Davroth said:
Soooo... Gearbox getting paid to paint Nintendo in an unrealistically positive light (from your persepective), that's no conspiracy theory. Obviously.
They can't be biased because they make games for them? Are you serious? You can't hate your boss? You are right, that's unheard of.
And the Wii U version isn't the lead platform version. Development started before the Wii U was even on the horizon, not to mention that the Xbox360 and PS3 versions apparently will ship before the Wii U version. So much for that theory.
It does not make sense from a business standpoint. Nintendo officials like Reggie Fils-Amie have stated again and again that their aim is to offer a platform where all the great third party content can come to without bastardizing it like with ports to the Wii. Are you telling me they are that short sighted that they don't see that once a new console generation rolls around one year later they are back were they started?
See, what you are saying, and that article, is that Nintendo is stupid, and that they make stupid decisions that defy logic and good business sense. They took a bold risk with the Wii, and and worked out for them, but it was a huge slap in the face for third party developer, no matter how you turn it. But it was what they thought was their best option at the time. Developers shit all over the Wii in the last few years, most of them not even trying to make good games for the system, even though first party developers showed that there were lots of possibilities to make great games in those limitations. I don't expect more then a token effort from them right away, much less any positivity about the Wii U.
Can you explain me why Epic, who is about as hardcore as they get, praises the Wii U, and denies claims that Unreal Engine 4 wont be coming to the Wii U? See, there is one really easy reason why they haven't given us the numbers yet. They might still be subject to change. It's Nintendo's expressed target not to be left in the dust. Launching a Xbox light with a free iPad makes no sense in that regard.
But really, I can say all I want, that article is gospel to you, so obviously everything I can bring to you can only be shallow lies. Now that I know, I'll just stop. We will see who's in denial soon enough.
It's not conspiracy it's convenience. You think it's a conspiracy or convenience that guests on talk shows always manage to name drop their new book or their new album?
Why would they hate their boss? Nintendo giving them work, if they have wronged them then you blab about how they wronged you, you tell reporters "ooh Nintendo make us work terrible hours and don't pay us overtime". Not make shit up that will come back to bite them in the ass.
I merely suggested it might be lead platform... but if they are going to take several months longer developing the WiiU version, that might contribute greatly to it being the best console version.
I think Nintendo are that short sighted. They were with the Wii. I think they are totally banking on a load of people swallowing hook line and sinker that this is "next gen hardware" when it isn't. That and hope the Next-Playstation and Next-Xbox are many years away. I think Nintendo is depending on everyone else being stupid.
I don't hold Epic with a lot of credibility. They took a great studio like People Can Fly who made Painkiller and dumbed them down to making crap like Bulletstorm. Of course Unreal Engine 4 will be for WiiU. And Windows PC, and for MacOS possibly, any system that could take it, engines aren't THAT specific, one you are juggling three different operating systems, a 4th or 5th is easy as to make it work 3 ways you have to make it work every way.
"that article is gospel to you"
Petty comments like this that sindely imply blind and dogmatic faith don't endear yourself.
