Develop- Already out in the US as of November 18th and selling 400,000 units in its first week, Nintendo’s Wii U has also arrived today in the UK to much hype as the first in the next generation of consoles.
We asked developers such as Ubisoft Montpellier, Straight Right Studios, Heavy Iron, Shin'en and Frozenbyte just what they think of the platform, and how fellow developers can take advantage of the Wii U.
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
The Callisto Protocol director thinks the solution involves the right people, the right timing, and perhaps a little bit of AI
I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
I think the devs will be able to easily adapt for wiiU. Show me some cool games. I hope they build Miiverse into their games like MarioU has, that would be swizz.
good read and its from actual developers not some guy on twitter.
I'm excited to see more indie projects appear on Wii U. So far, many of the eShop games have been pretty impressive and it'll be great to see that first impression expand into something bigger.
Good read.
"In a way, the eShop has restored our faith in the potential of console downloadable games. We'll see how it goes in the next year.”
So NiN is charging 3rd parties next to nothing and giving developers freedom to do as they please? WOW! Now that is a smart move.
They also talk about how NIN does not micro manage. I love that idea when they are given the green light they are free to update and patch the games how they like.
Sony and MS watch out. ESP you MS!