The lies of Slightly Mad (Project Cars) Head of the studio confess that they were overpromising

[oniyide]

padib said:

oniyide said:

One has to wonder how much more of these will it take for some people to just accept.

My theory is that it is more than just a game. This isnt something Final Fantasy, GTA or even Tomb Raider level, some racing game by some indie and people are freaking out. I think some wanted to believe in this game because they are still holding on to hope that the WIi U is closer to PS4/x1 and its still waiting for that game to show it. This was supposed to be it (you can look at some fo the past posts and see the comments) now this dev that was supposed to be on there "side" is now coming clean and saying sorry guys it isnt. Doesnt make Wii U a bad system, just not a system that is that capable is all.

The PS3 was very capable of offering an excellent driving sim with high-end graphics. If the PS3 was capable, so is the U. I don't need to be a game programmer to understand that.

Project Cars was a game which had support for the U, and that support dropped like a dead corpse suddenly. There is something very suspect about that. They could have continued to make the game for the U slightly less fancy, and still come out with a game. If financials are an issue, then apologize to your sponsors.

Case closed.

oh boy. yes the PS3 is capable, but it has its LIMITS. This game clearly went beyond those limits hence why it was cancelled for those systems. Thats what happened. Its not hard to grasp.

Now if you want to make an argument that this game should just have been made within those limits, fine. I might not agree a developer should go as far as he/she wants and is possible while still maintaining a modicum of quality, but that is a debate for another time. Would you have bought a version that would have been the worse one clearly? Be honest, because judging by the response and "sales" of past Wii U multiplats the answer is most likely a resounding "no".