EA sent ME3 on Wii U to die.

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theARTIST0017 said:

Mr Khan said:

IIIIITHE1IIIII said:

That's not how business works. EA is doing whatever they think will result in the highest amount of profit, just like every other company. (And releasing a game that they expect will sell poorly just to justify not releasing more games that they expect will sell poorly makes no sense at all. They would rather release nothing in that case.) They could have chosen not to release the game at all, and no one would give a shit since the game has been out for a while. But they expect good things to come out of this.

 

...Either that or Nintendo paid them to release the game.

It provides a justification against future investor revolt. One floptastic port, and you get all the justification you need to avoid the platform in the future.

however if the game performs well then what will happen then?

 

Normally, half assed to decent ports of games made for other systems. Maybe a rushed sequel.

You can actually see that happen a few times with the Wii. The Call of Duty games got decent ports because despite everything they initially sold decently. Not as much as the PS3/360 versions would go to do once the brand really blew up, but sold decently. Resident Evil 4 sold over a million, they released the on rail Umbrella Chronicles which sold over a million and then Darkside Chronicles which sold decently despite some flaws and a bad release window. 

It ultimately depends on how badly they want the title to tank. A decent reception for ME3 probably at best means, the Wii U will receive a Dragon Age 3 port, it doesn't mean a they will put much effort into original software designed for the system unless they stumble upon a niche or accept the Wii U as the new standard. If it fails, they can say there isn't a market and not put any effort into ports or original software.