So.. you think Nintendo's first party dev teams are cheap?  Can you state that outright, so I can quote you?

Because if it did then there should be an interesting analysis about it.

"All Play" name make me think about demographic.

"Sports Active" make me think about a job.

Seeing what you have on your sign I think you can catch my reference... 

Well if Dead Space gets good reviews it could be a hit, but EA is known for just throwing shit out regardless of how good or bad it is which kind of put them in this situation. So Wii fans don't get your hopes up.

Yeah, let's see how it goes. I hope they're not rushing this out to get some quick cash...

I didn't say any such thing, nor did I imply it. What I did say was that the first string teams, which is what Iwata called the people who created Wii Sports, have done financially well for themselves on Wii.

And when a great team works on a small game (ie. without as many people on the project), it's still cheaper than a big budget HD game.

Yeah, I get your reference. Although, I would think "All Play" is simply an open invitation to everyone rather than demographic, like Touch! Generations. But nonetheless I see your point.

Where did I say EA needed to spend more for Wii games than they're spending on HD games? I clearly pointed out that EA has spent more money developing and marketing their HD console only games in 2008 than they have spent developing and marketing their Wii games since it launched; and that was mostly in reference to your comment:

"Did EA have a 29:11 HD to Wii game ratio (or more like 29:14, thanks to individual unit costs)? Were the profit margins on Wii games so much higher than the HD games, that EA should just drop HD development altogether? Was it even higher at all? Does anyone have any real numbers to support these assumptions?"

All you have to do is like up the games to see my point:

Dead Space vs Boom Blox
Army of 2 vs Smarty Pants
Left 4 Dead vs MySims
Burnout Paradise vs EA Playground
Mercenaries 2 vs Boogie
Battlefield Bad Company vs Nerf N-Strike

Anyone who has any clue about how much work goes into game development in particular (or software development in general) knows that there is an order of magnitude of work difference between the HD games and the Wii games

Because you know, being able to have bragging rights and the biggest dick is more important than making profits. The point is, they have limitations even on HD consoles. If the assets are cheaper to make (which they are) on the wii, they don't have to have the same damn budget. Its simple math.  Look at how big dick syndrome got rockstar record profits!....er wait, they still barely made any when they released their best games. Well, but look at EA...oh wait, this thread is about EA. So really it has gotten the companies no where. Now, the best teams CAN complain, but look at the layoffs, do they really think they are gonna get a job? We have good devs already jobless. its obvious you have no idea how business should be working. They are supposed to make money. HD does not make enough money for the risk. Its simple.

A perfect example of misallocation of resources is Rock Band. Activision did whatever it took to get GH out for the Wii and it wound up being the best selling version and possibly their most lucrative title. EA for whatever reason, launched RB and RB2 late and let GH capture the much of the Wii market. It's that kind of decision making that can break a company.

Bu bu but......WII IS CASUAL ONLYZ!!11!!!11!!