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EA: We like Nintendo now.
Topic Started: Jun 8 2013, 01:30 PM (125 Views)
Jenna Jay
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So yeah, from going to not supporting the console at all to saying its on equal footing with the Xbox One and Playstation 4 ....
Hmm .... Well, here's the quote for you all to read.

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EA’s future support support has been somewhat unclear as of late. The company first indicated that it had no games in development for the system whatsoever, but additional comments seemed to contradict that.

EA president of labels Frank Gibeau has now given some specifics on the publisher’s Wii U stance.

No games coming from EA will be hitting Wii U this fall – ruling out the likes of Need for Speed: Rivals, among others. However, Gibeau did note: “We have guys that our looking at the Wii U in the studio system right now as an opportunity for the future”.

“We have a good partnership with Nintendo. We released four games on the platform over the last year and we’re pretty proud of Need For Speed, and Madden, and FIFA and Mass Effect. We have guys that our looking at the Wii U in the studio system right now as an opportunity for the future, but we have no publicly announced Wii U games that we’re going to release this fall.”

“We’re really excited about the Xbox One and the PS4 and that’s a pretty big endeavor in and of itself. We have four titles out on the Wii U that are active right now, so looking at how things unfold, that’s where our focus is right now.”

Gibeau later said that EA as a whole thinks of Wii U as a next-gen console, which is grouped together with the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. When asked why the publisher has no projects in the works for Wii U though, Gibeau said that there’s “no more context for me to add.”


My gut feeling is that they saw the backlash that the Xbox One got and wants to quickly abandon ship, Will be interesting if Nintendo fans welcome them back after the stunt they pulled.
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Yeaaah I would assume the same. I noticed EA wasn't even bothering to release sport games for the Wii U, something that was rather sad to see even though I don't play any.

I kinda hope though EA will support the system. There's a few things from the company I wouldn't mind playing.
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Yeah probably has a lot to do with the backlash and the fact that they can't gauge how things are gonna go. If Wii U doesn't pick up after the XBOne and PS4 release, they might just flip flop back to their old stance...
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