| uno said: Hey everyone, its also possible that EA saw the metrics on the cost of sustaining online servers for the Wii version and came to the conclusion that it wouldnt be worth it. Its quite possible that Wii owners who did buy their Tiger Woods, Grand Slam Tennis and other games with online barely used the online. EA makes decisions based on cost/profit. Not on "hey some internet geeks are crying about it. Maybe we should cater to a small minority!!" |
EA doesn't have to use their own servers on Wii, Nintendo provides server support via NWFC/Gamespy. EA *does* use their own servers on Wii, for whatever reason, but they don't have to.
And honestly, I'd say online support for something like NBA Jam would make much more financial sense than many of the games EA has done it on for Wii. Hell, the entire EA Sports lineup this year on Wii (Madden, FIFA, Tiger) all still have online play, and those games will all sell less than NBA Jam could have (if it was handled correctly).
