Unreal Engine 3 may never see a Wii port

The wii simply can't handle the Unreal 3 engine.

The engine is more tham just code. It is a system that makes preogramming easier and more portable. Games made on the Unreal engine can go anywhere there is an unreal engine without much fuss.

This gen PC=XBOX360=PS3!= Wii

All that mean is no game made with the unreal3 engine will be on the wii. Plenty of people are willing to ignore the unreal3 engine. The ps2 isn't going away for at least a year so the last engine will still see much love, thus ps2-> wii ports.

The U3 engine is one of MANY MANY MANY engines out there. Just because 1 engine isn't being used is far from a bad omen. It's an HD engine and a non-HD console, they just don't fit well. That's like complaining that DX10 won't be available on consoles. Does that mean that Vista will be the end-all of gaming 'platforms'? Far from it.

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Isn't this why most people have computers?

Any of you guys noticing that with either yourself or freinds with a Wii?

I wouldn't say spells doom and gloom for the Wii. It's just reinforcing what we already know; the Wii isn't graphically very strong. But isn't that what Nintendo wanted to move away from?

Gears may have been the 800lb gorilla, but an engine doesn't necessarily guarantee software sales. Sure, Square-Enix is going to use it, but will their adoption of the engine affect their sales? Most likely not as their user-base is pretty much defined. Gears sold well because it was a solid and fun game, not because of the engine that powered it.

While I think having the UE3 would benefit the Wii, we all know it can't handle it, and Nintendo clearly doesn't see it as a problem. Nintendo's strategy seems to be to reach out to developers and get them to make new content for Wii that reinforces gameplay over graphics, so no surprises here. Although it would be nice to have...

@ Joseph: Oh boy, PS2 to Wii ports. I know that's why I put my faith in Nintendo, so I could get ports of games with an "innovative" control scheme awkwardly slapped on, not for the original games designed for Wii originally, a la Rayman Raving Rabbids.

@joeybuckets

But I like syrup on my cheeseburgers.

This is kind of redundant alright. We all know well the wii can't handle the graphical payload of games like gears. What a lot of people seem to forget is that for that very reason, the wii is far cheaper & easier to develop for than the monstrously brutish 3ers. People also seem ignorant of the fact that the wii has already sold millions of units, only a few months in. Developers have taken note, rest assured. While we will get plenty of shitty ps2 ports, they will eventually dry up, and interesting new games(like elebits, dewy's adventure or korunopia) will arrive. Please try to remember that a game doesn't have to have a number appended to its name to be worth playing.

I've posted all this shit plenty of times, but until people quit bitching(or everyone tells me to just plain shut up), I'm going to keep doing it. The console has been out for under 4 months(I think). There are already over half a dozen games for it well worth getting. The same couldn't be said about the 360 this time last year, and certainly not the ps3. More games will come. You chose to buy it at launch. Be patient and quit yer gorram whinin'.

The Nintendo Wii <i>is</i> next generation.

Namelessted: Good show, actually just like I have adviced a few million times already: just get a Wii60 and get on with your lives.

Oh and since no one has been polite enough to encourage our motto, allow me to do so:

And also... cocks.

There. now Let us continue with our rather entertaining video game discussion, carry on [sips on tea]

nope, you're wrong.

I thought our motto was STFUAJPG?

Wow, knee-jerk much?

I like that an article about a non-HD console not using an HD Engine is "the Wii taking it in the ass."