Oct 19 2007
Wii isn’t hardcore enough for Assassin’s Creed?
The Wii, despite massive success, has proven to be a polarizing little device. While making inroads to both new and seasoned player alike, it has still managed to garner some animosity from those considering themselves “hardcore.” Latest to jump on the bandwagon is Patrice Desilets, creative director of Assassin’s Creed. The verdict? The Wii isn’t for the hardcore video game player.
In spite of an upcoming Nintendo DS version of his game set for release, Desilets says that:
“The Wii is all about casual games. In terms of processing power and graphics capabilities the Wii is roughly equivalent to the PS2 and the first Xbox … I like the controller and the fact that the Wii is bringing a new audience to games but Assassin’s creed [sic] would never run on the Wii hardware.”
While he is correct that the Wii could not run a straight port of Assassin’s Creed, the conclusion that the system is a casual only device does not logically follow.
Hit the link below to read the full interview.
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This reucrring myth that “Wii is only for casual games” is becoming annoying. If Desilets logic was correct, then the Xbox and PS2 can only be considered as suitable for casual games also …. IRCC there are lots of ‘hardcore’ games on the PS2 and Xbox platforms, despite the fact that they have the ‘inferior’ processing and graphics capability of previous-gen consoles.
I think these developers actually have other reasons for not releasing on Wii, but they need to give some convincing sounding answer when asked why their game won’t be coming to the platform. More than likely their publishers underestimated the success of the Wii, and feel it’s too late to jump on the platform now with current games in development. Those publishers who get that it’s about fun and not about graphics are going to rake in some tidy profits with their hardcore releases on Wii, while the onlookers will continue to complain that there is just no way they could have released a hardcore game on ‘previous-gen’ hardware.