GDC is, well, for developers, so naturally folks attending the event are bound to hear a few things about the Wii U from various industry members.
Kotaku’s Stephen Totilo ran into a financial analyst and a developer today, and shared a couple of things about what he heard.
Totilo wrote:
“Wii U chatter was mixed on day 2. A financial analyst told me Nintendo is screwed. Not enough time to be out on their own. A developer told me their fortunes are mixed. Good ambition on Nintendo’s part, but, well… it’s Nintendo, everyone says it’s on Nintendo for the thing to succeed. Same as it ever was. It’s almost all on them.”
This is just one analyst and one developer, so I wouldn’t be concerned about the quotes above. And I really, really wouldn’t be surprised if the mystery analyst was Wedbush’s Michael Pachter…
Although Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was well received by critics, the classic GameCube title never lit up the sales charts. Even so, Silicon Knights is open to making a sequel.
Silicon Knights head Denis Dyack provided the following response when asked if “it’s too much to ask” for a new Eternal Darkness game:
“I don’t think it is too much to ask. Certainly we love Eternal Darkness. It’s a project that’s near and dear to our hearts.”
Dyack went on to say that a sequel is “requested a lot by a lot of people” and that “anything’s possible.” He wasn’t willing to say what the studio is working on currently.
Virtual Console
Ganbare Goemon: Kuroufune T? no Nazo (Game Boy) – 400 yen
DLC
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Songs (4 tracks releasing on March 8 ) – ? yen
Video Content
Five Kid Icarus: Uprising videos
Kid Icarus: Uprising commercials
eShop/DSiWare trailer for February
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy DLC video
Hatsune Miku and the Future Stars Project mirai commercial
01./00. [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors #
02./00. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
03./02. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin
04./00. [PSP] Great Battle Full Blast #
05./15. [3DS] Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
06./08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
07./03. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Narutimate Storm Generation
08./07. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land
09./09. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G #
10./01. [PSP] Tales of the Heroes: Twin Brave #
11./00. [3DS] Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles
12./05. [PS3] Asura’s Wrath
13./13. [3DS] Resident Evil: Revelations
14./11. [PS3] Binary Domain
15./00. [PS3] UFC Undisputed 3
16./21. [WII] Just Dance Wii
17./18. [PSP] Samurai Warriors 3 Z Special
18./25. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best)
19./04. [PSP] I Don’t Have Many Friends Portable #
20./22. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Spec II
3DS – 70,744
PS3 – 65,116
PSP – 15,715
Vita – 10,023
Wii – 8,111
PS2 – 1,377
Xbox 360 – 1,248
DSi LL – 810
DSi – 553
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
3DS – 76,322
PS3 – 27,111
PSP – 15,928
Vita – 11,186
Wii – 7,878
Xbox 360 – 1,508
PS2 – 1,269
DSi LL – 977
DSi – 662
