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Take-Two shoots down idea of developing any Wii U games
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rocketskates
Member
Shocking
Fox Mulder
Member
Don't really blame them.
Randolph Freelander
Member
At least it wasn't that one dude who bust out laughing at the question. Who was that?
Edit: Dark Souls guy
Edit: Dark Souls guy
Metallix87
Member
If it's all about consumer base, then what was Take-Two's reason for treating the Wii like an unwanted bastard child?
Releasing stuff like Carnival Games.
Phire Phox
Banned
They did drop Manhunt 2 on Wii.
Which actually makes this kind of surprising: you'd think they'd take the time to belt something like that out on the cheap "just in case" even if they wouldn't do anything like port GTAV to it.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Take-Two total assets are US$ 1.277 billion , nintendo just spend about that much buying back shares.
You know what to do Iwata
You know what to do Iwata
Shifting the goalposts probably.
Demographics can be a bitch.
Randolph Freelander
Member
Kill two companies instead of just one?
They would ruin Take Two.
Hahahaha, nope.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
I doubt it would really make a difference if they did. Their games would probably sell like shit and it wouldn't convince anyone to buy the Wii U that wasn't going to anyway.
Metallix87
Member
At this point? Yes, I agree. Take-Two needed to be on-board on day one to make any real progress in getting Nintendo fans to buy their content.
jts
...hate me...
I don't get it. 3rd parties pretty much flocked away from the Wii U long time ago, it is known. Are we going to ask every individual 3rd party, even the ones who never had a remarkable relation with Nintendo consoles to begin with, so they can drop a sentence reflecting that for the Nth time and make that news?
ambientmystic
Member
That refreshing honesty.
Now Ubisoft, quit being so evasive about Watch Dogs already. Spill the beans.
Now Ubisoft, quit being so evasive about Watch Dogs already. Spill the beans.
Metallix87
Member
I've argued about this, but admitted that even if a large potential Dark Souls audience is there, said large potential audience likely also not only IS an active Dark Souls audience but has another system to play the games on.
That's kind of the problem with the Wii U really, if it were a notable step above PS3/360, one that was easy to take advantage of anyway, many may well have flocked to getting multiplats there instead. As is most of the time you're either better off with PS3/360 versions, or there's a PC version and if you have a great PC it's pointless to bother with either of the three. Just as well, if Dark Souls II hit Wii U in addition to PS3/360/PC... I'd still get on PS3 instead, and PC with a Steam sale. Perhaps more than any other Nintendo system Wii U's best for exclusives.
They will most likely mention the status of the Wii u verison on Feb 10th when they release their financial results.
SkeptiMism
Member
Smart decision.
At the moment only indie games seem to do well on Wii U. And Nintendo's own games.
At the moment only indie games seem to do well on Wii U. And Nintendo's own games.
Eh very true.
Maybe. If yes, then probably because there isn't a Nintendo audience that buys 3rd party games much like there is on Sony and MS consoles.
Like the hat?
Banned
I wish people would just say "yeah, we don't want to work on a Nintendo console" instead of
"Oh, we aren't releasing games for Nintendo because the hardware is too weak."
"Oh, we aren't releasing games for Nintendo because then we'd have to compete with their first party games."
"Oh, we aren't releasing games for Nintendo because the install base isn't there."
"Oh, we aren't releasing games for Nintendo because the hardware is too weak."
"Oh, we aren't releasing games for Nintendo because then we'd have to compete with their first party games."
"Oh, we aren't releasing games for Nintendo because the install base isn't there."
AcademicSaucer
Member
it would be worth it for the meltdowns alone
The news isn't surprising in the least. Take-Two is one of those publishers that has always ignored supporting Nintendo home consoles when it comes to AAA support, and unfortunately for Nintendo, Wii U happens to be one of its least tempting platforms for third party publishers due to a variety of reasons we are well familiar with. It's almost tear-inducing to watch interviews where Reggie gets asked if franchises like Grand Theft Auto will be coming to Nintendo's next home console, when he already knows it isn't feasible
There aren't many upcoming third party games in 2014 I'd want to see come to Wii U besides Dark Souls 2 and Destiny. Unfortunately, those two will not be coming to it either.
There aren't many upcoming third party games in 2014 I'd want to see come to Wii U besides Dark Souls 2 and Destiny. Unfortunately, those two will not be coming to it either.
ambientmystic
Member
They took a chance with the DS (best selling Nintendo hardware ever made) and gave it an exclusive (for the time) GTA in the vein of the first two games.
How did that work out for them?
MHWilliams
Member
But the install base isn't there.
nckillthegrimace
Member
No one wanted that game on any platform. Should have ported one of the PS2 GTAs to Wii instead.
And that's the point entirely.
It's refreshing, instead of seeing a publisher be coy about it. It's also pretty sad- but after the success of Chinatown Wars on every other platform, I think they'd take their chances on other gaming devices.
Manhunt with motion controls! Never forget.
SwiftDeath
Member
Not surprising. Also don't believe that Rockstar has ever had good relations with Nintendo
Ninja Scooter
Member
Why can't it be all of those things? It's business. Take 2 isn't avoiding Wii U out of some spite towards Nintendo. They are avoiding Wii U because it sells like garbage and would be a waste of resources.
Say you are a third party publisher of the type Take 2 is (one that specializes in M-rated AAA action games). You look at MS and Sony and see that they have spent their own resources creating games like God of War, Last of Us, Gears of War, Halo, ect..to show that they have cultivated an audience for those games. What has Nintendo done? Why would any third party believe there is an audience for anything other than platformers and party games on Nintendo's consoles?
nckillthegrimace
Member
...what?
shinra-bansho
Member
I don't really get why people keep asking Zelnick about this, they've made it pretty clear before.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
This is the real answer. Always was, even before Wii U came out.
This business excuse doesn't fool anyone who's not detracting Nintendo.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
These games are the reason for why Nintendo and Take-Two/Rockstar have a grudgey relationship.
I guess I meant collective sales on iOS/Android/PSP etc. probably were way better than the units sold the DS alone. Keeping it exclusive to the Nintendo platform didn't do any favors for the game.