Project Cars for Wii U Officially Cancelled

[Nuvendil]

midrange said:

Nuvendil said:

And if I had a time machine I would go back and rake them over coals too.  But I don't.  What we do have is the here and now and the big problem is that this "version" doesn't look like it ever existed.  They lied, lied outright to their fans and supporters.  They used the Wii U version to drum up hype and that was it.  It's a disgusting practice.  It having been done before doesn't make it any better.  

What proof is there that they lied? They said they had it running 2 years ago, they were probably referring to the alpha version they had. They said that the wii u could play the core of the game, and it can at 20 fps. If anything, the wii u got more hype out of project cars (not the other way around), since people were using project cars as an example of the wii u's techincal feats. I get that people would be annoyed with the cancellation, but at least these devs were honest and didn't bust out yet another third party flop with poor wii u performance

The thing is they had nothing but glowing praise for the Wii U until Bamco picked them up.  And then they did a 180.  And there is no way you can say you had a "blast" in a racer at 20fps and lower.  But my theory is they never had any version beyond maybe a thrown together super early alpha running on the Wii U.  No one has seen it, not even an image.  And its wasn't about trolling Wii U owners, it was about using Nintendo focused sites to get coverage.  They got more noise over them being a racer on Wii U than anything else for the longest time.  It was a brilliant way to avoid competing with the big dogs for coverage.  Awful way to treat fans.