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Kenology on 24 November 2009
SaviorX said:

So let me get this straight:
EA Montreal

  • Released one late spin-off to a game that sold less than 900k multiplatform (Skate It)
  • One Boogie game and its cash-in sequel
  • A bare-bones Need for Speed based off Hot Wheels that came out more than a month after the traditional HD counterparts
  • SSX Blur, THE worst console SSX ever.

Hey now... leave SSX Blur alone!  That game was great!



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SaviorX on 24 November 2009
Kenology said:
SaviorX said:

So let me get this straight:
EA Montreal

  • Released one late spin-off to a game that sold less than 900k multiplatform (Skate It)
  • One Boogie game and its cash-in sequel
  • A bare-bones Need for Speed based off Hot Wheels that came out more than a month after the traditional HD counterparts
  • SSX Blur, THE worst console SSX ever.

Hey now... leave SSX Blur alone!  That game was great!

I don't usually do this, but I went by Metacritic for SSXB and it was the lowest rated of all SSX games. I've only played the almighty SSX Tricky and SSX3.

If that was your only issue, I guess you agreed with everything else!?!?! :)



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Kenology on 24 November 2009

^ Yeah, I agreed with all your other points. I'm willing to bet that Blur scored lower because Wii noob reviewers couldn't tackle the motion controls.  It did have a learning curve, but it paid off in the end.



SaviorX on 24 November 2009
Kenology said:

^ Yeah, I agreed with all your other points. I'm willing to bet that Blur scored lower because Wii noob reviewers couldn't tackle the motion controls.  It did have a learning curve, but it paid off in the end.

Well, that is a valid issue as well.

Hmm.... well it didn't sell too well either. That's all I got that coincides with my point lol



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theRepublic on 24 November 2009

Support is support, so I'm sure some gamers will miss them. Personally though, I couldn't care less. Not a single one of their games has interested me.



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Diglet on 24 November 2009

I liked skate it D:
Oh well. They make bad games otherwise *cough* Boogie (which surprisingly sold a lot) *cough*



letsdance on 24 November 2009

lol at the overly defensive people in this thread... you know so much better than the company



outlawauron on 24 November 2009
Kenology said:
EA is gonna bleed so much more cash with their new "blockbuster HD games".

Army of Two did good for them, why will the sequel do badly?



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Avinash_Tyagi on 24 November 2009
Ail said:
Kenology said:
Ail said:
Kenology said:
EA is gonna bleed so much more cash with their new "blockbuster HD games".

Ea is the third party that invested the most into the Wii in 2009 and the one having the worse financial year......

So now you're trying to blame that on the Wii, huh?

All I'm saying is that they are the one major US publisher that halfway through this gen did try to change their strategy and do more for the Wii support, maybe it wasn't the right games, maybe it was too late, but it sure did not work out well and now they are going to cut their loss while they still can...


  That's because most of their Wii games sucked, can't remember the last EA game on Wii that I actually was interested in, I know I haven't bought any EA games on Wii.



 

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Kenology on 24 November 2009
Ail said:
Kenology said:
Ail said:
Kenology said:
EA is gonna bleed so much more cash with their new "blockbuster HD games".

Ea is the third party that invested the most into the Wii in 2009 and the one having the worse financial year......

So now you're trying to blame that on the Wii, huh?

All I'm saying is that they are the one major US publisher that halfway through this gen did try to change their strategy and do more for the Wii support, maybe it wasn't the right games, maybe it was too late, but it sure did not work out well and now they are going to cut their loss while they still can...

If they're cutting their losses then they'd cut the HD Twins as well.  It seems nothing is working out for EA, HD games included.