why is someone comparing something like Wii Sports, which is a collection of minigames to the SIMULATION games like Madden and NBA Live or whatever. Give me a break, Because wiimote, Move, Kinect make playing Madden SOOO much better LOL. I will agree that it would be nice if others got a crack at the NFL license but lets be real, that was a smart decision, The ESPN game that was being made cost less than than half of a Madden game and it was arguably just as good, EA couldnt compete with that and people were noticing "hey why im I spending 50 bucks a year when i could be spending 20??"

Anyone can play a game like Wii Sports but you have to be somewhat of a fervent fan of soccer to get into a game like FIFA. That's the kind of hardcore I'm talking about.

And I specifically mentionned EA Sports.

There have been wii versions of FIFA games as well. EA Sports is an EA company. They target whoever EA tells them to target. Besides they can make games for BOTH casuals and the hardcore.

This is laughable. You know how much money goes into R&D to create a controller like the Wiimote?

The UbiSoft camera cost them alot to develop and look what good that did them on the Wii. EA is making a shit load on its software it doesn't need to create new hardware. As others have said it would be difficult for EA to make a controller like the Wiimote not only would they have to use technologies they've never used before but they'd have to beat Nintendo , Sony and Microsoft to them.

Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo spends hundreds of millions a year on R&D and you expect EA to compete releasing unique hardware? Also what good would an EA wiimote do? You'd only get a few EAGames and I doubt a controller with only four or five games would be as successful as the Wiimote was.

Look at UDraw its successful but can you imagine if Nintendo had produced it? Or Sony? Fact is third party peripherals just don't do as well as first party peripheral's. They don't get the support first party does and they have to invest and risk alot more capital then Nintendo would. Also I love how the guy put pictures up of supposed third party peripherals and lists SingStar with the big Sony label right in the center lol.

Fact is not its a stupid idea for EA or any third party to invest millions in a peripheral only their software will use unless they know it will sell big time. Which I'm sorry but EA clearly stated when Wii launched that the Wiimote wouldn't sell, so why would they have built one?

There are Wii versions of FIFA and their sales should be more than enough of a proof to show that they don't appeal to the casual market on the Wii (which is big, as we know it).

E.A. doesnt have the software or money to make there own console....is that the question thou?

I love football games. They're amongst my most played games ever. They are casual games in the classic definition, much like COD is (in fact, they appeal to similar audiences) before casual basically came to mean shovelware.

Liking football doesn't make you hardcore, nor does it make the game in question a hardcore game.

And I totally agree that sports games are some of the most casual games out there but what I said is that it doesn't and won't appeal to the casual audience who knows little about the sport in question. They will appeal to the hardcore fans of the sport. My mom won't play FIFA while she will definitely play Wii Sports. Same thing applies to me. I know little to nothing about soccer but I bought Mario Strikers and I have absolutely no intention of playing FIFA.

Why are you blaming EA? After all they have a lot (if not all) the sports licenses, NBA, football(FIFA), football(Madden), etc. They didn't need the wiimote to sell their sports games.

If you have to blame someone, blame Activision. They don't have any sports license or sports game so the idea of a WiiSports game could be useful for them to expand their audience in a new genre. And they also had experience in making peripherals as the publishers of Guitar Hero.

well its a good idea but not a great one. if they bundled the controles with some of there sports games then they may find a market i guess