EA planned to port Dead Space 2 to the Wii but cancelled it.

Sad news for Wii only owners. I really like the Dead Space franchise and liked Extraction on the Wii. It's a shame that more people won't be experiencing it.

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Considering how poorly Dead Space Extraction sold on the Wii I don't blame them. Though it would be nice if they designed another Dead Space rail shooter for the Wii, I really liked Extraction, it can sell bad on the Wii but if they make it multiplat and have it on the PS3 with Move support it'll probably do a lot better.lamprey263

You should blame them, they did ZERO advertising for it and basically dropped it off to die. It's their own fault really.

Porting a HD game to the Wii is a bad idea anyway. In order for it to look good they need to make the game from the ground up. Extraction was build from the ground up for the Wii and it looked fantastic. What I really want is a Dead Space for the 3DS. 3DS has better shaders than the Wii and top it off with 3D the game will look nice.

Considering how poorly Dead Space Extraction sold on the Wii I don't blame them. Though it would be nice if they designed another Dead Space rail shooter for the Wii, I really liked Extraction, it can sell bad on the Wii but if they make it multiplat and have it on the PS3 with Move support it'll probably do a lot better.lamprey263

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]Considering how poorly Dead Space Extraction sold on the Wii I don't blame them. Though it would be nice if they designed another Dead Space rail shooter for the Wii, I really liked Extraction, it can sell bad on the Wii but if they make it multiplat and have it on the PS3 with Move support it'll probably do a lot better.WreckEm711

Dead space is not that kind of game that would do well on wii. Not fruity enough.

edidili

Meh I really don't care about Dead Space at all anyways, and wouldn't want a watered down port even if I liked the series.

Dead space is not that kind of game that would do well on wii. Not fruity enough.

edidili

Do I care? No. Though it does seem like EA likes to treat Wii owners like crap.nintendoboy16

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Dead space is not that kind of game that would do well on wii. Not fruity enough.

ShuichiChamp24

Well the fact that you don't care validates my point. Cmon is not a secret that wii is a fruity platform and I don't think that's an insult.

[QUOTE="ShuichiChamp24"][QUOTE="edidili"]

Dead space is not that kind of game that would do well on wii. Not fruity enough.

edidili

Well the fact that you don't care validates my point. Cmon is not a secret that wii is a fruity platform and I don't think that's an insult.

Considering how poorly Dead Space Extraction sold on the Wii I don't blame them. Though it would be nice if they designed another Dead Space rail shooter for the Wii, I really liked Extraction, it can sell bad on the Wii but if they make it multiplat and have it on the PS3 with Move support it'll probably do a lot better.lamprey263

That's probably for the best. The consoles barely handled that game without dropping the framerate to drastically at times. No way the Wii could run it without a lot of reworking to make the game look terrible.

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]Considering how poorly Dead Space Extraction sold on the Wii I don't blame them. Though it would be nice if they designed another Dead Space rail shooter for the Wii, I really liked Extraction, it can sell bad on the Wii but if they make it multiplat and have it on the PS3 with Move support it'll probably do a lot better.Hexagon_777

[QUOTE="lamprey263"]Considering how poorly Dead Space Extraction sold on the Wii I don't blame them. Though it would be nice if they designed another Dead Space rail shooter for the Wii, I really liked Extraction, it can sell bad on the Wii but if they make it multiplat and have it on the PS3 with Move support it'll probably do a lot better.Hexagon_777

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[QUOTE="lamprey263"]Considering how poorly Dead Space Extraction sold on the Wii I don't blame them. Though it would be nice if they designed another Dead Space rail shooter for the Wii, I really liked Extraction, it can sell bad on the Wii but if they make it multiplat and have it on the PS3 with Move support it'll probably do a lot better.WilliamRLBaker

I thought Extraction came out for PS3 only using the Move?

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"][QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]How much did Extraction sell on the PlayStation 3? Do you have figures?

p3anut

I thought Extraction came out for PS3 only using the Move?

I think this is amazing in a way, though its been happening for a long time. I've never known publishers care so little about the number one selling console on the market. It really says something about the Wii, if it had competitive hardware they could do it in their sleep.tomarlyn

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]I think this is amazing in a way, though its been happening for a long time. I've never known publishers care so little about the number one selling console on the market. It really says something about the Wii, if it had competitive hardware they could do it in their sleep.Jynxzor

It creates its own problem

Core 3rd party Wii games are usually low budget B team jobs which is why the quality usually lacks, which is why the sales usually lack. Unless its something tailored to the Wii's major user base which is party and casual game lovers. Competitive hardware would mean publishers wouldn't have to re-work the whole project from the ground up with a different team every time.

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"]I think this is amazing in a way, though its been happening for a long time. I've never known publishers care so little about the number one selling console on the market. It really says something about the Wii, if it had competitive hardware they could do it in their sleep.Jynxzor

When you look at games that sold well from 3rd parties like Goldeneye 007 and Monster Hunter Tri, Epic Mickey, etc, it shows that if you put the effort in and market it, its going to sell. Most developers make it and leave it out to die, dead space extraction, red steel 2, among others.

Porting a HD game to the Wii is a bad idea anyway. In order for it to look good they need to make the game from the ground up. Extraction was build from the ground up for the Wii and it looked fantastic. What I really want is a Dead Space for the 3DS. 3DS has better shaders than the Wii and top it off with 3D the game will look nice.

p3anut

I agree a Dead space 1 and 2 bundle on the 3ds would be a better idea then porting to wii and third person shooters games look pretty neat in 3D.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]Do I care? No. Though it does seem like EA likes to treat Wii owners like crap.hiryu3

If you're talking about Extraction, well, like another said, that was EA's own damn fault that never sold.

I don't think it would've been very good on the Wii anyway, too many sacrifices would be made, you wouldn't even really get the same experience as initially intended.

They can put that Ipad Dead space game on the wii no prob. But its only like 3 hours long.

being that is just RE4 in space with some neat Half Life 2 (Xbox Level) physics I can't imagine it not running on the Wii.

But alas, EA and many companies think they shouldn't have to advertise Wii releases. Perhaps built in ads in the OS for Wii 2 would help this to some extent?

I think this is amazing in a way, though its been happening for a long time. I've never known publishers care so little about the number one selling console on the market. It really says something about the Wii, if it had competitive hardware they could do it in their sleep.tomarlyn

It's also a big "what if" that Nintendo probably could've charged $300-$400 for the Wii with how much it sold, how many people paid even more for it in its first 2 years, that maybe they could've put out a more comparable, HD console with a higher price tag and still gotten to the same place

But we'll never know. Nintendo consoles always have a draw back that creates a lot of "what if" scenarios. If not, it wouldn't be the Nintendo we know and love.

[QUOTE="hiryu3"][QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]Do I care? No. Though it does seem like EA likes to treat Wii owners like crap.nintendoboy16

If you're talking about Extraction, well, like another said, that was EA's own damn fault that never sold.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

[QUOTE="hiryu3"] well it was originally a Wii only game, it didn't sell so they ported it to another console. Sounds fair to mehiryu3

If you're talking about Extraction, well, like another said, that was EA's own damn fault that never sold.