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Metro: Last Light un-confirmed for Wii U
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nintendo's bringing 8-track back, in game form!
Not really. There's ALWAYS a post-launch drought. It makes any game at or near release attractive. This would have sold a lot of units just based on that.
timcsavage
Member
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-tech-interview-metro-2033
Here we go, about half way down the page the guy from 4A says they ported from 360 to PC in 19 days.
Here we go, about half way down the page the guy from 4A says they ported from 360 to PC in 19 days.
Ah yeah, I was saying that under the impression that it would be a launch title without thinking that it got delayed into 2013. That alone would have stopped it from being a "Red Steel" at the least since it wouldn't have been a launch title.
Jason's Ultimatum
Member
Something tells me that when PS4 and Xbox 3 are released, that's when 3rd party support will decrease when it comes to multiplatform games. Yes, WiiU is getting Darksiders, Assassin's Creed, Ghost Recon, etc., but those are all current gen games. I guess it makes sense for these companies to release games on the WiiU considering the tech is about the same/a bump above current consoles.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I believe Xav's talking about late ports, not simultaneous multiplatform releases.
I was saying it would be exclusive to Wii U, since they could have chosen to prioritize that over the PS3/360 - even if they weren't unique due to other core games released, it'd still be a less crowded field than the 360/PS3 release landscape. Games that would be completely overlooked can shine otherwise in this period (see - Ghost Recon, Shadow Wars for a more recent example).
JosephManderley
Member
Probably had to pawn their Wii U devkits to pay the electricity bill....
IdreamofHIME
Member
Pretty sure the guy is just confirming that THQ will be dead before WiiU releases.
So no port > late port? Ridiculous.
I would be thrilled to get a port of the first Metro on PSN. If not, why the hell would I buy the sequel?
hmm perhaps, although the Wii U launch audience might be a hard sell on a game like M:LL. But, who knows.
Always-honest
Banned
shame, still hope they hopp on the U-train.
If I were in charge, I'd make the game a Wii U console exclusive. The first game bombed on the 360... it was completely missing from any list in March '10 NPD, placing it no higher than 100k, with innuendo suggesting <50k. THQ later thanked the PC market for making the game a success.
So I can't imagine any (realistic) expectations for the console versions being over 500k worldwide. It's not exactly out of reach for a near-launch title.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
I KNEW it was horrible news when they said they were focusing on 360/PS3 right now.
Nintendo's biggest strength is also it's biggest weakness, they make great games. The problem however is not many people notice this but our wonderful games industry is actually pretty narrow minded and backwards in many ways. Everyone just wants to join the graphical race to realism and we just pretend things like innovation matter yet the industry basically IS Call of Duty, look at how much it sells and look at how games all move out of the way to dodge the COD yearly juggernaut.
Nintendo however don't pretend innovation matter, they actually put some effort in and when they present something like the Wii to the industry everyone shits themselves, calls the system underpowered, make horrible games for the Wii remote and basically come across as an industry who can't make a game unless the system has dual analog sticks.
Look at PS2 sales and it's third party support, now look at Wii sales and it's 3rd party support. If you're a developer/publisher how the fuck is a system like the Wii with a user base reaching 100 million NOT on your radar? Oh but Xav the Wii audience is different, it's just a bunch of kids and old people playing it, listen NO ONE bothered with the Wii outside of Nintendo.
You make two crappy Force Unleashed games but you can't even attempt the full on light sabre game we all wanted on the Wii when we first saw the Wii remote? That basically sums up the attitude these 3rd parties have.
So here we go again with the Wii U and in all honesty I couldn't care less if the port with a map on the bottom screen don't sell or gets cancelled. Games are expensive and maybe I don't want to support your B team effort on a Nintendo system.
You should be thinking what can we do with the Wii U rather than what can we do for it. You can write all you want about how much the industry is worth these days but I for one miss the old days where it was all about the games and not people complaining about specs.
The ability to make great games should be determined by vision, not hardware. The greatest puzzle game of all time ran on a system that had a green screen with no backlight.
Nintendo however don't pretend innovation matter, they actually put some effort in and when they present something like the Wii to the industry everyone shits themselves, calls the system underpowered, make horrible games for the Wii remote and basically come across as an industry who can't make a game unless the system has dual analog sticks.
Look at PS2 sales and it's third party support, now look at Wii sales and it's 3rd party support. If you're a developer/publisher how the fuck is a system like the Wii with a user base reaching 100 million NOT on your radar? Oh but Xav the Wii audience is different, it's just a bunch of kids and old people playing it, listen NO ONE bothered with the Wii outside of Nintendo.
You make two crappy Force Unleashed games but you can't even attempt the full on light sabre game we all wanted on the Wii when we first saw the Wii remote? That basically sums up the attitude these 3rd parties have.
So here we go again with the Wii U and in all honesty I couldn't care less if the port with a map on the bottom screen don't sell or gets cancelled. Games are expensive and maybe I don't want to support your B team effort on a Nintendo system.
You should be thinking what can we do with the Wii U rather than what can we do for it. You can write all you want about how much the industry is worth these days but I for one miss the old days where it was all about the games and not people complaining about specs.
The ability to make great games should be determined by vision, not hardware. The greatest puzzle game of all time ran on a system that had a green screen with no backlight.
Cosmonaut X
Member
So, months of dancing on THQ's (near)corpse on GAF, but when they say they're cutting this it can't possibly be anything to do with their situation and must be a Nintendo issue?
Welcome to pre-e3 gaf
Ba-dum CHA!
Nobody on Wii U was going to buy this game anyway since all that sells is Nintendo first party games and Japanese trash
Because the Wii's hardware is utter garbage that's why. Whine all you want but developers understand that far better than you do.
Obviously you do care judging from the butthurt undertone of your post
Because the Wii's hardware is utter garbage that's why. Whine all you want but developers understand that far better than you do.
Obviously you do care judging from the butthurt undertone of your post
Cosmonaut X
Member
This'll be my sixth E3 on GAF, I think, but this part never seems to get any better... :-/
Way to go.
Does anything ever change? How the heck did Uncharted 3 8.5 overreaction happen in the same gen as the Twilight Princess 8.8 one?
TreasureHunterG
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Lord Ghirahim
Member
I enjoyed the casual racism tacked on at the end. Thanks.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Am I the only one that finds it kind of insulting to suggest that they would use UE4 instead of their in-house engine?
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
I think the poster you quoted might be Phil Fish
Cosmonaut X
Member
top shelf stuff right here
It's kind of flattering to Nintendo that 3rd parties won't bother because they figure Nintendo's own games are too good to compete with. Also I would have enjoyed Metro sequel with Wiimote controls. Thankfully THQ will manage to burn itself down.
Edit: Holy shit sp3000, thanks a fuck-lot for giving me an existencial crisis.
TwilightPrincess
Member
Give them time, they are not feeling good
This has been the case for the last 15 years, and I don't see this changing with the Wii U. I bought N64, the GameCube, the Wii, and I'll buy the Wii U. And lemme tell ya, I didn't buy those systems for the 3rd party support. Nintendo has notoriously been known for not having the greatest relationship with 3rd parties like Sony and now MS have.
Wii U for Nintendo games (plus the occasional good exclusive 3rd party game) + PC and/or Durango/PS4 for everything else is the way to go.
Didn't it take 5 guys five weeks to port Darksiders 2?
You know, reading into this, I expect the game to be a buggy piece of shit when it's released, they want it out ASAP to generate some cash. Sadly, the game will have a lot of potential, but thanks to THQ going under, a patch will never be released and the game will be broken forever.
I think its more a Near Bankrupt Studio cant afford to shift team members to a 4th platforms development at this time
TwilightPrincess
Member
Yup and they say they would like to use the WiiU hardware if they would make a version for it.
EricDiesel
Member
Not really, no. That's quite a jump you took to get to that conclusion. It could just mean they got dev kits too late in the game's development. It could mean a lot of things.
Freeza Under The Shower
Member
yup
TaroYamada
Member
The first Metro game cost roughly 3 million to make, I know THQ is short on cash but they definitely have enough dough to port over Metro: LL if they decide to. Chances are they want to wait and see what the Wii U post-launch scene will look like and that's why the door is being left open. If Metro Last Light is a success (and it will be given the reception of the first game, but only if THQ can last that long) I'd say a Wii U port is undoubtedly in the cards.
EatinOlives
Member
I really don't think this particular "un-confirmation" is Nintendo's problem.