EA: "Never Underestimate Nintendo"

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wfz said:

Apparently EA isn't as interested in the Wii U as one might hope.

 

"EA made it clear that they don't consider the Wii U a hot product for the holidays; Peter Moore, in response to an analyst question, said "you're probably right that Wii U got a lackluster response" at E3. More to the point, EA hasn't announced any other titles than Mass Effect 3 for the Wii U. No other big spending on the Wii U or next-gen consoles was noted, nor is their forecasting specifically calling out the Wii U as a major positive coming up. Translation: EA doesn't expect great sales from the Wii U.

"EA made it clear that they don't consider the Wii U a hot product for the holidays"

 

Still, EA will no doubt be "opportunistic" as interim CFO Ken Barker noted. That means if the Wii U takes off, EA will jump on it, even though it means getting to the party late. This is pretty much how EA (and other major publishers) approached the Wii last time; little support at launch, but once it proved a hit resources were shifted to take advantage of it. The minimum 1-year delay this causes will not help the Wii U in its quest to get established. The other implication of this is that EA will not be putting great effort into specific Wii U development; any titles that are started are likely to be ports, without much resource spent on adapting to the gamepad controller."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-08-01-ea-continues-in-transition

Wow, this is absolutely awful to read. We are just going to get a repeat of the Wii generation, but probably enven worse since games take longer to make for an HD system.

Basically, when they do finally realize that  Wii U is a viable platform, the content made will be rushed and late on capitalizing on newly adopted trends that may appear. For example, if Windsurfing games suddenly become popular in 2014, by the  time EA makes one, the trend will already have passed and they will create a game with a lost market, furter discouraging them from Wii U development long term.

As I kept reading that excerpt it got more and more awful; one negative statement after another without fail. I'm not going to type here and say EA's support is not welcome or desired on Wii U, because they do publish some great games. I guess their relationship with Nintendo soured after E3 2011 because they are literally wiping their hands of Nintendo by avoiding the creation of any new  content for Nintendo. The wait and see game only results in test games of low quality in the long run.

 

Worst news I have heard in 3 months.