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Wii U - The Road to E3 - 6/11/13 18ish days
MegaByte:
lol GameCube design
Enner:
--- Quote from: MegaByte on August 06, 2012, 11:59:35 PM ---lol GameCube design
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Ah, you're right! That's pretty cool.
--- Quote from: http://www.gamespot.com/news/battlefield-3-skipping-wii-u-report-6390692 ---According to Wii U Daily, which cites an anonymous source, EA and DICE began work on a Wii U version of Battlefield 3, but stopped late last year, due to a "feud" with Nintendo over Origin's integration on the Wii U.
The site reported that the development team from the shelved project was merged into the team working on Battlefield 4, which is reportedly working on a "straight port" of the game for the Wii U, featuring touchscreen controls.
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GameSpot contacted EA for comment. The publisher replied:
"This is an old rumour. Battlefield 3 is available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The exclusive Battlefield 4 beta will be available in [...] 2013. Additional details regarding Battlefield 4 will be revealed at a later date."
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Interesting of the feud rumor given that we were lead to believe that Nintendo would give publishers and developers carte blanche (or something near it) when it came to online services for the Wii U. Perhaps Electronic Arts was asking for too much with Origin on Wii U? Or maybe Nintendo had universal features in mind that caused conflict?
Anyway, there are quicker and cheaper ways for people to play Battlefield 3 if they wanted. Also, I don't find it desirable to have DICE try to shoehorn Wii U GamePad features in to the game.
Ah, here we go. (Possible) answers to my questions: http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=16688.msg749188#msg749188
NWR_insanolord:
--- Quote from: Enner on August 07, 2012, 02:25:27 AM ---Perhaps Electronic Arts was asking for too much with Origin on Wii U?
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This is what the rumors are indicating. EA was going to do it up right and build the Wii U online system from scratch themselves, but they demanded more control than Nintendo was willing to give up and the deal fell through.
Chozo Ghost:
--- Quote from: NWR_insanolord on August 07, 2012, 03:16:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: Enner on August 07, 2012, 02:25:27 AM ---Perhaps Electronic Arts was asking for too much with Origin on Wii U?
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This is what the rumors are indicating. EA was going to do it up right and build the Wii U online system from scratch themselves, but they demanded more control than Nintendo was willing to give up and the deal fell through.
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This is exactly what happened with Nintendo and their deal wit Sony to create a CD add-on for the SNES. Sony wanted too much control and Nintendo refused and the deal fell through, but instead of abandoning the work they already put into it Sony took that and turned it into the Playstation.
Perhaps now EA will do the same? EA is one of those third party publishers that is so massive, that if they were to attempt to create their own console they might actually succeed.
Ceric:
--- Quote from: Chozo Ghost on August 07, 2012, 06:45:09 AM ---
--- Quote from: NWR_insanolord on August 07, 2012, 03:16:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: Enner on August 07, 2012, 02:25:27 AM ---Perhaps Electronic Arts was asking for too much with Origin on Wii U?
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This is what the rumors are indicating. EA was going to do it up right and build the Wii U online system from scratch themselves, but they demanded more control than Nintendo was willing to give up and the deal fell through.
--- End quote ---
This is exactly what happened with Nintendo and their deal wit Sony to create a CD add-on for the SNES. Sony wanted too much control and Nintendo refused and the deal fell through, but instead of abandoning the work they already put into it Sony took that and turned it into the Playstation.
Perhaps now EA will do the same? EA is one of those third party publishers that is so massive, that if they were to attempt to create their own console they might actually succeed.
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They already have Origin. Sony was working on actual hardware.
I mean I fully agree with Nintendo on this. The rumor has it that EA wanted Origin to BE the online everything. Effectively being a shadow controller of the WiiU platform. I wouldn't want that for my platform especially when I'm trying to control the experience and not just lobbing hardware out to the wild.
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