EA is developing Wii U games

[ComeTurismO]

EA is being like a baby.
Its like -
"I WILL NOT MAKE GAMES FOR THE WII U!
DAD - FINE, WE'RE LEAVING YOU BEHIND...
"NO! I WILL, THEN!"

 

[Issac]

Oh, I knew it was running something with a 3 in it. Still glad to hear the Wii U actually is powerful enough to run the Crysis 3 engine!
Makes you wonder if the Wii U is powerful enough for Frostbite 3?

Didn't see this answered by anyone on the first few pages, so I'll assume it hasn't been.

The Wii U surely is powerful enough for some version of Frostbite 3. It would need modification though. DICE likes to work with CPU power, while the power of the Wii U lies in the GPU architecture and stuff. So it surely wouldn't work from the get-go, but with some working it would. (And as a student of advanced computer graphics programming, I say that the future lies in GPU calculations rather than CPU).

 

[JoostinOnline]

(And as a student of advanced computer graphics programming, I say that the future lies in GPU calculations rather than CPU).

Exactly. And that's my guess as to why Frostbite 2 didn't run perfectly on the Wii U (if that's even true). It's an old engine designed for back when CPU clock speed was more important than the GPU or cache.

 

[Bobbybangin]

Didn't see this answered by anyone on the first few pages, so I'll assume it hasn't been.

The Wii U surely is powerful enough for some version of Frostbite 3. It would need modification though. DICE likes to work with CPU power, while the power of the Wii U lies in the GPU architecture and stuff. So it surely wouldn't work from the get-go, but with some working it would. (And as a student of advanced computer graphics programming, I say that the future lies in GPU calculations rather than CPU).

Lol...seriously. If they can make it work with Android then they can make it work for Wii U. If Warner Bros, Infinity Ward, and Ubisoft can create a new engine that will work for 360, Wii U, One, and PS4 then EA can make Frostbite work with Wii U. If they can't and the others can then EA is basically saying they're incompetent when it comes to Wii U.

The whole problem is that the Wii U doesn't do Origin so EA threw a fit over it.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/14/4331438/ea-working-on-frostbite-go-mobile-game-engine

 

[Issac]

Lol...seriously. If they can make it work with Android then they can make it work for Wii U. If Warner Bros, Infinity Ward, and Ubisoft can create a new engine that will work for 360, Wii U, One, and PS4 then EA can make Frostbite work with Wii U. If they can't and the others can then EA is basically saying they're incompetent when it comes to Wii U.

The whole problem is that the Wii U doesn't do Origin so EA threw a fit over it.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/14/4331438/ea-working-on-frostbite-go-mobile-game-engine

They can make a MOBILE version work for Android and iOS. That's a different thing. It won't be the same engine as the console versions.
That's not to say that it'd be impossible to make one for the Wii U, but they don't want to lay resources on it.

 

[kehkou]

EA: We have Frostbite 3 running on Wii U - the one we optimized for Android tablets and ported to power architecture! (lol noooooo)

 

[DSGamer64]

Meh, whether they do or don't make games for the Wii U, I don't care. If they do, I don't expect it to be anything of quality, as clearly their staff don't seem to give a shit about the system that much. And EA wonders why they are rated the worst company in America two years running. It's not hard for people to justify disliking you when your staff go out of their way to make your company look bad in the eyes of the people who buy your product, or you choose to do something pointless/stupid that your customers don't want.

I will change my opinion on EA when they stop requiring Origin for everything and actually start announcing big name franchises for the Wii U. Put Battlefield 4 and NHL 14 on the Wii U and I will go out and buy them. I really enjoyed Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and I am a long time hockey fan who hasn't seen an official NHL game on a Nintendo system since NHL 98 I think. I still have the original NHL hockey game by EA for the Genesis, the pre-1994 lockout one with all the old school division names and teams that don't exist like the Whalers. I treasure that game because it reminds me of an era when EA made great games and they didn't just have an entire division devoted to sports back then.

 

[nukeboy95]

anyone think EA is doing this to get publicity?

 

[JoostinOnline]

anyone think EA is doing this to get publicity?

I think it's probably an experiment. They want to know if there is REALLY no such thing as "bad publicity".

 

[nukeboy95]

I think it's probably an experiment.

seeing how many people want them on the wii u?

 

[JoostinOnline]

seeing how many people want them on the wii u?

No, making people mad.

 

[XDel]

How lame of EA, I never much cared for most of their recent titles. I'm sure they are going to destroy Star Wars.

 

[shakirmoledina]

I wonder why they turned so quickly. It definitely knew what xbx1 was doing before the conference. But nintendo, did you do something?

 

[Osha]

If you'll allow me to take off my baka gaijin hat for a second, maybe EA is just tsundere for the Wii U?

"I-it's not like we want to make games for your console, Iwata-senpai, b-baka !"

 

[Guild McCommunist]

seeing how many people want them on the wii u?

Well considering all I've seen here is fucking bitching and moaning about how EA games "don't matter" I certainly don't see that being the reason.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Well considering all I've seen here is fucking bitching and moaning about how EA games "don't matter" I certainly don't see that being the reason.

A lot of people have been upset about it. I'm one of the people who thinks it matters.

 

[ForteGospel]

gee, I totally did not see this coming.... ¬¬