Nintendo still believes theyre in a niche industry, its clear when they are so damn lazy about updating certain features.
They clearly like small devs, and like to nurture them. Theyre much easier to keep a grip on and ultimately more profitable.
So no, Nintendo will not go near EA.
“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.
