EA tells Kotaku that it has zero titles in development for the Wii U

Yakuzaice

Currently Offline

12,205

3430 posts since 25/01/08

Recent Badges:

One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
Everything's Falling Into Place Add a total of 100 games to your collection.
16 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 16 years.
14 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 14 years.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.
50 in One Add a total of 50 games to your collection.

Currently Playing:

Battlefield 3 (PC)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC)
Red Dead Redemption (PS3)
God of War III (PS3)

Yakuzaice on 16 May 2013

Darc Requiem said:

And that explains ME3 how?

Does it matter? If Mass Effect 3 sales were some anomoly, then sure, that might be a good reason to explain the sales. It was actually the best selling EA game at launch in the US. (although the Madden sales are listed strangely on VGC)

It's not a great comparison since the PS3 was a mature system by then, but the incredibly late full priced ME2 port sold well. I don't think there was a double pack, but I'm sure you could have gotten 1 and 2 for less on 360 or PC.

DélioPT

Currently Offline

14,393

4640 posts since 06/05/08

Recent Badges:

First Rung Of The Ladder Earned 10,000 gamrPoints
Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
A Civilized Man Managed to avoid being banned for 5 years.
One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
A Free Man Managed to avoid being banned for 2 years.
Site Veteran Has been a VGChartz member for over 5 years.

DélioPT on 16 May 2013

Not even Fifa? That`s bad, really bad.

Nintendo should just push it`s own soccer game or help Konami do something special with PES.

superchunk

Currently Offline

128,095

23171 posts since 20/12/06

Recent Badges:

Killer Scorpion Earned 60 badges.
15 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 15 years.
Seriously... Bank a Total of 10,000 VG$
8 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 8 years.
9 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 9 years.
Seriously... Bank a Total of 10,000 VG$

superchunk on 16 May 2013

Mazty said:

superchunk said:
It is known.

EA blacklisted Nintendo. The only reason they are making anything for 3DS is its userbase/continual sales force it to in terms of Madden/FIFA contractural agreements. 2014 that will at least be in place for Wii U.

But likely nothing more.

Actually it's more likely that EA crunched the numbers and came to the conclusion that it's not economically viable to develop for the Wii U.

Actually its exactly what I said it is. Look at the quality / presentation / timing of the games EA launched. They set themselves up for failure so they could use those low sales to then quantify the capability to get out of the contractural obligations they have for those titles. But you all go on with your monkeying around with EA and some sort of logic in their actions.

Luck

Currently Offline

1,118

298 posts since 22/03/13

Recent Badges:

'Ello Princess! Awarded for signing up.
Congratulations on Pressing Start! Score your first game in your collection.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
One Piece at a Time Add your first game to your collection.
3 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 3 years.
11 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 11 years.

Currently Playing:

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC)

Luck on 16 May 2013

And as we speak, Nintendo putting more resources toward sports games, an incoming bombing of Mario sports titles coming to Wii U.

osed125

Currently Offline

35,965

6766 posts since 30/03/12

Recent Badges:

Genocide 5,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.
10 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 10 years.
Pata 100 wall post comments made on gamrConnect.
Making Friends 10 friends on gamrConnect.
Ride Into the Sunset Managed to avoid being banned for 3 months.

osed125 on 16 May 2013

The reason EA isn't supporting the system is because they can't block used games on it.

Nintendo and PC gamer

TrevDaRev

Currently Offline

8,618

1235 posts since 03/07/09

Recent Badges:

So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
4 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 4 years.
Mirror Image Awarded for uploading an avatar.
Trust Me, It'll Have Legs 100 replies made to user's most popular thread.
Congratulations on Pressing Start! Score your first game in your collection.

TrevDaRev on 16 May 2013

Bad times for Nintendo!

Not even FIFA? Incredible.

Kresnik

Currently Offline

128,177

19398 posts since 05/05/12

Recent Badges:

First Rung Of The Ladder Earned 10,000 gamrPoints
50 in One Add a total of 50 games to your collection.
Pata 100 wall post comments made on gamrConnect.
Virtual Cop Dealt with (accepted or rejected) 500 reports.
Genocide 5,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
So You Came Back For More, Huh? Logged in a second time.

Currently Playing:

Yakuza 3 (PS3)

Kresnik on 16 May 2013

I would very much like to know what is going on here.

I'd express sympathy but it seems Nintendo-only console owners in this thread don't want their games anyway, so I suppose it would be more appropriate to say congratulations.

Read my Vita reviews here

F amitsu Japan Digital Sales Archive
Vita Media Create physical sales database
Vita vs. COMG Japan Sales Comparison

badgenome

Currently Offline

102,477

27295 posts since 30/06/08

Recent Badges:

Congratulations on Pressing Start! Score your first game in your collection.
7 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 7 years.
Everything's Falling Into Place Add a total of 100 games to your collection.
Brotherhood 100 friends on gamrConnect.
1st Birthday Has been a VGChartz member for over 1 year.
6 Years Has been a VGChartz member for over 6 years.

badgenome on 16 May 2013

thismeintiel said:

I wouldn't consider NFS w/ PC textures the gimped version. It's just a fact that people aren't buying their games, regardless of quality. And this goes for other 3rd party devs/publishers besides EA, too. While those 3rd parties aren't saying anything, yet, with the little sales that their games are getting, I would imagine we will see 3rd party support for the Wii U dwindle.

Criterion really did put in an effort with NFS, but it arrived way too late. EA was already in the process of cutting off Nintendo by then, anyway, so I don't think the sales of that mattered at all.