Why is Nintendo being left out in the cold?
Recently, two petitions have sprung up, as gamers are asking publishers to consider their multiplatform games for Wii U.Tomb RaiderandDark Souls IIare slated for Xbox 360 and PS3, but for some reason, they’re not coming to the other HD console.
TheTomb Raiderpetition literallyjust opened up, but theDark Soulsone has beenup for a dayand currently has 3,349 signatures. While not exactly instant successes, they do pose a very pertinent question — why isn’t the Wii U being considered alongside the PS3 and Xbox 360?
Gearbox’s Randy Pitchfordrecently statedthat there’d be noBorderlands 2on the system, because his team couldn’t contrive enough “OMG” special features to exploit the GamePad. A worrying implication is that developers feel pressured to make Wii U games different and gimmicky, and therefore won’t use the platform if they want a uniform experience.
It could just be a money matter. Nintendo’s history with third party support has never been great, and there are already suggestions that the Wii Uisn’t shifting much softwarealongside console sales. It’s possible that publishers are just waiting it out and seeing how well the Wii U itself does before attempting to provide software.
Or, maybe companies are just so used to their HD games being made for 360/PS3 that, this late in the cycle, they simply don’t acknowledge the Wii U. Despite it being capable of running the same games as the Microsoft and Sony systems, itisstill hard to believe that Nintendo has an HD console out.
Whatever the reason, it’s a damn shame, becauseas I’ve said already, the Wii U is fast becoming my favorite way to play console games.Dark Souls IIon Wii U would be especially tempting, maybe with touchscreen menu management, though really I’m happy with any game running off that controller.
However, with multiplatform games seemingly not keen to hop on the Wii U train, it’s looking like it’ll be little more than an afterthought, barring some miracle.
