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EA is planning to support Nintendo’s forthcoming console. EA chief operating officer Peter Moore claims that EA is “keeping a very close eye” on Wii U. Although EA is not announcing new games for Wii U at this time, the publisher plans to bring “great franchises,” which will be revealed in the future, to Wii U. Moore added that EA has learned to “never underestimate Nintendo, as proven by the last generation.”

http://mynintendonews.com/2012/08/01/ea-never-underestimate-nintendo/



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That's ironic coming from them.



someone tell Galaci that this means Nintendo is Do0m3d!!

OT: yup never do that. there is a reason no one els have had this many consoles and till going strong!



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Medal of Honor on the Wii U please.



KylieDog said:
All the sports games, because they got no choice if want the licenses.

Pretty much this.

It is the same with Australian Football. IN Australia the license holder needs to release it on every console platform. When you go watch the videos for it it only shows 360 a PS3 and does not acknowledge Wii version (which exists), makes me wonder hwo bad of a game it really is haha.



 

 

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Here comes a new Dead Space light gun shooter and the next Boom Blox...



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...now we going to port all the old games that Wii users have missed out on this gen...



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- George Orwell, ‘1984’

So, now, we'll get HDer collections on the WiiU.



Apparently EA isn't as interested in the Wii U as one might hope.

 

"EA made it clear that they don't consider the Wii U a hot product for the holidays; Peter Moore, in response to an analyst question, said "you're probably right that Wii U got a lackluster response" at E3. More to the point, EA hasn't announced any other titles than Mass Effect 3 for the Wii U. No other big spending on the Wii U or next-gen consoles was noted, nor is their forecasting specifically calling out the Wii U as a major positive coming up. Translation: EA doesn't expect great sales from the Wii U.

"EA made it clear that they don't consider the Wii U a hot product for the holidays"

 

Still, EA will no doubt be "opportunistic" as interim CFO Ken Barker noted. That means if the Wii U takes off, EA will jump on it, even though it means getting to the party late. This is pretty much how EA (and other major publishers) approached the Wii last time; little support at launch, but once it proved a hit resources were shifted to take advantage of it. The minimum 1-year delay this causes will not help the Wii U in its quest to get established. The other implication of this is that EA will not be putting great effort into specific Wii U development; any titles that are started are likely to be ports, without much resource spent on adapting to the gamepad controller."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-08-01-ea-continues-in-transition



wfz said:

That means if the Wii U takes off, EA will jump on it, even though it means getting to the party late. This is pretty much how EA (and other major publishers) approached the Wii last time; little support at launch, but once it proved a hit resources were shifted to take advantage of it.


This, and this again.  I don't believe EA are going to be strong supporters of the Wii-U from the get-go.  They're going to wait and gauge the reaction and then start releasing properly on it if it's done well.

This is probably just damage control, so when they start releasing late for the Wii-U once it does well, they can say "Well, we told you so!"