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JazzB1987 on 07 June 2013
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Barozi said:

NBA 2K14 will be available on October 1 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Versions made for Xbox One and PS4 are also in the works for their launches, SVP of Basketball Operations at 2K Sports Jason Argent confirmed on a conference call earlier today.

"We are not doing a Wii U version this year," Argent said. "The decision was made internally." Argent added studio didn't have enough resources to pursue a Wii U port while also developing for next-generation consoles. Though next-generation and current generation versions of NBA 2K14 will have "some overlap," they will be "distinct."

"The common thread, of course, is the game first and foremost is based on simulation basketball," Argent said. "Both current and next-gen will be distinct, unique experiences."

http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/06/nba-2k14-coming-on-oct-1-xbox-one-ps4-versions-at-launch/
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Well at least they brought up a somewhat understandable reason. Or not ?

That is the typical idiotic third party behavior.

What do you do when you want to make your games popular on a new system? Release so many untill the IP is established. It takes alot of effort, money and time to establish a series. And abandoning even for a short time results in your having to start over the process of establishing. (SHORT TERM PROFIT IS USELESS!)

What should not be done? Ignoring the system (after a single unsuccessful release) and then THINKING that people who would play your IP will simply  wait for the next one to come to the system.

People will either have bought other versions of this game  and will keep doing this so the WiiU will never have a fanbase for your IP or the userbase thinks "Why would I buy this game  I am not sure if the successor will ever come out so there is no reason to become a FAN of the series"

I wish people making the decisions would actually have a brain......

I mean just look at  Call of Duty 3 in 2006  (before it established itself on the system)  It sold 2.62 million copies on 360. And  2.13 million copies on Wii (Wii came out 2006  VS xbox360 which came out  in 2005 a year prior! = should have had a bigger install base back then!)

Abandoning the Wii  resulted in the franchise never becoming BIG on Wii and returning to it  will never have the same effect as keeping the support. They have to start over from the scratch in making it BIG but they never really could be bothered to do it.


Modern Warfare sold 6.31 on 360 the Wii version came out 2 years later and just sold 1.47 million units.   Thats what you get for being stupid third party......