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Metro: Last Light Wii U canceled early on

THQ rep says "some work" was done on Wii U version of upcoming shooter, but decision to cancel the game was made "fairly early on."

The Wii U version of Metro: Last Light was canceled early on in development, THQ head of global communications and studio representative for 4A Games Huw Benyon told Spong.

"Our look at the Wii U extended to a very early look at some very early kits. We… we did some work on it, but we made a decision fairly early on that we weren’t going to commit further resource to it," Benyon said. "So yeah, we didn’t go too far."

Benyon also addressed the rumor that Metro: Last Light was scuttled for Wii U due to the system's "horrible, slow CPU." He said this was not the case.

"Take any of the comments you’ve seen attributed with a pinch of salt," Benyon said. "It’s certainly not been based on any kind of analysis of final hardware."

Metro: Last Light, which is published by THQ, was initially shown on a Wii U sizzle reel during the console's unveiling at E3 2011. It later also appeared in a leaked Blockbuster Wii U database listing.

Metro: Last Light is slated for release in early 2013 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. For more on the game, check out GameSpot's previous coverage.

Eddie Makuch
By Eddie Makuch, News Editor

Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.

565 comments
CptJohnnyRico
CptJohnnyRico

looks like wii u is dying already, noone wants to make game on garbage hardware like the wii u, wii u has no directx 11, no graphics processing power, the things is old hardware that was rehashed into a system and sold to the public full of misinformed people who only looked on the outside of the nintendo, not knowing fully that the wii u has no guts, there will only be a handful of next gen games that come to wii u, and they will look like garbage... all in all nintendo fooled everyone into buying a piece of junk, and anyone who defends it is a fanboy and has zero knowledge of hardware and what people + developers are aiming for in next gen, wii u was a overpriced gimmick it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see it clearly.

padako
padako

@CptJohnnyRico wii u does do dx11 and is several times faster than current gen hardware. your google must be broken.

zatchbatch
zatchbatch

i would have really like to see this on the Wii U. sad thq went bankrupt. they made good games but as it is with all great starts a crash landing and no parachute haha 

maf17
maf17

Metro 2033 was one of my favourite underated games. Hope the sequel keeps the same gritty feel and essential "Russianness" Really couldnt care less that it wont be on the Wii U, its not a kiddy game anyway.

StarkJJ
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Why would they want this game on Wii U anyway?  Wii U deserves better games than this.

grove12345
grove12345 like.author.displayName 1 Like

coming to xbox and PS3, but WiiU is too slow to handle it.

And another developer cancels another game on WiiU.

Not sure what Nintendo is trying to do here.

 

tarv4973
tarv4973

More time for them to focus on their bankrupcy haha ;)

Keaze_
Keaze_

Let me rephrase that.  What is up with the character modeling?  I was expecing Last Light to be a huge step up from 2033.  Well what is terrific in the Metro games is the lighting.  So I'm putting my hopes on that.  I have to get myself a GTX 680 before the game is out, as my 570 struggles with maxed 2033.  Although this game will probably be better optimized.

Keaze_
Keaze_

The hell is this resolution?  64 bit?

Araknie
Araknie

So they canceled the game with only have the non final dev-kit. They really are smart.

YearoftheSnake5
YearoftheSnake5

 @Araknie THQ is in a pretty bad financial situation. Committing to the Wii U would take more resources and money that they just can't spare.

ferval100
ferval100

 @Araknie Boohoo. More time to focus on the platforms they know.

Araknie
Araknie

 @ferval100 Sure, belive in that, they are totally not the company known for having games made for PC and the consoles versions are sure great. Please...

ferval100
ferval100

 @Araknie That's what I meant. They can focus on the PC version, the platform they know. The best platform.

ceelogic
ceelogic

It could be that because the Wii U is new to the market and the installed base wouldn't be large enough to make a profit with the game releasing early 2013 or maybe they didn't have time to develop something truly worth while with the gamepad. This is the first nintendo system that wasn't hard to find on store selves.

theKSMM
theKSMM

I think gamers tend to read too much into these situations.  Studios don't have infinite resources to pursue every project they think is cool.  It often comes down to a simple decision of where the most money lies, and that usually isn't on a brand new console that has a user base of zero at launch.

bloody_roar_fan
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Wii U doesn't  have the power! THAT'S THE TRUTH!

 

martindosantos
martindosantos

 @bloody_roar_fan  Why do you think Wii U doesnt have the power. at least it has the same power as ps3 or xbox 360 has, so I dont think that was the reason. I think the reason was they need to develop. For ps3, xbox 360 and pc its a simple port... wii u is not a simple port. And more development, more $$$.

grove12345
grove12345

 @martindosantos  @bloody_roar_fan this aint the first or the fifth title cancelled by a major developer on the WiiU.

 

 

abHS4L88
abHS4L88

 @grove12345  @martindosantos  @bloody_roar_fan 

Actually, this is the first and only title cancelled for the Wii U, the rest were never planned for the console anyways, I think they were just approached to see if the games in question would be coming to the Wii U and the developers simply said no and just gave a reason. 

Just because the Wii U is Nintendo's first HD console does NOT mean that all upcoming titles need to automatically be coming onto the system. The system needs to prove itself to 3rd parties before you can start seeing them consistently bring games over to the console.

wcwj26
wcwj26

 bloody_roar_fan. What truth?

CraigNinten
CraigNinten like.author.displayName 1 Like

Good, another canceled 3rd party title. Remember Wii? Nintendo was the only company that supports that platform.

abHS4L88
abHS4L88

 @CraigNinten 

Ubisoft released a handful a great games on the Wii so no, Nintendo wasn't the only one. 

grove12345
grove12345

 @abHS4L88  @CraigNinten 

its like every week gamespot post on the front page another developer cancels a WiiU game. Soo... this aint looking good

 

alrepairs
alrepairs like.author.displayName 1 Like

 @grove12345  @abHS4L88  @CraigNinten 

 

"its like every week gamespot post on the front page another developer cancels a WiiU game."

 

You should probably judge Gamespot's characteristic, not the console.

 

Other websites are NOT doing this, instead praising the Rayman Legends Demo, are anticipated about Nintendo TVii, reduction of Wii U's electricity bill to your house (If you're an adult and pay...ELECTRICITY BILLS?), Pikmin, GOTY 2012, and E3 2013.

 

See, good things?  Gamespot is Biased to those who don't pay them stock.

alrepairs
alrepairs

Yep,

 

and that (Wii) was the only console to cause "popular controversy".

 

Virtual Boy I won't even consider, since N64 was "dual developed" at the time of Virtual Boy.

 

I don't even know the fucking purpose of that thing...probably to replace the Game Boy handheld.

thequickshooter
thequickshooter like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

whow the commnets are full of fanboys and what not

 

if you remember what they said last article that they can't work with nintendo's "inferior hardware" 

don't believe me? check this 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/no-metro-last-light-for-the-wii-u-report-6400436

wcwj26
wcwj26

 thequickshooter. It took Wii three months to get going and it then became "sold out" for three years. Nintendo just need to find another good idea like Miiverse and then the casual market with there old Wiimote's will come over. Wii U MIGHT NOT win the majority of the core gamers over but they'll make plenty out of the casual market. If they could get decent 3rd parties on there system then who knows. Also im not too concerned about graphics. The most powerful console of ANY generation has lost it's respective 'console war'. PS1 vs N64, Wii vs PS3, the list goes on!

thequickshooter
thequickshooter

 @wcwj26 the main reason people bought the wii was

1- it was cheaper (by a lot) 

2-motion controls was all the rage back then

3-parents wanted a family friendly console 

 

that's why 

plus i don't give a shit about graphics but the wii (2006) graphics looked the same as the ps2 graphics 

abHS4L88
abHS4L88

 @thequickshooter 

Uh, they took back that statement afterwards.

thequickshooter
thequickshooter

 @abHS4L88 not really, 

they announced in the gameplay video of VG247 that this will come to xbox 360,PS3 and PC only 

no WII-U 

 

 

abHS4L88
abHS4L88

 @thequickshooter 

I heard it takes at least $1m to port a game. The reason many developers choose to port games over because they know that the game will sell well enough that it'll be worth doing it. THQ, the developer publishing 4A is in a terrible financial state so I don't doubt the statement one bit.

thequickshooter
thequickshooter

 @abHS4L88 they don't have enough resources? that's BS 

how hard is to port a game to another console? 

not so much since most games are console ports 

 

plus that sounds like a cheap excuse 

abHS4L88
abHS4L88

 @thequickshooter 

I meant, they took back the statement about the Wii U having "inferior hardware" and stated that they simply don't have the resources available to make a Wii U port.

alrepairs
alrepairs like.author.displayName 1 Like

Give it until next year's E3.

 

It took a whole fucking year for Xbox 360 to have anything good, whatsoever.  No one considered buying one until Gears of War was shown E3 2006, a FULL YEAR after 360's debut.

 

People who grow older without wisdom or logic, die as closeted virgins.  Give this console post launch analysis, like any other console.

thequickshooter
thequickshooter

 @alrepairs actually a lot of people bought COD 2 with the release of the new xbox 

 

also there was good games like GUN,QUAKE 4 and a little more 

 

the wii-u had and still has shit tech and lame releases 

3D side scroller 

a lame zombie game 

some really badly rendered ports 

 

and the nintendo land which is for kids.

 

i agree that xbox wasn't popular everywere when it got announced but at least it had good games when it came out 

emptycow
emptycow

 @alrepairs the xbox 360 in 2005 was a new monster  most dev teams had no idea how to push it the wiiu is not a new  monster its old tech all dev teams know how to push it and the fact you see not one 3rd party game that looks or runs better then the xbox360 shows this system  is not anything new  also  remember this type of tech is new to nintendo  so i am sure first party games wont look good for the next 2 or 3 years 

Gamer-Geek
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Woot! Don't sacrifice the entire game for the sake of another, inferior console.

calum1984
calum1984 like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 7 Like

 @Gamer-Geek funny because us who play on pc as well as consoles have been saying that for the past 5-6 years...........................

alrepairs
alrepairs like.author.displayName 1 Like

The Connecticut shooting...that fucking scumbag..

96augment
96augment like.author.displayName like.author.displayName 2 Like

 @alrepairs At least he's dead.

alrepairs
alrepairs

Though I would triumph..I feel he took the easy way out.

 

He should've died slow...and tortorous...where death would be considered a luxury to him.

 

Fucking asshole that guy.

96augment
96augment

 @alrepairs  Even if he was captured and sentenced to death, he wouldn't have been tortured. The best we could have hoped for is that he was put in general population in a really crappy prison. But he's dead. There's nothing we could do about him. All those poor kids and teachers. Even his own mom.

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