What may come as a blow to retro enthusiasts, SEGA have revealed that they currently do not have plans to support the Virtual Console service on the Wii U.
No big loss, Sega's ports on the PS3 are pretty bad. To me it seems like they're running the original ROM through an emulator, as the games aren't as responsive as the original carts. Sonic 2 is easily noticeable with this and its split second jumps.
I think Sega doesn't know what the outside world is like anymore (outside of Japan that is). They may have purchased Atlus to tell them what the outside world is like nowadays. -_-
Yeah but the problem isn't really about the actual size of the Wii U's fanbase. The Xbox One, while having a smaller fanbase, is still selling so much faster than the Wii U and will catch up shortly. On top of that, the attach rate on Wii U is very poor outside of Nintendo's own games, whereas on the Xbox One and PS4 the 3rd party attach rates are very, very high. So while Wii U has sold more systems, it's selling far less games. That low attach rate is why publishers are hesitant to release games for the Wii U.
I'm not sure I see how small scale digital downloads of old games are all that much of a financial risk. Sega has put out quite a few new exclusives for Wii U, including two Sonic games. Why not Virtual Console games?
This article makes it seem like there will be none on Wii U, however, Okunagi said introduce your hope to Sega West. Now, I may be mistaken but, this could mean that it's Sega West's job to do the footwork on this and that we should be expressing our interest to them.
Don't feel bad guys, it's current SEGA, they're making bonehead decisions all the time... *weeps for no more localized Yakuza and lack of Ferrari F355 Challenge on PS2 classics*
No big loss, Sega's ports on the PS3 are pretty bad. To me it seems like they're running the original ROM through an emulator, as the games aren't as responsive as the original carts. Sonic 2 is easily noticeable with this and its split second jumps.
* Sega...What are you doing !?
* Capcom...What are you doing !?
* Square Enix...What are you doing !?
Why sega? The Wii U already had a larger install base than the XBox One
Just bring Eternal champions.
This article makes it seem like there will be none on Wii U, however, Okunagi said introduce your hope to Sega West. Now, I may be mistaken but, this could mean that it's Sega West's job to do the footwork on this and that we should be expressing our interest to them.