New Tomb Raider details - No Wii U version

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kitler53 said:

TomaTito said:

Must be really hard and taxing, porting this game to Wii U; specially if you can't find any "unique functionality" for the tablet.

And I thought this game was a given for Wii U.

from what i've heard developers say in the media, any new piece of hardware adds difficulty.  new libraries to get accustom to, new QA plans to develop and execute.  if they got dev kits late or if their team isn't too big figuring these sorts of things might be just too much work for them in the short term.  i mean really, how many quality titles ever hit a system's launch.  shit takes time and porting isn't free and if the game launches this year the there could be anywhere from 0 to say 3M wiiU's out there.  not exactly a large audience to go after if getting the port up and running cost too much.

dear god, this. I wish people would set their emotions aside and look at the bigger picture. They even said that they had started development before the Wii U was announced. SO they probably never even got dev kits. and even if they got some later, what are they supposed to do?? Stop work and delay the game to appease, the small amount of people who might get a Wii U at launch?? Makes no sense