Topic: No EA Games Currently in Development for Wii U

[Soren]

• 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.

Turning the eShop into Wii U(O)rigin (ha!) was not the answer. You don't give away your entire online infrastructure just to please one company.

This is a big deal until the Nintendo Direct Friday morning. After that, Wii U owners are going to forget that EA exists.

My 150 plus hours of Fifa 13 gameplay beg to differ.

[funguy11]

Not to worry, Sega jumped off board at the end of the Wii life cycle refusing to release Sonic Generations and Sonic 4 Episode 2 on Wii, and Nintendo's fans gave long forgotten about that.

[pokepal148]

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?


part of the issue is that EA as a company is hurting(along with the entire industry,) they have been shutting down studios, pulling out of the facebook scene, they have a second consecutive golden poo reward, constant PR nightmares...

and EA isn't alone, this year alone THQ and (the second incarnation of) Atari have both gone under, Sega is likely to follow suit as well, and Square has held unreasonable expectations to its western neighbors,

EA is basically shutting out anything that doesn't ensure profitability

this last generation put the industry as we know it in a bit of a hole, this next one will either dig them up, or bury them for good.

[Toruresu]

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.

[Kytim89]

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.

This is why I actually see the Wii U being successful because it will be cheaper to develop for compared to its competition.

[pokepal148]

and if nintendo can bridge porting methods to the system then all power to them

[ThePerm]

i think people take the word unprecedented the wrong way.... EA has been Unprecedentedly insulting/slanderous/lazy/contempted/vindictive.

I have 3 reason's why this is just going to be a fart in the wind. ps4/durango price, Zelda, future wii u price drop. Wii U may not be the most appealing console now, but it will be more appealing in the future.

[ymeegod]

"Does it bother me that EA is choosing to not support Nintendo"

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. 
 

 

[Ceric]

"Does it bother me that EA is choosing to not support Nintendo"

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. 

PC is on that list too.  Its not getting most games either but more than those other one.

[pokepal148]

well, its still an unprecedented relationship... they weren't lying in that sense

[ejamer]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=559004


So tell me how you really feel...

[LudicrousDa3ve]

I read that Twitter thread. Not only is it chock full of douchebaggery, but it's partially untrue. Either dude's twitter account was hacked, it's a false account, or he is an unprofessional twit.

[pokepal148]