FIFA 18's ads don't feature the Switch version?

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DonFerrari said:

Mandalore76 said:

That's a launch title compared to the sales of consoles on the market for 7 years already.  By your logic, Xbox 360 Madden series should have been cancelled after the dismal sales of Madden NFL 06 which couldn't even beat the PSP and barely surpassed the dying Gamecube:

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	Madden NFL 06	PS2	2005	Sports	Electronic Arts	3.98	0.26	0.01	0.66	4.91
2	Madden NFL 06	XB	2005	Sports	Electronic Arts	1.75	0.03	0.00	0.08	1.86
3	Madden NFL 06	PSP	2005	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.69	0.00	0.00	0.06	0.75
4	Madden NFL 06	X360	N/A	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.54	0.00	0.01	0.03	0.59
5	Madden NFL 06	GC	2005	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.44	0.11	0.00	0.02	0.57

Again, by the same logic, the PS3 Madden series should have been cancelled after it's dismal debut in 2006 when it likewise was outsold by the PSP and original Xbox.  Unlike the 360, the PS3 version could not even outsell the Gamecube which had already been replaced at that point:

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Europe	Japan	Rest of World	Global
1	Madden NFL 07	PS2	2006	Sports	Electronic Arts	3.63	0.24	0.01	0.61	4.49
2	Madden NFL 07	X360	2006	Sports	Electronic Arts	1.66	0.00	0.01	0.13	1.80
3	Madden NFL 07	XB	2006	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.97	0.03	0.00	0.03	1.02
4	Madden NFL 07	PSP	N/A	Sports	Unknown	0.77	0.03	0.00	0.04	0.83
5	Madden NFL 07	GC	2006	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.48	0.13	0.00	0.02	0.62
6	Madden NFL 07	PS3	2006	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.48	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.53

I reiterate my point that the Nintendo Switch is "the hot tech buy" in North America right now.  NA is Madden's largest market.  There is "0" reason to not even try to release a single Madden title on Nintendo Switch.  That .23 million Madden sales on Wii U was to a global install base of only 2.2 million.  There wasn't even a million Wii U owners in NA at that time.  Over 7.63 million Switches were sold by October 31st.  2.3 million Switches were sold in the US alone by October 7th.  Madden's annual sales are slumping.  Are you telling me it makes more financial sense for EA to ignore an entire platform than to release a game who's 70% of sales come from a market that said platform is currently in highest demand?  

And for what reason are we ignoring the hot seller Wii that moved 1/4 of PS3 Madden 2013? Do we need to reiterate that mostly 3rd parties sell a lot lower on Nintendo platforms than elsewhere and the one that should convince they to release games there is Nintendo instead of 3rd parties making loss to satisfy you?

Also, games aren't made in weeks, so How would they guess Switch would have good sales and prepare the game for the current launch?

Let's bring multiplats releasing at the moment on all 3 and see how Switch version is doing in USA?

Which of these non-Nintendo published games are doing hot on the USA market where Switch is mega hot?

 

Pos	Game	Platform	Year	Genre	Publisher	North America	Global
6	Super Bomberman R	NS	2017	Puzzle	Konami Digital Entertainment	0.16	0.48
7	Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle	NS	2017	Role-Playing	Ubisoft	0.15	0.47
8	Ultra Street Fighter II: The Final Challengers	NS	2017	Fighting	Capcom	0.12	0.30
9	Pokken Tournament	NS	2017	Fighting	Namco Bandai Games	0.09	0.24
10	LEGO City Undercover	NS	2017	Platform	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	0.09	0.24
11	Puyo Puyo Tetris	NS	2017	Puzzle	Sega	0.07	0.22
12	Disgaea 5 Complete	NS	2017	Role-Playing	Nippon Ichi Software	0.06	0.17
13	Monster Hunter Double Cross	NS	2017	Action	Capcom	0.00	0.16
14	Just Dance 2017	NS	2017	Misc	Ubisoft	0.04	0.13
15	FIFA 18	NS	2017	Sports	Electronic Arts	0.03	0.11
16	The Binding of Isaac	NS	2017	Action	Nicalis	0.07	0.10
17	Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2	NS	2017	Action	Namco Bandai Games	0.03	0.09
18	Skylanders Imaginators	NS	2017	Platform	Activision	0.01	0.09
19	Cars 3: Driven to Win	NS	2017	Racing	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	0.03	0.09
20	Dragon Quest Heroes I & II for Nintendo Switch	NS	2017	Role-Playing	Square Enix	0.00	0.08
21	Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star	NS	2017	Action	Xseed Games	0.03	0.08
22	Cave Story+	NS	2017	Platform	Nicalis	0.05	0.07
23	Rayman Legends	NS	2017	Platform	Ubisoft	0.02	0.07
24	Seiken Densetsu Collection	NS	2017	Role-Playing	Square Enix	0.00	0.06
25	LEGO Worlds	NS	2017	Misc	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	0.02	0.06
26	Has-Been Heroes	NS	2017	Action	GameTrust	0.04	0.05
27	Minecraft: Story Mode	NS	2017	Adventure	Telltale Games	0.02	0.04
29	Project Setsuna	NS	2017	Role-Playing	Square Enix	0.00	0.04
30	Minna de Wai Wai! Spelunker	NS	2017	Action	Square Enix	0.00	0.03
31	Troll and I	NS	2017	Action	FuRyu Corporation	0.01	0.03
32	NBA 2K18	NS	2017	Sports	Take-Two Interactive	0.02	0.02
33	Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power-Up Kit	NS	2017	Misc	Tecmo Koei	0.00	0.02
34	One Piece: Unlimited World Red	NS	2017	Action	Namco Bandai Games	0.00	0.02
35	Sonic Mania	NS	2017	Platform	Sega	0.01	0.02
36	R.B.I. Baseball 2017	NS	2017	Sports	MLB.com	0.01	0.01
37	The Lego Ninjago Movie Videogame	NS	2017	Action	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment	0.01	0.01
38	Nights of Azure 2	NS	2017	Action	Tecmo Koei	0.00	0.01
39	Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack	NS	2017	Action	Inti Creates	0.00	0.01

Games ain't made in weeks, sure, but from the time where it was obvious the Switch wouldn't do nearly as bad as the Wii U they could have started on working on ports for the next season's games. it had been repeatedly said that porting to the Switch is very easy to do, so this wouldn't be too much hassle. Yet we still haven't heard about EA bringing any other game to the Switch, though that can still change. Let's see what EA will do in the next months and then judge again.

I'm pretty sure most of the third party games right now on the Switch are much rather downloaded than bought in stores, as they are mostly smaller games. The bigger games are just starting to roll out, and they should do much better in retail. Fifa also should climb the ranks in the next weeks and months despite being a subpar port.