An unprecedented partnership meets an unprecedented end.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34203
EA does not have any games currently in development on Wii U, said EA representative Jeff Brown.
He stated to Kotaku that: "We have no games in development for the Wii U currently." However, Brown was careful to not rule out any future projects.
Former CEO of EA John Riccitello took to the stage at Nintendo's 2011 E3 press conference, promising an "unprecedented partnership" between EA and Nintendo, hinting at games series like Battlefield taking advantage of the Wii U's unique capabilities. Rumors circulated that the Wii U's online capabilities would be powered by EA's online distribution Origin, but were dismissed when Nintendo revealed their own service, Nintendo Network. Since then, the Wii U only saw the release of four EA games: Madden 2013, FIFA 2013, Mass Effect 3: Special Edition, and Need for Speed: Most Wanted, the latter being the only EA release outside of the system's launch.
If you want to play Nintendo games, you buy a Nintendo platform. If you want to play 3rd party titles, you buy something else. That's what I've come to expect, and I'm rarely surprised.
But brood, to say that you only buy a Nintendo console for Nintendo games and nothing else...that's a boldface lie.
basically, the same tired game mechanics over and over and over with updated/shinier graphics - brood will eat this line up for dinner.
Me? Nah, I'm not the one with the problem. That'd be companies like EA, Epic, and whoever else is butthurt by Nintendo's existence.
Launch titles are decided upon years before launch, not yesterday. So a year or 2 before Nintendo was set to release the WiiU, these 3rd parties were doing nothing to be ready for the launch. You can't blame sales for that, they never planned on being there to begin with.
See, but I feel like that mentality is backwards thinking.Me? Nah, I'm not the one with the problem. That'd be companies like EA, Epic, and whoever else is butthurt by Nintendo's existence.
You have to admit, though: if you're a developer and you've seen those abysmal first 6 month Wii U sales (especially this month's 30-40K hardware sales), you'd be running away from the platform as quickly as possible too. There's just too much risk involved and very little reward right now, even more so if it's an exclusive title. It just doesn't make financial sense to release Wii U games right now, and it's on Nintendo to change that by selling Wii U hardware (something they've utterly failed at so far).
You can't rely on just Nintendo to make the software that sells the system. Did Sony do that? No, third parties just made games for their system, consumers saw all of the content, and the PSX started flying off the shelves.
The problem lies in how the western side of the industry is really trying to push Nintendo aside. I fully believe the main AAA producing third parties, along with graphics engine creators, are wanting this to be a two console race. I mean, look back to the days of pre-GameCube/PS2/Xbox. There were always just two main consoles (poor Sega.) NES/Master System, SNES/Genesis, N64/PSX. It wasn't until Nintendo flubbed up going with carts for the N64, that third parties decided to shift their focus on new sights. ...
It's also why I believe the industry is fighting with itself and the imminent east vs. west split.
So what games are we missing out on? Only one I care about is the next Need for Speed.Sports titles, already announced Dragon Age 3, inevitable Mass Effect sequels, Battlefield 4,
So what games are we missing out on? Only one I care about is the next Need for Speed.Sports titles, already announced Dragon Age 3, inevitable Mass Effect sequels, Battlefield 4,Henry Hatsworth 2...
This is a big deal until the Nintendo Direct Friday morning.This Nintendo Direct is just for titles coming out this summer.
- Had Nintendo allowed EA to have free reign on the Wii U's online system then they would have a tsunami of support for the console.
This is a big deal until the Nintendo Direct Friday morning. After that, Wii U owners are going to forget that EA exists.
I blame Nintendo. If a third party doesn't want to produce games for a Nintendo system, then I can only blame Nintendo.Is it that simple?
Obviously either Nintendo wasn't making the process easy enough, or it wasn't being reasonable enough. People like to blame EA right away, but I'd look straight at Nintendo.Tell me more about how EA supported nintendo in the N64 days and nobody else would... i would hope they have gotten better since then.
If Nintendo waived a fee for EA, up to a million copies sold, or whatever will allow EA to break even, then I feel like EA wouldn't take this route.so you say nintendo should bribe EA into supporting their platforms?
I tend to think that the next generations first year will bury them for good. A third party like EA will want to release a hot new game on PS4/Durango but will it risk not releasing on the 360/PS3? I imagine for Ubisoft it might be even more difficult, since they do support the Wii U.
Five systems to develop a game.
Maybe I'm exaggerating, but this might be a rough ride for 3rd parties.
"Does it bother me that EA is choosing to not support Nintendo"PC is on that list too. Its not getting most games either but more than those other one.
Actually EA stopped production on all platforms that aren't selling--Vita on the sh!t list, 3DS, and Mac as well. When 95% of your sales come from PS3/Xbox360/PC you can see why they wouldn't even bother with making ports that generate no profit for them.
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And it really doesn't matter about release dates neither--Injustice was released same day and it's sales are still 1/10th of ps3/xbox. Nintendo has to increase the Wii U userbase and you really can't see it improving anytime soon, maybe in the fall.
