CVG: "Nintendo was dead to us very quickly" after the Wii U, says EA source

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NintendoPie on 22 January 2014

The jokes on you, EA. We never wanted your dumb games!

So there!

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gooch_destroyer on 22 January 2014

Mystro-Sama said:
This isn't even diplomatic. EA is just being butthurt now for some strange reason.

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Drakrami on 22 January 2014

spurgeonryan said:
Really? It became a kids IP plateform? Wow! I guess I have not noticed.

When are they going to be done talking about this? We lost them. End of story. I guess I will have to miss out on Madden 234000. Damn!

no actually.. you'll miss out on next mass effect, next dragon age, next star wars game, next battlefield, next dead space.

ouch.

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DJEVOLVE on 22 January 2014

So they mention Mass Effect? WHAT? Here we are going to give you a old arse game that everyone already owns, overprice it and then say, see Nintendo can't sell. Almost like they did it on purpose to not work with Nintendo.

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flagstaad on 22 January 2014

SubiyaCryolite said:

Cool, lets see if they stick around in 2015

Those are the ones on the west, on Japan they also receive support from Square-Enix, Namco-Bandai and Sega.

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flagstaad on 22 January 2014

RavenXtra said:
Wow. They're using Mass Effect 3 as an example of a solid product? The game released at full price just days before a cheaper Trilogy Collection on other platforms that included DLC. Then they followed that up by announcing that it wouldn't get any of the other DLC on other platforms. Yup, solid product there.

It is a solid product (not great, but it is solid), the stupid decisions of the marketing and sales team don't make it a bad product, just an overpriced one, the developer (Straight Right) made the effort to include all they could and incorporate the Gamepad as best as they could.

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game_on on 22 January 2014

naruball said:
Can anyone tell me what was wrong with Mass Efeect 3?

It was an old game, released on other platforms long before on the Wii U. Just like all those other cheap EA ports at the Wii U launch.

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Soundwave on 22 January 2014

EA's not entirely wrong, their games wouldn't sell well on the Wii U and they were right to jump ship.

They wanted a full generational leap from the PS3/360, once they didn't get it, I think they decided to phone it in.

They don't have a Skylanders like Activision or Just Dance like Ubi Soft to give a hoot about.

Nintendo fans just want a scapegoat to blame, so EA makes an easy target, but anyone who thinks the Wii U would be selling any better with Madden NFL and Battlefield when Call of Duty, NBA 2K, and Assassin's Creed didn't jack all for the Wii U are kidding themselves.