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Is EA being unfair to Nintendo

Yes 144 48.65%
 
Maybe 37 12.50%
 
No 114 38.51%
 
Total:295

To be honest, I don't believe this. I just don't.

They released Mass Effect 3 as a Wii U launch game, but won't make a Mass Effect Next for Wii U? They made FIFA for Wii U, and supported PS2 with FIFA games late into it's life, and have a FIFA planned for PS3/360 this fall, but not Wii U?

If this isn't bs, it won't last for long. Once Wii U picks up, EA will at least sell annual FIFA and Madden games for it again.



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BenVTrigger said:

 

Less than two years after vowing to deliver on an "unprecedented partnership" with Nintendo, gaming giant EA is quiet on the Wii U front.

 


Well, we could call this an "unprecedented partnership"!   



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It really is an unprecedented partnership alright. Never seen such a partnership before.



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Mr Khan said:
Honesty!

Now if they give us the real reason why, we can all go home


There will only ever be one reason - profit, or in this case, a lack of it. The onyl agenda companies have it to make money and therefore they obviously have concluded that it would cost too much, with too little return, to develop for the wii u. 



Aielyn said:
The funniest part in all this is that simultaneously, so-called "hardcore gamers" are going "See, EA aren't supporting the Wii U, it's going to die" and "EA are right because it's not like owners of Nintendo consoles buy many EA titles anyway".

You can't have it both ways - either the loss of EA means the Wii U has lost an important set of franchises that would have sold well and sold the Wii U strongly, which means that EA are making a major mistake by not releasing them, or it has lost a few games that wouldn't have sold all that well anyway, and their weak sales on Wii proves that they aren't important for Nintendo console survivability.

To those using those arguments - it's your call. Are EA right to not make them, and they don't matter to the Wii U, or is it a major blow to the Wii U, and EA were idiots to not make them?

Both, i depends on what games, but I think developing zero games for Wii U is more stupid then smart.

Yes, most EA games won't sell well on a Wii U, but Wii U is so similar to the PS3/360 that it's stupid not to include Wii U on it's list of platforms to sell MP titles on. Realistically, no Madden or FIFA won't hurt Wii U much, but not making these games for Wii U is still a small loss for both EA and Nintendo.

However not making any Wii U exclusive games, or making Wii U versions of PS4/Infinity franchises (like Mass Effect Next) might be a smart move. These games might not well well on Wii U, and might not be worth the cost.



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Michael-5 said:

To be honest, I don't believe this. I just don't.

They released Mass Effect 3 as a Wii U launch game, but won't make a Mass Effect Next for Wii U? They made FIFA for Wii U, and supported PS2 with FIFA games late into it's life, and have a FIFA planned for PS3/360 this fall, but not Wii U?

If this isn't bs, it won't last for long. Once Wii U picks up, EA will at least sell annual FIFA and Madden games for it again.


Why is it so hard to believe that a company doesn't want to develop for a console that has an incredibly small user base? By that logic alone it doesn't sound profitable to develop for when there is a user base of over 140 million out there on consoles devs are used to working with.

How well do sports games sell on the Wii U? Apparently, not very well:
http://kotaku.com/5968909/when-only-42-people-are-playing-madden-on-the-wii-u-its-not-a-sports-console

I like how you presume Wii U sales will pick up, just as the sun rises and sets. With all this news of 3rd party devs fleeing (No EA, no UE4, no Insomniac, no Avalache Studios etc) and the PS4/720 on the horizon, I now believe we may have a contender for the dreamcast on our hands. 



Finally some good news for Wii U....
I don't think I have any EA game...



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Mazty said:
I like how you presume Wii U sales will pick up, just as the sun rises and sets. With all this news of 3rd party devs fleeing (No EA, no UE4, no Insomniac, no Avalache Studios etc) and the PS4/720 on the horizon, I now believe we may have a contender for the dreamcast on our hands.

Of course, when you look at it all, you find that there's quite a bit of the reverse, too. Activision is predicting that PS4 and the new Xbox may sell just as poorly as the Wii U has, during the launch period. Ubisoft, one of the biggest third-parties in terms of Wii support (remember the Wii? Outsold both competitors massively for about 5 years despite lacklustre support from companies like EA and Epic?), have been throwing full support onto the Wii U. Sega looks like it's doing the same, based on its financial statement. Indies seem to be flocking to the system, with every other Kickstarter game having "Port to Wii U" as a major stretch goal or even part of their main aim. The guys behind Eternal Darkness, whose only major game last gen was for 360, are making a Wii U game that is exclusive to the Wii U in terms of consoles.

Then you have third parties getting direct encouragement from Nintendo. We have Atlus making a crossover title between SMT and Fire Emblem. We have Namco playing a major role in development of a first party game that is pretty much guaranteed to sell in the tens of millions. And there's Platinum Games, which is making two games for Nintendo.

And there's more. Looks like Warner Bros is supporting the Wii U fairly strongly (pretty much all of their console titles coming to Wii U, including multiple exclusives), as is Disney (it'll be interesting to see what happens in terms of Star Wars).

E3 is what's going to tell us where the industry is heading in this regard. It'll be interesting to see.



Aielyn said:
Mazty said:
I like how you presume Wii U sales will pick up, just as the sun rises and sets. With all this news of 3rd party devs fleeing (No EA, no UE4, no Insomniac, no Avalache Studios etc) and the PS4/720 on the horizon, I now believe we may have a contender for the dreamcast on our hands.

Of course, when you look at it all, you find that there's quite a bit of the reverse, too. Activision is predicting that PS4 and the new Xbox may sell just as poorly as the Wii U has, during the launch period. Ubisoft, one of the biggest third-parties in terms of Wii support (remember the Wii? Outsold both competitors massively for about 5 years despite lacklustre support from companies like EA and Epic?), have been throwing full support onto the Wii U. Sega looks like it's doing the same, based on its financial statement. Indies seem to be flocking to the system, with every other Kickstarter game having "Port to Wii U" as a major stretch goal or even part of their main aim. The guys behind Eternal Darkness, whose only major game last gen was for 360, are making a Wii U game that is exclusive to the Wii U in terms of consoles.

Then you have third parties getting direct encouragement from Nintendo. We have Atlus making a crossover title between SMT and Fire Emblem. We have Namco playing a major role in development of a first party game that is pretty much guaranteed to sell in the tens of millions. And there's Platinum Games, which is making two games for Nintendo.

And there's more. Looks like Warner Bros is supporting the Wii U fairly strongly (pretty much all of their console titles coming to Wii U, including multiple exclusives), as is Disney (it'll be interesting to see what happens in terms of Star Wars).

E3 is what's going to tell us where the industry is heading in this regard. It'll be interesting to see.

Yeah I read about that Activision comment as well but he's been a bit of a dumb ass:
"“There are still many unknown factors such as pricing, launch dates and quantities, the level of first-party support and, importantly, consumer purchase intent in a world where consoles are no longer just competing with each other, but also with new platforms, such as smartphones and tablets,” "

Firstly the good - Pricing, launch dates and quantities are vital. No one wants a repeat of the 360 again (short supply) or the absurd pricing of the PS3. 
Now the medicore - first-party support is obviously something MS and Sony are going to push heavily. Sony have done the smart thing and gone with Killzone and Infamous as release titles ( I think the latter is one?) and Drive Club. That's three popular genres sorted out at release with two being part of popular franchises unlike the PS3's reliance on new franchises (Resistance and Motorstorm). 
Finally, the crap - Consoles, or more specifically the PS360, are not competiting with smartphones and tablets. They don't play CoD, AssCreed, Halo etc. He may as well say the 3DS is competition to the 360. It's not. Not really a surprise that a CEO doesn't understand his audience though...

The Wii was gunning for a different market as opposed to the PS360 however, whereas Iwata wanted more of a core gamer focus for the Wii U. Without publisher support, he will not get that core focus for the Wii U. No Battlefield 4 or Fifa? Dayum, that'll hurt. 

Kickstarter projects and one or two exclusives will not convince people to buy a Wii U over a PS4 or 720 as they are already invested in franchises on those consoles. I can guarentee that game will not sell in the "10's of millions" on the Wii U. Why? Because the market interest is just not there and will be over shadowed byt the PS4/720.

Warner Bros and Disney won't get core gamers behind the Wii U and casuals aren't interested in it. Without EA, the Wii U is isolating itself froma large selection of core gamers. 



Mazty said:
The Wii was gunning for a different market as opposed to the PS360 however, whereas Iwata wanted more of a core gamer focus for the Wii U. Without publisher support, he will not get that core focus for the Wii U. No Battlefield 4 or Fifa? Dayum, that'll hurt.

People need to stop saying this. Iwata said that he wanted more core gamers playing on the Wii U, he didn't say that the Wii U should have more of a core gamer focus. There's a massive difference between the two - one means "we're not going after casual players", the other means "we want everyone to be playing our console".

Meanwhile, in isolation, core gamers laugh at Fifa - it's seen as "soccer roster update game 2013", and many view it as a "casual game". It's only when it comes to Nintendo systems that such people start calling it a "core title". And again, I'm going to point to the fact that it was never a big franchise on Nintendo platforms, anyway.

Battlefield 4 is a different issue, but fortunately, all signs point to Activision continuing support for the system, and CoD is a much bigger deal than Battlefield.