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Shaunodon on 05 November 2017
Qwark said:
Medisti said:

My point flew completely over your head.

Name me one game EA could put on Switch that would sell somewhat decently, because FIFA is as popular and casual as it gets. Besides wheren´t france and Italy reasonably strong markets for the Switch, rabbids kingdom battle sold way better in EU than NA despite there being twice as much Switches being sold in NA. So I would really doubt any game EA would release on Switch would perform otherwise than pisspoor. Nothing to do with EA being appearently the devil incarnate, but the Switch audience not caring about EA or any other third party game, since I doubt Skyrim, Wolfenstein or Doom will sell decently on Switch. 

We're gonna find out soon enough.

If those do go well, what they could release is a Mass Effect or Dragon Age trilogy pack for Switch, which I think a lot would welcome.

Knowing EA, what they'll actually do is release a Mass Effect Andromeda port with even more design issues than the original; or they'll release a port of Dragon Age: Inquisition, while at the same time release the trilogy for every other platform.



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KrspaceT on 05 November 2017

Here's something that is surprising me: with how the report has been taken by the internet where is E.A trying to damage control?



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theRepublic on 05 November 2017
Shaunodon said:
Qwark said:

Name me one game EA could put on Switch that would sell somewhat decently, because FIFA is as popular and casual as it gets. Besides wheren´t france and Italy reasonably strong markets for the Switch, rabbids kingdom battle sold way better in EU than NA despite there being twice as much Switches being sold in NA. So I would really doubt any game EA would release on Switch would perform otherwise than pisspoor. Nothing to do with EA being appearently the devil incarnate, but the Switch audience not caring about EA or any other third party game, since I doubt Skyrim, Wolfenstein or Doom will sell decently on Switch. 

We're gonna find out soon enough.

If those do go well, what they could release is a Mass Effect or Dragon Age trilogy pack for Switch, which I think a lot would welcome.

Knowing EA, what they'll actually do is release a Mass Effect Andromeda port with even more design issues than the original; or they'll release a port of Dragon Age: Inquisition, while at the same time release the trilogy for every other platform.

Lol, sounds about right for EA.  It's like they ask themselves what is the worst possible move we can make before doing something on a Nintendo console.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 05 November 2017
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Ea is like micorsoft. They could make a sim.... but outside of that would take a lot of thought for them. True creativity is a mission for them. There's a reason why Ubisoft doesn't have much of a hard time with Nintendo. If EA acted like they like a creative entity they wouldn't have much of a problem.

I think the argument you're making is ignorant. But more importantly EA and Nintendo are leaning into where they've found the most success.

Even if Nintendo could make a good sim, does their audience want that? No, thats why Nintendo keeps making Zelda and countless Mario games.

Ubisoft caters to the Nintendo audience more than EA, but Ubisoft's bread and butter in not Nintendo.

Ignorant? EA put plants vs zombies on consoles. That is a game that they have published that they could put on the switch.. Ubisoft is vastly more creative than EA and has platformers and party games of their own. They never turn down a chance to challenge themselves. EA doesn't want a challenge, they want to capitalize. Testing FIFA on the switch is foolish. A new ip in genres that sell well on the switch will work with some love behind development. I mean if I were them I would test out the switch my publishing an indie port.

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Mr Puggsly on 06 November 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Mr Puggsly said:

I think the argument you're making is ignorant. But more importantly EA and Nintendo are leaning into where they've found the most success.

Even if Nintendo could make a good sim, does their audience want that? No, thats why Nintendo keeps making Zelda and countless Mario games.

Ubisoft caters to the Nintendo audience more than EA, but Ubisoft's bread and butter in not Nintendo.

Ignorant? EA put plants vs zombies on consoles. That is a game that they have published that they could put on the switch.. Ubisoft is vastly more creative than EA and has platformers and party games of their own. They never turn down a chance to challenge themselves. EA doesn't want a challenge, they want to capitalize. Testing FIFA on the switch is foolish. A new ip in genres that sell well on the switch will work with some love behind development. I mean if I were them I would test out the switch my publishing an indie port.

Again, even if they catered to Switch owners a little more it would never be their bread and butter.

It would simply make you happy as a Switch owner.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 06 November 2017
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Ignorant? EA put plants vs zombies on consoles. That is a game that they have published that they could put on the switch.. Ubisoft is vastly more creative than EA and has platformers and party games of their own. They never turn down a chance to challenge themselves. EA doesn't want a challenge, they want to capitalize. Testing FIFA on the switch is foolish. A new ip in genres that sell well on the switch will work with some love behind development. I mean if I were them I would test out the switch my publishing an indie port.

Again, even if they catered to Switch owners a little more it would never be their bread and butter.

It would simply make you happy as a Switch owner.

Any business worth its salt would want to make money in all areas possible. EA might not be the most creative company, but they want money (can we agree on that?). Putting Fifa on the Switch is a cop out. Nintendo gamers like new and creative things. If they publish a great game, who knows? Maybe it could? Just like Monster Hunter was for cacpcom with Nintendo and Playstation gamers. Or ...maybe...just maybe...do you not want to see them succeed with the switch?



Mr Puggsly on 06 November 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Mr Puggsly said:

Again, even if they catered to Switch owners a little more it would never be their bread and butter.

It would simply make you happy as a Switch owner.

Any business worth its salt would want to make money in all areas possible. EA might not be the most creative company, but they want money (can we agree on that?). Putting Fifa on the Switch is a cop out. Nintendo gamers like new and creative things. If they publish a great game, who knows? Maybe it could? Just like Monster Hunter was for cacpcom with Nintendo and Playstation gamers. Or ...maybe...just maybe...do you not want to see them succeed with the switch?

Again, it sound like you're just upset Switch isn't getting the support you want from EA.

If NIntendo owners want creative games, that's absolutely fine. Those kind of experiences are what Nintendo creates and has generally worked out well for them.

EA on the otherhand has found great success creating the types of experiences you seem to be critical of. Meanwhile those types of games are doing well on Playstation, Xbox, PC, and mobile devices. Essentially the only mainstream outlier is Nintendo.

If EA isn't gonna take advantage of the Switch audience, its their loss right? Either way, I think they're doing fine not worrying about the Switch audience as well. So just be glad if they give Switch any support and even a game like Fifa adds variety to Switch's overall modest library.



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Darwinianevolution on 06 November 2017
S.T.A.G.E. said:
Mr Puggsly said:

I think the argument you're making is ignorant. But more importantly EA and Nintendo are leaning into where they've found the most success.

Even if Nintendo could make a good sim, does their audience want that? No, thats why Nintendo keeps making Zelda and countless Mario games.

Ubisoft caters to the Nintendo audience more than EA, but Ubisoft's bread and butter in not Nintendo.

Ignorant? EA put plants vs zombies on consoles. That is a game that they have published that they could put on the switch.. Ubisoft is vastly more creative than EA and has platformers and party games of their own. They never turn down a chance to challenge themselves. EA doesn't want a challenge, they want to capitalize. Testing FIFA on the switch is foolish. A new ip in genres that sell well on the switch will work with some love behind development. I mean if I were them I would test out the switch my publishing an indie port.

I still don't get why EA didn't bring Plants vs Zombies to the console, considering that Splatoon's success proved that Switch users can make cartoony unorthodox shooters successful. No sense at all.



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S.T.A.G.E. on 06 November 2017
Mr Puggsly said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Any business worth its salt would want to make money in all areas possible. EA might not be the most creative company, but they want money (can we agree on that?). Putting Fifa on the Switch is a cop out. Nintendo gamers like new and creative things. If they publish a great game, who knows? Maybe it could? Just like Monster Hunter was for cacpcom with Nintendo and Playstation gamers. Or ...maybe...just maybe...do you not want to see them succeed with the switch?

Again, it sound like you're just upset Switch isn't getting the support you want from EA.

If NIntendo owners want creative games, that's absolutely fine. Those kind of experiences are what Nintendo creates and has generally worked out well for them.

EA on the otherhand has found great success creating the types of experiences you seem to be critical of. Meanwhile those types of games are doing well on Playstation, Xbox, PC, and mobile devices. Essentially the only mainstream outlier is Nintendo.

If EA isn't gonna take advantage of the Switch audience, its their loss right? Either way, I think they're doing fine not worrying about the Switch audience as well. So just be glad if they give Switch any support and even a game like Fifa adds variety to Switch's overall modest library.


You're sending mixed signals. Either you want them to succeed on the Switch or you don't. Also, what experiences am I being critical of? I said they excel at sims and Dice and Bioware will do the rest of the work because EA as a publisher isnt very creative. Anyone can have a chance to step outside of the box.

Do you mean to tell me that only Nintendo is capable of creating creative games? You must've missed out on the DS or the Wii. Ubisoft has found a spot with in the hearts of Nintendo gamers with Mario + Rabbids and Just Dance, while Square Enix has found many games in the traditional Final Fantasy tactics and Bravely Default games over the years. 

If EA cannot figure out the Nintendo audience, its obviously means its their own problem. Nintendo is not a mainstream outlier, which is why Doom, Rocketleague are coming over. If the game can work than port something that works. As I said, Plants vs Zombies is the perfect test game for the Nintendo crowd. 

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S.T.A.G.E. on 06 November 2017
Darwinianevolution said:
S.T.A.G.E. said:

Ignorant? EA put plants vs zombies on consoles. That is a game that they have published that they could put on the switch.. Ubisoft is vastly more creative than EA and has platformers and party games of their own. They never turn down a chance to challenge themselves. EA doesn't want a challenge, they want to capitalize. Testing FIFA on the switch is foolish. A new ip in genres that sell well on the switch will work with some love behind development. I mean if I were them I would test out the switch my publishing an indie port.

I still don't get why EA didn't bring Plants vs Zombies to the console, considering that Splatoon's success proved that Switch users can make cartoony unorthodox shooters successful. No sense at all.

Exactly. Its amazing that you can see that and Mr. Pugglsy can't. The game is right up their alley. All it needs is a slight downgrade and it will look nice with the 720p screen on the go.