Should EA continue to ignore Nintendo?

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spemanig said:

Soundwave said:

Unfortunately it's more of a demographic issue, Sony and Microsoft have really just eaten up the entire sports demographic, and Nintendo is really not a big player in that, and this isn't anything new, from the GameCube onwards Nintendo sports games have sold very poorly compared to their PS/XBox cousins.

But I do think EA will give NX some support at launch. Nothing mind blowing, but ports of Madden and FIFA I think they will have to test the waters.

If anyone is to blame it's really Microsoft. Before the XBox, sports games used to sell OK/decent on Nintendo platforms, but since XBox came into the market, it just pushed Nintendo consoles completely out of this demographic. 

That's why EA's exclusive sports deals are an issue. We can't even say "Nintendo should make their own, better, sports sims" because EA has exclusive rights to almost all the names.

Well they could have for NBA, MLB, NHL, I guess. EA does not hold exclusivity over those. These days though with development costs being what they are I think all three of the console manufacturers just prefer it if EA/2K do the work for them.