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Mazty on 17 May 2013
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UncleScrooge said:
Mazty said:
spurgeonryan said:
While this actually makes me mad, I understand. Their games do not sell well on Nintendo systems, and only did decent on the Wii. Still, so many Sports games to be missed on the Wii U. Seems like a lot of money to be lost by EA.


But that's the thing - they've obviously crunched the numbers and come to the conclusion that there isn't a lot of money to be lost on the Wii U as of this moment in time.

You're so innocent! That's not true unfortunately (and yes, I mean "unfortunately"!). People always make business relations out to be pure rational choices and calculations while in reality they're very emotional stuff. Did you ever read the Steve Jobs biography? The fate of huge corporations depends on the emotional stability and sheer ego of top managers. Business decisions are generally made on the basis of personal affection and a good relation between companies' heads. Most managers act by their guts feeling. I know you're happy Nintendo is being left out (I guess some Nintendo fanboys tick you off and I'm not gonna call you out for that) but this is not a rational business decision. The decision was made *before* the launch of the Wii U. Sometimes between e3 2011 and 2nd half of 2012. They didn't have any hard numbers back then and - as the industry generally had no idea whatsoever why the Wii took off - expected the Wii U to sell well. This decision was made because of some kind of fallout between both companies and we need some actual gaming "journalists" with industry contacts to clarify this. It would be "Nintendogate" haha.

Working in a big company I know it is true. 

They are about as emotional as a stone - I'm guessing you've never seen contracts being penned etc? Business decisions are made on generally the idea of making money. Now if your best friend can make you money, and some random guy can make you a bit more, your best friend will get the deal as there are unwritten benefits of such a deal. There is no such thing between EA and Nintendo. What you have failed to do, just like all conspriacy theories, is give a reason for why EA would sacrifice profit. 

Frankly I don't care about Nintendo being left out. It doesn't affect me whatsoever, but I hate ignorance and delusion. Even if the decision was made before the launch of the Wii U, how do you know it wasn't on the back of analysts saying (correctly) that the Wii U isn't going to sell quickly to begin with? If so, then their rationale for not supporting the Wii U is spot on. 

A company isn't going to piss away the potential for millions because of a little spat.