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Ubisoft - third parties can find success on Nintendo platforms…if they put out the right content
GoNintendo — ... is about 30-35 percent market share. So that means if you are aggressive, and if you come up with the right products, you can gain market share there. It’s possible. Nintendo is surely not making it impossible for people to make good games [on its systems]. They’ve been helping us make games. So it’s up to us.” - Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez Ubisoft is expecting 1.5 million sales worldwide of Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party, and 1 million for Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip. Link This entry was posted on Thursday, December 11th, 2008 at 3:28 pm and is filed under ...

Ubisoft: It's not hopeless for third-party devs on Wii
Joystiq [Nintendo] — Filed under: News, InterviewsThe biggest competition for a third-party developer on Wii is, obviously, Nintendo. But, that doesn't mean it's hopeless. Ubisoft is just one of the third-party developers that have found success on the console. How? Through strategic and careful planning. "We saw that at the end of this year, there were not so many Nintendo products, and we thought there was a window of opportunity," said Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez at the UBS Global Media Conference this week. "I believe to date, Nintendo is about 30-35 ...

Ubisoft capitilizes on the Wii; we've got advice for others
Opposable Thumbs — ... , leaving other developers wondering how to cash in. Ubisoft has some ideas and so do we."We saw that at the end of this year, there were not so many Nintendo products, and we thought there was a window of opportunity, especially on the Wii [Balance] Board," Ubisoft CFO Alain Martinez stated at the UBS Global Media Conference . Ubisoft has two products hoping to capitalize on that opening: Raving Rabbids TV Party and Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip . Both have strong advertising campaigns, both make use of the balance board, and both are expected to sell over a million ...

Ubisoft: Aggressive Third Parties Can be Successful on Wii
Kombo.com — ... to be overcome, while Ubisoft believes it's possible, provided publishers a) are releasing software of competitive quality, and b) carefully plan out their release strategies. "We saw that at the end of this year, there were not so many Nintendo products, and we thought there was a window of opportunity, especially on the Wii [Balance] Board." -- Alain Martinez, Ubisoft CFO, at the UBS Global Media Conference via Edge Online That said, Ubisoft is looking towards the hol-Wii-days with a one-two punch of Balance Board fun, with Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party and Shaun White ...