EA labels president has “seen both” PS4 and next-Xbox

[kitler53]

wfz said:

kitler53 said:
wow, i'll bet MSony won't like to see this one.

Well, everyone knows the consoles will be coming, and he didn't actually say anything specific about either of them (except for the statement I quoted below), so I think it was perfectly within reason.

 

But I find this odd: "Gibeau said EA plans to spend $80 million on next-gen this year alone, which further indicates EA has indeed seen the new machines, otherwise, they wouldn’t be pledging such a large amount of money on phantom hardware."

Does this number include Wii U, or did EA specifically exclude Wii U from their "next-gen" number? I wonder how much of this $80 million is being spent on Wii U development as well. Assuming the number includes the Wii U, the rest of that quoted part doesn't really seem all that revelating - not that it matters.

we know but the when is pure speculation.  having EA say they've seen it helps date them which is exactly what i'm sure they are trying to avoid right now.  announcing too early is a good way to kill sales of current gen hardware.