Multiplatform support on WiiU, does it exist?

[Viper1]

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.

I'm just going to quote thiis again for the people that didn't get to see it yet.