EA currently has NX dev kits, Nintendo and EA having multiple meetings in March to decide if they will support the NX

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Miyamotoo said:

Thunderbird77 said:

Ea makes money selling software, they need hardware manufacturers. Nintendo makes money from hardware, 1st and 3rd party software. the impact of nintendo not having games from EA is insignificant to them while EA losing a whole hardware manufacturer is huge for EA.

Again your post doesn't make any sense if we know facts.

-EA games are selling much worse on Nintendo platforms than on PS and Xbox platforms. So its not crucial for EA if they will release games on NX because in any case they will sell much worse than on PS/Xbox. Also we already saw that EA abandoned Wii U right after launch, why would they do that if its so important for them to have games on Nintendo platform!?

-Wii U proved Nintendo that in modern age they can't have successful console without 3rd party, and they cant have stronger 3rd party support without probable strongest 3rd party developer, EA (EA IPs: Fifa, Battlefield, Star Wars, Need For Speed, Madden NFL, NHL, Mass Effect, Titan Fall, Rock Band, Plants vs Zombies, Medal of Honor, Dragon Age, Dead Space, Crysis...).

So yes, Nintendo definatly needs more EA than EA needs Nintendo.

This. Without Nintendo, EA still has access to an userbase around +60m on 8th gen and +160m on last gen. Plus PC, plus mobile. EA were partially responsible of the WiiU's failure due to the Origin boycott (not supporting the console themselves and scaring other potential studios away), but they didn't lose that many potential sales. If the NX reaches a respectable userbase, THEN EA would think twice about dropping the support. That is why they will be there at release, just in case.