OceanJ said:
gronk-bonk said:
OceanJ said:
3rd party support - but why?
Because Asymmetric Gameplay is a dud.
The Wii U says - 2 Screens are better than 1
The industry says - 1 Screen is better than 2.
Why is that? Because it takes too much brainpower, design, creativity, new risks, unknown territory, time, to make a groundbreaking Asymmetric game than a regular 1-screen T.V. game.
Asymmetric Play is already dead in the water for 3rd parties.
No 3rd parties are singing Asymmetric Gameplay's praises. It's already too difficult a financial environment for Dev's, they can't afford to take risks on Asym. |
What a load of nonsense. This made me laugh
most games we have seen from 3rd part or ports, so they have not taken advantage of the gamepad.
We have rayman legends and alien colonial marines both have assymetric gameplay, getting a release on the wii u. Apparantly assymetric gameplay is dead for 3rd parties
@bolded When did the industry say that. Show me proof. Stop spewing nonsense from your mouth
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3rd Party Dev's by & large are passing the Wii U by. Actions speak louder than words. They've spoken with their actions.
Asym games are too complicated to develop, regardless of how easy the Dev Kit is for Nintendo.
Sure, we'll see some games with trite GamePad features, because they feel obligated to use it...or else, why is the GamePad even there?
But only Nintendo and Ubisoft, who seem particulary enamored with Asym, will make deep Asym experiences.
Maybe if & when Nintendo makes an epic game for their new system, that has Asym experiences that grab the public the same way motion control did with the Wii...3rd parties will follow suit. But they're not going to bet big on Asym until Nintendo proves its value.
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load of crap, stop making up shit. Where is your evidence to substantiate your claims?
They are passing the wii u, not because of the difficulty assymetric gameplay. It is because it is risky to develop on a new system.
Crytek and 2k have said they are not developing for the wii u, because they have no business model that fits the console. Basically they are using the wait and see strategy.
Right now most developers are content in developing for the current gen. Why? because they have a market of 140 million console to sell their games. It is a lot more risky to develope games for the wii u when they have a user base under 5 million.
Ports on the wii u are not doing well because.most people can get them on a console they already own. So why would they buy a new console for multiplats? So benefits on porting their multiplats to the wii u, will be little. Thats why ZombiU and any wii u exclusive will sell better than current gen multiplats. Because these are the games that attract gamers to the console.
When all 3 next gen consoles are out on the market. We will see most developers take the risk in investing in next gen consoles. That is why we have so many new ips, but also many developers closing down and so few new ips at the end of cycle because of the hughe risk factor.
3rd parties are playing relatively safe, and just waiting how the market will react to the wii u. No doubt when the next gen battle starts we will have a better picture on 3rd party support
Wii U 3rd party will depend on so many variables. Such as
1. The install base
2. What kind of market they have attracted. ( core, casaul, or a combination of both)
3. The competition
4. Development costs/
Please note the Wii U gamepad is not only about assymetric gameplay. It has a lot more features and capabilities
