| mysteryman said: Interview with HardcorGamer Daniel: The Wii U is a really hard call for us, but from our initial research the audience is not there yet, and I would be really psyched for there to be this public outcry of “Where is the Wii U? I will absolutely throw money at you and I wanna buy it and preorder it!” and all that. And then we start working on it.
Nick Chester: We’re seeing all these people flock, especially towards PS4, and people are abandoning their Wiis, and using their Xbox 360s as… We don’t have a version of it because neither of the consoles are backwards compatible. It's one thing to keep hearing that the demographics of the Wii U aren't aligned with regular third party AAA releases, but another to hear that a party game just doesn't have an audience there yet. |
According to VGC Rock Band 3 only sold 600K on Wii and sold best on 360. Indeed 360 has been the main platform for all Rock Band iterations except for Beatles and Lego. They are in the best place to analyse historical sales, and it appears that with the Wii U install base being as low as it is and Wii version of past games being modestly successful a Wii U version might struggle to make enough sales to justify itself.
Not being on the receiving end of the bad news I possibly have a different perspective, but I find it refreshing that the dev has been upfront about it and he didn't do PR double speak as an answer. They don't think it has an install base, but they are happy to be proved wrong and if so they will make a Wii U version. Can't ask for fairer than that.
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