Not much chance of that since EA is out of the Nintendo business anyway. He's just saying what EA's been doing.
EA Sports Engineer: Wii U is crap, < powerful than 360. No $ 3party. [Tweets Deleted]
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Not much chance of that since EA is out of the Nintendo business anyway. He's just saying what EA's been doing.
I guess it's impossible to conceive that someone took his linkedin profile picture, made a twitter account, and went it at. However, it looks like he does have a longer history so it's possible he's been hacked.
He's got 186 tweets lifetime, 7 of them in about an hour, all very pointed and unprofessional. Whether he's right or not, it's just not very bright.
TalesOfWin
Banned
Then Nintendo only has themselves to blame for being a generation behind.
GeneralManager
Member
EA's not gong to care. They dropped Nintendo. What at risk? Theyre unprecedented partnership with Nintendo?
It is so crazy for me that people are bashing Nintendo like that. This is the company that sold 100 million units of their home console this generation and no third party with the exception of a few were able to make money on the machine. Obviously the third party companies are taking the wrong approach with Nintendo system.
Now, I agree that they need to change up their business practices. For one, they sell their best NES/SNES games to iOS/Android for $4.99. They would make a killing and expose their IPs to a wider market that will generate more interest in their consoles.
Now, I agree that they need to change up their business practices. For one, they sell their best NES/SNES games to iOS/Android for $4.99. They would make a killing and expose their IPs to a wider market that will generate more interest in their consoles.
SRTtoZ
Member
Inbox(2) ?
Eteric Rice
Member
Tar and feathers time, boys!
Father_Brain
Banned
Inartfully worded, but... this shit is only 25% self-fulfilling prophecy, 75% NCL's fault for the decisions that have made it such an unappealing platform for third parties.
Maybe EA even like that.
I'd imagine the more vocal Nintendo fans are calling for his head despite what he saying might be true.
Shall we play a game?
deadhorse32
Bad Art
lol
let's not forget : Wii is Two-gamecubes taped together from .... an EA employee.
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
Yeah, at worst, he's probably getting a stern talking to about the proper use of social media.
TheDrowningMan
Member
The "online / store" comment is very telling to anyone who isn't a blind. 
Exactly. Seriously, its a discussion forum, the only thing GAF can do is talk about stuff that happens. Thats it. No one here will be writing any pink slips.
.la1n
Member
What you did there, I see it.
Seeing as how the other EA employees (still employed) who have similar tweets I think it may be a bit premature to start assuming he is getting fired over this.
Baconsammy
Banned
We crave non-PRspeak, and when we get it we whine. This type of honesty is refreshing.
Eh, if he gets fired it won't be because of NeoGAF or anyone else.
fart town usa
Banned
Seriously. Calling for his job and an apology is laughable.
vagabondarts
Member
I doubt this guy sees any repercussions, he's just towing the company line.
EA are still making 3DS games, right? I doubt the number of people who own a Wii U and don't own a 3DS is very high.
Kamiya? Umm...he's actually working on Wii U games.
Projectjustice
Banned
Weaker than 360? Yea even gaming employees can be fanboys.
Lambda Pie
Banned
straight for the jugular, no holding back, as it should be.
Schnozberry
Member
This is either career suicide or entirely fake.
Shhhh. EA games sell because they clearly put talent and effort into all of their games. It's N-Nintendo!
Baconsammy
Banned
All the calls and emails for his head are being auto-forwarded to Sega.
TheGreyHulk
Member
dude's job is secure. what are people going to do now.... boycott EA on wii u?
i kind of side with his comments though and i own a wii u. right now, it's crap, but i'm obviously waiting for nintendo games... huge emphasis on "nintendo" games which is part of the problem 3rd party publishers see with the nintendo audience. they don't buy the system for 3rd party titles, they buy it for 1st party offerings and it's been this way for quite a while now.
as for his comments about the wii u being less powerful than a 360, i'll simply disagree with that one. the gpu is more powerful and the cpu might be less powerful at certain tasks, but better at others...
the obvious issue is that there's no market for 3rd parties on wii u.
i kind of side with his comments though and i own a wii u. right now, it's crap, but i'm obviously waiting for nintendo games... huge emphasis on "nintendo" games which is part of the problem 3rd party publishers see with the nintendo audience. they don't buy the system for 3rd party titles, they buy it for 1st party offerings and it's been this way for quite a while now.
as for his comments about the wii u being less powerful than a 360, i'll simply disagree with that one. the gpu is more powerful and the cpu might be less powerful at certain tasks, but better at others...
the obvious issue is that there's no market for 3rd parties on wii u.
No one's done any of the above, other than say it was a bit unprofessional.
The "online / store" comment is very telling to anyone who isn't a blind.
Dang... didn't even think about that angle.
hehehehehe
Fair enough; it'll be on him if he falls for bait.
bigdaddygamebot
Member
Exactly.
Why would they want the bad PR?
MDSLKTR
Member
Lol you wish
Are you talking about Kaz Hirai? You do know that's a joke account, right?
nephilimdj
Member
Actually wonder if there is some internal document everyone can see at EA that blasts wiiu
maquiladora
Member
Gat damn. Ruthless.