Nintendo's next generation console will not receive support from Epic's upcoming tech
Nintendo’s next generation console will not be supported by the upcoming Unreal Engine 4, it has been revealed.
UE4 is the next-generation of Epic’s very popular development engine. Its incompatibility with Wii U effectively locks Nintendo’s machine out of a wealth of third party multiplatform content.
The confirmation came from SpikeTV host Geoff Keighley, who said on Twitter that Epic’s Mike Capps confirmed the news at GDC in March.
Wii U will, however, be supported by the currently common Unreal Engine 3. But if UE4 gains the same popularity as UE3, Nintendo’s platform could once again struggle to court the same level of third party support and Microsoft and Sony’s machines.
UE4 will be revealed at E3 next week.
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This report originally appeared on our sister site MCV.
Isn't this the other way around? Epic are choosing not to support WiiU with UE4 as it's (supposedly) only at a 360/PS3 level, so should be fine with UE3. The new engine will likely have DX11 a a minimum requirement for it's HW, so is likely why if the WiiU is only Dx10 as reported.
Oops. Fixed!
I think your info needs to be updated.
Requiring shader model 5 would be weird, that would effectively block out the mobile platforms, the old consoles and Mac OS.
Not supporting the old consoles is suicide because they have massive market penetration, not supporting mobile is weird because they worked so hard on it and the Mac OS port was only done a few months ago.
fact checking. Epic has stated no platform has been confirmed except PC.
Wii U will have superior GPU power over the XBOX720. The XBOX 720 will use a HD6450GPU extremly low quality & outdated.
Rumours of the Wii U being as powerful as the current gen were false it will be 2x CPU & greatly improved GPU. While lacking CPU wise comapred to the XBOX720.
The PS4 will be the best but very late to the table as Playstation is stating that the PS3 is good enough for now.
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CPU: PS4>XBOX720>Wii U>Current gen
GPU: PS4>Wii U>Xbox720>Current gen
There will be no reason to not support the Wii U.
