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the_dengle on 27 September 2012
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JWeinCom said:

Oh my gosh people here are stupid. Do you think EA is really devoting time, money, and manpower to porting a game that they want to fail? Why in the world would they do that? They definitely don't like losing money.

The Mass Effect Trilogy that's coming out could very well be a decision that was made AFTER Mass Effect 3 Wii U began. We don't have a solid release date for the PS3 version of Mass Effect, so it's quite possible work on that port started recently, after licensing issues were resolved with Microsoft.

EA is porting Mass Effect to the Wii U, because they want to make it a juggernaut franchise, and they need it to be as visible as possible to as many audiences as possible. They're hoping that gamers who don't own a 360 or a PS3 have heard of the franchise and will buy it for the Wii U. It's as simple as that.

Is Mass Effect 3 for the Wii U a poor and misguided idea? Yes. Is this an intentional plan by EA to waste their time, money, and resources? No, that would be stupid. Is it an effort to not develop on the Wii U? No, EA isn't going to turn down a potential revenue source, and if they don't think the Wii U is viable, they could simply not develop for it. No zany scheme is required.

Sometimes a stupid move is just a stupid move with no wacky explanation behind it. Use your heads people.

The problem there is that if us regular folks here on this forum realize what a stupid move this is for EA, how is it possible that EA themselves don't realize what they're doing? Is it possible that a bunch of normal people can look at this situation and see that EA is clearly making a huge mistake, while the educated, professional producers and marketers at EA don't understand the consequences of their own strategy?

There are two possible answers to this question. The first is that the educated professionals at one of the biggest, most successful third-party developers in the business are secretly blithering idiots who are far less knowledgeable or aware of how their business works than every other person who knows anything about games.

The second possible answer is that EA knows exactly what they are doing. I remind you that they aren't one of the most successful third party developers for no reason, and encourage you to come to your own conclusion based on this logic.