Wii U not on Bethesda's short-term radar

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Wii U owners hoping for a little Bethesda-brand steampunk/open world/pseudo-historical/massively multiplayer whatever may want to start grazing other pastures, as Nintendo's console is nowhere to be seen on the publisher's horizon.

"None of the game's we've announced are being developed for the Wii U, so it's guaranteed that none of those games are coming to Wii U," Bethesda VP of PR and marketing Pete Hines told us at QuakeCon, with regards to The Elder Scrolls Online, Wolfenstein: The New Order and The Evil Within. "Will any future ones come out? I can't say for sure, in our near-term focus it's not on our radar."

"It's largely a hardware thing," Hines said, explaining that Bethesda's mantra is to "make the games that we want to make, on whatever platforms will support them as developed." Giving an example, he said that The Elder Scrolls Online "likely would have" been released on Xbox 360, but that it "just wasn't possible" due to hardware limitations. Specifically referencing future announcements for the Wii U, Hines said that "it remains to be seen what the future holds."

This differs from the Wii U publishing reservations we've heard of from other companies, in that Bethesda's decision is based on hardware limitations, rather than the Wii U's lackluster performance at retail. EA, for instance, isn't bringing this year's installments of FIFA or Madden to Nintendo's platform due to the limited size of the console's installed user base. Similarly, Ubisoft was so confident that the Wii U would be unable to support the kind of sales it needed for Rayman Legends, that it delayed the game's release and extended its availability to other platforms.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/06/wii-u-not-on-bethesdas-short-term-radar/

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xxxvrEverPosted:

Bethesda knows better than to waste their money on that

MonokumaPosted:

Good, it's not worth their time

SwiftPosted:

I still would not buy this console.

BoarPosted:

G9H
CHP Maybe this can help boost wii a little


It could but its highly unlikely.


I fail to see how it would boost it? I mean, from what I read the Wii U isn't powerful enough?

BoarPosted:

I don't fully understand, is it because the Wii U isn't powerful enough or?

IlcamorristaPosted:

CHP Maybe this can help boost wii a little


It could but its highly unlikely.

IlcamorristaPosted:

Next year the Wii U could be the console of the year, Just needs some time to get better.

RegistryPosted:

Wii U is pretty good but not that good.

GossipPosted:

The Wii is getting better but still not good enough yet.

AlbericiPosted:

They can keep dreaming I hope bethesdas stays off of it.