Metro Last Light dev says that the Wii U 'Has a horrible, slow CPU'

Despite its overwhelmingly positive critical reception throughout many professional gaming sites, Nintendos new Wii U system has been the subject of disdain and disappointment from both developers and consumers alike.

With reports of system malfunctions, massive operating system updates, consoles bricking, and of course the surprisingly unimpressive current-gen technology, the Wii U has had a less than stellar launch record so far.

Whats worse is that many games that were planned to release on the Wii U have been canceled, including 4 A Games sequel Metro: Last Light. 4 As chief technical officer, Oles Shishkovtsov, gives an explanation as to why the the game wont be released for the Wii U:

“The Wii U has a horrible, slow CPU,” Shishkovtsov told NowGamer.

Shishkovtsovs colleague at 4 A Games, Huw Beynon, also confirmed that Metro; Last Light wouldnt be released for the console and had this to say:

“We had an early look at it, we thought we could probably do it, but in terms of the impact we would make on the overall quality of the game – potentially to its detriment – we just figured it wasn’t worth pursuing at this time.

It’s something we might return to. I really couldn’t make any promises, though.

We had an initial look at the Wii U, but given the size of the team and compared to where we were last time, just developing for the Playstation 3 is a significant addition.”

Developers are complaining that the system just isnt fast enough and that it constricts gameplay as a whole, making the Wii U a challenging medium and platform to develop games for. Hopefully we wont see many games canceled due to the Wii Us lack of processing power, and many cross-platform titles will most likely deliver a different experience on the Wii U.

Im personally curious to see how well Mass Effect 3 runs on Nintendos new system, and if its processing limitations will making gameplay insufferable. Lets just hope that the big AAA titles play well, considering many Wii U owners are looking forward to playing their favorite console games on-the-go.

Metro: Last Light from 4 A Games is currently scheduled for a release sometime in 2013 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC. For more information please visit the games official website.