Carl2291 said:
Mr Khan said:
That's partly why i feel EA especially should be removed from this conversation. They had a commitment for a higher level of support, then backstabbed Nintendo in the most spectacular way, leaving them holding the bag. I would think EA's commitment would have been pretty reliable in early-stage planning for releases, wouldn't you have?
Nintendo paying for a port would have some advantages (guarantee no gimps), since it reflects the very inferior bargaining position they now have with just about everyone, except companies in greater financial straits like Sega or Capcom. It would just have to be applied judiciously still, as there's no sense in paying for a late port and it's sometimes hard to feel out whether it would be worth paying for game X or game Y (for a game that was just bad across the board, Sony and Microsoft at least got it for free but Nintendo had to pay for it).
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Fun fact - EA released more games for Wii U in the first 6 Month than Nintendo did. I think EA were classed as reliable in the early Wii U days. Only Ubisoft had more games on Wii U than EA at the time of Most Wanted, as far as I can remember.
FIFA 13
Madden 13
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Mass Effect 3
They sold a combined 450,000 units.
Compared to what they put on PS4...
FIFA 14
Battlefield 4
Need for Speed Rivals
Madden 25
NBA Live 14
Madden 25 alone has sold over 560,000 units with NBA Live being the only EA bomb on PS4.
This is why EA continues to support PS4 and why EA no longer supports Wii U. This is why they continues Wii development with the likes of FIFA, despite dropping Wii U development. Theyre going where the sales are. This is why so many devs are putting games on mobile, because its where the sales (profits) are. They run a business and the aim is to make money. If theyre bleeding money on Wii U development, then they will stall Wii U development. When you add in that the machine is underpowered and developers are shifting funds to new PS4/ Xbox One engines, support will continue to dwindle.
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We forget that EA declared their breach with Nintendo *before* the Wii U released. Not long before, actually, such that the games that landed were sent out to die.
This is why i didn't want to discuss this. I'm close to insinuating something regrettable.
