| Mnementh said: After the Wii U don't have any trust that 3rd-parties will make such decisions based on what is good for them bussiness-wise. They will not port or only port bad. I expect nothing usable for a Nintendo-console from Activision, EA, Rockstar, TakeTwo and Konami. Namco at least seems to have changed it's stance against Nintendo from the DS/Wii-Gen. |
The thing is, publishers are bound by investors. If there is no doubt that failing to support the Wii U will harm their company, they are legally bound to support the Wii U.
The reason why they were able to get away with lacklustre support on the Wii was that they could use the "but 3rd party games don't sell on Wii, at least not when they're core games" myth. But if a few early games completely blow that argument out of the water, it will be much harder for them to justify not supporting the Wii U. And if the game that does well is ZombiU, then they also can't use the "spinoffs are what we need" attitude (which Capcom used on the Wii).
Also, I expect some games from those publishers. Treyarch supported the Wii as much as they could manage to, and Activision wouldn't stop them from doing so. A number of EA studios do support Nintendo platforms - DICE have confirmed a Battlefield for the Wii U, for instance (it's not certain whether it's an exclusive or just inclusion in Battlefield 4 - either way, though, it's good news). Take Two (Rockstar is part of Take Two) and Konami are less certain, but both have had history of putting some exclusives on Nintendo platforms, so I wouldn't count them out.
Also, I would talk Square Enix or Capcom up too much. That they're putting some big titles on the Wii U is nice, but remember that both games are actually ports, strictly speaking - Monster Hunter 3 was originally on the Wii, and Dragon Quest X was recently released on the Wii, with the Wii U version coming later. And both are the only games that those two companies have announced for the Wii U. Ubisoft is noteworthy because they've got multiple real titles on the Wii U at launch - note that they had about as many games at launch on the Wii, but those games were buggy and rushed, whereas the Wii U launch titles appear to be really solid titles, with multiple exclusives and improved (rather than gimmicky) versions of multiplatform titles. Also noteworthy, but less so, is Warner Bros Interactive.
