EA CEO projected PS3 would be biggest, it put EA in a weak position

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Severance said:

noname2200 said:

RVDondaPC said:
The PS3 got the least amount of support from EA from the get go. What the hell is this guy talking about? They had some cheap ports like the Orange Box and then they have EA published games that are 360 exclusive like Mass Effect and Left4Dead. That may not be EA's decision completely but regardless the PS3 has gotten the least amount of support from EA. I'm wondering what kind of "resources" this guy is referring to.

Not a single one of those examples were under EA's control; Valve made the call regarding the Orange Box and Left4Dead, while Microsoft published the console version of the original Mass Effect.

Orange box was ported by EA for the PS3.

and Mass Effect 2 is published by EA.

Orange Box is actually a sign of EA's PS3 commitment.  They pushed hard for it, that's the only reason PS3 even got it.  If it hadn't tanked, maybe they'd have pushed for L4D too.

Also, Mass Effect had exclusivity arrangements already in place with Microsoft.  If EA buys Epic, you won't be seeing Gears 3 on PS3 either... though at the rate they're going, it'll be Epic buying EA more likely. lol