Mass Effect 3 Forshadows Third Party Support For The Wii U?

So the Wii U will be getting a special version of Mass Effect 3 sometimes this winter.

Everywhere else they're going to get Mass Effect 1-3 for the same price.

Right from the jump one of the largest publishers is treating the Wii U like second hand waste giving it a sub par, inferior version of one of the largest franchises in history.

The thing is EA is a huge power when it comes to many franchises and sports games so them not being on board with the Wii U is huge. Also speaking of sports the Wii U's version of NBA 2K13 isn't guaranteed to be ready for launch?

Ubisoft now saying that Rayman is not guaranteed to launch with the console either?

This is a very ominous start for the Wii U, third parties are already delaying products of giving the console the most inferior versions of games.

The only problem with the ME trilogy, contains no DLC. ME3 Wii U... all DLC.nintendoboy16

What?

There's one piece of DLC that you have to pay for, so let's see

Mass Effect 3 with 10 dollars of DLC free

or

Mass Effect 1, 2, and 3

Mass Effect 3 makes absolutely no sense at all when you consider the fact that 1-3 will be coming out in a set for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC around the same time. Why they don't offer Wii U gamers the opportunity to play all three games in the series, right from the get-go, at a great price blows my mind. Everyone who only had a Wii, or didn't play the Mass Effect games for one reason or another, this generation will only be able to play the last and weakest entry in the trilogy on Wii U. It's product suicide. By releasing the entire trilogy on other platforms around the same time, you make the stand-alone version of Mass Effect 3 on Wii U looks like an incredibly poor value by comparison(which it is). They should delay the Special Edition of ME3 and create a complete special edition of the trilogy for Wii U.

Pretty much, WiiU should really get the same as the others. Nintendo should talk to EA about it...WiiU as it is with just ME3 is getting a raw deal.

ah yes, today's announcement that the Mass Effect Trilogy was coming to PS3.

My initial reaction: "Why isn't coming to the Wii U?"

It too is $59.99; Mass Effect 3 for the Wii will retail for that same freekin price which is problematic enough that it will have already been released for 10 months.

I don't see the downside of packaging the whole trilogy on the Wii U when they could basically port it from the HD twins.

It's product suicide.

YearoftheSnake5

Product scuicide is how third party publshers release their wii games. They do it so they can say there's no market on nintendo platforms so they have an excuse to not put any future effort or support into their wii games. It happened all gen with the wii and will most likely happen again with the wiiu.

So the Wii U will be getting a special version of Mass Effect 3 sometimes this winter.

Everywhere else they're going to get Mass Effect 1-3 for the same price.

Right from the jump one of the largest publishers is treating the Wii U like second hand waste giving it a sub par, inferior version of one of the largest franchises in history.

The thing is EA is a huge power when it comes to many franchises and sports games so them not being on board with the Wii U is huge. Also speaking of sports the Wii U's version of NBA 2K13 isn't guaranteed to be ready for launch?

Ubisoft now saying that Rayman is not guaranteed to launch with the console either?

This is a very ominous start for the Wii U, third parties are already delaying products of giving the console the most inferior versions of games.

[QUOTE="YearoftheSnake5"]

It's product suicide.

goblaa

Product scuicide is how third party publshers release their wii games. They do it so they can say there's no market on nintendo platforms so they have an excuse to not put any future effort or support into their wii games. It happened all gen with the wii and will most likely happen again with the wiiu.

Same thoughts, Dead Space: Extraction anyone? "NOPE WE GAVE YOU A DEAD SPACE DIDN'T DO GOOD BYE" On rails, spinoff, zero marketing, most people didn't know it existed. Die EA. I can see the exact same thing happening with ME3

EA is just messed up right now.They will be crying if ubisoft makes piles of money from the WiiU.

I noticed that Mass Effect 3 Wii U is not a launch day title. I wander if this was delayed so that it doesn't bump heads with the release of the trilogy on other consoles? An EA rep (before the Wii U release date was ever announced) said that the Wii U version was ready and they were just waiting on Nintendo to announce a date. Well Nintendo has since announced that date and now all of a sudden it's not a launch day title. So that means ME3 Special Edition may not be released until maybe March 2013 possibly.

Perhaps the Trilogy will be released later down the line. PC, 360, and PS3 players already paid $60 for ME3 earlier this year, now EA brings out the Trilogy for only $60 on those same systems. So it's not just future Wii owners who are getting cheated here.

EA is just messed up right now.They will be crying if ubisoft makes piles of money from the WiiU.

super600

Ubisoft is also to blame here, Rayman not being a launch game is huge.

The Wii U desperately needs GTA and 2K not guaranteeing that another one of it's biggest franchises will be launching with the Wii U could be a sign that they're not that into it either.

[QUOTE="super600"]

EA is just messed up right now.They will be crying if ubisoft makes piles of money from the WiiU.

Jaysonguy

Ubisoft is also to blame here, Rayman not being a launch game is huge.

The Wii U desperately needs GTA and 2K not guaranteeing that another one of it's biggest franchises will be launching with the Wii U could be a sign that they're not that into it either.

Rayman may be a launch title according to wiki.:lol:

Just read about it today. Absolutely no reason to get ME3 on the Wii U anymore -____-Kenny789

Ubisoft is also to blame here, Rayman not being a launch game is huge.

The Wii U desperately needs GTA and 2K not guaranteeing that another one of it's biggest franchises will be launching with the Wii U could be a sign that they're not that into it either.

Jaysonguy

Don't care for Mass Effect.

There are better RPGs out there (like The Witcher 2 or Dark Souls for example).

[QUOTE="goblaa"]

[QUOTE="YearoftheSnake5"]

It's product suicide.

WreckEm711

Product scuicide is how third party publshers release their wii games. They do it so they can say there's no market on nintendo platforms so they have an excuse to not put any future effort or support into their wii games. It happened all gen with the wii and will most likely happen again with the wiiu.

Same thoughts, Dead Space: Extraction anyone? "NOPE WE GAVE YOU A DEAD SPACE DIDN'T DO GOOD BYE" On rails, spinoff, zero marketing, most people didn't know it existed. Die EA. I can see the exact same thing happening with ME3

And EA wonders why they've been bleeding money this entire generation.

Rayman was never confirmed for launch. It's launching in EU, not NA.

Also it's smarter for them to hold back on Rayman because of the competition right from day 1. Just another overreaction by Jayson

i think the reason wiiU isnt getting the trilogy is because EA has to work on the ports more for wiiU so that they use the tablet controller... might be too much work for them.

So the Wii U will be getting a special version of Mass Effect 3 sometimes this winter.

Everywhere else they're going to get Mass Effect 1-3 for the same price.

Right from the jump one of the largest publishers is treating the Wii U like second hand waste giving it a sub par, inferior version of one of the largest franchises in history.

The thing is EA is a huge power when it comes to many franchises and sports games so them not being on board with the Wii U is huge. Also speaking of sports the Wii U's version of NBA 2K13 isn't guaranteed to be ready for launch?

Ubisoft now saying that Rayman is not guaranteed to launch with the console either?

This is a very ominous start for the Wii U, third parties are already delaying products of giving the console the most inferior versions of games.

Jaysonguy

[QUOTE="super600"]

EA is just messed up right now.They will be crying if ubisoft makes piles of money from the WiiU.

Jaysonguy

Ubisoft is also to blame here, Rayman not being a launch game is huge.

The Wii U desperately needs GTA and 2K not guaranteeing that another one of it's biggest franchises will be launching with the Wii U could be a sign that they're not that into it either.

if im not mistaken madden 13 is also coming to the wiiu so no its not going to matter,

so what if they have a compilation of 1-3 i already have 1 and 2 , there would be no point in me buying that 60 dollar compilation when i already have 2 of the games !

EA's just pulling a Konami. Also, screw EA, there's more games.OreoMilkshake

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]EA's just pulling a Konami. Also, screw EA, there's more games.Rod90

They released the MGS HD Collection before Snake Eater 3D for the same price.

[QUOTE="Rod90"][QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]EA's just pulling a Konami. Also, screw EA, there's more games.ANIMEguy10034

They released the MGS HD Collection before Snake Eater 3D for the same price.

According to Gamestop, Amazon, Best Buy, Toys R Us, Walmart, and Newegg, it's $40.

According to Gamestop, Amazon, Best Buy, Toys R Us, Walmart, and Newegg, it's $40.

ANIMEguy10034

Sorry!! My bad.Rod90

Don't worry!

I don't think this is an indication of third party support for the future. It's EA being EA.

The Wii U version was already pretty pointless even before the trilogy set was announced. Why would anyone want the third game in a trilogy series? Especially if they don't have the means to play the first two. Even hitting that demographic is small, and most people aren't going to pick up a Wii U version because they were holding out on it. EA has already made sure the port is going to die, the fact that the trilogy was announced just hurts the Wii U release even more.

Can't wait to see EA say no more Mass Effect on Wii U because ME3 performed poorly, too hard to sell third party games on Nintendo platforms, etc.

More than likely, EA had been porting ME1 to the PS3 and decided to release it as a trilogy instead of an old game. It then makes sense to offer it for the 360 as well since they just need to package it and not code it.

The first two games were never ported to the WiiU. Doing so would cost more time and money than EA would want to spend.

You could certainly argue that EA should not have ported a game that was part of a trilogy, but Nintendo was probably really pushing to get big name games released on their new system. You know, Bioshock, Batman, Mass Effect, Assassins Creed, Black Ops.

I don't think we can proclaim 3rd party support dead or alive until after the WiiU has been out for a while.