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Why Watch Dogs and South Park Were Delayed

Ubisoft isn’t afraid to delay a game if it thinks it can be better. Following delays for several of Ubisoft’s major titles in both 2012 and 2013, North American president Laurent Detoc explained to IGN the thought process behind pushing games, and how it fits into the company's long-term strategy.

JohnnyTower3796d ago

South Park : brack friday had to air for the tie-in. And it was brilliant.

curtis923796d ago

I missed out on the brack friday bunduru

JohnnyTower3796d ago

They said it would be out soon. But then again they might just be waving floppy dicks around.

adventureghost1243796d ago

I think I know why the real reason watch dogs was delayed, I think it was a petty attempt to try to boost the sales of Assassin's creed 4, as far as South Park, it probably had something to do with THQ going under and probably something big they missed and/or needs ironing out

Ratty3796d ago

To be honest, releasing Watch Dogs around the same time as ACIV was a little odd. Plus I'm pretty sure they have more or less the same fanbase. I know I was torn between the two myself.

adventureghost1243796d ago

and that's exactly why they changed, they thought people wouldn't buy Assassins Creed over Watch_Dogs so their scapegoat was to move it back still its a pretty cruddyy thing especially since it was supposed to be a launch game

DanDan73796d ago

Truth is watchdogs was delayed due to Micro$oft's "parity policy"

MrMURDERFACE3796d ago

I thought the exact same thing about assassins creed 4 sales until I actually spoke to a ubisoft employee and he told me that watch dogs was delayed due to the fact that getting a game as huge as watch dogs to run on current gen is proving extremely tough. I'm sure the 360 version is the one he's referring to considering it required an 8gb install to run gta V which was developed for that system. I'm pretty sure fitting a 30-50gb game onto a 9gb DVD is pretty tough.

pyramidshead3796d ago

Man they're gonna be so happy the minute they get to castrate last gen to focus on current gen. Trying to fit that big game into those tiny dated boxes must be such a headache.

showtimefolks3796d ago

delays suck but if end products get better than i am all for it, my thing is why announce a release date year in advance? just wait till the development is coming to close and give a date 3-4 months in advance

RS guys are the best, they don't show much of their games till its very close to release and that builds a lot of hype. UBI has shown so much watch dogs that in a way we know everything we can do in the game since the developers have show so much

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anast41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

We are going to see a lot of crap South Park products since they sold out to paramount years ago. It's their IP they can sell out, of course; it just means the quality of their show has tanked and other products as well. Nevertheless, they put on excellent musicals, but those haven't been sold to a mega corporation.

cammers199541d ago

They said awhile ago that Ubisoft holds contract rights to the main flagship South Park games. So like stick, fractured and phone destroyer.

Snow Day was handled by THQ and Question and is a random spinoff. Hopefully Ubisoft is cooking something.

anast41d ago

That's one reason to be hopeful, but Ubi is trending down too.

chicken_in_the_corn40d ago

Loved the RPGs but never played the others. Have to track them down. Still not sure about Snow Day though.

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The 7 Best South Park Games

The South Park series has somehow managed to stay relevant for over 25 years, but which are the best games based on the TV show?

cammers1995148d ago (Edited 148d ago )

The only two worth playing are Stick of truth and fractured but whole. The rest were garbage except snow day which I can't say anything about yet. But with that said, unlike stick and fractured which debuted as AAA full priced titles by ubisoft, snow day is a new developer and publisher and has a budget price at only $30 soooo

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The entire WatchDogs series is 87% off and it's not even Black Friday

If you are looking for a bargain, check out the huge discounts across the entire WatchDogs series on Steam.

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