Wii U not on Bethesda's short-term radar
"None of the game's we've announced are being developed for the Wii U, so it's guaranteed that none of those games are coming to Wii U," Bethesda VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines told us at QuakeCon, with regards to The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Evil Within. "Will any future ones come out? I can't say for sure, in our near-term focus it's not on our radar."
"It's largely a hardware thing," Hines said, explaining that Bethesda's mantra is to "make the games that we want to make, on whatever platforms will support them as developed." Giving an example, he said that The Elder Scrolls Online "likely would have" been released on Xbox 360, but that it "just wasn't possible" due to hardware limitations. Specifically referencing future announcements for the Wii U, Hines said that "it remains to be seen what the future holds."
This differs from the Wii U publishing reservations we've heard of from other companies, in that Bethesda's decision is based on hardware limitations, rather than the Wii U's lackluster performance at retail. EA, for instance, isn't bringing this year's installments of FIFA or Madden to Nintendo's platform due to the limited size of the console's installed user base. Similarly, Ubisoft was so confident that the Wii U would be unable to support the kind of sales it needed for Rayman Legends, that it delayed the game's release and extended its availability to other platforms.
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CyimkingPosted:
Nitendo, just needs to make a console that focuses on Mature Gamers instead of little kids. Let's face it. The kids who grew up on Super Mario are adults now. Just like pokemon. No kids in this generation are going to want to play those kids games. Therefore, they should make their next console for the Mature Gamer. From there, they can regain control.
slaughtercellPosted:
This makes sense cause xbox one and ps4 specs are almost the same and its easy to port it to PC... Wii U has bad specs
LWRPosted:
CokesvarTollvarPurity Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that
Yeah, they wont get any profits from the WII U
I agree with you both, Bethesda know way better!
Imagine Skyrim on the WII U. Lag LOL
Would be kinda cool though. Playing it with the Wii U controller.
I agree Wii U would be good with a controller but, might aswell get a Xbox or PS
VEVOPosted:
varTollvarPurity Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that
Yeah, they wont get any profits from the WII U
I agree with you both, Bethesda know way better!
Imagine Skyrim on the WII U. Lag LOL
Actually, probably not. My crap 2006 laptop could run Skyrim at 25ish FPS. Albeit, low settings but it was fully playable. Don't see why a Wii U couldn't. The issue is demand. not necessarily the specifications of the system. Of course, console limitations would be a benefactor as well since the game has to be optimized for the Wii U. That's why no major devs are caring at all for the Wii U.
CokesPosted:
varTollvarPurity Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that
Yeah, they wont get any profits from the WII U
I agree with you both, Bethesda know way better!
Imagine Skyrim on the WII U. Lag LOL
Would be kinda cool though. Playing it with the Wii U controller.
DMNDSPosted:
PurityvarTollvarPurity Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that
Yeah, they wont get any profits from the WII U
I agree with you both, Bethesda know way better!
Imagine Skyrim on the WII U. Lag LOL
Oh jeez that would be bad..haha
lol dude that would be terrible
xxxvrEverPosted:
varTollvarPurity Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that
Yeah, they wont get any profits from the WII U
I agree with you both, Bethesda know way better!
Imagine Skyrim on the WII U. Lag LOL
Oh jeez that would be bad..haha
IlIuminatiPosted:
TollvarPurity Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that
Yeah, they wont get any profits from the WII U
I agree with you both, Bethesda know way better!
Imagine Skyrim on the WII U. Lag LOL
TollPosted:
varPurity Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that
Yeah, they wont get any profits from the WII U
I agree with you both, Bethesda know way better!
IlIuminatiPosted:
Purity Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that
Yeah, they wont get any profits from the WII U
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