That said, we make these really big, AAA titles that work on some platforms, but not others." I think this was his attempt to vaguely address that. And if you know this to be true. Why complain? I see alot of people crying again but completly ignoring the demograph issue. There are still some people who cry about Wii not getting Bioshock or GTA4. Really? do people really think Wii was capable of running those game? And when i say run those games i mean RUN those games, not this Force Unleashed or Sonic Unleashed crap where they are two COMPLETLY different games that share the same name. To further prove my demograph thing, look at Bully sold half of the 360 version on Wii, HALF with a higher user base. Oh and BTW take 2 did support WIi, with Table Tennis games, because those were the games people WANTED to play on WIi, for those who didnt like them thats their problem, buy any of the other 3 platforms for those games you wanted.

no it wasnt, they just didnt do the games you wanted to play

to be fair Bioshock 1 did come out later on PS3, but i agree with the rest.

500,00 is a respectable number, but this is Rockstar we're talking about. GTA IV sold over 800,000 copies on PC, yet they never put Red Dead Redemption nor GTA V on PC. So it's not that they dislike Nintendo or PC, they just expect their games and ports to sell in the millions, same reason why they haven't continued on the Manhunt or Bully IP. Look at Max Payne 3, it sold over 3 million copies, yet they fired all the devs that worked on it at Rockstar Vancouver. Nintendo does publish some 3rd party games, but they're all Japanese. They used to publish some western games back in the day with Rare, Eternal Darkness, and Geist, but the only western game they have published recently is LEGO City Undercover

It is difficult to believe that grown people thinks all of these companies/3rd parties don t put their games on the Wii U for reasons other than business reasons-

I have a Wi U as our main (only home) console (also have 3DS). I very much want 3rd party support but understand why we are not getting it- Nintendo needs to step up and see that we get at least some of the quality 3rd party games since it obviously can t make enough games on it s own to compel enough people to buy the Wii-U.

Nintendo was insistent tat it would be different re the Wii U and 3fd party support but they have done nothing to attract and maintain it. So they are not able to make enough 1st party games and 3rd party has gone away hence extremely low Wii U hardware and software sales- not a big mystery. So those of us that own a Wii U will have fewer and fewer games to choose from going forward w little if any access to quality 3rd party games (after Watchdogs) .

What compelling reasons do people have to buy a Wii U today? There will be some that buy for specific games like Smash Bros and MK but even those are not going to be purchasing much additional software on the system-

If it only did half as much, then it wasn't perfect for the audience.

Well, at least one dev that is honest. Not the "WiiU cannot handle the game because of less power" or "If we release something for WiiU, it shoud utilize the gamepad right"-crap. This at least is honest:
Take-Two believes that Wii U just doesn't have the consumer base to warrant its attention right now. "Our strategy is to meet consumers where they are," Zelnick elaborated.

To all that claim missing Wii and 3DS-content. Well, Rockstar and TakeTwo aren't much into handheld games. They made Chinatown though, but it didn't sell well. Probably because their offerings are meant for home console. For Wii the statement still holds true: "Take-Two believes that Wii U just doesn't have the consumer base to warrant its attention right now." Do you think a GTA would have sold well on Wii? Consumer base doesn't just mean the basic numbers, but also the demographics. And he is right. GTA on WiiU would be bought by some for sure, but it wouldn't by far reach the numbers of PS3 and X360 version. I'm aware that these consumer-base will not be built, if they don't start it to cultivate with games. But I can't blame them. Such a thing is a risky and expensive work.

So no PS4 and Xbone version of GTA 5 confirmed!

goodness A Ninty fan that gets it.

They should make a 3ds port of gta 5 then port that port into the wii U