Battlefield 4 skipping Wii U to avoid stretching team 'too thin'

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There will be no touchscreen leg-cutting minigames at launch for Battlefield 4. DICE Creative director Lars Gustavsson told Videogamer a flat "no" in response to a query about the existence of a Wii U version of the military shooter.

"I think overall for me as creative director, number one is to deliver a really great game and experience," Gustavsson explained. "Sometimes, at least for us, it's focus on what you do well and what you know well, and ensure that you deliver something good than trying a bit too much, stretching yourself too thin and risking it. I'd rather play it safe, deliver something really good and then look at the future and what could possibly be done than trying a bit too hard and then, flat."

Just a few minutes earlier, on stage at the presentation, EA Games vice president Patrick Söderlund touted the game as "a new era of interactive entertainment," built on an engine that provided "no excuses. There's nothing really holding us back anymore."

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/03/27/battlefield-4-skipping-wii-u-to-avoid-stretching-team-too-thin/

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DemonSurferPosted:

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Relations I'm not suprised, nobody plays Shooters on the Wii :D


I don't see how it's possible.


It's a Wii U not a Wii,it has better graphics than XBOX 360 and PS3 so it's very easily possible.Then again it would be nice to have a game that isn't just aother FPS about the war.I don't see how you know it will be any good without playing it anyways and the gameplay released it clearly on a high end PC and not a console.The only console available right now that would get close to those graphics at the moment would be Wii U as it has DX 11 features.

OzarPosted:

Battlefield 4 should be created for, Xbox , PS, PC

Wii u = Just No.

OzarPosted:

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Ozar i love the look of this game, them graphics look amazziinnggg


I was thinking the same it looks amazing


it wouldn't look amazing on the wii u


The wii u would just make this game look ugly

Soldier_Posted:

Goblin- The WiiU doesn't deserve BF4... Too good of a game for such a crappy console


Haha i love the way you put that lmfao

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Ozar i love the look of this game, them graphics look amazziinnggg


I was thinking the same it looks amazing


it wouldn't look amazing on the wii u


No, no it wouldn't lmfao

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Ozar i love the look of this game, them graphics look amazziinnggg


I was thinking the same it looks amazing


it wouldn't look amazing on the wii u

KTHPosted:

The WiiU doesn't deserve BF4... Too good of a game for such a crappy console

CheeseStuffedPizzaPosted:

Id skip the Wii U since its a terrible console.

BruPosted:

Ozar i love the look of this game, them graphics look amazziinnggg


I was thinking the same it looks amazing

CearnsyPosted:

Woobie At least they have a good excuse.. we all know it's just because the Wii U is a lost cause.


Wouldn't make them a lot of money if they put it on the Wii U anyway so they made the best decision possible