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

[MikeRox]

Thunderbird77 said:

MikeRox said:

Well they seem to sell well enough on PlayStation and Xbox for them to be happy.

 

Or if curiosity. What 3rd party multi million selling blockbusters have Nintendo platforms enjoyed that sold better than on PlayStation or Xbox? And we're they similar games to core Nintendo releases?

They can be happy all they want, the point here is they're leaving tons of money on the table by not supporting nintendo platforms while nintendo's profits are minimaly affected by the abscence of EA.

Best case I can see is rayman legends, although there are some others. Overall, late ports sold bad on both ps4, x1 and wii u

 

If they felt they were leaving money at the table you would still be seeing EA titles on Wii U.

 

Ports aren't free, even when late. Couple all the compromises that would be needed to fit 8th gen titles onto the Wii U and this forum would be full of "rubbish watered down port" complaints anyway.

 

So for it to be worthwhile it would need to be built from the ground up on a Nintendo platform. They tried that on the Wii and they still didn't shift in notable quantities to warrant the investment risk.

 

NX could potentially run parity ports of PS4 games. But even in the GameCube days the ps2 and Xbox still enjoyed the majority of the 3rd party software sales.

 

There is no evidence anywhere that in not supporting a Nintendo platform, any third party is pissing away free money.

 

Wasn't Rayman Legends deemed a sales disappointment? I understand despite having the best release, many Nintendo fans choose to boycott it because of the delay to get ps3 and 360 ports to market, because you know, their other high profile Wii U exclusive release sold way below expectations?

Or do we still think Nintendo fans on forums know what's better for third parties than practically every third party publisher in the world? They all know if it fits the Nintendo audience it can be a go-er, but the vast majority of titles will sell far less on a Nintendo platform because they are either already playing the same games on a better specced format or they quite simply aren't interested in the games in the first place.