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 port was not done by the people who developed the game, and Valve's (Independent) engine is not PS3-friendly, so success there was not likely. 

As for Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3, M$ had publishing rights to those titles before Bioware was bought out by EA (Along with Pandemic).  It's never been confirmed, but as part of M$ agreement to return the rights to EA, they got exclusivity, which makes sense.  In the typical pie, the publisher gets $16 for each title, so you can see why EA would agree to this deal.  Mass Effect is probably going to push 2.5 to 3 million copies on the 360, so EA wasn't going to let that cash go for their shiny new IP acquisition...it's probably why they are pissed at M$, since they can't port the game to the PS3.  Also, as M$ learned from Ninja Gaiden Sigma, they probably have an ironclad deal for the game to prevent a port.  I suppose EA could launch a totally new ME game with a different plot and a different verse, but that's a huge new amount of investment.