Multiplatform support on WiiU, does it exist?

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Viper1 said:

Turkish said:

DS1 came out after WiiU was revealed last year, and I'm sure many of these games have started development after devs heard WiiU was in development.

I heard about the Wii U way back in mid 2010.   Doesn't mean I was able to put a game on it.

Granted, I'm not a developer...but my point is just because a 3rd party is aware of the system doesn't mean they can support it right away.

1. Does the developer have the allocated budget (internally or from a publisher) to add another console?

2. Does the developer ahve the manpower to allocate to another SKU?

3. Does the developer have enough development kits for simultaneous development?

4. Is the game engine already on the system or will that require another years worth of work?

5. Was the hardware finalized enough for us to put resoruces into it when we began development?

And many other questions go into the development process.  You can't just say because a dev heard about the console that it means they could develop their game for it they wanted to.  It's not that simple.

This.  Exactly.  The severe downturn in console sales and software has also had a detrimental impact. It's made it even more financially difficult to justify yet another SKU, especially for a console from a company that has a long-standing track record of selling first-party games that tend to overshadow third-pary games.  Many of the major publishers look at Wii U and can only think of the horror of third-party sales on N64, GameCube, and Wii.  Very few third-party games sold decent numbers on any of Nintendo's last three home consoles.