hsrob on 03 May 2013
People pointing to the sales of Madden 13 and Fifa 13 as justification for this decision need to realise that neither of those games ever actually got released on the Wii U. What Wii U owners were offered was >1 year old versions of Madden 12 and Fifa 12.
Early adopters are typically pretty keen/knowledgeable gamers and so weren't going to fork out full price for last year's games, particularly when they had already been superseded.
Along with the Mass Effect 3 debacle, it's further evidence that EA is either stupid, intentionally setting the Wii U up for failure or both.
