| radioioRobert said: EA doesn't hate money CONFIRMED! |
I think that's been confirmed for long over a decade now. =P
Still not sure how I feel about what they're doing with Madden 09. It sounds like they're doing the complete opposite with 08 and going to make things overly simple as opposed to overly complicated. I felt they were pretty close with 07's controls, just fine tune them a little and include better tutorials and they would have a good balance.
As for EA supporting the Wii in the way they've had. It's not as surprising when you think about it. EA is strictly business when it comes to games. They haven't embraced this "cinematic gaming" trend a lot of game companies have with the HD consoles or even realism all that much. Even something like skate which aims for realistic graphics and skating gameplay doesn't deny it's gaming roots. Your cameraman breaks the forth wall and pokes fun at you when you get hit by cars, things like the multiplier are big and colorful, and the story line is small and light hearted.
The Wii actually suits their business model much better than the HD consoles in a lot of ways. The different controls also let them try new stuff without actually designing new titles. They're still experimenting a lot with Wii development and don't seem to entirely understand it, but they continue to show a vested interest in it. They screw up as well, but they tend to screw-up on the other consoles and PC's a lot as well, so that's hardly exclusive to the Wii.
Like I said, everyone knows EA loves money, so they're not going to ignore the Wii, even it means constantly fumbling through projects with a misunderstanding of it. Not to suggest they've done nothing but fumble on the Wii, they actually seem to have pretty good bearings. Even something like MoH:H2, which was an ugly PSP port of an unremarkable game, manages excellent controls with lots of options and is still the only online enabled shooter on the Wii. EA really is one of the more dedicated third parties for the Wii.
