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potato_hamster on 14 August 2017
Chrizum said:
potato_hamster said:

Yeah, I mean, it's only their most popular game. It only sold 17 million copies total last year. That's more than Battlefield, Titanfall and Star Wars: Battlefront. That's more than the latest Need for Speed, Mass Effect, the Sims and Simcity -  combined.

You're right. They should have ported NBA Live instead.

But does the FIFA fanbase necessarily buy Battlefield and Star Wars games and vice versa? I can't see how a FIFA game is good test case for other titles, especially considering how specific its fanbase is.

That's not necessarily relevant if the same people buy the same games. All EA is concerned about is whether or not the platform as a whole make porting games to the platform worthwhile. If a game as massive as FIFA doesn't sell well, then EA has little reason to suspect that other, less popular franchises will sell better. FIFA is easily EA's best shot at making good sales on the Switch.



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ninjapirate42 on 14 August 2017
Soundwave said:
NHL on Switch plz and I'll be happy.

I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Being able to play NHL on the go with friends? Yes please.



V-r0cK on 14 August 2017

Good for EA.



potato_hamster on 14 August 2017
ninjapirate42 said:
Soundwave said:
NHL on Switch plz and I'll be happy.

I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Being able to play NHL on the go with friends? Yes please.

Look, I want to be able to play proper NHL on the go as much as the next guy, but....

Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
NHL 17 XOne 2016 Sports Electronic Arts 0.48 0.01 0.00 0.06 0.56
NHL 17 PS4 2016 Sports Electronic Arts 0.27 0.11 0.00 0.08 0.46


I mean I know it's only digital sales, but porting NHL to the Switch is almost guaranteed to lose money.



Chrizum on 14 August 2017
potato_hamster said:
Chrizum said:

But does the FIFA fanbase necessarily buy Battlefield and Star Wars games and vice versa? I can't see how a FIFA game is good test case for other titles, especially considering how specific its fanbase is.

That's not necessarily relevant if the same people buy the same games. All EA is concerned about is whether or not the platform as a whole make porting games to the platform worthwhile. If a game as massive as FIFA doesn't sell well, then EA has little reason to suspect that other, less popular franchises will sell better. FIFA is easily EA's best shot at making good sales on the Switch.

I do think you are oversimplifying things here to be honest. EA needs to ask themselves what kind of gamers own a Switch, and what kind of games they buy. FIFA has never been big on Nintendo platforms or handhelds. I'm positive that The Sims, Need for Speed and Star Wars would resonate much better with the Switch's audience than FIFA.



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potato_hamster on 14 August 2017
Chrizum said:
potato_hamster said:

That's not necessarily relevant if the same people buy the same games. All EA is concerned about is whether or not the platform as a whole make porting games to the platform worthwhile. If a game as massive as FIFA doesn't sell well, then EA has little reason to suspect that other, less popular franchises will sell better. FIFA is easily EA's best shot at making good sales on the Switch.

I do think you are oversimplifying things here to be honest. EA needs to ask themselves what kind of gamers own a Switch, and what kind of games they buy. FIFA has never been big on Nintendo platforms or handhelds. I'm positive that The Sims, Need for Speed and Star Wars would resonate much better with the Switch's audience than FIFA.

I don't think I'm oversimplifying things at all actually. EA is very aware of what kind of gamers own a Switch and what games they buy. They pay research firms to find out just that information. You're positive that the Sims would sell better than FIFA on the Switch? Based on what exactly?

You're acting like you know more about the Switch and its userbase than EA does. Don't you think that's just a tad ridiculous?



ninjapirate42 on 14 August 2017
potato_hamster said:
ninjapirate42 said:

I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

Being able to play NHL on the go with friends? Yes please.

Look, I want to be able to play proper NHL on the go as much as the next guy, but....

Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
NHL 17 XOne 2016 Sports Electronic Arts 0.48 0.01 0.00 0.06 0.56
NHL 17 PS4 2016 Sports Electronic Arts 0.27 0.11 0.00 0.08 0.46


I mean I know it's only digital sales, but porting NHL to the Switch is almost guaranteed to lose money.

I know, I'm not hopeful by any means :(

But it would be a dream come true :D



potato_hamster on 14 August 2017
ninjapirate42 said:
potato_hamster said:

Look, I want to be able to play proper NHL on the go as much as the next guy, but....

Game Platform Year Genre Publisher North America Europe Japan Rest of World Global
NHL 17 XOne 2016 Sports Electronic Arts 0.48 0.01 0.00 0.06 0.56
NHL 17 PS4 2016 Sports Electronic Arts 0.27 0.11 0.00 0.08 0.46


I mean I know it's only digital sales, but porting NHL to the Switch is almost guaranteed to lose money.

I know, I'm not hopeful by any means :(

But it would be a dream come true :D

It would definitely help me to decide towards buying a Switch if it had an NHL game. I really don't think that's ever going to happen, though. I mean the highest selling NHL game ever on a Nintendo platform was NHL slapshot for WIi at only 400K units.



Chrizum on 14 August 2017
potato_hamster said:
Chrizum said:

I do think you are oversimplifying things here to be honest. EA needs to ask themselves what kind of gamers own a Switch, and what kind of games they buy. FIFA has never been big on Nintendo platforms or handhelds. I'm positive that The Sims, Need for Speed and Star Wars would resonate much better with the Switch's audience than FIFA.

I don't think I'm oversimplifying things at all actually. EA is very aware of what kind of gamers own a Switch and what games they buy. They pay research firms to find out just that information. You're positive that the Sims would sell better than FIFA on the Switch? Based on what exactly?

You're acting like you know more about the Switch and its userbase than EA does. Don't you think that's just a tad ridiculous?

If we're going down that path, why bother discussing these topics at all? After all, what do we puny mortals know about the almighty corporate behemoths and their business decisions?

To stay on the matter at hand: I think it's much cheaper for EA to port last-gen FIFA to Switch than developing a current-gen title with a The Sims or Star Wars license. It's a low risk move and I can dig that. But as a test-case it really doesn't say much about the receptiveness from the audience to EA titles in general.



SuperNova on 14 August 2017
potato_hamster said:
SuperNova said:
Uhuuu....wich is why you're bringing a stripped down version of Fifa to the Switch right? Riiiiight?

I get that Nintendo has made it's bed with the third parties and now they have to lie in it, but as a consumer it's annoying to be constanstly told that it id my fault if I wont be able to purchase your games for my platform of choice.

In fairness, the first FIFA game on any new platform is always stripped down.

They are?

As far as I remember FIFA 14 launched feature complete on Ps4/Xone new engine and all. Maybe I'm getting it confused though..?