Crytek 'working with Nintendo', Crysis 3 Wii U 'a possibility'

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Aielyn said:

JEMC said:
It's eight months 'til launch on the other platforms, and from interviews with developers it's well known that the last months are when the  developers have to work even more to ensure that they meet the release date and that the game is well done. So Crytek will need all their employees (or most of them) to finish the other 3 versions. It's very unlikely that they could make it for WiiU in time.

Also remember that the publisher is EA, not Crytek. If EA thinks they don't need this game on WiiU, because they are already supporting it with other games and they don't want to invest too much on the platform until they see how well it does, Crytek won't do it. On the other hand, if EA wants it on WiiU then Crytek will have to do it.

Crytek doesn't have to be the ones to do the porting. I'd actually expect that Crytek UK would do it, since their only "upcoming" game at the moment is Homefront 2, which is merely expected some time between April 2013 and March 2014.

As for EA, it's worth remembering two things. One, EA is only publisher, they don't own Crytek (and I'm assuming that Crytek hold the IP rights to the Crysis series), and thus Crytek just needs funds, not permission (since publishing costs for an additional version are minimal at worst). Two, EA loves having their stuff on anything they can put it on. If Crytek were willing to make a Wii U version without spending a lot of money, EA wouldn't say no.

We could argue all day, but you won't convince me. I still think that the chances of seen Crysis 3 in WiiU are very, very small.

On the other hand, something different like handling a new Metroid (something in which we agree) or what gumby said, or, giving their plans to go free-to-play, an on-line multiplayer FPS game with microtransactions could be feasible.