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Next-gen EA games will skip Wii U due to performance issues with Frostbite engin
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:00 am
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:00 am
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EA's Frostbite 3 engine, which underpins many of the company's next generation titles, looks like it won't support Nintendo's Wii U. Johan Andersson, Technical Director of the Frostbite project at EA DICE, says the company tested Frostbite 2 on the console and found the results to be "not too promising," to the point where it "chose not to go down [the] path" of porting the next version. Leaked slides from earlier this year revealed that EA has approximately 15 games in development that use Frostbite 3, the implication being that Wii U gamers are going to miss out on some fairly big titles, including Battlefield 4, Star Wars, the next Mass Effect and, as Joystiq pointed out last week, this year's version of Madden NFL. It all adds up to a notable loss of support for the new console -- but hey, EA-style gaming was hardly a core part of the Nintendo experience in the first place.
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Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:02 am to finchmeister08
Wii U isn't going to do anywhere near as well as the Wii did.
- No games.
- Higher price.
- Horrible marketing campaign.
- Rise of PS and Xbox motion systems.
I just don't see things playing out well for Nintendo this generation.
- No games.
- Higher price.
- Horrible marketing campaign.
- Rise of PS and Xbox motion systems.
I just don't see things playing out well for Nintendo this generation.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:02 am to Scruffy
Zelda better be amazing
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:02 am to finchmeister08
There also won't be a Tiger Woods 15. Tiger Woods 16 will be next gen.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:03 am to finchmeister08
Eventually Nintendo owners will have their own island.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:14 am to finchmeister08
No surprise there
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:19 am to finchmeister08
Pretty sure their contracts will require some type of Madden and Star Wars to appear on every possible console.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:35 am to finchmeister08
EA >>>> Nintendo
Posted on 5/8/13 at 9:42 am to Bunta
Which I think it a violation of their contract with the NFL.
It's funny that they're trying to blame this on Nintendo for their engine not working on the platform while this seems to be an exclusively EA issue (and considering Crysis 3 was running on it, I find it hard to believe it's a performance issue).
It's funny that they're trying to blame this on Nintendo for their engine not working on the platform while this seems to be an exclusively EA issue (and considering Crysis 3 was running on it, I find it hard to believe it's a performance issue).
Posted on 5/8/13 at 10:13 am to oauron
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It's funny that they're trying to blame this on Nintendo for their engine not working on the platform while this seems to be an exclusively EA issue (and considering Crysis 3 was running on it, I find it hard to believe it's a performance issue).
Winner.
For all interested, this goes back to the Origin fiasco. EA required it to be used for Online EA Gaming with Nintendo. Nintendo said no, they have their own system and it would add a lot of problems.
WiiU obviously will lose out on support again, but it's not because it can't run the engine.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 11:30 am to Freauxzen
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WiiU obviously will lose out on support again, but it's not because it can't run the engine.
Maybe the last stages of this gen, but next gen games will have a hard time running on the WiiU.
It is simply not powerful enough.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 5:11 pm to finchmeister08
Why the hell did I buy this system.
Nintendo needs to hurry up and give me some games so I can reassure myself.
Nintendo needs to hurry up and give me some games so I can reassure myself.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 5:22 pm to finchmeister08
Here's the thing. I will not buy a wiiU until Zelda is released. And that will probably be the only game I buy for it. So basically ill be paying 2-300 bucks to play one game
Posted on 5/8/13 at 5:48 pm to The Eric
No, you'll be paying 300-400 bucks for 1 game. The basic is $299.99.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 5:50 pm to finchmeister08
Judging by how much hate the Electronic Arts gets around here, if the Wii U were not to carry EA games I suppose that would greatly increase the quality of its library.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 5:53 pm to Tactical1
Definitely. But the problem with the Wii U is that it's library only has like 5 books. 
Posted on 5/8/13 at 5:54 pm to Scruffy
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But the problem with the Wii U is that it's library only has like 5 books
Oh come on, it's more than that. Although most are ports.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 5:55 pm to Tactical1
A bit of an exaggeration, I know.
Posted on 5/8/13 at 6:39 pm to Scruffy
But Scruffy where will you get all of your sports gaming action?
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