Wii U officially dead: EA will no longer develop Madden for it.

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#1 runbleduck
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http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34079

 

Dreamcasted except Nintendo doesn't even have its own Visual Concepts to develop superior NFL games. 

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#2 Blabadon
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Holy hell. I enjoyed Madden quite a bit on the Wii too
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#3 DJ-Lafleur
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I won't be able to get MAdden on my Wii U now?

Might as well just trade in my system then. 

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#4 NathanDrakeSwag
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:lol: Wiiu is a piece of shit.

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#5 ShoulderOfOrion
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people need to stop insulting the dreamcast by comparing it to wii u
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#6 Michael0134567
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Oh shit, my life is over...

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#7 NathanDrakeSwag
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people need to stop insulting the dreamcast by comparing it to wii uShoulderOfOrion
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#8 vashkey
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It's the Gamecube all over again. Definitely not dead but ouch. That's gotta hurt. I hope Nintendo can turn this around.
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#9 Renegade_Fury
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people need to stop insulting the dreamcast by comparing it to wii uShoulderOfOrion

This

And yes, this is a HUGE blow. Even the GCN got Madden.

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#11 deactivated-59b71619573a1
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Yikes, so many games just flying right passed

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#12 JangoWuzHere
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It's the Gamecube all over again. Definitely not dead but ouch. That's gotta hurt. I hope Nintendo can turn this around.vashkey
The Wii and gamecube at least had good stuff when they first started out. I can't say the same about the Wii U.
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#13 heeweesRus
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Wii U is like the Detroit Lions of gaming consoles :lol:

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#14 hiphops_savior
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Wii U is like the Detroit Lions of gaming consoles :lol:

heeweesRus
You mean that the Wii U is only going to get better?
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#15 KBFloYd
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OMG not madden...anything but madden.

well we still got call of duty ghosts..

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#16 hiphops_savior
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http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/34079

 

Dreamcasted except Nintendo doesn't even have its own Visual Concepts to develop superior NFL games. 

runbleduck
EA has stopped making games for the Wii U ever since Nintendo doesn't allow Origins as part of Nintendo Network. It's a lose lose scenario for Nintendo, and unless Madden starts to decline commercially, I think Nintendo might be thinking merger here.
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#17 mariokart64fan
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lol i read that entire thing and thats old news , and 2ndly they didnt say for ever they said this year damn one year and its the end of the world ,    besides wiiu had madden 13 not to long ago anyway ,  this is probably why ea is not releasing 25 ,  they   just released 13 on wiiu  ,  why would any one buy madden 13 knowing 25 is on the way on the same coin why would any one who purchased madden 13 recently on wiiu buy another football game 8 mos later 

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#18 NathanDrakeSwag
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Wii U is like the Detroit Lions of gaming consoles :lol:

heeweesRus

Wiiu is the Detroit Lions, Chicago Cubs and Charlotte Bobcats all in one.

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#19 Nike_Air
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This can't be happening. This can't be happening. 

 

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#20 ActicEdge
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The lack of success for madden on the nintendo consoles is EA's fault. They sold fine on the gamecube. Then they went and messed with the formula and added features and covers no one wanted. If its not profitable its their own doing. But its madden so w/e/. As a gamer I'm losing nothing.

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#21 Sphensen
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so are you going to make a thread everytime EA doesn't release a game for the Wii U ?

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#22 StrongDeadlift
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OMG not madden...anything but madden.

well we still got call of duty ghosts..

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Ruh Roh

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#23 gamecubepad
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I'm a diehard Nintendo fan, but this is what happens when you intentionally stifle 3rd-party devs by nerfing the system.

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#24 KBFloYd
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[QUOTE="KBFloYd"]

OMG not madden...anything but madden.

well we still got call of duty ghosts..

StrongDeadlift

Ruh Roh

lol..i see your not familiar with call of duty on nintendo systems...basically, no one knows if its coming out until you go to the store on launch day...

so far its always been there.

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#25 StrongDeadlift
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I won't be able to get MAdden on my Wii U now?

Might as well just trade in my system then. 

DJ-Lafleur

And im sure you will extend this same response to include every major 3rd party publisher, when they pull their support from the Wii U.  :|

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#26 vashkey
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ehhh, Wii really wasn't that well off in it's first year. It's premiere launch title was a Gamecube game. At this same point in the Wii's life the only games it had with an 80% or higher on gamerankings were Super Paper Mario, Warioware: Smooth Moves, Madden 07, Trauma Center: Second Opinion and Twilight Princess. The WiiU has two more games with an 80% average or higher. Super Paper Mario was originally going to be a Gamecube game and was purely shifted to Wii to bolster the Wii's library. Twilight Princess was straight up a Gamecube game. Madden 07 was multiplat... and it's frickin madden. Then you have a minigame collection and Trauma center. Really, the Wii, in terms of games, really wasn't much better off. I'll agree that things aren't looking good for WiiU but it's an exaggeration to say it's had a significantly worse line up of games in it's first six months than Nintendo consoles generally do. As much praise the DS gets around here people seem to have forgotten it had an awful launch and pretty much entire first year was pretty bad in terms of games.
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#27 senses_fail_06
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people need to stop insulting the dreamcast by comparing it to wii uShoulderOfOrion
Great post Walt, 100% agreed.
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#28 Renegade_Fury
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[QUOTE="heeweesRus"]

Wii U is like the Detroit Lions of gaming consoles :lol:

hiphops_savior

You mean that the Wii U is only going to get better?

That type of thinking hasn't done shit for the Lions in over 50 years. You sure you want to use them as a positive analogy for the Wii U? :lol:

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#29 StrongDeadlift
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I'm a diehard Nintendo fan, but this is what happens when you intentionally stifle 3rd-party devs by nerfing the system.

gamecubepad

This. Everything that has happened with Nintendo and 3rd parties has been done to them by Nintendo themselves.

They always impose some self-inflicted bottleneck that alienates themselves from 3rd parties, that could have very easily been subverted.

 

On the N64:

  • they refused to adopt CD-ROM as the standard, even though it offered significantly more capabilities, along with being cheaper to produce for every party involved, and stuck with much more expensive flash cartriges.  This was done to circumvent piracy.  Nintendo platforms are the easiest and most emulated/pirated systems in existence. 
  • Also, the f*cking weird controller, with the penis in the middle of it.  Seriously, noone asked for that.  That was some unneccesary shit they did just to be "different".

 

On the Gamecube:

  • Using Mini disc
  • the controller having 6 imput buttons compared to the PS2 and Xbox's 10 buttons.  Games had to be entirely reworked for the Gamecube versions.  Some games, the gamecube had an entire different version than the PS2/Xbox.
 

On the Wii:

  • nothing more needs to be said.

 

On the Wii U:

  • same as above.
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#30 campzor
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ROFL.... cant wait till nintendo go handheld only.
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#31 I_can_haz
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[QUOTE="heeweesRus"]

Wii U is like the Detroit Lions of gaming consoles :lol:

NathanDrakeSwag

Wiiu is the Detroit Lions, Chicago Cubs and Charlotte Bobcats all in one.

:lol:

lol sheep are mad.

lol

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LMA:lol: :P well it was a good run. [spoiler] :P no actually it was terrible lol: [/spoiler]
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#32 PurpleMan5000
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Looks like Nintendo needs to start developing sports games again.
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#33 Jankarcop
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WII SKIPPED U®

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#34 silversix_
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Those who bought one sell it while you can cuz soon it'll be 49.99 for a brand new wiiu
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#35 fernandmondego_
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people need to stop insulting the dreamcast by comparing it to wii uShoulderOfOrion
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#36 Wanderer5
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"However, we have a strong partnership with Nintendo"

lol

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#37 NathanDrakeSwag
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"However, we have a strong partnership with Nintendo"

lol

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Didn't you hear? Wiiu got NFSMW with PC textures :lol:

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#38 kenakuma
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people need to stop insulting the dreamcast by comparing it to wii uShoulderOfOrion

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#39 Basinboy
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"We will not be releasing a Wii U version of Madden NFL in 2013. However, we have a strong partnership with Nintendo and will continue to evaluate opportunities for delivering additional Madden NFL products for Nintendo fans in the future."EA Representative
Strong? I think the word you're looking for is "deteriorating"
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#40 Cherokee_Jack
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Well, I mean, don't forget what they did on the Wii.

ea-all-play-wii-logo.jpg

That didn't mean they thought the Wii was a failure. 

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#41 gamefan67
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No secret that Madden sold like arse on the Wii, not surprised by EA giving up. Too bad EA holds the nfl license, would much rather play a new nfl 2k.

 

edit - after reading the article, EA never said they will no longer develop Madden for Nintendo systems.:/

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#42 NathanDrakeSwag
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Well, I mean, don't forget what they did on the Wii.

ea-all-play-wii-logo.jpg

That didn't mean they thought the Wii was a failure. 

Cherokee_Jack

I bet sheep loved those.

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#43 Heil68
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That's not good.
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#45 k2theswiss
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it's a series i boycott anyways...
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#46 Epak_
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Not interested in Madden, but EA dropping support is pretty big of a deal. That Zelda oughta be real damn good.

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#47 nintendoboy16
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[QUOTE="ShoulderOfOrion"]people need to stop insulting the dreamcast by comparing it to wii uRenegade_Fury

This

And yes, this is a HUGE blow. Even the GCN got Madden.

Is it a blow that Nintendo's losing third part support? Yes. Is it really a blow if it lost Madden, especially when that series was NEVER EVEN POPULAR on NIntendo consoles (goes with EA as a whole outside of two novel/film franchises they used to have the licenses for), even the well beloved SNES where it was praised for the third party support? No.
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#48 Minishdriveby
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Is it odd that I take a little bit of pride in the fact that I've never bought a Madden title.
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#49 NathanDrakeSwag
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[QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

[QUOTE="ShoulderOfOrion"]people need to stop insulting the dreamcast by comparing it to wii unintendoboy16

This

And yes, this is a HUGE blow. Even the GCN got Madden.

Is it a blow that Nintendo's losing third part support? Yes. Is it really a blow if it lost Madden, especially when that series was NEVER EVEN POPULAR on NIntendo consoles (goes with EA as a whole outside of two novel/film franchises they used to have the licenses for), even the well beloved SNES where it was praised for the third party support? No.

Dat damage control.

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#50 nintendoboy16
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[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

This

And yes, this is a HUGE blow. Even the GCN got Madden.

NathanDrakeSwag

Is it a blow that Nintendo's losing third part support? Yes. Is it really a blow if it lost Madden, especially when that series was NEVER EVEN POPULAR on NIntendo consoles (goes with EA as a whole outside of two novel/film franchises they used to have the licenses for), even the well beloved SNES where it was praised for the third party support? No.

Dat damage control.

And you're any better when it comes to your precious PlayStations? :roll: