Activision announces six titles coming to the Wii U this Fall

[Viper1]

oniyide said:

Viper1 said:

Like I said in my first post and was repeated again a few posts above, IW are already bogged down with 5 iterations of the game.  The studio only has so many resources to work with.  Adding a 6th SKU to the mix would mean something is going to get limited attention (read: Wii U version).  By handing it off to Treyarch who are familiar with working with Nintendo and are familiar with Nintendo's development tools (IW has never done either) and isn't bogged down with 5 other SKU's to deal with, they can concentrate on the porting process (game and engine...just as they did on Wii).

And again, treyarch porting IW's Modern Warfare 4 engine to the Wii just as they are now porting the next generation iteration of the engine to Wii U.   This really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone as this is exactly what happened last generation.   Keep in mind that Treyarch back in the Wii days could have just reused the same CoD 3 engine on Wii but instead they ported over the next gen engine.  

So IW cant add another SKU but a a company like say Ubi has multiple versions of AC 4 and Watchdogs all being done by their same teams? Not to mention that Watchdogs is gonna run from a new engine? Yeah a huh. So many resources? There making the same game they've been making for years. Not familar with Ninty hardware? Are they more familar with PS4 and Xbox1, systems that arent even out?

Plus why did it take till now to annouce it its almost August. I dont buy it.

IW - 125 employees.
Ubisoft Montreal - 2,300 employees

Plus ACIV is being developed with cooperation from Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Bucharest, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Singapore and Ubisoft Sofia.

Watch Dogs is also being developed at Ubisoft Montreal with help from Ubisoft Reflections and Ubisot Romania.

As for being familiar with hardware, they have dev kits for those consoles.  I don't think they even have Wii U dev kits.

As for why it took so long to announce?  Who the hell knows.  I've been highly critical of the delay myself.  And it's not the first time Activision has delayed the announcement of a CoD for a Nintendo console.  Hell, it was October when they finally announced Black Ops II for Wii U.