Nintendo Enabling Mobile Developers to Port to Wii U
- Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
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Nintendo is reportedly opening up its Wii U console to apps ported from mobile devices .
According to The Japan Times, the company has begun offering conversion software to app developers that enables them to directly transfer existing apps over to its games console, which uses a touchscreen controller which closely resembles a tablet device.
Its part of an effort to bring the company back to profitability, after poor sales of the Wii U led to Nintendo reporting an operating loss of ¥36.4bn (£237m) for 2012.