Speaking to IndustryGamers, EA Games label head Frank Gibeau hinted at the fact that Nintendo knows the situation and is working on another platform. "When you look at Nintendo, for a while there, it was all about the Wii being the biggest entertainment platform ever and capturing the mass market, and it faded away. Now, they’re coming back with a second act. I think they know that. They’re very self-aware as an organization and a very powerful brand," he said.
Interestingly, Gibeau also lumped the Wii into the same category as PS2 - a "legacy console." He continued, "They understand the dynamics and the fact that HD consoles is a booming part of business right now. Legacy platforms like PS2 and the Wii have dropped off significantly. They’re not stupid. They’re going to figure something out. They’re going to come back at it."
"[Wii] is a tough market for a third party. When I look at a development dollar in terms of which teams do I invest in, and what platforms to go at, they’re not very competitive when you look at HD consoles, or free-to-play bets, or things like tablets and handsets. It’s something they need to think seriously about with their next gen - how serious is a third party development community for them on their next platform and their next bet? They can get to a certain level of success with their own IPs and their own internal development, but if they don’t have that developer ecosystem where it’s frankly easy to make money on the platform, they’re going to see there are too many opportunities in the world right now to go build games on other platforms in a very successful high quality, highly profitable way. They need to take note of that," Gibeau offered.
http://www.industrygamers.com/news/ea-hints-at-wii-2-says-wii-is-now-legacy-platform/
Points of note:
1. He pretty much states outright that the Wii 2 is incoming.
2. He says that Wii as an ecosystem is uncompetive against many other eco-systems which he finds more profitable such as PC free-to-play, tablets, iOS and HD consoles which is his reason obviously for the lack of Wii support.
Tease.
