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

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zorg1000 said:

Darwinianevolution said:

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 not only the first ones in jumping the ship, they threw a match to the wrech while they did so.

But there wasnt a lack of launch support, Wii U launched on Nov 18 and had 37 retail games by the end of December and sales had already plummeted to sub-50k by the 2nd week of January.

It had Call of Duty, FIFA, Madden, NBA, Assassins Creed, Batman Arkham, 007, Mass Effect, Darksiders, ZombiU, Tekken, Ninja Gaiden, Warriors Orochi, Monster Hunter, Need for Speed, Lego City, Just Dance, Scribblenauts, Rabbids, Skylanders, Sonic Racing all in the launch window.

EA could have released Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Crysis 3, Dead Space 3 & Army of Two (their big games of late 2012-early 2013) and it would have made no difference, people didnt want Wii U.

Nobody outside of hardcore forum going gamers knew or cared about the "unprecedented partnership" or Origin boycott so those are irrelevent.

The problem was never the launch support, it was the support after launch that immediately dried up. If I can recall, the Vita suffered the same problem. And even if casual customers did not know about the specifics of the "unprecedented partnership" and the Origin boycott, the results of those were clear even for them: Lack of games. Again, the EA debacle was not the most important factor for the WiiU's failure, but it's not insignificant either.