Wii U Frostbite engine tests yield 'not too promising' results

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EA DICE technical director Johan Andersson revealed that the developer's Frostbite 3 engine, which powers Battlefield 4 and the next entries in the Dragon Age and Mass Effect franchises, does not run on Nintendo's Wii U.

Responding to fan questions on Twitter, Andersson explained that DICE's Wii U experiments with Frostbite 2 had "not too promising" results, leading to the company abandoning efforts to get Frostbite 3 up and running on Nintendo's latest console.

During the Game Developers Conference in March, Epic Games' Mark Rein noted that Unreal Engine 4 does not currently run on the Wii U. Rein later clarified, explaining that licensed developers could potentially port Unreal Engine 4-powered games to the Wii U, at their discretion

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/05/07/wii-u-frostbite-engine-tests-yield-not-too-promising-results/

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ExoticWolfsPosted:

Not surprising to me. I didn't think the Wii U would be able to run it in the first place.

CodmodBeast1234Posted:

Chieftain
Oasis Really? I'm struggling to even come up with a joke now. If we're honest, (admit it) even the 360 struggled with battlefield 3. How the hell was a WiiU ever going to cope!?

I'm actually annoyed at nintendo for wasting decent developers time and money when it could be spent on more reasonable machines.


You know the Wii U is more powerful than the 360 right? It seems like they're too lazy to do the extra work to support features the Wii U has.


Yes maybe correct. But remember, Wii U came out less than a Year ago. Xbox 360 first debuted I believe in 2005. So if Microsoft came out with a console the same time nintendo did, it would be no contest which is better. I mean a console made 8 YEARS ago should already be not as good as consoles that came out 8 MONTHS ago.

ChieftainPosted:

Oasis Really? I'm struggling to even come up with a joke now. If we're honest, (admit it) even the 360 struggled with battlefield 3. How the hell was a WiiU ever going to cope!?

I'm actually annoyed at nintendo for wasting decent developers time and money when it could be spent on more reasonable machines.


You know the Wii U is more powerful than the 360 right? It seems like they're too lazy to do the extra work to support features the Wii U has.

DemonSurferPosted:

Oasis Really? I'm struggling to even come up with a joke now. If we're honest, (admit it) even the 360 struggled with battlefield 3. How the hell was a WiiU ever going to cope!?

I'm actually annoyed at nintendo for wasting decent developers time and money when it could be spent on more reasonable machines.


Because Wii U has more graphics features? or is that too obvious?

FuzPosted:

-Luna It shouldn't be suprising. I'm suprised Nintendo even exists at this point.


You got that right.

-LunaPosted:

It shouldn't be suprising. I'm suprised Nintendo even exists at this point.

Activez-Posted:

Nintendo should just stick to family friendly games.

honeydew2Posted:

but we will get unreal engine 4 will we ?

honeydew2Posted:

RZA Wii U needs to just disappear from existence.


shut ur **** mouth u no life >:D

RequirementPosted:

So more confusing stuff? Yay, not.


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