| Zekkyou said: I expect Crytek's technical skill would be somewhat wasted on the WiiU... :p It would be interesting to see what they could do though. They've pretty much always built their games around high power gear, so working exclusively with low tier hardware like like the WiiU would be a pretty big change. |
I think you might be looking at this from the wrong perspective.
Nintendo have a tendency to have their hand in development of the hardware for their system in a way that neither of the others do - that is, where Sony might use their computer division's "Cell" processor, it's just a regular Cell processor. Both of them tend to go for relatively "stock-standard" parts, while Nintendo tends to want something specifically designed for what they're doing with their system.
Now imagine them working with Crytek's guidance on what functionality needs to be in the next system. Crytek would know exactly what kinds of computations need to be fast, etc, to optimise the system for their kinds of engines. So it's possible that the union of Nintendo and Crytek would result in the development of new hardware optimised for gaming in a way that no previous hardware has been. And then Crytek would be able to develop for that new hardware, and do so exclusively, thus eliminating their need to handle many different architectures.
That being said, I feel I need to ask - is Crytek actually up for sale? That is, what is the motivation for this discussion? We started discussing the idea of Nintendo buying Capcom because Capcom just changed their position on share buyouts by other companies. Has Crytek done something like this, or is this all mere wishful thinking?
