Carmack: Not Enough Wii U Interest for Doom 3: BFG Edition

By Jorge Ba-oh 02.08.2013 10

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John Carmack, co-creator of Doom, discussed Wii U development during a keynote speech at Quakecon this week.

Whilst discussing newer consoles, Carmack feels that the coming generation, which includes Wii U, Xbox One and PS4, will "last a long time", but feels its potentially the last of its kind.

He did note how he would love to develop for Nintendo 3DS, Wii U and Playstation Vita but it's "extremely unlikely to happen." Despite this, Carmack "always thought the Wii U and the Vita would be great targets for Doom 3:BFG. But there's not enough interest".

What are your thoughts on Carmack's comments - is there room for Doom on Wii U?

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SirLink is offline. SirLink 02.08.2013#1

is there room for Doom on Wii U?

There's plenty of room for Doom on Wii U, just ask all the internet trolls. Smilie

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Vorash Kadan 02.08.2013#2

Is it that he THINKS there's not enough customer interest....or is it that HE doesn't have enough interest in Nintendo? Cause I can tell you there's PLENTY of interest for games like Doom on the Wii U.

It's just a shame that devs like him lack the balls to do what's OBVIOUS & we get devs  like craptivition pumping out one CoD after another...

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Sonic_13 is offline. Sonic_13 03.08.2013#3

But there's not enough interest.

from you?

 
jb is offline. jb 03.08.2013#4

There needs to be a website where all Nintendo fans can literally vote on the series they'd want and buy... hmm...

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JoshSL is offline. JoshSL 03.08.2013#5

jb said:
There needs to be a website where all Nintendo fans can literally vote on the series they'd want and buy... hmm...

That sounds like a good idea.

While Wii U sales are pretty dire, there are a lot of people who are prospecting purchase of one when the games arrive, it'll get a userbase eventually. Unfortunately for now, "not enough interest" is a pretty valid reason to not release a game for it.. but I just hope that they don't hypocritically stick to that reasoning in the future even if the console or any future Nintendo consoles become successful.

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Vorash Kadan 03.08.2013#6

Nintendo's in a catch 22 at the moment I conquer. Devs won't make the high end third party games we want until more systems are sold....& non-experienced gamers/after Nintendo starters who don't have interest in Nintendo's first party games already won't buy the system until more third party support is present. : /

It's a vicious game of Tug-of-War that NOBODY wins...TnT

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J4K is offline. J4K 03.08.2013#7

Such a voting website would be great, but it would need to be kickstarter like in that you were essentially placing a preorder with cash down. It's the best way to ensure votes transition into actual success.

 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 04.08.2013#8

Fair enough - I know I am not interested Smilie

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Angus is offline. Angus 04.08.2013#9

Aww, I was getting my hopes up for it being released on the Wii U. I've been reading headlines for months that said the Wii U was 'doomed'.

 
Laurelin is offline. Laurelin 05.08.2013#10

Boom 3: BFG is - if I am not much mistaken - a stale rerun of Doom 3 with even older games put into the package - Doom 1 and 2, no?
If so, then I am glad, it doesn't come to Wii U, because it's another one of those born-dead games hoping to make some cheap bucks on Wii U with old games looking terrible. THAT DOESN'T WORK, it didn't work on Wii, it didn't work for the more or less new games released at launch-window like Mass Effect 3 and the like. It more or less worked for Assassin's Creed, because it wasn't that old when Wii U came out.

When will they ever learn?
Releasing games like this put Wii and Wii U in the position it is now regarding core games. Dammit!

I find your lack of faith disturbing!
 

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