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Euphoria14 on 09 April 2009

EA: You can't just port to the Wii

EA's Peter Moore has told the MI6 conference that making games for the Wii must be a ground up affair. He noted that you simply can not take what you are doing on a system such as the PS3 and port it over to the Wii. We guess it took them a while to realize that.

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In a recent address made at the MI6 conference, Peter Moore, president of EA Sports, talked about how making games on the Wii must be a ground up experience.

Peter Moore states, “You simply can’t take what you’re doing on the Ps3 and Xbox and port - thats a dirty word- down to the Wii.”

Peter mentions how EA have learned their lesson and strives to correct this misstake. Talking about Grand Slam Tennis, “EA has never shipped a tennis game,” with the addition of Tiger Woods and EA’s Active, EA is making a big step in the right direction with game choices. Golf and tennis are well suited for the Wii and we are really glad to see companies finally starting to get what the Wii is all about.
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Cheebee on 09 April 2009

Well, DOH!

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hanafuda on 09 April 2009

Looking forward to those golf and tennis games.



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thekitchensink on 09 April 2009

In a way, he's right, and I'm looking forward to Grand Slam, but you didn't need to go and make Dead Space an on-rails shooter.



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dsister44 on 09 April 2009

this was pretty obvious. and nobody really has just ported a game to the wii

edit; didnt resident evil 4 do pretty well



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The Ghost of RubangB on 09 April 2009

EA ruins games both ways. They either do sloppy ports, or they build a pile of trash from the ground up for the Wii. But it's not just EA. I'm proud of them. They're learning, and they're supporting my baby. That's really all I ask.



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Username2324 on 09 April 2009

The Wii already has enough tennis, golf and baseball games....



Gamerace on 09 April 2009

I've always been happy with EA's approach to Wii. SSX Blur and Godfather were some of the best early games to Wii and Madden and Tiger Woods were always solid efforts on Wii to (NBA... that's a different story). Even EA Playground was one of the better party games made (by review scores). Boom Blox was great, My Sims etc.

And I like where they are going. I prefer the crisp, clean look of Grand Slam Tennis over the busy, realistic look of Virtua Tennis. I have no issues with my games looking like games. Not sure how this 'new look' Madden will fly though.

Now if we could just get NHL 10...



 

68soul on 09 April 2009
Username2324 said:
The Wii already has enough tennis, golf and baseball games....

 

Really? Could you name me some including Wii Motion Plus support?

The next Tiger Woods will be the best golf simulation ever created, at least til' the next in the franchise on Wii...

And a really great tennis game would be another SMASH hit in the face of the doubters... i don't know if it will be the Grand Slam or the Virtua, or another one, but the crown is there to be taken...

Baseball? I don't care, but maybe there's room for improvement, and that's good for the ones who care...



 

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