keroncoward said:
Mythmaker1 said:
| Zero999 said:
by the time EA's main 2013 games release, wii u installed base will be about 5M
|
Perhaps. That's only a guess on your part, though. And that 5 million figure, which you hold as an estimate for future sales was being used as a comparison to the sales of the XboxOne and Playstation4 in the present. It's unreasonable to assume one and not the other.
Even so, there are other factors that discourage EA from investing in the platform. Because they also face competition from a massively dominant first-party publisher in Nintendo, it's reasonable to assume they could find their games muscled-out to a far greater degree than on other platforms. This is especially the case since their games don't find the degree of success on Nintendo platforms as the do on others, even when the install base is markedly higher.
|
True but the opportunity of selling their games is long lost. So far Nintendo has not released anything worth getting a Wii U besides NSMBU so that excuse would make no sense at this point. I dont think i have ever seen EA try to market their games on a Nintendo system so they really should not complain about sales. Also most of the sport games they did release were 2012 versions with an updated roster and 2013 logo. I have FIFA 13 for Wii U and its a fact for that game and i have heard people complain about the same for Madden. They have no one to blame but themselves....they complained about the Wii hardware not being powerful enough to get the same version as PS360 and now the Wii U has surpassed those consoles it gets the same gimped versions so no logical reason. They cant even give a straight honest answer to those questions anytime gaming journalist ask them.
|
I'll grant you that. They certainly did have an opportunity to take advantage of the situation, though I don't imagine it would have made much difference, looking back. In the end, I doubt EA could have realistically pushed consoles themselves, which means the Wii U would still be in pretty much the same situation. While they could undoubtedly have produced better ports of games, the fact most of those games really were ports means that even good ports might not have given them the sales they'd expect for the extra effort.
There's also the matter of other next-gen consoles. It could be that, when they got more details about them, the other next-gen consoles seemed a more attractive proposition than the Wii U. At that point, it'd make sense to concentrate all their resources on those consoles, which would leave the Wii U hanging dry.
It might not have been the best decision, whatever the reasoning, but there are ways in which it could be viewed as a reasonable business decision.
I believe in honesty, civility, generosity, practicality, and impartiality.
