| Barozi said: As I've always said, I don't think any fanbase "deserves" to get games. Whether or not the games are late ports and slightly gimped, the support was there and already better than on the Wii. (at least more diverse since the top Wii EA games are all Rock Band related). So yeah instead of being pissed and demand more just play the games first and be happy about them. It was risky for EA to support the WiiU with the launch games and so far it didn't pay off. Just because a game is "old" doesn't mean that there is no demand for it. 2.7m people bought the PS360 version of FIFA 13 since WiiU launch, Madden NFL 13 did 1.6m and even the old Mass Effect 3 sold 260k. Mass Effect sales on WiiU are understandable but FIFA and Madden sales aren't really. The early 360 sports games were far more gimped and they sold well and the successors did fantastic. EA doesn't specifically hate Nintendo. FIFA 06 Road to FIFA World Cup for Xbox 360 is one of the biggest ripoffs in EA history. FIFA 13 on WiiU is far far closer to the real deal and yet it's so far behind in sales. Anyway no third party game except maybe ZombiU and Scribblenauts did well at launch and that's saying a lot on a 2.5m userbase. |
To some degree there's credence to the fact that the PS/X userbases will buy more of certain games, and no-one's especially denying that, which'll mean that comparatively bad games might do better (like your FIFA 06 example) in certain places, while comparatively good ones less so elsewhere, but i would say that the Madden sales are also understandably poor, since you're looking at a huge disadvantage in the Wii U version vs other versions.
I do think EA specifically hates Nintendo, though. They were much more open about it in the NES era, and proved petty enough to try to destroy the Dreamcast when Sega wouldn't give in to their ridiculous demands. EA's a pretty sleazy company, and i don't think anyone would say otherwise. The only thing in debate is if they are indeed being unfair towards Nintendo or not, and I would say the evidence stacks in my favor, mostly given the very public evidence from E3 2011-E3 2012
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
