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Forums - Nintendo - Dark Souls Producer says Wii U audience doesn't care about Dark Souls.

BMaker11 on 19 December 2013

Every time a dev says "the Wii doesn't have such an audience", you guys attack them and say they're idiots. Yet, Nintendo's audience prove time and again that such games aren't attractive to them.

Look at COD. One the highest selling, most mainstream games out there, and it sells like complete butt on Nintendo. Come on now.



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zumnupy10 on 19 December 2013

I feel this producer is lying.

WiiU owners are probably asking a DS version for their console, but he/she knows it's hard to make money on WiiU.



BxN on 19 December 2013
LurkerJ said:

I am exploding with laughter.

It's not like Dark Souls has SO MANY FANS on the HD consoles. It sold 2 millions combined on both, PS3 and X360.

160 million install base and it only managed to shift 2 million copies despite being a critical hit. Why was there no Wii version? The game is ugly and it fits the Wii controls. I would've tested the waters with a Wii version at least.


I can't tell if you're trolling or just bitter.



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jlmurph2 on 19 December 2013
LurkerJ said:

What. You said that Dark Soul difficulty would repel Wii owners. That's not true. The games you described as cartoonish can be a lot harder and more challanging than those on the PS360. Definitely harder than games like Tomb Raider, AssCreed, Prince of Persia just to name a few.


Super Mario 3d world gives you invincibility from dying too much...that isn't challenging at all.



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mizzou_guy on 19 December 2013
LurkerJ said:
Boutros said:
LurkerJ said:
Boutros said:
LurkerJ said:
It's not like Dark Souls has SO MANY FANS on the HD consoles. It sold 2 millions combined on both, PS3 and X360.

160 million install base and it only managed 2 millions despite being a critical hit. Why was there no Wii version? The game is ugly and it fits the Wii controls. I would've tested the waters with a Wii version at least.

Is this really a question?

Yes, it is. Wii U is an unmatched failure, don't make games for it. What about the Wii?

The late PC BROKEN version port sold 300k and it's getting the Dark Souls 2. I would've made it for the Wii if 300k copies on PC were enough to guarantee a sequel.

Have you not considered that Dark Souls does not run on the Wii?

They'd have to actually make a weaker version of their own game. Who actually wants to do that?

And they're not Activision. They don't have a lot of ressources. A Wii port demands development time and it requires programmers to actually understand the Wii hardware. All of that is money. And time. Time that can be used to make Dark Souls II (where profit is far more guaranteed). Making it on the Wii is actually a financial risk for them.

That's true for games like Tomb raider, Hitman, AssCreed, or any other game with extremely high budget. Dark Souls however, doesn't need to sell as many copies. Sure, there is a risk. But just how risky was it to release a game like Dark souls on the Wii?

PS3 hardware was very different from the X360's. But they took their time with it.


Dude, when EA ported The Simpsons Game over to the Wii, it couldn't handle the open-world Springfield portion of the game, so they had to cut it out of that version entirely.  There is no way in hell the Wii would have been able to handle the open-world of Dark Souls.



Xen on 19 December 2013
Wright said:
Xen said:
Wright said:
LurkerJ said:

That's true for games like Tomb raider, Hitman, AssCreed, or any other game with extremely high budget. Dark Souls however, doesn't need to sell as many copies. Sure, there is a risk. But just how risky was it to release a game like Dark souls on the Wii?

PS3 hardware was very different from the X360's. But they took their time with it.


I doubt the Wii can't handle a game that falls from 10 fps in certain areas, at least on the 360 version.

 

What about the online infraestructure? They basically would have needed to redo that too.

...framerate issues on PS3,360, and PC, thank you


Heh.  I guess Blighttown hit us all, hard. xD

No kidding >.<

@Talal: My friend manages... though just barely, really.



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Gehirnkrampf on 19 December 2013

maybe if they reskin the character to link.
and make use of the wiiu pad as a shield, classic remote as sword.



must-have-list for platforms i don't own yet:

WiiU: Donkey Kong

XBone: Dead Rising 3, Ryse

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