HappySqurriel on 08 May 2007
| Shane said: Topic title's a bit overdramatic. 360 and PS2 are the most viable platforms at this point, so I don't see what more they should have done for PS3 and Wii. I wouldn't be surprised if what support they did offer next gen is the reason for the loss, but at the same time I wouldn't fault them for pushing forward either. |
Part of me agrees with you in that releasing more games for systems with small usebases like the Wii and PS3 would not (necessarily) mean greater software sales ...
Where I disagree is that if you look at how the Wii has outsold every system (except the Nintendo DS) since it was released, the Wii has sold a decent ammount of software per system, and the system EA has the least number of games for is the Wii; on top of that Ubisoft (a far smaller company) has sold more software on the Wii than EA has.
Regardless of whether it is a fair comparison, this has to remind a lot of shareholders of the PSP vs. DS where EA ignored the DS in favour of the PSP and sales (probably) suffered from it.
