Kantor said:
Which explains why Konami is routinely making profits, while EA is routinely losing money...EA makes some really good games, and some crap. It all sells the same. |
EA has done as much (potentially more) to limit success on the Wii as they have done to make themself successful ...
Consider how releasing Medal of Honor: Vanguard impacted their potential sales for Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (which was just a PSP port anyways) ... How about releasing a port of an inferior version of Rock Band over 6 months after its HD release and then releasing Rock Band 2 months after its debut on the XBox 360, being that (most) other music games sell the best on the Wii do you think that their mishandling of this series may have cost EA millions of dollars? ... How about EA's handling of Sports games on the Wii, 3 game-years into the generation we have yet to see a single NHL game, there has been no Fight-Night game, there has been no good NBA game don't you think EA should be doing better with its bread and butter genre? ... How about racing games, EA has yet to produce a decent need-for-speed or burnout game for the Wii ...
EA's entire business model is based on building the dominant brand in an area, and releasing a yearly update on it (because it is less-expensive than building a game from the ground up, and making massive profits off of the second/third/fourth game released in a generation ... On the Wii EA has done a lot to ensure that they will not own the dominant brand in several genres and when they should be releasing the third or fourth installment of many of their games they still haven't released their first ...
You're correct, how EA has handled the Wii demonstrates why they are not making a profit
