JGarret on 14 February 2013
| TheLastStarFighter said: EA has long been at odds with Nintendo, dating back to the 16-bit days. It is their ideal that the market will one day be solely about software with hardware manufacturers irrelevant. Perhaps with cloud boxes on your TV. They have openly said as much. Nintendo has never fit with them, with what was once strict software control and with continued hardware platforms that are uniquely Nintendo and dominated by Nintendo software. EA, like all 3rd parties, have a vested interest in platforms like Sony and MS where the 1s party is not nearly as significant. There is no secret conspiracy, but their is a preference, and EA's preference is not a Nintendo dominated world. |
Actually, it dates back to the 8-bit days.See the story about Trip Hawkins (EA founder) pissed at the NES success in the 80s.
