Guillemot: Watch Dogs team grew substantially after revelatory E3 reveal
Watch Dogs is shaping up to be one of the most highly anticipated titles of the year, in part due to the fact that after its E3 reveal– and the positive reaction from press and gamers– Ubisoft significantly ramped up the development of the game, adding people to the teams until they had enough minds working on the project to realize the vision while simultaneously launching it across platforms and across generations.
“You always have great ideas, but you need enough people to bring it to life. After E3, we really made sure they had all the teams they needed and all the capacity they wanted to fullfil their dream. It’s an open world that is well-adapted to what people want to play today. So there’s good potential for success.”
– Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot
I think that the game is bound to be successful given where and when it’s launching, but which platforms it will be successful on remains to be seen. I would guess a strong PS3/360 showing, and a fairly weak (due to install base) showing on Wii U and PS4/720. As a small sidenote, Guillemot once again iterated that Ubisoft does like the Wii U, but they need it to sell more before they can go all in with it.
