| BaldrSkies said: I don't mean to be that guy, but the developer turnout at GDC 2013 for the Wii U development presentation was apparently really disturbing. Nintendo has to do something about the Wii U, and it's not just a matter of selling consoles. There is no developer interest to even look at the console and what it has to offer. |
I don´t feel that it´s so surprising, actually. With the low sales of the console and with those always increasing development costs, it seems natural that developers would avoid making projects for the WiiU at least for a while. See the huge losses Square just posted? The market is getting riskier, some games are not being lucrative even when they sell millions. Developers must play it safe from now on.
Another thing that seems clear is also that developers still don´t have many ideas of what to do with the Gamepad. For example: why Square decided to launch a refurbished Deus Ex for it? It´s an "old" game that many people already know, it may not find good sales. But on the other side they are not spending too much cash on this port and they´re taking the opportunity to make some experiments with the Gamepad. Maybe they´re just trying to work out how to develop for it, ´cause if WiiU sales get better in a near future they may be able to get some profit developing for it ?
