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letsdance on 24 November 2009

Lol... this is a bad time to try and talk trash about 3rd party and HD... have you not seen Ubisofts or Activisions HD game performances? Cut the Wii and focus on HD and try to get those sales.



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Ail on 24 November 2009
Avinash_Tyagi said:
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.

Of course you havem't, their games don't say Nintendo on the box......



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

noname2200 on 24 November 2009

Good luck to them...



SaviorX on 24 November 2009
letsdance said:
Lol... this is a bad time to try and talk trash about 3rd party and HD... have you not seen Ubisofts or Activisions HD game performances? Cut the Wii and focus on HD and try to get those sales.

Are you serious? ......... Do you have anything to back up what you are claiming here?

Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. "  thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."

Ail on 24 November 2009
SaviorX said:
letsdance said:
Lol... this is a bad time to try and talk trash about 3rd party and HD... have you not seen Ubisofts or Activisions HD game performances? Cut the Wii and focus on HD and try to get those sales.

Are you serious? ......... Do you have anything to back up what you are claiming here?

There's this small game called MW2 that just sold 10 millions units in 10 days..

And that other called AC that sold 1.6 millions units on its first week...



PS3-Xbox360 gap : 1.5 millions and going up in PS3 favor !

PS3-Wii gap : 20 millions and going down !

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letsdance on 24 November 2009
SaviorX said:
letsdance said:
Lol... this is a bad time to try and talk trash about 3rd party and HD... have you not seen Ubisofts or Activisions HD game performances? Cut the Wii and focus on HD and try to get those sales.

Are you serious? ......... Do you have anything to back up what you are claiming here?
1 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 4,938,186
2 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 3,201,005

Get back to you in a day with more numbers.



noname2200 on 24 November 2009

So just to make sure we're all in agreement here, one or two hyped-up blockbusters doing well means that their market must be a healthy environment for developers and publishers. Correct?



Avinash_Tyagi on 24 November 2009
Ail said:
Avinash_Tyagi said:
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.

Of course you havem't, their games don't say Nintendo on the box......

I have two capcom games and an Ubisoft game, so the idea that it has to say Nintendo is false, its just that third party games have to be good for me to buy and most aren't



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

Avinash_Tyagi on 24 November 2009

Its funny how they toss up sales but not profits, how good are the profits for the HD market?



 

Predictions:Sales of Wii Fit will surpass the combined sales of the Grand Theft Auto franchiseLifetime sales of Wii will surpass the combined sales of the entire Playstation family of consoles by 12/31/2015 Wii hardware sales will surpass the total hardware sales of the PS2 by 12/31/2010 Wii will have 50% marketshare or more by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  It was a little over 48% only)Wii will surpass 45 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2008 (I was wrong!!  Nintendo Financials showed it fell slightly short of 45 million shipped by end of 2008)Wii will surpass 80 Million in lifetime sales by the end of 2009 (I was wrong!! Wii didn't even get to 70 Million)

scottie on 24 November 2009

In 12 months time we shall see a news report of

"EA closes montreal studios."

I mean, the only game they've made for the PS360 is Amry of Two (lol). If they spend lots of money on a shiny HD game, it will still have just as bad gameplay as army of two