im not the one making it seem like anyone is begging, but you have the usual suspects and there conspiracies. They are the ones acting like R* slightly the Ninty community. Although like you said yourself that is far from the truth, but if they know that(the ones complaining) why complain? They must know they are in the minority and there words are falling on deaf ears.

A great many developers are ascended gamers. You'd be surprised who's watching.

It must have been a tough call - got with lower specs - but a huge 150 million console market (X360 + PS3). It's too bad it isn't a launch on the WiiU but it will probably not be that big of a market then @6-10 million on the WiiU.

Plus, who knows how hard it is to port to the WiiU.

I would think porting from the Xbox to the PC wouldn't be that hard as they are both DirectX. But they will want enhancements on the PC version.

Its actually really easy to port to wii u. They have implied there will be a pc version later which I think we all can guess and they have yet to say anything about wii u. And I don't know why people are saying the next xbox. That makes even less sense then wii u because it would launch right into a fire with an install base of 0.

PC owners did not worry. This will 100% arrive on the PC as a superior edition of the console versions, although I will get this on PS3 myself.

Wii U on the other hand I don't think.

I think they're probably waiting to see about the Wii U. They don't have as much faith in it as some other companies appear to, but if the system sells well, and games like ME3 and Arkham City are successful, they'll probably go ahead and develop a Wii U version.

Anyway, good news and hopefully it can stick to that date.

tell me mr khan...  on what day did nintendo tell R* wii U's targeted release window of holiday 2012?  on what day nintendo let R* know wii U's targeted specs?  on what day did nintendo get R* a development kit?

business plans extend out more than a year in advance.  projects get green lit or canned, resources get allocated, financial committments get set, release dates are committed to.   nintendo likes to "surpise" people and that might put a big grin on your face during a game show but business thrives on stability and predictability.  most companies will NOT invest into risk .. they are the most conservative entities out there.  ..especially a "red ocean" game company like R*.

as a consumer does it suck for you?  yeah, yeah it does.   ..but don't pretent like everyone is out to get nintendo.   nintendo is just as at fault (if not more) than everyone else as it is there perogitive and responsibility to encourage third party development on their systems.

ME3 isn't going to succeed. EA is making damn sure of that.

And that's where we see the underlying brilliance of their plan (worthy of a B-grade movie villain or so): put ripoff "core" games on the platform, know they're a ripoff, watch them tank, and there's your and everyone else's excuse to avoid the platform.

Brilliant in its insidiousness.

@ kitler. Plenty of development kits were out there. I'm sure if Rockstar wanted one, all they had to do was ask. But that would, of course, involve talking to Nintendo, which is the greatest  shame aside from developing for one of their platforms (the unthinkable taboo).

I'd imagine a WiiU version of the game will appear about 6-8 months after the game has been released; if not at launch. This will give R* time to assess the system, see how games like Batman, ZombiU etc. are being received and make a decision from there.

LOL at ME3 being a ripoff! At least use the right word, say its a waste of time and effort, but dont say its a ripoff, if you dont want the game, dont buy it.