RUMOR: Switch may be getting support from EA's Frostbite Engine

[Darwinianevolution]

zorg1000 said:

Darwinianevolution said:

FIFA and Madden are pretty much mandatory for every single console due to their license contract. They have to appear at least once on every console.

Mass Effect 3 came out at the same time ME Trilogy pack came out for the rest of the systems, and for the same price. It was an inferior offer in every way.

Need for Speed was good, but it was just another multiplat, not much efford needed to bring it to the Switch if the Vita could run it as well.

So what exactly is your argument? Wii U sales had already crashed by January 2013 (1.5 months after launch), what game from EA would have prevented that?

Isn't that the thing, though? Lack of support meant lower sales, which meant lower interest for the console, and it enters a vicious cycle. And while everyone is guilty of that (Nintendo included, they did some weird stuff with their 3rd party relations back then) the EA-Nintendo debacle was the most public case of clash, with the Origins boycott and the "unprecedented partnership" going so sour it became a meme, not helped by the anemic support they got from EA. EA were not only the first ones in jumping the ship, they threw a match to the wrech while they did so.

Last edited by Darwinianevolution - on 01 January 2019