Bethesda's Relationship with Wii U is 'TBD'
Current gen isn't holding developer back
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Bethesda's PR and marketing VP Pete Hines has said that his company remains unsure as to whether they'll develop for the Wii U.
In an interview published in the latest issue of MCV, he said that the developer and publisher's approach "has been to put our games out on all of the platforms that will support them. So far the Wii hasn’t fitted into that. Whether Wii U does down the road is TBD.”
He also discussed the problems that come with a new hardware generation in general and Bethesda's approach to them. He noted that an unreleased platform is a "moving technical target", which makes developing for it a tricky proposition.
He added that, “It’s then a case of: Are we just making it for the next gen? Or next gen and current gen? And how many people from the current gen that I’m targeting have moved over to the next gen? It does complicate things a little bit. Obviously the changes they are going to make technologically, in terms of the things we will be able to do, are exciting. But it comes at a price”
Addressing the point we're at right now in the cycle, Hines said, “I don’t think the current generation of consoles are holding us back. There is still plenty that we are able to do visually, technically and from a story-telling standpoint. And there’s this huge built-in audience now”.
While developers might feel there's life in the old dog(s) yet, however, sobering news like last months NPD showing paints a different picture on the business end of things.
Via Videogamer.
In an interview published in the latest issue of MCV, he said that the developer and publisher's approach "has been to put our games out on all of the platforms that will support them. So far the Wii hasn’t fitted into that. Whether Wii U does down the road is TBD.”
He also discussed the problems that come with a new hardware generation in general and Bethesda's approach to them. He noted that an unreleased platform is a "moving technical target", which makes developing for it a tricky proposition.
He added that, “It’s then a case of: Are we just making it for the next gen? Or next gen and current gen? And how many people from the current gen that I’m targeting have moved over to the next gen? It does complicate things a little bit. Obviously the changes they are going to make technologically, in terms of the things we will be able to do, are exciting. But it comes at a price”
Addressing the point we're at right now in the cycle, Hines said, “I don’t think the current generation of consoles are holding us back. There is still plenty that we are able to do visually, technically and from a story-telling standpoint. And there’s this huge built-in audience now”.
While developers might feel there's life in the old dog(s) yet, however, sobering news like last months NPD showing paints a different picture on the business end of things.
Via Videogamer.
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