If you owned a Wii at the height of it’s craze, it’s likely you had either a Guitar Hero or Rock Band game for the system. Back in 2008-2010, the music game genre was booming and the Wii was one of the primary consoles for those who enjoy those type of games.
According to a recent interview from HardcoreGamer, the developers of Rock Band 4 don’t feel like there’s an audience for these types of game on the Wii U anymore. Here’s the exact quote from Daniel Sussman, the project manager for Rock Band 4:
Daniel: The Wii U is a really hard call for us, but from our initial research the audience is not there yet, and I would be really psyched for there to be this public outcry of “Where is the Wii U? I will absolutely throw money at you and I wanna buy it and preorder it!” and all that. And then we start working on it.
Nick Chester: We’re seeing all these people flock, especially towards PS4, and people are abandoning their Wiis, and using their Xbox 360s as… We don’t have a version of it because neither of the consoles are backwards compatible.
Currently, Rock Band 4 is only in development for the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One, leaving the Wii U out of the mix. It’s a bummer!
