I don't think that's right, but I also don't think you're too far off from the truth. I posted this in a thread that got deleted, so here it is again:
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/assassinscreed/news.html?sid=6156918
GameSpot: Why did you decide to bring Assassin's Creed to the Xbox 360?
Jade Raymond: Our ambitions with Assassin's Creed are high: We're aiming to deliver a completely new gameplay experience on a brand-new engine. With artificial intelligence, physics, animation, and graphics ambitions like ours, we weren't sure how many consoles we could support. But we always wanted to share our next-gen vision with as many gamers as possible. We have just recently been able to prove to ourselves that we will be able to deliver on both systems without sacrificing the quality or innovation of our original concept.
It sounds to me like Ubi expected the PS3 to be more of a technical breakthrough than it is. It sounds like they were planning on supporting it like they supported the Xbox.Jade Raymond: Our ambitions with Assassin's Creed are high: We're aiming to deliver a completely new gameplay experience on a brand-new engine. With artificial intelligence, physics, animation, and graphics ambitions like ours, we weren't sure how many consoles we could support. But we always wanted to share our next-gen vision with as many gamers as possible. We have just recently been able to prove to ourselves that we will be able to deliver on both systems without sacrificing the quality or innovation of our original concept.
After seeing Forza 2 I told someone that after seeing a AAA franchise from a first party like that it was making me seriously consider a PS3. I am waiting until 2007/2008, but seeing junk like that doesn't impress me at all. It is all about the games, more multi-platform are good IMO because it can make a choice easier--pick the console with my favorite 3-5 best exclusives and then pick up all the multi-platform games.