The one thing going for Wii-U is that even if not 1080p, they boast a bunch of 60fps games
30FPSThe HD Twins version of Need for Speed Hot Pursuit isn't 60FPS?
Now this all sounds like a strange personal vendetta to get back at Nintendo for not getting their way? Like the Mass Effect 3 Special Edition FU and every EA Sports WiiU title having some strange missing feature.
I was happy to wait for Need For Speed Most Wanted when I read the 2013 news earlier thinking hey they needed more time. But these are some serious shit if true that the game is ready but they just want to say fuck you Nintendo seems like a very strange way to run a business especially if the truth got out and fans got pissed off.
No personal vendetta, just business as usual.
If they tried to use this game to get something from Nintendo and failed they can't just say "oh well" and support Nintendo anyway like nothing happened. They're losing money with this delay, but that's probably not as important as looking strong when the time comes to have these kind of negotiations with Sony and Microsoft about their next systems.
Ah yes, the hidden "we get to use your IPs and not pay you a single cent for them" clause that Sony tried to sneak in there.
What?
This isn't true, is it?
This game is ready.
The late release is in hopes that people will double-dip for some reason.
No, it doesn't make sense to me, either.
Its a pretty crowded launch for WiiU, they prob waiting for the install base to build and for it not to be in the crowd of games.
It should come in Jan, any later would be a bad move IMO
It is. Sony wanted to be able to print SNES CDs without paying a single cent in royalties to Nintendo. Nintendo 86'd the add on so Sony could never collect.
They basically would have made Nintendo a third party on their own console.
It is a launch with zero competition in its genre, unless you want to include a mascot racer. This isn't a generic shooter going up against Call of Duty or the understandable Ubisoft decision to give Rayman some room against 2D Mario.
I agree it would be good to be at launch but EA has 3 launch games then a 4th would be competing with them, keep in mind most companies dont release games at the same time only at system launches. This launch is very good with core games, there is nothing wrong with spreading them out.
Now this all sounds like a strange personal vendetta to get back at Nintendo for not getting their way? Like the Mass Effect 3 Special Edition FU and every EA Sports WiiU title having some strange missing feature.
I was happy to wait for Need For Speed Most Wanted when I read the 2013 news earlier thinking hey they needed more time. But these are some serious shit if true that the game is ready but they just want to say fuck you Nintendo seems like a very strange way to run a business especially if the truth got out and fans got pissed off.
never heard this part of the Playstation birth... It was always blamed on Nintendo when I read about it
Nobody who owns a PS3 or an Xbox 360 who is buying a Wii U will or should buy Mass Effect 3 on Wii U.
Just get Trilogy once it comes out.
Do we know if the Wii U is getting the new and previous DLC? A voucher or coupon would make the Wii U version possibly earn that special edition title.
It should be considered that the devs working on the Wii U games for EA are not necessarily slacking off on these ports. It is displayed, for example, that Straight Right is putting a bit of effort into the ME3 port for Wii U, but EA themselves are setting them up for their efforts to be overshadowed by releasing the ME collection pack so close to Wii U's launch.
Nobody who owns a PS3 or an Xbox 360 who is buying a Wii U will or should buy Mass Effect 3 on Wii U.
Just get Trilogy once it comes out.
I am. I don't want the trilogy.
But Need for Speed will be great on the Wii U when it releases. Glad they are taking the extra time to make sure of it, especially after Warfighter. They could have pulled a Fifa 13 or Madden 13 and put the game out and not included key features.
Now this all sounds like a strange personal vendetta to get back at Nintendo for not getting their way? Like the Mass Effect 3 Special Edition FU and every EA Sports WiiU title having some strange missing feature.
I was happy to wait for Need For Speed Most Wanted when I read the 2013 news earlier thinking hey they needed more time. But these are some serious shit if true that the game is ready but they just want to say fuck you Nintendo seems like a very strange way to run a business especially if the truth got out and fans got pissed off.
They aren't taking the time on it.
WiiU version is done. They are sitting on it hoping gamers are so hardcore they will want to buy it twice once for their ps3/360 and then on the WiiU for their new console.
The truth is though they don't give a shit. Iwata pissed in Peter Moore's cheerios
I wonder if this means that there'll be a NfS Collection next year.
The way I have heard it/understand it:
About six months after the release of Hot Pursuit, Nintendo, EA, and Criterion were working on Wii U devkits to port the engine to the system. Somewhere along the line, EA got really insistent about Autolog being mandatory for anyone with a Nintendo Network ID (which, back then, did not have a name or enough information for EA to go on).
Something broke down and EA decided Need for Speed did not need to be a Wii U launch title.
I thought this was IN the launch window???
This game is ready.
30FPS
Hopefully it comes out fairly early in 2013 if it doesn't it'll be pretty pointless for most people.
So... WiiU owners now will buy a PS3 or 360 just to get NFS a couple of months earlier??
I'm sure they know a simple port will get them absolutely nothing by that time on Wii U. They would have to put Mark Karts and Koopa shells in there to get someone to buy it.
With the realistic setting of MW, I don't see that happening, there is already a Kart in MW.
It basically has to be January-March since it was on Nintendo's list for the FY. At least for Europe.The reactions here are just a bit heated. If it's a January release, it's not that big of a deal, and it may be a smart decision.
There's an avalanche of games at launch, and it seems like all of the major 2013 titles like Aliens: Colonial Marines, Rayman Legends, The Wonderful 101, and Pikmin 3 are coming in late February or March. Something needs to fill that space.
It basically has to be January-March since it was on Nintendo's list for the FY. At least for Europe.
People shouldn't be so hard on EA in this specific instance. They probably don't have the bandwidth inhouse for another SKU.