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bananaking21 on 06 February 2013
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Mr Khan said:
pokoko said:
Mr Khan said:

No offense, but that is entirely and completely over the top with Nintendo-centric justifications.  You have to know how many assumptions you're making there, right?  And how far you're bending over backwards to make Nintendo look like the defenders of justice?

If there is any truth to EA believing that Nintendo would allow Origin on the Wii U, then it would be something closer to what is on PC, something minor that you can mostly ignore.  It most likely wouldn't have been a big deal.

Also, if Ricitiello went on stage believing that, and EA made plans for games based on that, then that would mean that Nintendo broke an agreement--again.  If they had something in place, and Nintendo changed their minds later, then it's no real surprise that EA pulled away--not because they're pouting, but because they would stand to make less money.  And, make no mistake, if Nintendo broke the agreement, it was because they came to the conclusion that THEY would make less money if they did not.  Nintendo is as cutthroat as anyone in the gaming industry.

 

But the idea is that the terms of the agreement were fundamentally unfair, tilted in EA's favor. Which, again, EA has a history of doing. Similar to why Nintendo broke the PS deal with Sony, because Sony was demanding control over Nintendo IP.

The fact of the matter is that EA's history is against them in this matter, moreso than Nintendo. EA is indeed out for money, but in an "all or nothing" sort of way.

nintendo didnt break the deal with sony because sony demanded control over nintendo IP, this is the first time i hear this. nintendo broke the partnership because they didnt want to devide the profits with sony, since they were working on a console that had cd and cartridges the deal was sony would make the profits from the cd sales and nintendo from cartridges. nintendo didnt want to split the profits and probably see most of the profits to go to sony as they realized cd systems were going to be the future. they fucked over sony and went with philips, then they broke out of that one, but one of the agreements was that philips could license some nintedo IP's so philips kinda fucked over nintendo with that. in a way nintendo broke the deal with sony because they wanted to get the profits in an "all or nothing" sort of way, yes like EA wanted it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIcVajVMHgU&list=PLWrkWfS2J017GPEXAvShJJYeTZKeX7sMD