DICE is 'playing it safe' with its latest shooter.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/33652
The recently-announced Battlefield 4 will not be making its way to the Wii U, DICE confirmed.
During its European unveiling in Stockholm last night, the game was confirmed for a 2013 launch at Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. Creative director Lars Gustavsson explained that neither DICE nor its publisher, Electronic Arts, has plans to bring the shooter to the Wii U.
"I think overall for me as creative director, number one is to deliver a really great game and experience," said Gustavsson, on the subject of Battlefield 4 on Wii U.
"Sometimes, at least for us, it's focus on what you do well and what you know well, and ensure that you deliver something good than trying a bit too much, stretching yourself too thin and risking it."
"I'd rather play it safe, deliver something really good and then look at the future and what could possibly be done than trying a bit too hard and [failing]."
Battlefield 4 is widely expected to hit Sony and Microsoft's next-gen consoles, though this has yet to be confirmed.
In other words: "We are too lazy to learn how to develop for a new system".
In other words: "We are too lazy to learn how to develop for a new system".
...that will be obsolete in a year by the new systems from Sony and Microsoft. Learning a new system takes development time which costs money. That is only worth it to the developer if they're supporting the new system in the longterm. It doesn't look like the Wii U will fit in with multiplatform development for those new systems. It works for PS360 multiplatform development that is being phased out. The money in learning the new system is not worth it for the one multiplatform Wii U game that can be developed in time.
I will play it safe and keep my money to be spent on Call of Duty. Atleast Activision has the common cutesy to port their games onto Nintendo systems. If EA is too good for Nintendo systems then my money is not good enough for their games.
I will play it safe and keep my money to be spent on Call of Duty. Atleast Activision has the common cutesy to port their games onto Nintendo systems. If EA is too good for Nintendo systems then my money is not good enough for their games.
Once again (I think I have told you this before), this isn't Activision's doing. They don't give a **** either way. It's all Treyarch's doing. Don't expect Modern Warfare 4 to be released by Infinity Ward, but probably a port by Treyarch since they have the experience with the Wii U and seem to like Nintendo.
Once again (I think I have told you this before), this isn't Activision's doing. They don't give a **** either way.As far as third parties go, Activision has one of the most solid support for Nintendo systems.
If Activision did not want CoD on a Nintendo system then they could easily tell Treyarch to avoid their systems. The fact that those games do sell on Nintendo systems is the reason why they get them when they come out. As for the Battlefield series, I will stick with Call of Duty for now.
Why does this not surprise me.
I really can't blame EA on this, though: until the Wii U proves itself in console sales and brings that install base up, it's hard for 3rd parties to justify the expense of making Wii U versions of their games.Isn't that part of the problem? They want Wii U to prove itself in sales without their games. If it doesn't, they claim their games won't sell. If it does, they claim users only buy Nintendo games and their games won't sell. It's a rigged game. Would PS3 have proven itself in sales without third party support?
I really can't blame EA on this, though: until the Wii U proves itself in console sales and brings that install base up, it's hard for 3rd parties to justify the expense of making Wii U versions of their games.Isn't that part of the problem? They want Wii U to prove itself in sales without their games. If it doesn't, they claim their games won't sell. If it does, they claim users only buy Nintendo games and their games won't sell. It's a rigged game. Would PS3 have proven itself in sales without third party support?
It's probably EA's biggest game for the year, and EA's on extremely poor terms with Nintendo right now.Nope, pretty sure their biggest game each year is FIFA based on sales.
