![]() "The lack of online engagement that we see on Wii U ," Moore said. EA's Peter Moore said that the games it has released have seen "poor sell-through" and, worse, very little use of online services. At the moment, we've said 'let's do through Christmas and see where we are from there.'"Īctivision CEO Eric Hirshberg noted that his company came to the Wii U launch with a "robust slate" of games, but he said they have no new announcements for the system (outside of this holiday's Skylanders Swap Force). "We must find a way to ensure the creativity of those games could have a big enough audience," Guillemot told GamesIndustry. ![]() The poor sales performance means Ubisoft is not eager to work on a sequel, and their experience even fed into the decision to change the promising Rayman Legends from a Wii U exclusive to a multi platform title, Guillemot said. In an interview with GamesIndustry International, Ubisoft chairman and CEO Yves Guillemot noted that its exclusive Wii U launch title ZombiU was not even close to profitable, despite a generally positive reception from players and critics. Now, there are more signs that EA and other third-party publishers are increasingly reluctant to devote significant resources to the stalling system. ![]() Industry watchers have been worrying about continuing third-party support for the Wii U even before EA announced this year's Madden would not be coming to the system. Photo by Wired / Manipulated by Aurich Lawson reader comments 182 with
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