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Forums - Nintendo - Iwata: Wii U game delays, "projects were understaffed"

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/403883/nintendo-explains-wii-u-game-delays-says-projects-were-understaffed/

"The reason for the delayed release of our first-party titles was the fact that completing the games released at the same time as the launch of Wii U required more development resources than expected, so some staff members from development teams working on other titles had to help complete them. In short, the development teams of Pikmin 3 and other future games were understaffed during that period."

Iwata also said that software development is becoming more challenging as consumers are being more selective about purchases.

"It is true that it is becoming increasingly challenging to meet the expectations of consumers who are willing to pay $50-$60 for a game, and it is difficult to break even unless a huge number of units is sold all over the world, so it cannot be denied that software development is becoming more challenging.

"Among such packaged software, however, the sales of popular games are much larger than in the past. Therefore, if we create more hit games, the software development business can still be very profitable. All games break even if they sell millions of copies worldwide, so we will continue to do our best to develop games which have high sales potential."



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Well duhhhhhhhhhh.

Emergency 3DS development hurting WiiU. Well 3DS is fine though.



http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/profile/92109/nintendopie/ Nintendopie  Was obviously right and I was obviously wrong. I will forever be a lesser being than them. (6/16/13)

Well, actually, he said that Wii U launch titles were to blame. In other words, Nintendoland and NSMBu



So no new ip this generation confirmed?



I find it funny that its the 8th gen and they barely realize this lol



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JGarret said:


"It is true that it is becoming increasingly challenging to meet the expectations of consumers who are willing to pay $50-$60 for a game, and it is difficult to break even unless a huge number of units is sold all over the world, so it cannot be denied that software development is becoming more challenging.

 

Or spend less money on the game! Does Pikmin need HD-class graphics? Does that handheld game really NEED to be in 3D? Should Zelda really take more than three years to make?

Expectations to meet =/= high budget



I guess they really didn't know what they were doing getting into making HD games. Considering how much trouble they had supporting the Wii, this doesn't bode well.



Angelv577 said:
So no new ip this generation confirmed?


Didn't miyomato already say he was making a couple new ips?  



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@jak

One new ip that would be shown sometime around E3.



Iwata: Why didn't anyone tell me Social OS/better internet and HD games would require more staff??

Miyamoto: You need someone to tell you that?