Take-Two pledges support for Wii

15 Comments by James Ransom-Wiley Jun 12th 2006 1:25PM
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Sports, E3, Business

According to Take-Two president and CEO Paul Eibeler, the publisher was impressed with Nintendo's E3 showing and is now committed to producing a range of titles for Wii beginning in late 2007.

Eibeler focused on Wii's potential to expand Take-Two's 2K Sports series, specifically MLB. 2K is also responsible for a slew of non-sports titles, including BioShock, CivCity: Rome, Dungeon Siege, Family Guy and Prey, which may or may not find a home on Wii. Eibeler made no mention of the availability of current or future Rockstar titles for the Wii platform.

Tags: 2K Games, 2K Sports, 2kGames, 2kSports, Rockstar, Take-Two

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Richie: Jun 12th 2006; 1:27PM

File in old'd.

Amir: Jun 12th 2006; 1:32PM

GTA: WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!

Still not likely.

'Tis a shame indeed.

J B Cougar: Jun 12th 2006; 1:32PM

Take 2 woudl especially like to expand its sports offerings given the fact that a slumping EA Sports now controls most of the market due to monopoly licensing agreements. I think Wii would fit that need nicely.

vidGuy: Jun 12th 2006; 1:41PM

3rd party support for the Wii is already equal to or past the Gamecube's support and we are still 5 months from launch. Maybe those consumer purchase-intent polls are persuading developers to come to the light side and make money with Nintendo?

that guy: Jun 12th 2006; 1:42PM

Looking forward to new, original properties published by Take Two ... well, those, as well as Table Tennis 2 ;)

I have no interest in seeing GTA on Wii. I don't even play the series on Xbox or PS2.

Korey: Jun 12th 2006; 1:44PM

yeah you could now actually use the controller like a baseball bat and kneecap sum 1 im excited

josh: Jun 12th 2006; 1:50PM

I really would like a Civ port to the DS!

jaemz: Jun 12th 2006; 2:12PM

With the level of quality games that Take2 have been putting out lately (as in no quality games), I would say this really isn't good news.

2k Sports has gotten so bad, I am actually thinking of going back to EA Sports... now that's bad.

MrTroy: Jun 12th 2006; 2:28PM

GTA seems unlikely for the Wii. Not saying Nintendo is "Kiddy" or anything. It's the very nature of that game combined with the way that most Wii games will play. That will cause an unnecessary amount of flak to the gaming industry. I doubt that Take Two wants to bring something like that to the front line.

Just my two cents though. :)

KwadDamyj: Jun 12th 2006; 2:38PM

I'll never understand these bastards and it's probably best that way.

Christ, someone teleport me back to the cheesy-yet-wonderful days of Sega vs. Nintendo. Everything has thoroughly gone batshit insane now.

saboola: Jun 12th 2006; 3:37PM

The wii combined with the hot coffee mod could make for some interesting gameplay

the_game_master: Jun 12th 2006; 3:52PM

maybe Duke Nukem Forever will come out for Wii. We know the game wont have next gen graphics, but maybe if the vaporware project ever see the light Take2 might publish it for Wii as well as PC.

Deth: Jun 12th 2006; 7:25PM

I cant wait for a strap on wiimote. Japanese gamers will be in heaven. a whole new genre will be born.

Cheers!

Yon: Jun 12th 2006; 8:26PM

This can only end in tears.

KilgoreTrout XL: Jun 13th 2006; 9:07AM

Dungeon Siege for the Wii sounds intriguing. The menu-heavy interface would mesh pretty well with the remote.

Bioshock, however, will be a 360 purchase. Don't want to miss out on any bells and whistles.

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