EA not developing anything for Wii U

@playniko69 I hate to admit it, but I hear you on that. The Gamecube was awesome. I never bought a Wii. I can't stand motion controls.

Mario Galaxy was excellent, though. I doubt I'll get a Wii-U at all. It's too bad because I've loved Nintendo since the NES.

@edinko I thought the Overlord series did the Pikmin mechanics better...IMO.

@91210user EA never made games for the Dreamcast,thats why NFL 2K was created to be a contender with madden,of course when NFL2K's franchise took off EA payed the NFL to monopolize the football game sales

@jrabbit99 It's not similar at all. EA pulled support from SEGA and SEGA was in the hole for money. Nintendo has a surplus of money set aside and are profiting with each sale of the Wii U and purchase of a game. Dreamcast suffered from not having a DVD drive in the system. People bought a PS2 because DVDs were new and you could get a new game console too. Most people spent that first year of the PS2 watching DVDs because there was such a drought when it came to games. The XBox suffered during it's first year as well, but it had a DVD player built in for movie watching. The Gamecube did fine during this time because of the 1st party games, but it did finish last in install base. Gamecube was still profitable though for Nintendo. 

The Wii U will be just fine and will sell well during the holiday season as it will be less expensive than the competition in not only console costs, but if you own a Wii U, you may notice the game costs did not jump up to $69.99. You will see this with the PS4 third party games and will see this happen with the next XBox game costs. The publishers have been waiting for the opportunity to charge more like they did with the start of the last gen consoles.

@javalino Use your head. Have you ever bought an EA title for the Wii or Wii U? No because all of EA titles are ports from other consoles. EA has never developed a game specifically for a home Nintendo console. Nintendo fans don't care if EA is on the console or not. If EA designed games to take advantage of the specs of the Wii or the new Wii U, then maybe we would grieve.

They only port it over. EA wants to get Origin into every console so they can control the content that gamers get from them. It runs in the background and slows down processing power. I have it on my computer as they require an installation of it if you buy any of their newer games. It sucks. Origin is also responsible for the problems with Sim City that they just released. EA uses Origin as a form of DRM to fight piracy of their software as well.

@javalino Because supporting one f***ing thing is going to help them, right? The 3DS may make more money for Nintendo, but they can't support one thing. They need to spread out.

it's a lot more dependable than crapbox 

@DrKill09 You have no clue what you are talking about. Nintendo has a surplus of cash and is making profit with each Wii U they sell with a game. SEGA was bleeding money when they introduced the Dreamcast. They also did not have a DVD drive so that people could watch movies on their TV with it. At the time of it's release, DVDs were a brand new format. People bought PS2s just for that feature and new there would be a place to play there PSOne games while waiting for PS2 games. PS2 games trickled in during the first year just like all launches of new consoles do. EA is irrelevant here as most Nintendo console owners don't purchase games from EA for it. Since EA titles are ports to the system, gamers with other systems would pick up the game on other systems. EA wanted Origin on the Wii U. Nintendo told them no so EA is making these statements now in spite. You will see EA change its tune as the Wii U base grows after the holidays. Then ports will start coming back over. EA was careful to not say they would never make a Wii U title.

@alenth Nintendo could check with Konami about bring over Winning Eleven. EA will be back when the install base grows because they love to port games over as a shovel ready project to get extra money. EA has had to fire a lot of people lately so it's more indicative that they're not as savvy as others would think when it comes to the game business. They are just a publisher with lots of money to buy talented development houses, but they drive the talent out of the development team and that ruins the games. Nintendo could always make there own first party NFL game and FIFA if they needed to because the exclusive licensing that EA has is for 3rd party game development. They probably wouldn't but Nintendo could if the desired to.

@grnsuperman4 You probably don't buy those for a Nintendo console though as most people do not if they have multiple consoles in the home. This is why EA's move here is moot and is just grand standing. EA will have to do a deep bow as they will come back to Nintendo after the install base grows. Nintendo will still tell them they cannot have Origin on the Wii U.

@northArrow EA has never developed a gmae for Nintendo. They only port their games over to make an extra buck. The new games they have in development require Origin to be installed to work. The PS4 and the new XBox are X86 consoles that will have Origin running in the background while you play an EA title. EA may require an always online function to verify that you own the game you are playing in the system. Nintendo said No to having Origin on the Wii U, so EA is pulling support in the form of ports with no DLC. Wii U owners don't care because EA didn't even support the launch titles the brought over for games that had been out for at least 6 months already. Wii U players don't care about EA games at this point. They're irrelevant.

@plm3d_basic 3rd party publishers claim the install base is too small. The Wii had the largest install base this past cycle and 3rd party publishers didn't support it. Logic would dictate this is a statement used with shareholders to placate them. Nintendo consoles have always done well based on 1st party games and innovation. No worries about the Wii U. The games will come.

@plm3d_basic I just think it's too late, by the time they start pushing out the train of first party titles, gamers are going to focusing on the next gen xbox/ps. The only people who will be focusing on the Wii u will be the fanboys and people who own multiple consoles; as in they own a Wii U already. But considering the price of the newer gen, especially when they first come out.

So group 1: they bought the Wii U already, because they support Nintendo

Group 2: Were waiting for Wii U to get good games before thinking of getting it, but since it's too late, will focus on the newer gen systems.

Group 3: Rich people, who buy their kids everything, and themselves.

Summary: Nintendo is screwed. And I love Nintendo.