Rocksteady on Batman Arkham Knight - 'Wii U could not meet gameplay objectives'

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Viper1 said:

Fusioncode said:

Viper1 said:

Or they could just be honest about it and state the Wii U games haven't sold to their expectations and it's not worth the resources required to make a Wii U port.

If "Vision" were the true reason, the game would be a PC exclusive and require a top of the line GPU.  But that again would reduce their sales potential so vision itself is not their deciding factors.  It's a combination of things including vision and sales potential.  I'd just rather them be honest about it instead of looking incompetent.

Well yeah, I'm sure sales played a factor. But I doubt they're lying about WiiU being underpowered comapared to the other consoles. 

I never said they were lying about it having less power.  That's not even up for debate that it has less power than the PS4 and XOne.  I'm simply saying that if vision is their overall driving force, then it would be a PC exclusive requiring top end GPU's.  But that limits sales so their vision is already compromised.   That means sales matter more than vision which is precisely why it's not coming to Wii U.  It's not vision, it's sales.

However, available resources could also be playing a major factor.  These games are taking up even more resources (time and money) than they did last generation.  That makes it even more costly to run several teams or SKU's for various consoles for a single game.   Thereby a focus on just PS4 and XOne could make perfect sense.  I just wish they be honest about it instead of theis poorly veiled allusion to artistic integrity.

I get what you're saying. Makes sense.