Not "mountains of gold" necessarily, but "more profit than they would get otherwise," which should be enough for any sane business.

It's not like EA makes good games anyway. I just understand why they are so bitter and angry towards Ninty. What went down?

rumor as it that EA wanted the abomation that is known as origin as the only download store on the wii u but nintendo didn't let them

LOL it is sad that someone fanboy's just don't know what they are saying

Fucking Nintendo, I'd say, whom cannot make a sufficient home console.

Yeah, I know - look at how badly the Wii sold, and the DS, and the 3DS. I mean - the only reasonable thing to do is to make a highly-powerful system. That's the only way to attract third parties. That's why Ubisoft, Sega, Square Enix, and Capcom aren't putting major titles on the system...

The Wii and DS offered something new that hadn't been done before, and both systems sold like crazy to "casuals"; to people that never had gamed before. Wii U isn't doing that. And taking a quick look at 3DS tells us that it's only Japan that is saving the system, it's actually not selling that well in the West (which the DS did). And most of those 3rd parties you mention will ensure Nintendo to swoop up Japan, it leaves a lot to be desired for in the West, with only Ubisift being the Western publisher putting some effort behind the system.

Hadn't the iPad been released Wii U could have taken off like the Wii did, but this isn't a business of "If", "when", or "could and should", it's a business of "have and haven't". Right now what Wii U haven't got is games, and the question is if it'll get them later on.

First of all, it's still doing a number of things that haven't been done before. And the whole "casuals" argument is purely a red herring - many amongst the "hardcore" like to disparage the "casualz", suggesting that they're fickle, that they're less valuable or less consistent than other gamers, or something like that. Many like to suggest that someone Microsoft "stole" the "casualz" from Nintendo with Kinect. None of these make any sense. "Casuals", by the way, are not the same as "new gamers", who are people that never had gamed before.

And sure, the Wii U isn't currently selling massively to the mainstream. That's no big surprise - it's not a phenomenon the way that the Wii was. But the mainstream is just like the typical gamer, in that they'll "upgrade" when given sufficient reason to do so. That means more than one or two games, given the current price of the system. It takes time.

Also, Ubisoft isn't the only Western publisher putting some effort behind the system. Warner Bros and Disney are both supporting the system quite strongly. Also noteworthy is Codemasters (mostly due to them bringing Dirt to the system - I know Codemasters isn't a particularly well-regarded publisher, but they still count).

And as even EA themselves said in the same call that the quote this thread is based on came from, you should never count Nintendo out.

Took a look at recent EA games:

bulletstorm: didn't like
burnout : fun series
crysis 2: didn't like
dead space : awesome
dead space 2 : crap
dead space 3: ?
dragon age : crap
fifa: great
mass effect: crap
nfs: i like hot pursuit a lot XD
shank : I loved it on pc

some of these games probably sold very well, but yeah, I couldn't stand them, in other words, I wouldn't care about EA support if I had a wii u.

What I describe as bunch of idiots, crap, shitty company etc is already here its EA.

EA noone needs your shitty origin get over it already I mean are you all babies? Do a THQ and get lost already ;)