Dreamfall Chapters no Longer Coming to Wii U or Xbox One

It looks like Sony has struck a deal with Red Thread Games to bring Dreamfall Chapters exclusively to the PS4. This means the Xbox One and Wii U will not be getting the game anytime soon, or at all. The title is still coming to the PC, Mac, and Linux

[Barnaby-Jones]

Kinda seems messed up for all the people on Wii U who payed money in hopes of this game being on their system day one. Also goes to show 3rd party exclusivity isn't a one way thing.

[iamnsuperman]

Well the Kickstarter was about making the game for linix/mac/PC so if Wii U gamers paid money for the campaign then that was stupid. The said they would look into a port to consoles and asked for Dev kits but clearly nothing came of it. But irrelevant there was no guarantee it was ever going to make it onto consoles

[Big_Game_Hunters]

Nope. They said they received the dev kits and confirmed it for wiiu. Dirty move by the devs to accept the offer but also dirty of sony knowing full well some people crowdfunded this game hoping to play it on xone wiiu.
If you are one of those people saying MS is bad for buying tombraider exclusivety and you defend this, then guess what.... you are a hypocrite.

[Barnaby-Jones]

But if it ever was coming to consoles it looked sure fire that it would be on Wii U day one for console release. Considering the fact that Nintendo was the first company showing prolonged interest in the game, it just seems kinda unfair.

[iamnsuperman]

@Big_Game_Hunters

Again your saying hope. The developer said they were in contact with Nintendo as they approached them but made no pledge for it. It is Kickstarter where there is no garentee of even a final product. What were Wii U users doing if there was no guarantee. I would be pissed if it wasn't coming to PC like they originally said. I am not defending anything. Merely pointing out that Wii U funders have no ground to stand on. They only talked about a possible console port and said they had Wii U dev kits (no release time frame nothing)

@barnaby-jones
Yes it is probably unfair for Nintendo to get shafted but obviously no deal was made by Nintendo (mistake on their part)

[johndoe11211]

@iamnsuperman

I really don't know the details behind this so I'll need to do more research but based on that link that was posted below, If the dev really confirmed that the game was coming to the wiiu like that article states, and nintendo fans contributed to the project, then this is bullsh!t to a degree and I will NOT be supporting this game.

If sony approached them to make this exclusive after they committed to a wiiu release then they should have said NO! This is exactly what I was talking about 2 days ago. Granted, this may not be as bad as the tomb raider fiasco but it is bad non the less. I don't care what company does this type of thing, I won't support these type of practices, they are anti-consumer.

They gave their word for Christ sake. Are they going to give back all those nintendo fans their money? Like I said, I need to get more details so' i'm just going off of that news article in the link but so far I have to say I will not be buying this game.

[WPX]

@johndoe11211

Sadly, as we are witnessing, when money(hat) talks, they can throw their "word" out of the window. Words mean nothing without a contract.

[pinkcrocodile75]

Probably a timed exclusive like Rise of The Tomb Raider, unless Sony buy the studio or the IP.

Though since I made the decision to add a PS4 to sit next to my Xbox One, I don't really care.

My advice to anyone unhappy with TR exclusive deal... but an Xbox One, you won't regret it.

If however Ninty contributed to the development in anyway, I see a law suit happening.

[Christopher]

Sucks this isn't coming to all consoles. But, some of you guys are wrong about this being promised. They've continued to say they've hoped for console releases. They've never said until now anything definitive. Though, they did play up the whole WiiU devkit. I don't know why they would spend all that time working on seeing if it is possible and can it.

To be honest, I'm not sure why Sony put money in this.

Edit: Also, how is a new IP to console the same as an IP that was previously released on the same consoles? Stop trying to make this about sony fanboys. If you hate this decision, tell them so. If you're just here to talk about sony fanboys, get ready to be marked as trolling and possibly a restriction.

[DualWielding]

I did not follow the story closely but I remembered the guy specfically saying that it would come to Wii U "if they could get it running" don't remember it being confirmed for Wii U...... Its clear Sony made a console exclusivity deal but it may not have come to Wii U even if Sony hadn't (it would have definetely come to Xbone though)

[Picnic]

I doubt nearly anybody bought a WiiU specifically with Dreamfall Chapters in mind. It was primarily announced as a PC game and Nintendo only later showed interest in getting a version of it. I didn't even know it was originally due to come on WiiU until you said. But it's not good form if it doesn't end up later on the WiiU:

http://www.joystiq.com/2013...

It doesn't sound like an XboxOne version was ever specifically promised though, it was just once deemed likely:
http://www.eurogamer.net/ar...

[hkgamer]

did the kickstarter have to fund more money for this project to reach the wiiU stretch goals? if that was, i feel sorry for wiiU fans. im happy its still available for ps4 though.

only played the last game and enjoyed it, cant say im a fan of the series though since i never played them and it is supposedly very different to the game i played.

[DualWielding]

I love the original the Longest Journey, haven't played the other games in the series though. I think its stupid to buy exclusivity for games like this though.... Microsoft's idea of buying one big exclusive like Tomb Rider makes more sense than buying 2 dozens of indies

[hkgamer]

i think sony just wants as many exclusive indies as possible, its cheaper that way and those indie games do get a bigger spotlight.

tr didnt need the exclusivity. but it does seem liked a timed thing anyway, so thats a non argument.

[Lenrulesdaworld]

Actually it did, they wanted more funding to make a bigger & better game. MS provided that, So being time everyone will benefit, its pretty clear from the artice interviews with phil & crystal dynamics.

[Kurisu]

What's this game about? I've not heard of it before.

[slasaru01]

I don't want it anyways. In this part the main hero face looks like a monkey, really. She was so cute and now so ugly. This is what they call "French" design, eh?

[SaveFerris]

If they promised this to WiiU after it hit the stretch goal then it is a kick in the balls to those who wanted this on the console. I guess they didn't have a contract with Nintendo yet?

[Christopher]

It doesn't look like it, but then they shouldn't have mentioned starting work and utilizing the game pad when they got the Wii U dev kits.

Personally, this is a perfect game for the Wii U, so really wish they had made a deal or gotten enough funding to not have to make a deal with anyone else.

[AKR]

If this were something like Rayman Legends (a game from a third-party studio) - it wouldn't matter that much.

But the fact that this was CROWDFUNDED as a MULTIPLATFORM title, is where the problem lies. How on earth can you take people's money and then sign a contract to make the game exclusive to one platform? This is the kind of thing that will break Kickstarter. Honestly, aren't there any guidelines these people must follow when they're asking for money?

[lilbroRx]

And this is the second time it has happened to my knowledge. The first was with Project C.A.R.S.

This is going to hurt many legit developers because people who going to stop supporting them out of the distrust that actions like this generate.

[AKR]

I agree with you wholeheartedly.

Thankfully pCARS is still coming - although I still think it was a slap to the face by SMS to delay ONLY the Wii U version.

[Christopher]

The crowdfunding was only for PC/Linux. It's still going to those. They never even reached the iOS/Android funding levels, so nothing else was promised. This isn't just on PS4, but only going to release on PS4 as it refers to consoles. STill going to PC/Linux as per the kickstarter campaign.

[ElementX]

Dreamfall is an awesome series of point-and-click adventure games, I can't wait to play this!

[lilbroRx]

Dreamfall is not the series.

The Longest Journey, which is one of the best adventure games ever made, is the series.

Dreamfall was a (subpar) sequel to the Longest Journey, and it was not point and click at all. It played like Fable only with far less interaction and a really bland combat system. The creativity that made TLJ so popular was replaced with a generic, spoiled, teeny bopper protagonist and generic modern, for the time, cliches.

Dreamfall was an abomination in the face of The Longest Journey and this game is following that abomination. There was noting awesome about Dreamfall. At least not awesome in a good way.

[ElementX]

You're absolutely right, I was thinking of Syberia, which has a 3rd game coming out sometime next year supposedly. The Longest Journey was awesome, though.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Exclusive or not, I'm just happy this is getting made. Been waiting like 6 years for this!! Played both games but I enjoyed the second on Xbox best. Phenomenal is an understatement.

[WitWolfy]

Still need to finish the Xbox original version too.

[lilbroRx]

The first versions was never released on a console. Though I guess any hint of The Longest Journey that is left will be gone from this game given how longs its been and the difference in the makeup of who is developing it.

I guess you might as well make Dreamfall into its on series now. Can't really call this part of The Longest Journey anymore given how bad Dreamfall butchered the world and plot.

[EverydayGuy]

There is no mention of the Wii U version on the kickstarter page. They already told Nintendo they will be thinking about it, so I don't see the crime in this decision, other than Wii U owners jumping the gun and donated.

Still kind of shady on Sony whether or not it is timed/console exclusive.