mine said:
Maraccuda said: The Wii didnt really get much notably 3rd party support because the console couldnt handle games like Assassins Creed etc. For the Wii U, Nintendo never really tried to rectify that and go after the big 3rd party games.
|
Oh - there are TWO AC on the Wii U. And if the sales of those would have been better the Wii U would also get a third one. If there is one thing Ubi cares about then it is NOT user experience but MONEY.
The reason why EA doesn't support the Wii U at all is because Nintendo would force them to use the Nintendo Network instead of their own servers. Thats a fight about power. And unfortunally Nintendo lost as the missing Wii U support doesn't make that big difference in EAs bottom line.
It's a shame that the Wii U is ignored by the big studios and publishers because many indies show that the Wii U means business to them.
|
I suppose AC wasnt the best example since there was early Ubisoft support on the Wii U. Ubisoft is Ubisoft, and EA is EA, they have their own reasons for not supporting the Wii U (and EA is just shit anyway).
I mean games like GTA5, there is no reason it coudlnt have been on the Wii U but Nintendo didnt actively want it nor did Wii-to-Wii U owners expect it.
The only reason I feel third party games are not on Wii and Wii U is because of console limitations. Sure all the cross platform games can easily be on Wii U, but once support drops from PS3 and 360 then I see a viable reason not to put 3rd party games on Wii U.
Either way, im pretty sure Ubisoft made some money from putting AC3 and AC4 on Wii U.
The trouble with 3rd party devs is they want sales to be all or nothing, instead of a gradual increase. Same mentality that is crippling the gaming inudustry (eg; capcom no wanting to make sequels if the games sell less than 2mill).