EA has no new Wii U games coming?
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Christberg
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EA has been screwing up pretty bad with their Wii U support thus far. Not sure I'd take today's announcement as gospel that it isn't coming though. I wouldn't be even vaguely surprised if it showed up elsewhere a bit later, maybe at a Nintendo playable event, similar to what happened with ME3.
I don't see the point of holding the announcement for later, though. Unless Nintendo is controlling all 3rd party announcements?
Dave Meltzer
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There's third party games on PC Origin.
famousmortimer
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I get the capitalistic idea that they are making games to make money... and you make money on systems with a bigger install base. Would porting Dead Space 3 to the Wii U make them a lot of money? I have no idea. I don't even know if it would break even. So from a purely financial standpoint at this very moment in time it makes sense. Kinda.
But I think they (and others) are missing the big picture. It's certainly not EA's job to make a console succeed, but they definitely benefit from it. If the Wii U is a hit they can sell more games on it. So they *should* have a vested interest in helping it get there. But so much of free market capitalism is purely about making more money this year than you did last year. You are rarely thinking about NEXT year.
It's just a shitty precedent. What if everyone thought this way? All of the new systems came out but publishers only sold games on the 360 and PS3 because of install base. Someone has a great idea for a handheld game that would work perfectly on the Vita but shoehorns it onto just the 3DS simply because there are more 3DS's in the world.
I'm not asking for these companies to stop caring about making money - that is their primary function. I just wish they could see the forest for the trees.
But I think they (and others) are missing the big picture. It's certainly not EA's job to make a console succeed, but they definitely benefit from it. If the Wii U is a hit they can sell more games on it. So they *should* have a vested interest in helping it get there. But so much of free market capitalism is purely about making more money this year than you did last year. You are rarely thinking about NEXT year.
It's just a shitty precedent. What if everyone thought this way? All of the new systems came out but publishers only sold games on the 360 and PS3 because of install base. Someone has a great idea for a handheld game that would work perfectly on the Vita but shoehorns it onto just the 3DS simply because there are more 3DS's in the world.
I'm not asking for these companies to stop caring about making money - that is their primary function. I just wish they could see the forest for the trees.
You can't even redownload? That's the first time I've ever heard of that happening outside of a DD company being closed down, merged or sold.
I NEED SCISSORS
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I remember when people kicked up a shitstorm just because Burnout 3 did not come to GameCube. Oh how times have changed... lol.
Christberg
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There wasn't any point on ME3 either. Nor was there any point on BlOps2 after the PS3 version was announced.
It's more than a rumour, but I doubt we'll ever get the exact details of what happened.
Don't think for a minute EA and other large companies like Take 2 don't know this and know that they are partly responsible for building up an audience for their games on a given platform. This isn't about install base. This is about either online profit potential/profit sharing or some other business decision based on something only a few know.
Gamer @ Heart
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That was a gamefaqs rumor. Why the fuck would you believe that and the idea of Nintendo trying to court activision and others successfully if it were the case?
pieatorium
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Or Japanese Publisher
There is a lot of backroom politics going on. When I worked at NCSoft, this was something we used to comment on from time to time. Who knew why things happened, but there seemed to be a lot of smoozing and stuff going on. My boss one time described it as "complicated". Yeah, I can totally believe it.
edwardslane
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I'd Like a quality NHL game..
other than that.. i don't care too much about EA's sports games.
they did Publish Mass effect 3 though .. that's 39.99 at EB.. I was tempted to pick that up today.
other than that.. i don't care too much about EA's sports games.
they did Publish Mass effect 3 though .. that's 39.99 at EB.. I was tempted to pick that up today.
DeuceGamer
Member
There's no proof but it seems clear that there was some type of fallout between their unprecedented relationship at 2011 e3 until not releasing any of their major titles for the system. I'd love to know the truth but it seems we never will
It's not exactly a wacky possibility. Nintendo has shown themselves to be pretty oblivious when it comes to third parties and online.
If it was really about Origin being being the main online service for the Wii U, then Nintendo did the right thing.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Dreamcast 2.0.
Nope. I would say its more of a Gamecube right now anyway.
Seems like the Cube got more support than the Wii U. Overall.
The Dreamcast had other problems that caused its fate.
IrishNinja
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haha i hate that this was the first thing that came to mind when i saw the topic
DC WAS TOO GOOD FOR YOU, EA
ShockingAlberto
Member
In one of the other EA threads, Arkam mentioned that there are more EA Wii U projects down the line.
Dead Space 3 port a year after, $60, Even more micro-transactions
just kidding
theviolenthero
Member
Why people keep singling out EA makes no sense.
Their were a grand total of 0 retail Wii U games released for January.
February only has two, Rayman Legends and Fist of the North Star.
If more people talked about Black Ops 2 being $30 at amazon or Warriors Orochi 3 being $30 at gamestop then maybe 3rd parties would announce new games for the system!
http://www.gamestop.com/wii-u/games/warriors-orochi-3-hyper/105309
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I0GD06/?tag=neogaf0e-20
Their were a grand total of 0 retail Wii U games released for January.
February only has two, Rayman Legends and Fist of the North Star.
If more people talked about Black Ops 2 being $30 at amazon or Warriors Orochi 3 being $30 at gamestop then maybe 3rd parties would announce new games for the system!
http://www.gamestop.com/wii-u/games/warriors-orochi-3-hyper/105309
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002I0GD06/?tag=neogaf0e-20
SirIgbyCeaser
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Battlefield series has never been on a nintendo console.
BF4 might be the first... or a late premium version of BF3.
BF4 might be the first... or a late premium version of BF3.
That's what I hear as well. Knowing the current relationship I'm not going to be overly optimistic as to what EA ends up delivering but they do have stuff coming.
gamergirly
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We don't have confirmations of anything that is coming out in the near/future outside of what Nintendo has revealed in the last Nintendo Direct and previously. They have a 3rd party Nintendo Direct coming up soon so it's just speculation until then. Wouldnt go as far as saying there's NO EA games for Wii U though.....
This probably just meant they didn't really care to say anything right now. So for Madden it's probably like what I was predicting, they'll just throw it out there and not really expect people cared enough to have it brought up this early on.
Hell, who knows, maybe they want to show off at E3 some special Madden Game Pad features, it certainly could stand to benefit more than some games.
Majima Everywhere System
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I didn't know about these. Thanks.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Heh, just a joke that DC got zero EA support from day 1, too. Gamecube got that at least, right?
If that's true, will it actually be games we want or will EA give us late ports for games at $60 and than blame us if it doesn't sell well, because the support they are giving doesn't give me confidence in them.
And if the whole Origin rumor is true than something worse must of happened, would EA really get this mad over this? Because they might as well be mad at Sony and Microsoft too for not going full on Origin.
And according to that rumor, it states Ubisoft we're so impressed and happy by Nintendo for declining Origin that they promised big support for Wii U.
Waylon Drums
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Don't you know you're not allowed to refute any mindless Nintendo bashing? The drama queens HATE being disagreed with.
Christberg
Member
Out of the big 3 western 3rd parties EA has BY FAR done the worst job supporting the system. This is not an opinion. They have yet to release a single title that isn't some combination of late AND missing features. ME3 is by far the worst culprit but that doesn't mean everything else isn't garbage as well.
We'll see if NFS:MW is better but at this point I'm not holding my breath. Looks like it's been sent out to die and nobody's as much as seen a trailer or screenshots of it.
People are pissed at them because of it and rightfully so.
pieatorium
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EmperorLawlight
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Is it worth it for them to invest into Wii U ports? From a business point of view, most likely not.
I don't doubt this, but if they have My Little Pony Adventures coming for the Wii U that's still support, though not what most of us would actually buy. They will have games coming, but probably nothing any of us would care about. And no yearly installment games coming is telling.
Same could be said for the upcoming systems as well....
Gamer @ Heart
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Oblivious? That gamefaqs post was batshit. Giving up complete control of your future online system and thus potential revenu at the detriment of relationships to other major third parties? It is completely fucking crazy for EA to suggest it and to Nintendo to even consider it.
Wrong, Lawl.
From a business perspective, investing on all platforms is always the best choice.
And as I have said previously, they would be shooting themselves in the foot to ignore the opportunity for very long, if at all as people have already stated they have games planned for the platform.
EmperorLawlight
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The upcoming systems will be the main systems of next gen so where else would EA put their games on?
Gamer @ Heart
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We didnt even officially know about NFS until a month ago. The lack of announcements, especially from Japanese companies who have been very silent, has to be intentional for a later date. There is no other way to explain it based on how Nintendo has released info about the Wii U thus far. Why else would you keep the fact that Activision was supporting the system until 2 months before launch?
I just dont get it. Obviously, not all games are coming, but many are and yet...silence.
It's EA and it's Nintendo. I'm really not going to dismiss the possibility of it being true just because it seems so absurd.