Deep Silver has no plans for the Wii U
Coming from a Gameinformer interview with Deep Silver COO.
GI: Do you have next-gen plans or Wii U plans?
DS: Not Wii U. With other companies, I’ve been very successful with Nintendo. With Wii U, the Nintendo market right now and their audience is not who we reach best. It’s not something we’re entertaining in the near or foreseeable future.
I am at a lose/lose here on what to say. I could say “this really isn’t a huge deal and there are plenty of other companies out there,” or “off with Deep Silver heads and how dare they…either way I am coming across as fanboyish, in denial or overreacting, to someone. Nintendo is one of the companies that people love to hate for no reason. Haters are going to hate.
What I will say it those fact thingys that some people leave out. Deep Silver was the publisher for games like Cursed Mountain, which was a very fun game with a lot or promise that ended up bombing. (For many reasons) They followed that up with games like Winter Stars, Fritz Chess and, Let’s Play Ballerina. I will let you chose your own conclusion out of that.
April 10, 2013
Even the way Game Informer worded the question … “Do you have next-gen plans or Wii U plans?”
Why even make a distinction? Is the Wii U not next gen? Does Game Informer think they are being clever with wording like this? The mag has seemed to be overly harsh of Nintendo for quite a while now in my opinion … the only reason their circulation is so high is because of the Game Stop discount card.
April 10, 2013
Agreed, the definition of next –gen is miss-guided. To me next-gen means the next cycle from the last. The Wii U has started Nintendo next cycle from the Wii U…their next generation.
April 10, 2013
JamesHigginbotham I mean you don’t go see people calling the 3DS or Vita “barely next gen” when they are the clear next iteration of their respective consoles. People seem to think power = next generation. Where has this line been sewn from? Next gen = next console iteration.
April 11, 2013
TrevG1 I hate gi with a passion, as they have shown in the last ten years that they do not care for Nintendo. But to answer your question, one must define next-gen. A lot of people throw the term around when talking about a consoles graphics and processing power but what about innovation??? Nintendo aims to change the very way we play games again. Is that not next generation technology as well. You don’t see Sony or Microsoft coming up with a controller that cool. IMHO, the wiiu is next-gen and game informer are haters. Well let the haters hate, Nintendo will keep on thriving as usual.
April 10, 2013
Even the way Game Informer worded the question … “Do you have next-gen plans or Wii U plans?”
Why even make a distinction? Is the Wii U not next gen? Does Game Informer think they are being clever with wording like this? The mag has seemed to be overly harsh of Nintendo for quite a while now in my opinion … the only reason their circulation is so high is because of the Game Stop discount card.
April 10, 2013
I agree with the opinions regarding the definition of ‘next gen’ but to me that is not the issue here. The issue is the lack of support from yet another publisher. I liked Cursed Mountain on the Wii and thought it was a great unique take on the survival horror genre. Honestly I would like to see them take another stab at it. Unfortunately since Cursed Mountain did not sell that well, it is unlikely that we will see another game like it. As far as Deep Silver’s comments, this doesn’t mean that they will not produce content for the Wii U ever but rather not right now. The problem is that the Wii U needs support from devs and publishers now more than ever as well as continued support moving into the future.
April 10, 2013
J Money I think the reason a lot of 3rd party games seem to struggle on Nintendo consoles, is that Nintendo gamers are used to the very high level of quality that Nintendo puts behind their games. A 3rd party game might be good in relation to other 3rd party titles, but if it seems weak compared to Nintendo’s efforts, why bother? Some companies can coast and give token efforts, and their games will be well received by gamers who aren’t used to the very best. Nintendo fans are though, hence 3rd party games need lots of effort to shine on their consoles, something many developers are unwilling or unable to do.