Ken Levine: No Plans for BioShock on Wii U

Or any other games from Irrational as it goes...

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Ken Levine: No Plans for BioShock on Wii U
Irrational's headman, Ken Levine, is a fan of the Wii U. He's called it, "pretty fu*king cool". Thing is, it's not cool enough to develop games for.

Ken's told IGN in fact that, "I'm not saying it can't happen. But we have no plans to do any games for that platform."

He also, it appears, doesn't mind casual game Fruit Ninja...

"Just to be clear, there are no plans (to develop for Wii U). I'm not saying it can't happen, but we have no plans to do any games for that platform.

"There are things about it that, as a core gamer, really appeal to me, that have nothing to do with Fruit Ninja. I have nothing against Fruit Ninja, I respect all kinds of games, I love all kinds of games, there are just certain kinds of things that are more suited to my taste. There are some things, as a core gamer, as a guy who likes lying in bed playing...

"I've always had to sacrifice that core gaming experience when I lie in bed playing games. We're now getting to a place with Vita and what Nintendo's doing where that's not necessarily going to be the case, where you can play full-on hardcore games in bed with the lights out while your wife's asleep. I like that a lot. That means a lot to me. On the airplane? That means a lot to me as a core gamer, that you've got two sticks. That's so important to me.

"The fact that the Wii U has got two sticks... I feel it's like... It's a great year for the core coming back and saying, okay, have your touch screens, have your motion control, we'll try to make that work, and if you can pull that off it'll be really good. But I want to have my cake and eat it too. I think these experiences are starting to allow that to happen. I love my iPad, but I mostly work on it, I don't play a lot of games on it, because I'm not into that style or form factor, that three-minute experience."

Source: IGN
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SteveDOF 12 Jul 2011 12:47
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I'm betting Bioshock will be announced for the Wii U within a year of launch, even if only as ports. If not, Irrational will be being irrational. We know that it is very economical to port to the Wii U, it took three people only five weeks to get Darksiders 2 ported to the machine, so it does not make business sense to not establish a presence in what will be a significant market with enormous potential.
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