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kitler53 on 01 August 2012
KylieDog said:
All the sports games, because they got no choice if want the licenses.


what are you talking about ... they have plenty of choice.



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sethnintendo on 01 August 2012
kitler53 said:
KylieDog said:
All the sports games, because they got no choice if want the licenses.


what are you talking about ... they have plenty of choice.

 


In order to hold the license for the sports (such as NFL since they are the only publisher that can produce NFL games with NFL players (remember they bought exclusive rights to get rid of NFL 2K franchise that was eating into Madden sales).  So in order for them to keep their licenses they must release on all systems I believe is what KylieDog was stating.  Although I am not too sure how many sports they have exclusive license with.  NFL I know is one.  Luckily there is still a NBA 2K considering it has always been better than NBA Live.



TripleMMM on 01 August 2012

Again, bold statement with a sarcastic undertone. Not surprising.



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Sal.Paradise on 01 August 2012

Them hot EA Sports titles are heading your way!



mysticwolf on 01 August 2012

I wonder how many titles they are going to port to wii u.

Anyway, I think Ubisoft is doing a better job of supporting Wii U



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sethnintendo on 01 August 2012
mysticwolf said:
I wonder how many titles they are going to port to wii u.

Anyway, I think Ubisoft is doing a better job of supporting Wii U


At least they are making an original game for it already.



TomaTito on 01 August 2012

EA, ''We will port."

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SaviorX on 01 August 2012
wfz said:

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


Wow, this is absolutely awful to read. We are just going to get a repeat of the Wii generation, but probably enven worse since games take longer to make for an HD system.

Basically, when they do finally realize that  Wii U is a viable platform, the content made will be rushed and late on capitalizing on newly adopted trends that may appear. For example, if Windsurfing games suddenly become popular in 2014, by the  time EA makes one, the trend will already have passed and they will create a game with a lost market, furter discouraging them from Wii U development long term.

As I kept reading that excerpt it got more and more awful; one negative statement after another without fail. I'm not going to type here and say EA's support is not welcome or desired on Wii U, because they do publish some great games. I guess their relationship with Nintendo soured after E3 2011 because they are literally wiping their hands of Nintendo by avoiding the creation of any new  content for Nintendo. The wait and see game only results in test games of low quality in the long run.

 

Worst news I have heard in 3 months.



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Jay520 on 01 August 2012

Well, its bad to underestimate anyone. That's part of the meaning behind the term. I've never heard of a positive result of someone underestimating someone else.



VicViper on 01 August 2012

This was just posted by IGN

“Want to know more about EA’s Wii U plans? We’ll be live streaming their Summer Showcase presentation tomorrow. August 2 1-2pm PT. Be there. …(EA Summer Showcase is not just limited to Wii U, but there will be some related news in there.)”