It sounds to me like PC/Mac/DS/Mobile on Day 1, Wii later. And probably PS3/360 further after that, but I'm guessing not from Maxis.
EA wants the first game to be a mega-hit, and then they'll slowly, painfully drive the franchise into the ground. But the first game should be insanely awesome.
But anyone saying the delays are a bad sign is nuts. This is Maxis. The Sims had a 5 year development cycle too, and it only became the biggest PC game ever and one of the defining games of the 2000's, turned the Sim franchise into one of the biggest in history, and eventually prompted EA to establish an entire seperate label for Sims games. Citing the ol' "sales and success =/= quality" earns you a "STFU" from me.
"[Our former customers] are unable to find software which they WANT to play."
"The way to solve this problem lies in how to communicate what kind of games [they CAN play]."
Satoru Iwata, Nintendo President. Only slightly paraphrased.
