Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is committed to supporting Nintendo NX at launch, according to president David Haddad.
Speaking to VentureBeat about Microsoft's Project Scorpio and NX, Haddad stressed that Warner Bros. has enjoyed solid relationships with all three key hardware makers. The company was an early supporter of the Wii U, and has continued to bring games to the console long after its rivals had written it off.
Haddad said:
We have great relationships with all the console platforms. We believe we play a role in each of them. What I saw with the announcements that were made at the show - I'm fairly bullish about the console cycle, about gamers spending time on them and finding great content, about publishers being able to find returns on increasing investments in that space. We're constantly deciding how to navigate that, but supporting them is not a question for us.
Warner Bros. oversees franchises such as Injustice, Lego Star Wars, Lego Dimensions and Batman, all of which could potentially see new instalments on NX in the fullness of time.
[source nintendo-insider.com, via venturebeat.com]
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Words...
Better than nothing, I guess.
Every Lego game and a bunch of DLC, Injustice and some Batman for the Wii U. If they have supported the Wii U so heavily, as far as having the best game pad utilisation of anyone, then of course they will support the NX.
Expect more ports with missing DLC and season passes!
They did give us Arkham Origins on time, even if the game had some glitches. Assuming the NX is easy to port to, that shouldn't be a problem.
Well wait and see
Injustice 2 for Nintendo NX, calling it now.
@Grumblevolcano True. They supported Wii U but not in the best way. I had forgotten about the Lego games though. I played the 3DS demos and they all looked the same to me. The best game they released for Wii U was Batman Arkham City Armoured Edition.
I honestly think many developers sincerely mean these words but but... It's the architecture and install base thing all over again. I hope for the best but we'll see.
Well, that's stretching it a bit. He never mentions NX specifically. More of these kinds of multi-interpretable articles keep coming in. Maybe we should nickname the writer of them "Jack Reacher"...
"Supporting them is not a question for us" Okay cool lets be honest year. Warner bros did support the wii u and they still doing it with lego game like the upcoming lego star wars the force awakens. Warner bros are not bad as EA but they need to treat and make there game playable for every consoles. After the disaster of batman arkham knight pc I think why Wii U port was not in works. My guts telling me that lego star wars the force awakens will be on the nx
@BensonUii No!!! batman arkham knight will be on playable on the nx. After the disaster of batman arkham knight on PC as a PC gamer also I think you dont need batman arkham knight.
As soon as I saw Warner Brothers I knew they probably meant Lego and that Batman pic was just humorous. Lego may get the short end on Season Passes and DLC but Wii U still gets the games. And if they ever make a TMNT toys to life game (just a "suppose" on my part, neither rumor nor leak") NX will get that too.
Guessing more lego games then?
Any support is better than none. I look forward to seeing what they release.
Excellent news hopefully the big titles will come and be on par with the other systems.
@NCChris
Ditto.
@Moon
I guess Inafune inadvertently started a new meme.
I feel I've heard this before...
Would be great if they brought Arkham Knight and Injustice 2 to NX, would definitely both be day one purchases.
I'm Batman
The wiiu literally received every major game they have made with only two exceptions (shadow of mordor,arkam knight)
Why are you guys complaining so much? It's not like the article is about capcom or ea.
Batman is not a real superhero, j/s.
@Marce2240 Except they did not bother with Origins DLC for Wii U.
Ah well, least they could release a "complete" Arkham Knight Armored Edition with all the DLC on disc just like Wii U's City.... XD
"...committed to supporting Nintendo NX at launch." We'll see what happens six months to a year afterwards.
Fascinating. I am confident this statement will never come back to bite this guy.
@AlexSora89 lol, good one
@Moon
All credit goes to Inafune.
@bezerker99
If games for the NX from Warner Bros. are all like Arkham City Armored Edition (which I've been playing through), I'm all for it.
However, time will tell if they actually support the system correctly, or if this is just all PR fluff.
Lego Dimensions and Lego Games are a given on a Nintendo console. I think I now own most of what WB Games have put out, and Arkham Origins still ranks in the top 5 for most played on my console.
@jimi Didn't notice that, since that was the version I played. I assumed it had been patched at some point after release.
@Angelic_Lapras_King Which DLC are you talking about? My version had something related to Deathstroke that I didn't bother to retrieve, if memory serves. Was there anything past that?
@Marce2240 Well I know off the top of my head there were one or two new story DLC campaigns, one of them involving Mr Freeze...actually better just link it all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman:_Arkham_Origins#Additional_content
They canceled the DLC after the game's release, a real kick in the behind if you chose to support that version, and refunded anyone that brought the Season Pass on Wii U.
@AlexSora89 i thought it was "cry like an anime fan on prom night"?
good to see the caped crusader back, enjoyed playing Arkham City armoured edition, I guess this is what Nintendo wanted the 2nd screen experience to be, display vitals while not breaking the flow of gameplay.
which Aonuma claimed was unavoidable with Breath of the wild.
so the gamepad feature is not on the NX...
@hYdeks agreed, it will still be a good experience but might need to be an anthology with Arkham asylum
they do that, i'll buy day one with Breath of the wild
@jimi @Angelic_Lapras_King I didn't know that. That sucks big time, yeah. Hopefully the NX will fare better than the Wii U, so the situation won't repeat itself.
Supporting NX not a question but you can guarantee if the system is not a resounding success we will get half baked products and missing features cough arkham origins*cough* no online multiplayer cough
I'll believe it when I see it. I've said it elsewhere, and will say it again:
I got Injustice for Wii U, WB abandoned the game, not releasing all DLC. I got Mortal Kombat X for the PC, WB abandoned the game, not releasing all DLC. WB can go suck on a doorknob for all I care.
Still remember when they cancelled development on content in the season pass for wiiU owners of arkham origins and kept the cash, nintendo issued refunds to fix the situation I understand.
@therealgamer Lego TFA already announced for Wii U. And Warner have released a lot of Wii U, including stuff that's lost them money to port, despite being a business with a bottom line and shareholders to worry about.
I'm sure they'll support with Lego Dimensions and other Lego games at the bare minimum.
Perhaps they'll give us Injustice 2, which actually wouldn't be a late port for once.
I am excited that third parties are jumping on NX, other than the fact I haven't jumped on NX yet. Hopefully Warner Bros does fully support the NX for it's full console life. Hopefully however EA, Ubisoft, and Capcom and more will join the party, Just prepare for whatever's NX't (no pun intended)
@jimi I think the Wii U version was more stable since the developer, WB Montreal, were the ones that ported Arkham City to Wii U and added the new stuff so they had experience making Batman work on the system. Which admittedly kinda annoyed me afterwards given they cut out most of the cool gamepad stuff that made the Wii U version of Arkham City the best of the many
Since a lot of people on here probably feel like what they say doesn't mean anything. You have to note that they were behind the Wii U 100% until they noticed the install base wasn't growing at a steady rate. They gave us Batman, Scribblenauts and all of those Lego games. Heck, a version of Dying Light was even in development at one point. It's foolish to think they wouldn't support NX especially if it's architecture is comparable to the competition.
@BornInNorway81
weird ... i feel just the same
The'll support with Lego games but I don't think they'll release hardcore titles for NX
When they start putting all dlc on their Nintendo ports I'll start buying their games again.
Third Party company is saying positive-ish words prior to new console launch (again).
@HSuzumiyaVI
Yeah, that too.
Give them some credit please. They've supported the Wii U well from launch up until now. If people want to have a go at some companies may I suggest EA, Capcom, Bandai/Namco, Konami and many more besides.
Positive words, although I'm not sure they explicitly tell us that NX is being supported from launch...
How bout bringing a Mortal Kombat HD Collection for NX which includes Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks HD, MK vs. DC Universe, Mortal Kombat 9: Komplete Edition (with a mature Nintendo character like Ganondorf or Ridley replacing Kratos) and Mortal Kombat XL.
I wonder if they'll port Arkham Knight over to the NX. That'd be cool but it'd be nearly two years old at the NX's launch.
Hey Warner Bros! Please reissue the midway classics you now own!! Please!! Paperboy, Defender, joust, smash tv, San FranCisco rush, gauntlet, etc etc etc!!
NX may be the first Nintendo console I don't buy right away. I'll keep my eye on it while I'm keeping busy with the early 2017 games I'm looking forward to playing. Ghost Recon on Xbox One and Zelda for Wii U. That is unless there ends up being solid third party support and Nintendo has something amazing up their sleeve for NX.
WB supported the Wii U quite well with game releases but they were also frustrating when they omitted the dlc from a lot of them.
@faint
What are you doing mentioning facts and the like! We need to grumble and mumble! <_<
@takfar THIS! Please heart comment#43....
I specifically made an account and finally joined the nlife forums after only reading them since forever to like this comment.
WB sucks.
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Yes it does
@Dregoth Yeah, I rarely do comment myself, but I had to login and leave this here... boooo WB for lacking commitment to their customers.
Keep supporting warner bros. If you bring all the good stuff (injustice and more) my wallet will support you
I'm open to what wb can provide me.
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