I am making this thread to spare the Dead Space 2 thread. This way that thread can be about the actual game.

The issue is. After posting big losses EA blamed it on lack of Wii support. They made a statement that they would increase the variety of games they relased for the Wii. Then they announced Dead Space which in the vein of other companies was a spin off(it may be a good game) that is an On Rails shooter(a crowded genre on the Wii). It vey well could flop as consumers see RE:UC, House of The Dead:1 and2, House of the Dead:Overkill, and Sin and Punishment right next to it.

A few days later they announced a full blown sequel to the same game. Indicating an unbalance of support and resources for the Wii. Then there is the first half 2009 release for EA

Electronic Arts
TRIVIAL PURSUIT™ - March
MySims™ Party - March
EA SPORTS Active™ - May 19
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 10 - June
BOOM BLOX™ Bash Party - Spring
MySims™ Racing - Summer
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™ - Summer
G.I. JOE™ The Rise of Cobra - Summer
EA SPORTS Tennis (working title) - Summer

Which could be interpretted as:

Electronic Arts
BOARD GAME™ - March
MiiSims™ Party - March
WiiSportsClone™ - May 19
Sports Game on all Consoles every year® 10 - June
HighlyPrasedGame™ TurnedPartyGame - Spring
MiiSims™ Kart - Summer
Movie Blockbuster Game on all systems™ - Summer
Movie Blockbuster Game 2 - Summer
WiiSports-Tennis Clone or Generic Sports port from HD console - Summer

Which could easily be read as:

Electronic Arts
BOARD GAME™ - March
MiiSims™ Party - March
WiiSportsClone™ - May 19
Sports Game on all Consoles every year® 10 - June
HighlyPrasedGame™ TurnedPartyGame - Spring
MiiSims™ Kart - Summer
Movie Blockbuster Game on all systems™ - Summer
Movie Blockbuster Game 2 - Summer
WiiSports-Tennis Clone or Generic Sports port from HD console - Summer

Personally I don't think they have shown any change yet...Unless you mean catching up with where Capcom was last year. Or is it to early to expect such things from EA

Learnt their lesson from what? Not to release sequels to big selling PS360 games?

EA are supporting in the Wii in the way that'll print them the most dollar. I see no problem.

 Well no the lesson is adequate and proper support for the Wii. Which is something they stated. They had lost a fairly significant amount of money last year and they did blame a lot of it on that. But all I see out of  EA is hte same thing they did last year.

First of all, you are critical of a game company releasing nine titles for a platform in the next four months.

Second, there is a market for well-done party games/mini-game collections. Emphasize well-done and not half-arsed cash-ins.

Third, if I recall correctly, Tiger Woods 10 for the Wii is motion-based, making it a unique version.

Fourth, a game emphasizing local multi-player does not become a bad game just because it has the word "party" in the title.

Mike from Morgantown

And what exactly isn't 'proper and adequate' about the support announced? A game every fortnight all catering to markets that have proven sellers on the console. Seems like they're being very sensible to me.

 I see no problem, EA financial problems stretch well beyond the games they're releasing and whether they're selling enough copies or not. Aside from the restructuring eating up a huge amount of money, we are in a recession, yanno.

Ubisoft has released several games in a half before as well. Most of them were pretty bad(though I did like Red Steel). The thing is that none of these games have spark of originality. 3 of those games the movie games and Tiger Woods are going to be relased on all systems and would of been relased anyways despite a change of heart with EA or not. The rest from teh title si a contiuation of previously released Wii Titles. MySims is a Wii franchise and the term Party and racing(aka Karts) is done to death onthe Wii thus taking any originality from them.

They are playing safe cards and while this is good it is no diffirent then what they have done in teh past. My criticism stems from EA promising more of a focus on the Wii. So far they do not appear to be delivering on that promise. As said it may be too early to expect that though. Had they never said that I would not be saying anythignrigth now.

Quick Cash ins are a problem on the Wii because many just aren't that good. They sell and they are neccessary to fund some riskier products but companies seem to be very imbalanced about risky projects(original IPs) and Quick Cash ins on the Wii.

Just because EA are promising a 'focus' on Wii, it doesn't mean they're going to be focusing on the people who want hardcore type gamer games.

They made some quote which suggested that it wasn't JUST casual type people who'd they'd focus on, and the Dead Space announcement was used as fuel to that, but, well, I wouldn't expect them to say anything else :/.

To be honest I don't think they're second-half line ups for any console are anywhere near complete yet.

(I'll move in here what was on the other thread, so it doesn't derail it)

EA said: “Wii is the market leader–they’re getting half of our emphasis in terms of title count.” - Hence the diversity.

They also said:
“We’re bringing core intellectual property to the Wii.” - DS Extraction

“You live, you learn, you adjust and improve. This year’s title slate (of Wii games) is a significant improvement from last year.” - See? They are learning...

And how exactly is any of that a problem for EA's finances? :/