THQ Clarifies Claims of "Horrible, Slow" Wii U CPU

[dlevere]

THQ has clarified comments made by 4A Games' chief technical officer, Oles Shishkovtsov, about why their upcoming first-person shooter, Metro, won't be available for Nintendo's new Wii U console.

Shishkovtsov had told NowGamer, '[The] Wii U has a horrible, slow CPU,' by way of explaining why a Wii U version of Metro wasn't in the works.

Now, THQ's Huw Beynon has provided a more thorough (and more diplomatic) explanation: 'It's a very CPU intensive game. I think it's been verified by plenty of other sources, including your own Digital Foundry guys, that the CPU on Wii U on the face of it isn't as fast as some of the other consoles out there.

Lots of developers are finding ways to get around that because of other interesting parts of the platform. ... We genuinely looked at what it would take to bring the game to Wii U. It's certainly possible, and it's something we thought we'd like to do.

The reality is that would mean a dedicated team, dedicated time and effort, and it would either result in a detriment to what we're trying to focus on, or we probably wouldn't be able to do the Wii U version the justice that we'd want.'

[final kaoss]

In other words, THQ is being lazy & money hungry with more paid DLC than you can shake a shit stick at a fly with. Hard work & dedication... There's a big no for THQ, and Darksiders 2, Saints Row 3 & DoW 2 Retribution shows it awfully well.

The reality is that would mean a dedicated team, dedicated time and effort, and it would either result in a detriment to what we're trying to focus on, or we probably wouldn't be able to do the Wii U version the justice that we'd want.'

[KingEdgar0]

I think it is more that they don't know if they would recoup the costs of putting it out on Wii U. It isn't worth it to them to spend time and money to put out what would likely end up being an inferior version of the game only to see lackluster sales and possibly not make back the money they invested in creating the port. If I was in their shoes I wouldn't bother with a Wii U version either.