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Slimebeast on 22 May 2010
shio said:
AnthonyW86 said:

I just noticed that there will be no PC version of EA's Fifa World Cup 2010 soccer game. From my knowledge this is the first time a Fifa game has skipped the PC platform. Could this be EA being fattup with PC piracy and experimenting how sales on the other platforms will be impacted by this? In logic EA might be trying to force people who want the game but normally pirate it for PC, to buy it on a console.

Even considering the much larger install base first week sales seem to be up from previous installments of Fifa championship games.

I think this will be a close one to watch!

EA Sports games were ports of the PS2 versions : It didn't give them any money, so it's not surprising that they cancelled.

But it's laughable for anyone to think EA is abandoning PC. The truth is, EA is actually abandoning consoles, not PC!!

EA has shifted a lot of it's business to digital distribution and subscriptions! That is why they're on PC stronger than ever! They did a lot of things to directly support PC recently:

  1. They made a new deal with Microsoft just to allow Mass Effect 2 on PC same time as the X360 version.
  2. They bought Playfish, a social games developer, for $275 Million.
  3. Bad Company 2 and Dragon Age are selling much more on PC.
  4. Publishing deals with respected PC developers in Valve and Crytek, and upcoming APB game.
  5. Shift of business to digital distribution, where PC is king.

Good points, and I'm nitpicking but Dragon Age on PC didn't outsell the X360 version. Far from it.



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Charter on 27 May 2010

This is a strange tactic taking into account that the number of PC players, especially casual PC players, is constantly growing.



salaminizer on 27 May 2010
Charter said:
This is a strange tactic taking into account that the number of PC players, especially casual PC players, is constantly growing.

that's why they're going with FIFA Online and NFS Online, the same thing they did with Tiger Woods, which is F2P with "premium" stuff.

personally, I don't like it, because unless a miracle happens, FIFA Online will be the same old shit as it's based on an older FIFA and not the PS3/X360 ones. NFS too seems to be based on the Underground series.



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jaydeee on 29 May 2010

EA Marketing plan!
but I also think they cannot just abandon one platform... IMO!



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calvinandhobbes on 03 June 2010

I personally only play certain genres on the pc, sports games i leave to my 360. So if EA is dropping some games, like sports titles for instance, then i don't see that as that big of a deal. 



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