Because of how radically different the Wii U operates it will take a lot of effort to port games for it, crysis is heavily polished for the 360/PS3 because in the end the sales will make it worth the effort. Wii U's market is still unknown since it's a brand new system.
Effort means that it costs developers money and time to rewrite a TON of code for their games to run and take advantage of the system, as already stated by other devs with they need to make a game for it from scratch to take advantage of the hardware. (This is coming from every dev with a devkit) it's hard work.
Right now the WiiU ports out there are subpar because of this, developers let their B-teams make rushjobs so that if sales bombs they won't lose much. I believe once the other systems are out and developers see their games bringing in profit for being on the WiiU we will start seeing more multiplat games.
That's the problem, Nintendo must do everything they can to bring in the general gamer audience, they can't do casual games as they aren't that profitable anymore according to Iwata. The move they did when they decided to co-develop Bayonetta 2 was just because of this, since 3rd parties won't do much in order to make the market grow Ninty has. I see them continuing to slowly build relationships with companies and just like with ZombiU and get more exclusive content that way.The only way for a market to grow, is to make games for it that people want.
That's the problem, Nintendo must do everything they can to bring in the general gamer audience, they can't do casual games as they aren't that profitable anymore according to Iwata. The move they did when they decided to co-develop Bayonetta 2 was just because of this, since 3rd parties won't do much in order to make the market grow Ninty has. I see them continuing to slowly build relationships with companies and just like with ZombiU and get more exclusive content that way.
And about the subpar thing, most games have good playable ports and the differences are unnoticeable really, but there is still a reason why there are differences in the first place.
There's a difference between wanting to work and doing what they think is good for their business.Right, except every third party developer has said they'd want to work with Nintendo.
And the differences thing in ports? Like what? Examples.
*1 year from now*Good job on the sensationalist title.
CRYSIS 3 NOT ON WII U, NINTENDO DOOMED!
It's only one game, but Batman Arkham City is an amazing port. The graphics are a slight improvement over the 360/PS3 versions. There is only one glitch that I know of (an occasional problem with the radar not being accurate), which is impressive IMO. For a ported launch game is usually a disaster.There's a difference between wanting to work and doing what they think is good for their business.
Differences such as some lower quality textures, lower framerates at times, small things. I don't own a Wii U but there's enough articles comparing game versions out there for me to believe it. Blops2 had some problems with the campaign I remember reading. I'm not saying that this is the case with all ports, some.
And yes EA is a dick too.
Nah, people that like Crysis most likely already have a 360, PS3 or PC that can run the game. I honestly doubt porting to the WiiU as well would provide a significant boost in sales.Yes it is a sign. It is a sign that EA will end up loosing out on a lot of potential customers. While currently it may not be as large a group as Xbox & PS3, I firmly believe that the audience will continue to grow. Let them loose out while other companies that actually want to make money and new exciting games continue to do so instead of just the usual EA ports. EA just wants to make easy money instead of really investing in it with original quality games.
What game actually was on par or an improvement then?It's only one game, but Batman Arkham City is an amazing port. The graphics are a slight improvement over the 360/PS3 versions. There is only one glitch that I know of (an occasional problem with the radar not being accurate), which is impressive IMO. For a ported launch game is usually a disaster.
Besides Black Ops 2, what games did you read were sub par?