I'm with ShadowSoldier on this the whole way through. What kind of a retarded move is it to delay the game at this point?
Ubisoft made more than a few quotes on E3 about supporting nintendo, making Rayman an exclusive, launch title, and more of those things. If I were nintendo, I'd start taking a good look at the paperwork to see if there is ground for sueing.
But even then...this doesn't make sense. First off, there's the release of the demo. It does an awesome job of spreading the word and warming the people. A delay now effectively destroys that whole warm-up. Pretty much all the effort the demo hoped to achieve is gone. Perhaps unless they're releasing a second demo closer to the launch title, but still...I think the majority will still remember.
Second: the second screen. Or rather: that the xbox and PS3 do not have one. The so-called reason to make it a multiplatform game is bullshit, as PS3/xbox360 owners will STILL feel disappointed because they're missing a good chunk of the way the game was intended to be played*.
And third...the timing. What is it...2 weeks before the release date? That's no time to delay a game**. It should be freakin' gold by now. So the "delay" won't be to improve things on the wiiu end. On the contrary: it'll just take some months to make sure the game doesn't feel too crippled when just playing with one screen.
Finally: timing in the different perspective. It's february. What competition does the game has when released now? Pretty much none. It'll be very different in seven months. Christ...with any bad luck, they'll be releasing it on an outdated console.
*of course, unless the xbox720 and PS4 turn out to have an extra screen on the controller.
**I'm not a Xbox360 or PS3 game, but I'd feel sorry for them if their anticipated game gets delayed this close to launch. And even worse if that delay is to bring it to "my" console.
EDIT: *sigh* since there's some polarisation going on, I'll better include something for the xbox360 and PS3 fanboys.
@other fanboys: here's a hypothetical situation for you:
some hotshot promises you the next installment of the latest franchise for you. It'll be exclusive for the console of your choice (yeeeey!
).
Then, a couple weeks before the anticipated date, the thing gets delayed for months because they want to work on some ports that'll be inferior anyway.
Now seriously: you aren't happy about it. And it's not because inferior console X gets to play YOUR game. It's because you anticipated and wanted the game.
That's basically this situation. In normal cases, I'd be very happy if Rayman was to be released on xbox360, PS3, wii, DS, Vita, android, iOS, steam, xbox, PS2, PSX and a freakin' calculator for all I care. I am NOT happy that the current release gets halted for basically
no reason whatsoever.