Crysis 3 not coming to the Wii U

[Viper1]

Mazty said:

Viper1 said:

Well, I've already ripped the rumors to shreds myself.  I'm a tech head and the idea the Wii U is not even as powerful as the X360 or PS3 is just silly as hell.  To be blunt, it would be harder and cost more for the Wii U to less powerful than it would to be more powerful.

However, you referenced the Dreamcast on the basis that the Wii U isn't getting a game (specifically a game from EA as was the case with the Dreamcast) but as the list shows, it's getting games, lots of them and E3 hasn't even happened yet. 

Are you a developer?
I know it sounds absurd, but so far apparently two devs have said the Wii U isn't as graphically as powerful. It isn't that silly a concept depending on the price of the pad. They may be sacrificing console power to keep the overall package price down.

But most of the games it's getting aren't going to help sell it as they are available on existing consoles...As I said why would an Xbox owner get a new console and, let's say Last Light, when he can just pick up Last Light for the 360? 

No, but I am in the media and speak with developers.  The fact those 2 developers stayed anonymous while other developers have spoken outright (including Crytek themselves) with counterclaims doesn't give much weight to their case.   But I'll give you some generalities on why it's silly.

The Wii U CPU is based on either Power7 or Power A2 by IBM.   Even with reduced cores and clocks to keep heat down, they are much more powerful than CELL and Xenos.   To make them less powerful than either would require IBM to make expensive cuts to the chips.

The GPU is based on AMD's HD Radeon GPU's.  Now many people claim it's the R700 series (specifically the HD 4770).  But AMD has only noted it will use the most modern shaders and architecture which doesn't suggest the R700 series at all.    But, even if we stick to the R700 series, a lowly HD 4650 is much more powerful than either the RSX or Xenon.  Again, taking a modern GPU stripping it down to less than either of those GPU's makes very little sense economically.

Yes, many of the games announced so far are coming to the other consoles as well.  This is to be expected as E3 is yet to happen.  Exclusives will see an announcement there.   As for getting an X360 or PS3 owner to get a Wii U just for a game they can already get on their console?  That's not really the goal.  The point is existing Wii owners (that may also have an HD console) are likely to upgrade to a Wii U.  At that point, why wouldn't someone that owns any of the consoles get a game for the one that provides the most enjoyment?   Or it's to attract people that don't yet have any console.  And those looking to bolster their Wii U library.   If you have a PS3 and an X360, why get one game on one system and game on the other?  It happens all the time.  Why expect Wii U to be any different from that?