The article says they have invested the majority of their money outside of the Wii U for the next gen. 

EA are terrible anyways, if they lack the vision to see how WiiU is next gen despite other consoles being able to show 1 or 2 more pixel, that's their problem.

Don't expect next gen from sony and M$ to be 1000% more powerfull unless they sell it for 500/600$. WiiU at 350$ is sold at a loss, some could argue that it's because of the controler, but a Xbox with Kinect2.0 bundled can't be priced at 400$ unless it is ''similar'' to WiiU. I believe next gen will be similar to GC/Xbox/Ps2.

I believe EA is saying this because Nintendo peed on their cereal by refusing their crappy Origin as exclusive. EA had only good thing before this happened and they must have had insight on PS4 xbox720 already at that time. Now thei are bitter and that is all.

Their is 2 possible scenario, either I'm right, or I'm wrong.
If I'm right, then with WiiU being similar to it competitors their will be no reasong for sale not to pick up when Nintendo realease more of their big games and EA won't have a choice to support the system the same way their doing with the other 2 since the WiiU will have a fanbase and similar specs. If they don't they will look stupidly stuborn and lose money.
If I'm wrong, Xbox720 and Ps4 will both cost 450/500$. With WiiU being the cheapest system on the market, the sales will pick up when games are released. WiiU atm is the most expensive system on the market, when it will suddenly become the cheapest sales will turn around for the same reason the Wii, the PS2, the DS and 3DS were so successfull. When this happen, EA won't have a choice to support WiiU like they did with Wii, this means lazy ports of sport franchise and some shovelware.

Either way, EA's lack of vision, their stubornes, their lack of trust from gamers and their hypocrisy are the reasons why I strongly believe that EA will be only a shadow of it's self by the end of this gen.

I believe they posted losses for the last quarter right? And If I'm correct their have been posting losses for a while no? If I'm wrong someone plz correct me. Losses on Q3 is a clue to what's to come.

Great, let's see Microsoft and Sony try to launch a console in 2013 capable of competing with PCs circa 2016. That's really healthy for the industry.

Repeat of last gen confirmed...

To be honest, I don't like 99% of EA games.

However, I think they are an extremely important third party to have. Missing out on their huge IPs while the rival platforms get them is a major problem for any console (Fifa, Battlefield, Dead Space, NFS, Mass Effect etc).

Using the PS460 as leading plattform(more power,more expensive development) and downscaling games for Wii U this is not avoidable(especially not when you know that 3rd party games are selling bad on nintendo plattforms)

Well, in quarter 1 and 2 it says they have made large profits. I suppose they have not released quarter 3 earnings.

http://investor.ea.com/releases.cfm?ReleasesType=Earnings

according to what? Hopes?

I would not be suprised if the gap between Wii u and PS4 is comparable to PS2-PS3.. considering there's a bigger gap this gen compared ot last gen between machines, and all Wii u did was jump into last gen and add a little more horse power to play with, with  it's tablet controller.. that's not good.. especially when the wii brand is loosing a tremendous amont of momentum ever since sony and microsoft launched Move/Kinect

The 4th gen was the SNES and Genesis/Megadrive, dumbass. (Not talking to anyone here but to the interviewee)
The upcoming (already happening with Wii U) gen is the 8th.

You doubt DICE's god-given power to determine when gaming began?

It is you who is the dumbass

I thought this was a thread to talk about Nintendo-EA non existant relationship instead of another specs vs rumors thread.

Viper1, I summon you!