Nintendo not interested in buying Wii U exclusive titles

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Microsoft and Sony have over the years spent a lot of money on developers to make some of their biggest titles exclusive, like Gears of War on the Xbox 360. This generally costs the publisher a lot, since it basically has to make up for any potential lost sales on other platforms. On the other hand, a series like Gears of War, which has no doubt cost Microsoft a lot to keep on the Xbox 360, is also responsible for selling a lot of consoles because that’s the only way to play the game. This has been standard business practice in the industry for many years, but not for Nintendo.

According to Satoru Iwata, Nintendo is “open to Wii U exclusives”, but they are not willing to pay developers for it. Iwata told gaming trade publication Gamasutra that they do not wish to enter a costly bidding war with the likes of Microsoft in order to get a title exclusive to the Wii U console. However, Iwata did point out that Nintendo is very interested in partnering with third parties who have a “very unique use of the Wii U functionality”. But the company won’t flat out pay just to make a game exclusive. This might also explain why some of the recent Wii U games like ZombiU and Rayman Legends have been rumored to be in development for other platforms.

Nintendo has already shown some of this initiative by partnering with Warner Bros. and publishing their Wii U title LEGO City Undercover. For more, check out a full list of Wii U exclusives. Over the past few days, Nintendo revealed that they are working on several unannounced Wii U titles, and EA has said they they plan to unveil two Wii U games this Summer, one of them rumored to be a potential Wii U-only title.

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Source: http://wiiudaily.com/2012/06/nintendo-not-interested-in-buying-wii-u-exclusive-titles/

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TTG_FlairPosted:

wow wii is trying to be a company they are not there games are not good enough to do that

yayPosted:

Instead of trying to put games like Mass Effect on the Wii (Which will no doubt look like garbage) they should REALLY focus on creating more original titles. What the hell ever happened to a new Star Fox game? F-Zero maybe?

CraigPosted:

haha what a stupid idea.

RacistPosted:

i guess it makes sense to not spend a lot of money on 1 game

AuthorisePosted:

nintendo are trying hard to get up there with xbox and playstation, they just dont know how to get on our level!!

BritishColumbiaPosted:

it wont effect then anyway!

ToquePosted:

Come on, pull a Microsoft!!

SeaPosted:

If there aren't going to be any nice exclusives, then I think Wii U sales will not be as high as expected.

LBJPosted:

Kardashian thats not good if they cant buy exclusive titles that will make people thank twice before buying a wii u this year


It definitely made me think twice about buying one. Lol

AOKPosted:

nintendo isnt as good as microsoft/sony