Valve: Wii U has power. Gabe Newell talks.

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HappySqurriel on 22 June 2011

I could be wrong but I suspect that the entire reason the hardware of the Wii U was choosen was to ensure that it would receive cross platform development from third party developers regardless of whether they were targeting current generation HD consoles or next generation systems.

Effectively, developers can release their PS3 and XBox 360 games with moderate graphical upgrades on the Wii U at 1080p @60fps, and (if Sony and Microsoft go all out) games targeting next generation platforms could be released on the Wii U with minor graphical downgrades and still run at 720p @ 30fps.

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Rath on 22 June 2011

IamAwsome said:
Portal 3 Wii U exclusive?

Hey!! I can dream!!!!

Don't you dare dream about taking Portal 3 away from the PC! =P

Also I'm going to wait for some more solid specs until I listen to anyone about the Wii U's power, there have been a few fairly contradictory statements recently.

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Venji on 22 June 2011

That means Portal 2 sold about 1.3Million on the PC. apx. 1million through steam, Very nice indeed.

I imagine valve will put some of their games on the Wii U - it simply makes sense for them to do it - just don't expect any exclusives

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-PaNdOrA- on 22 June 2011

Lostplanet22 said:

Interested =/= We will have a game for the Wii U..

Sorry that I sound so negative but damned in 2007 we had hundred developpers who were interested in the Wii..

Examples:

Kojima not interested in HD but is interested in the Wii!!

http://www.destructoid.com/kojima-interested-in-wii-pooh-poohs-hd-29068.phtml

Valve interested in the Wii! Portal for Wii coming?

http://www.wiinintendo.net/2007/10/29/portal-for-wii/

To name just a few..

My favorite is Bethesda:

"We are going to make an announcement on a really big Wii game this year" <- That was in 2009

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Lostplanet22 on 22 June 2011

-PaNdOrA- said:

Lostplanet22 said:

Interested =/= We will have a game for the Wii U..

Sorry that I sound so negative but damned in 2007 we had hundred developpers who were interested in the Wii..

Examples:

Kojima not interested in HD but is interested in the Wii!!

http://www.destructoid.com/kojima-interested-in-wii-pooh-poohs-hd-29068.phtml

Valve interested in the Wii! Portal for Wii coming?

http://www.wiinintendo.net/2007/10/29/portal-for-wii/

To name just a few..

My favorite is Bethesda:

"We are going to make an announcement on a really big Wii game this year" <- That was in 2009

Atleast their was a game =p.

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Metallicube said:

I take this with a grain of salt. Third parties always praise Nintendo hardware then when the thing actually comes out they are nowhere to be seen. Sorry third parties, but you've cried "wolf" one too many times.

Right. I'd be a fool to trust 3rd parties at this point, and they had better make some extra effort to re-earn my trust (which comes with $$)

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Gojimaster on 22 June 2011

the whole idea of scalability is a good thing for Wii U, if it is capable of it. If the latest PC games with the best graphics can be scaled to the Wii U easily, that means that Wii U should have no problem getting scaled ports from the next-gen xbox and PS4.

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yo_john117 on 22 June 2011

Can't wait to see what visuals the Wii U can pull out!

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Roma on 22 June 2011

"Wii U seems to be a lot more powerful than the previous generation," he said, adding, "It sort of fits better into the scalability in terms of graphics performance and CPU performance, so I think it'll be a lot easier for us to fit it into our scalability model."

A lot more powerful than the previous generation? did anybody notice this?