Every console maker charges a royalty. That's how Sony and MS make most of their money.
But this is the one game that Wii U could really use. This and COD are flagship games, the only games that are on a level with Nintendo's own in terms of popularity. If GTA is on Wii U, others will follow, and it would make publisher like EA look silly for saying their games can't run or don't belong on Wii U. So in this case Nintendo should make it happen. Even if they had to spend a million or two to cover the port, that would be better than 10 million spent on advertising for all the positive and "shocked" press it would get. I would like Nintendo to do almost anything to get GTA 5 on the system purely for pormotional reasons. They need a blue game case shown in ads for this game.
