EA: Frostbite 3 Is Possible On Wii U

[KungKras]

UltimateUnknown said:

KungKras said:

UltimateUnknown said:

KungKras said:

UltimateUnknown said:
Finally no more BS and just straight to the point.

If Wii U ever sells well enough I'm sure they'll bring the next Battlefield or whatever else they're making to the platform. Now the ball is on Nintendo's quarter to sell some consoles.

You're just swallowing the new BS that they decided to stick with.......

No, EA is a business and they'll go where money is. If Nintendo paid them enough cash (and I'm talking higher than they got for Titanfall), then even Battlefield could be exclusive to Wii U. EA doesn't have this make believe relationship with MS/Sony that makes them not publish on Nintendo platforms. It's either MS/Sony pays them to get their stuff on their platform (and keep it exclusive) or its that their software sells on the aforementioned platforms because their target audience is on those platform. That's just how it goes.

You're taliking about the company whose founder threw chairs (or was it his shoe?) when his investors forced him to make games for NES. Whose boss demanded a sports games monopoly from Sega, and becuase they rightfully refused, left money on the table on Dreamcast (NFL 2k sold more than Madden that year). The same company, that when making Joe Montana Football, sabotaged the game to make Madden look better. The same company that illegaly reverse-engineered the Megadrive to get favourable licensing deals from Sega. You're telling me, with a straight face, that this company is not above having favourites when it comes to console makers?

EA brought decent support to the Wii (at least on par with most 3rd parties if not better) given it's sizeable install base even though a lot their flagship titles still sold better on other platforms. So I see no reason for them to suddenly stop making games for Nintendo because of this unforseen hatred. I won't comment on Origin integration on Wii U because it is still a rumour. Maybe if it was true then perhaps that could be a reason, but even that is a business decision.

While I personally don't play much of any EA games, I don't think it's fair to just corner EA as the only 3rd party who is ignoring the Wii U. There are many more. Saying all of them don't publish on Wii U due to some kind of bias seems far fetched to me. From what I understand, publishers look at the install base, the cost for porting and predict whether they'd sell enough copies to make a decent profit. Right now Wii U doesn't seem to be a good investment from their perspective. The perception that Wii U's audience not being the same of the PS360 audience who buys certain types of games 3rd parties make may also be a factor, but that's just my own outlook.

EA was dragged kicking and screaming to support the Wii. (Investors would have given them hell otherwise, considering the install base). And in the end, they ended up sabotaging their own efforts anyway. Just so they could excuse not making games for it. Remember Dead Space Extraction and NBA Jam?

You're right that EA is not the only one. I think most executives in this corrupt industry are pretty like-minded. I think, if all companies were equally fair, and business driven, they would support the Wii U in the same manner Ubisoft currently does.