What were the arguments?

We shall never know...

Mr Khan said: What were the arguments? We shall never know...

The news article is here if you want to read it:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/316597/ea-ps-vita-has-a-better-chance-than-3ds/

Ow please EA is gonna port all their android and iphone game to it... they are putting all their money into IPhone and Android games.. it's incredible how much money they have spend on buying those companies and bringing franchises like Dead Space, Need For Speed, The Sims and Battlefield to the phones

Oh lawd , its Sega4JohnCena again.

RolStoppable said: EA is betting against Nintendo. Well, that's business as usual. The PS Vita is close enough to PS3/360 specs to enable easy ports. The 3DS could get Wii ports in theory, but even EA (S)ports knows that bad ports of terrible games won't sell, so there's no real reason for them to bother. In the end EA won't really matter. They never did on handhelds. I have yet to hear a PSP owner talk highly about EA's games.

Well I remember people would show off sports games on the PSP. Given the PSP fanbase I knew (As in I no longer know) fit the frat boy like demographic. 

RolStoppable said: EA is betting against Nintendo. Well, that's business as usual. The PS Vita is close enough to PS3/360 specs to enable easy ports. The 3DS could get Wii ports in theory, but even EA (S)ports knows that bad ports of terrible games won't sell, so there's no real reason for them to bother. In the end EA won't really matter. They never did on handhelds. I have yet to hear a PSP owner talk highly about EA's games.

Fight Night was fun :).

I'm betting my entire life's savings on the 3DS mopping the floor with the PSV but after reading the article, the man may have a point. Video games are a pretty social thing, these days. Pokemon became big because it made you interact with other people in order to "catch 'em all". Xbox Live is what it is because of the social aspect of it. The 3DS's biggest shortcoming (aside from the current library) is how hard Nintendo makes it to actually socialize with other gamers.

I can't send anybody messages, game invites, or communicate with them via the 3DS (I guess I could sent them an email....). With the PSV, they already plan on having cross game chat! Nintendo need to realize the importance of having a decent online infrastructure or the PSV will have a fighting chance.

kitler53 said: kitler53 said: lulz, don't let jturner82 see this thread. when i wrote that i didn't mean you should get yourself banned so he literally can't see it.  :P

lol

Mad55 said: I dont get why they would openly say that considering their gonna support the wiiu heavy.

You obviously didn't bother reading. Console market is not the same as Handheld market. EA's support to the Wii U is already apparent from the beginning given the system's potential power. On the otherhand we have EA's heavy support for the Vita given the potential especially with 3G and the multiplayer aspect which the 3DS will be severely lacking unless they do something with the revised system. The potential of playing FIFA or Madden on a train, bus or car ride somewhere against someone online has alot of potential EA is looking at and I have mentioned this in previous posts using the COD series as an example. In the end it is a matter of seeing how well 3G can handle it. Personally I would have rather seen tethering on various services as opposed to that stupid exclusivity deal with AT&T, plus it wouldn't have hurt to go 4G, although I assume that may be done with system revisions (which I am holding off for).

d21lewis said: I'm betting my entire life's savings on the 3DS mopping the floor with the PSV but after reading the article, the man may have a point. Video games are a pretty social thing, these days. Pokemon became big because it made you interact with other people in order to "catch 'em all". Xbox Live is what it is because of the social aspect of it. The 3DS's biggest shortcoming (aside from the current library) is how hard Nintendo makes it to actually socialize with other gamers. I can't send anybody messages, game invites, or communicate with them via the 3DS (I guess I could sent them an email....). With the PSV, they already plan on having cross game chat! Nintendo need to realize the importance of having a decent online infrastructure or the PSV will have a fighting chance.

In the end 3DS will sell more because of the blind following Nintendo tends to have as opposed to fans going after quality. The moment ANOTHER pokemon releases along with ANOTHER Mario game it sells like gang busters despite so many apparent shortcomings. However, if the Vita manages to do a good job in the social aspect of things it may not only outsell but rather wipe the floor with the 3DS (playing their cards right of course but Sony has proven to make stupid choices in the recent gen).