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Why didn't/couldn't EA make the wiimote?

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amp316 on 16 August 2011

Say what you will about EA... I personally have said a lot about them, but they are one of the few 3rd party developers for the Wii that actually uses the technology in the Wii Motion + version of the Wii Remote effectively. Grand Slam Tennis and Tiger Woods Golf are evidence of that.



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Antabus on 16 August 2011
Pyro as Bill said:

EA doesn't deserve to be in the games industry anymore and somebody else should have a crack at the licenses.

Who would want to play nhl/madden/fifa on a freaking "mote"? Judging by the sales on HD-consoles and wii, not a lot of people.

Nice statement there. I think there is one company who hasn't ever deserved to be in the games industry. I just can't say it because one mod would ban me instantly.



Antabus on 16 August 2011
Pyro as Bill said:
Boutros said:
EA Sports makes games for the hardcore. Hardcore gamers don't want peripherals. Too complicated for their lazy self.


Sports games are hardcore? LMFAO.

There isn't a bigger casual genre.

Are you one of those people who call platformers and anime storybooks hardcore?



Pyro as Bill on 16 August 2011
Antabus said:
Pyro as Bill said:

EA doesn't deserve to be in the games industry anymore and somebody else should have a crack at the licenses.

Who would want to play nhl/madden/fifa on a freaking "mote"? Judging by the sales on HD-consoles and wii, not a lot of people.

Nice statement there. I think there is one company who hasn't ever deserved to be in the games industry. I just can't say it because one mod would ban me instantly.

 

NHL 2K10 - "New motion controls make the Wii version of NHL 2K10 an impressive and unique arcade hockey game." Gamespot 8.5

 

Madden 07 - "Madden NFL 07 for the Wii isn't just a quick-and-dirty port. It's an excellent use of the Wii's motion-sensing capabilities that revitalizes Madden in many ways. 

  • Tons of motion-controlled moves that are responsive and intuitive   
  • The new minigames are a blast with four players" Gamespot 8.4
  • Pro Evo (not fifa, still football) - "Pointer control, increased fluidity, and on the fly team orchestration. This is how to innovate on Wii." IGN 8.9

  • ......................and they're the 3 gametypes you thought didn't work and they still offered traditional controls. Golf and Tennis are obvious fits for MC because Nintendo already showed them how to do it.
  • My point isn't that EA didn't take advantage of the Wii once it released, they would have been fools not to after the success of Wii Sports, my point is that they have tons of/all the sports games (physical motion sim
  • s) that they are supposed to be expert at yet they never thought of making a peripheral like other publishers did for their genres.

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    Another question, why didn't EA make a 3rd party wiimote or camera for PS3/360, Nyko and Ubisoft managed it? They could have had one ready by holidays '08 and beat Kinect and Move to the punch. What did Kinect and Move launch with? Sports games. 10M and 8M respectively, right?



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    Antabus on 16 August 2011
    Pyro as Bill said:
    Antabus said:
    Pyro as Bill said:

    EA doesn't deserve to be in the games industry anymore and somebody else should have a crack at the licenses.

    Who would want to play nhl/madden/fifa on a freaking "mote"? Judging by the sales on HD-consoles and wii, not a lot of people.

    Nice statement there. I think there is one company who hasn't ever deserved to be in the games industry. I just can't say it because one mod would ban me instantly.

     

    NHL 2K10 - "New motion controls make the Wii version of NHL 2K10 an impressive and unique arcade hockey game." Gamespot 8.5

     

    Madden 07 - "Madden NFL 07 for the Wii isn't just a quick-and-dirty port. It's an excellent use of the Wii's motion-sensing capabilities that revitalizes Madden in many ways. 

  • Tons of motion-controlled moves that are responsive and intuitive   
  • The new minigames are a blast with four players" Gamespot 8.4
  • Pro Evo (not fifa, still football) - "Pointer control, increased fluidity, and on the fly team orchestration. This is how to innovate on Wii." IGN 8.9

    •  

  • ......................and they're the 3 gametypes you thought didn't work and they still offered traditional controls. Golf and Tennis are obvious fits for MC because Nintendo already showed them how to do it.
  • My point isn't that EA didn't take advantage of the Wii once it released, they would have been fools not to after the success of Wii Sports, my point is that they have tons of/all the sports games (physical motion sim
  • s) that they are supposed to be expert at yet they never thought of making a peripheral like other publishers did for their genres.

    •  

     

    Another question, why didn't EA make a 3rd party wiimote or camera for PS3/360, Nyko and Ubisoft managed it? They could have had one ready by holidays '08 and beat Kinect and Move to the punch. What did Kinect and Move launch with? Sports games. 10M and 8M respectively, right?

    So what are the sales numbers of those games you mentioned? How do they compare to HD-counterparts? If they did worse, why on earth would EA mess their business by spoiling those great games with a freaking mote?

    They did "take advantage" of wii. They made the sports games (excluding nhl) and some wii sports/play like games. Also they made couple of fitness games.