghost Recon Online, Killer Freaks from Outer Space en meer komen uit het apparaat uit.

Nintendo heeft Ubisoft zelfs vroeg voorzien van een devkit. "We’ve always had a really close relationship with Nintendo, so I’d venture to say that we did have an advantage in getting dev kits earlier than other people. I’m not saying we got them earlier than everyone, but I do think we got them early."

“They came to us and asked us to make Red Steel. The thing is, once these dev kits show up in the building, you’ve got these other teams peeking around the curtain going, ‘Hey, what’s that?’ Before you know it, there’s three projects being developed for the Wii in that one room, and then another guy from another studio just happens to be visiting and brings back some ideas…”