Over the last week, Electronic Arts has shifted their first-person shooter marketing efforts and attention away from Battlefield 3 and the upcoming Medal of Honor: Warfighter, and placed it on their high-tech, futuristic threequel, Crysis 3.
Prophet is back and is ready to take on Ceph forces in what some witnesses are describing as the best-looking console game to date. We’re not sure how DICE feels about those claims after developing the Frostbite 2 engine for EA, but we do know that Crysis 3 (and the new CryENGINE) will be competing on the same platforms.
In chatting with CVG at the Crysis 3 preview event, Crytek’s Director of Creative Development Rasmus Hoejengaard spoke about his expectations and desires for next-gen consoles, perhaps taking a bit of a jab at the Wii U and its tablet controller – an attribute that industry analyst Michael Pachter said could result in Nintendo “Dreamcasting” themselves with the hardware.
“The worst thing that can happen is they make something that’s very complex for developers, regardless of how awesome it might theoretically be… So getting hardware that allows you to quickly get prototypes up and running, and any kind of scalability they can offer will be great as well, as long as everyone has that scalability and not just a select few.”
In chatting with Destructoid, Hoejengaard was asked specifically about Crysis 3 development on the Nintendo platform where he confirmed (with laughter) that there are no plans for Crysis 3 on the Wii U.
“Not a fat chance. (laughs)… I don’t think so. I don’t think it’s going to be possible. Right now the launch platforms are PC, the Xbox and the PS3, and I don’t think it’s in the cards to do a Wii U version.”
This does not mean that Crysis 3 won’t be coming to the Wii U. Even it were launching on Nintendo’s new platform next year, Hoejengaard couldn’t say so this week because that announcement will be saved for EA and Nintendo’s E3 keynote presentations in June. What we do know is that Crytek Studios’ CEO Cevat Yerli went on record last summer, explaining that Crytek will deeply support the Wii U (and the Xbox 360 Kinect).
“Crytek’s support for Wii U is definitely going to happen… We aren’t showing it but we are pretty much running it already”
So, don’t be surprised if a Wii U and Kinect announcement for Crysis 3 are made this summer. If EA is backing the Wii U big time and if rumors about it featuring Origin as its digital service are true, of course Electronic Arts is going to release Crysis 3 on another platform that can support it. There’s money to be made. They’d be smart to to release the whole trilogy as one package for Nintendo players.
Crysis 3 is slated for a Q2 2013 release for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360.
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Sources: CVG, Destructoid
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I wouldn’t think that the Wii U would be strong enough to handle those visuals. There would probably be mayor frame drops and glitches because of that.
I think down the road the Wii U is goin to need a redesign. Especially if it plans to support a broad range of games. The way the buttons and Dpad are set up make it seem like you’ll develop hand cramps after a while.
The Wii U is supposed to have more power than the PS3 and Xbox 360. Now when it comes out it will probably be really glitchy, graphics won’t look so hot. But after a while Nintendo will get some system updates rolled out fixing most of those problems. Wii U is already getting Assassin’s Creed 3, it must have some power. I’m definetly going to get the Wii U, I probably won’t play it as much as my 360 and PS3, but I will get one.
I’m looking at the Wii U for 1080p Netflix.
Netflix is a waste of money now, they are losing most of their network sponsors. That’s why I cancelled my membership.
@HelghastUser
The Wii U will be Powerful than the Ps3/Xbox360, Nintendo will show alot of informations about the Wii U in E3 which it starts at Tuesday, June 5th.
The Destructoid guys are morons, because “NOT a fat chance” (emphasis mine) means that it’s very likely to be on the Wii U. It’s a double negative statement, which is a positive statement.
It will come to WII U but they can’t talk about it yet. Just wait till e3 then we will hear all the developers and publishers saying all kinds of games that are coming to the wii u.
GET N OR GET THE F>>> OUT!!!!!!
I think “fat chance” is one of those stupid sayings that doesn’t really make sense. I mean, “fat chance” should be synonymous with “big chance,” which would mean that something’s very likely. Of course it’s a sarcastic idiom, but you can understand a guy named Hoejengaard might not understand that. At any rate, the “I don’t think it’s in the cards to do a Wii U version” seems pretty clear.
I just want a well constructed controller for the Wii U. No tablet please
Who here would’ve gotten in for the Wii U anyways? I know I wouldn’t, I already have 1 & 2 on 360.
Rasmus Hoejengaard is a fricking moron. The Wii U will sell a s*** ton more than people predcit, it will be more powerful than the PS3 and the controller will be more than comfortable for an FPS game. If the thumb crushing, POS Sony PS3 controller was good enough, the Wii U one should be too.
Hoejengaard is definetly underestimating the Nintendo fanbase. and yeah the PS3 controller does kind of suck, I hope they don’t recycle the same controller design again for the PS4.
I love the ps3 controller. What sucks about it?