Wii U

Remembrent posted...

I'm curious why so many 3rd parties are staying away from the Wii U. Is it a dev issue? Is porting to the Wii U really that huge of an issue?

PS4 is a supercharged PC. Developing for it is going to be so easy. Wii U has all sorts of odd quirks about it that make it a fascinating system to play, but probably a difficult one to develop for. Multi-platform games really have to tailor their games to meet Nintendo's new functionality. You have that gamepad to consider, the unique operating system and CPU. It's almost like developing with more than one console in mind.

That said, I want to keep playing my Wii U for the classic Nintendo franchises that I'll never give up on. When it comes to who's going to have more developers behind it though, answer should be pretty straightforward.
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Remembrent posted...

I bought a Wii U fully expecting things to take off about a year later, but some of these stories (EA - it's a huge issue, regardless of the fanboys saying otherwise) and lack of ports has me somewhat disappointed.

I would love for Nintendo to come out and do something about this. I don't know what, but they can't go into this new gen with so little 3rd party support.

I'm giving Nintendo until this year's E3, if 3rd party support looks bleak, I will then consider buy another console for 3rd parties. Until then, I will keep my hopes up.
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Nintendo's E3 2012 presentation was just weird and awkward. 95% of the games at launch look promising though.

Soccer_is_Best posted...

Remembrent posted...

I bought a Wii U fully expecting things to take off about a year later, but some of these stories (EA - it's a huge issue, regardless of the fanboys saying otherwise) and lack of ports has me somewhat disappointed.

I would love for Nintendo to come out and do something about this. I don't know what, but they can't go into this new gen with so little 3rd party support.

I'm giving Nintendo until this year's E3, if 3rd party support looks bleak, I will then consider buy another console for 3rd parties. Until then, I will keep my hopes up.

I'll be honest - I'm solely interested in Lego City because there's nothing else out. My past self would laugh at my future self for even thinking that game would be interesting.

I just want to see something outside of Mario. Games like Xenoblade, Little King's Story, etc made the Wii worth it for me. Sure, I liked Galaxy 1/2, but... it's the same old.

Here's hoping :\