| EricFabian said: It's no big secret that Electronic Arts all but abandoned the Wii U a few months ago - a decision that went very public when an EA programmer went on a mult-tweet rant about Nintendo via Twitter. While the game developer/publisher has no current plans to work on anything for Nintendo's 8-month-old gaming console, they say there's not looking to end support for those who play its previously-released games (Madden NFL 13 in specific) on it. "We don't have any plans on turning off the off switch," states Thomas Singleton, a Producer at EA Sports. |
This is what finally pushed me over the edge with hating EA. I really like some of their developers, but MAN their corporate business culture is attrocious.
Between Nintendo rejecting Origin and the PS4/ XB1 launches, I can understand them not wanting to make Wii U games. But the professional reaction is to say "we aren't making Wii U games at the moment" or even better to focus on the positive "we are focusing on the PS4/ XB1 launch libraries at the moment." Making it a public issue like this with a twitter just to bash on Nintendo can only be a deliberate attempt to hurt Wii U sales and, by extension, an attempt to hurt Nintendo's stock price. In other words, corporate retribution.
That's not the worst business ettiquite I've seen, but it's definitely up there.
The irony is that EA's just hurting themselves with this one. I absolutely despise the Madden. Google "LordKat Rants Madden 2011" (Warning: NSFW for language) and you'll see a half-hour rant I mostly agree with. I've only played it a few times and even I can tell you that the Wii U's gamepad will stand head and shoulders above the horrible menus for the console versions. My intuition is that that's why the Wii U version has been cancelled. It would make the competition look horrible because Nintendo made a great product...and EA can't stand the thought of showcasing Nintendo's great product.
Do we cut our nose off to spite our face?
