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Nuvendil on 01 November 2017
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DonFerrari said:
Flilix said:

We like portable gaming because it's a fun way to play games.

Yes sure... you all bought PSVita as well right?

Nuvendil said:

You know it's amazing how this is somehow considered a serious, real notion when done on Nintendo platforms.  So not only should consumers interested in fully featured Fifas have bought this mediocre effort port that's basically the PS360 version with bolted on graphical effects and some missing features (even though buying that sends the message you obviously DON'T care about getting a feature complete game), but also consumers interested in Madden games, scifi shooters, military shooters, all these people should buy this mediocre effort product that they likely have no interest in.  I'm sorry, but that's just BS.  And if Fifa 18 WAS a test and it's standard of success really WAS the 50 to 75% attach rate EA hilariously predicted, then whoever made that decision is certifiable.  Everyone with two braincells saw where this was going with its modest efforts on the technical front, missing constantly promoted Journey mode, missing 90% of gameplay adjustments made to the new release, missing a random assortment of features from several modes, no promotion from EA for it AT ALL, and not even a trailer or gosh darn gameplay screenshots on the freaking eshop.  This was an effort by a company that either already didn't give a shit or that's run by jackasses.

Funny enough is that even if a Fifa launched with all these issues on X1 or PS4 it would still sell a lot better than Switch, because the userbase is diversified enough that there is a big sport games followers.

1) It would still be a massive, massive sales disappointment and 2) they would only get those sales based on the past quality, a built up reputation.  Take that away and the results would be identical.  EA has given table scraps and half assed efforts to Nintendo platforms for years.  It's got nothin to do with diversity.  It's got everything to do with EA's actions both past and with this port.   They've ruined what little reputation they could have had .