| Wyrdness said: Very well then lets start over. Those games can run on Wii U sure but then it harks back to architecture again PS3/360/X1/PS4 all shared the same architectural type which meant when a game was being made for all platforms it was easier between the 4, hardware issue also doesn't mean power issue for example watchdogs on Wii U was atrocious and worse than the PS3 version even though the Wii U is more powerful due to developers not being as used to its architectural set up. To me it comes across as more they looked into the Wii U found how hard it was to work with the hardware which was the issue and decided it wasn't viable even with the topic on how his view is interpreted he still gave a straight answer on whether the company will support the platform. |
I guess I just look at it on a more pessimistic way: Bethesda outright neglecting support for Nintendo. It has happened ever since Bethesda released Home Alone on the NES, with the rare exception of some Star Trek games published by them on Wii and DS (unsure why). I think Hines saw the money potential of WiiU and that's why he remarked the possibility of it back in that moment, while noting that WiiU (given that it was an eight generation console) was bound to be - probably - more than capable of running the game. That's why he make a huge point about it; I have no doubt that had the WiiU being more successful, Bethesda support would have come sooner. When WiiU was being seen as dead, they choose the "polite" answer which some other devs said - that the WiiU's hardware was a problem - instead of the sales one, like EA said.
Even if it was a NDA by Nintendo, I guess it was just very bad timing for Bethesda not to outright say that at least Skyrim was coming to Switch, which caused some people in this forum to wonder if there was going to be any Bethesda support at all. I just assumed Bethesda was still very cautious, which is why then Skyrim got announced but Doom and Wolfenstein 2 would be announced later down the line.
At least we've settled your stance and mine toward this. As for Capcom, I do agree their PR stance was bad. I mainly pointed out that people should buy the games they want, and not feel the need to appease for any company. Capcom was bound to support the Switch yes or yes when they realized the goldmine it is; they just took more time than most to realize it.
