Hand Me Downs: The Porting Crisis of Wii U

With so many multi-platform games flooding Wii U’s launch window, Lewis asks whether we’re doomed to another generation of dodgy ports.

[Jadedz]

People want the Wii U to garner the same suppot as...
Microsoft and Sony receive, yet they complain about ports?

I really don't understand this flawed logic of thinking.

[Arius Dion]

Couldn't
Agree more. It's silly and additionally, every console starts out with ports. It's a quick way to establish a market on the new console and for devs to familiarize themselves with the hardware.

[LX-General-Kaos]

Well said to both of the above

[Irishguy95]

Exactly, I mean what do they want it to be like the Wii? With a tiny amount of decent games on it? Want to wait for Zelda and Mario again? Ports are nothing but a plus.

[pedroyamato]

Fanboy logic:

Wii does not get Assassin's Creed:

WOWWWW THAT IS A SHIT** PLATAFORM, NO 3RD PARTY SUPPORT, BLABLABLA

Wii U gets a better version of Assassin's Creed:

WOWWW ONLY PORTSSS, WHERE IS THE EXCLUSIVES, BLABLABLA

The people that complain about wii u ports probably would complain if no port were to be released.

We only can figure out how good will be wii u line up once ps4 and the new xbox is revealed, until then, it is obvious that the most games on the wii u will be also on the ps3 and x360

[GreenRanger_]

Every console and handheld has and will get a lot of ports.
The only exception was the first game console.

[Schawk]

I know wii had no support people complained now the wiiU gets it and they still complain, every console after the first will get mostly ports, i would like to see a 3rd or 4th generation console release along with 20 brand new games, this will never happen

[WiiUalpha]

Worst part is its a Nintendo site and I bet if we looked into their history's they've prob complained about lack of supporting..vote the site down for extreme ignorance

[DivineAssault]

the wii u has exclusives that are launching.. Only the core titles are ports w very few exceptions.. If these ports dont sell well, they will cease to exist so i suggest everyone goes & buys em..

[DEZn00ts]

Everybody needs to get over it. If you want exclusives, there is a few in the LAUNCH WINDOW!!! That's why they call it that.

[Deku-Johnny]

You can't expect to have a lot of games that aren't ports at the launch of a system. Some developers haven't had a lot of time with the console and porting is a quick way to get a game out whilst introducing themselves to it before making something from the ground up, not to mention they won't want to risk losing money making a full game for the Wii U until it has an established fanbase.

[BitbyDeath]

Vitas doing the same and there is nothing wrong with it.

[Schawk]

Vita? what is that?