Ea has no games in the works for Wii U

[purbeast0]

No because the Wii U will not be a Flop cause you have first party games that many will play and we still have some good Developers who actually love the Wii U and is working with it one of the Big ones is Ubisoft who are brining some big AAA titels to the Wii U including Watch-Dogs Splinter Cell and many others so no


Wii U As of 31 March 2013, Nintendo reports 3.45 million units have been sold worldwide ok now that is just in the first 6 months that if i rember right is more then the 360 and PS3 at the same time in ther first year . i think the Wii U is doing fine and more games are on the way


i for one am looking forward to Splinter Cell and Watch-Dogs just Remember we are only 6-months in to the Wii U it be different if we was almost 2 years in to it and had only the sales # we had

i think the majority of people would rather play those 2 games on ps4 or durango over the wii-u. even more so than what happened with multi console games this gen. they sold much better on ps3/360 than they did on wii.

 

[dagamer34]

People seem to have short memories - the PS3 launch didn't exactly go well and it turned out just fine.

Here's why the PS3 is a pretty bad benchmark: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57890610&postcount=502

Pay particular attention to the month of January and keep in mind that a) PS3 was supply limited and b) it cost twice as much. Also, Nintendo's demographics do not play towards EAs portofolio, which is why they haven't made very many 3DS games either, despite the fact that it's selling decently (mobile is a far better opportunity for them).

 

[notuptome2004]

i think the majority of people would rather play those 2 games on ps4 or durango over the wii-u. even more so than what happened with multi console games this gen. they sold much better on ps3/360 than they did on wii.

maby if all they want is extra eye candy cause the Wii U version of Watch-Dogs was really made for the Wii U or the game was anyways with the Game pad and just the robust amount of features the game has that would relate to using the gamepad but at the same time the visuals i will assume will be very robust and a big leap over Ps360 and in-between the that of the PS4 so it will have a great balance of graphics with some great gameplay mechanics

 

[Carmen813]

Here's why the PS3 is a pretty bad benchmark: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=57890610&postcount=502

Pay particular attention to the month of January and keep in mind that a) PS3 was supply limited and b) it cost twice as much. Also, Nintendo's demographics do not play towards EAs portofolio, which is why they haven't made very many 3DS games either, despite the fact that it's selling decently (mobile is a far better opportunity for them).

A fair point, but it's worth noting that those systems launched in different economic times as well. I remain hopeful and confident that the Wii U will do well overall, starting with this holiday season. That said, I'll happily admit to my bias that Nintendo does well. I enjoy their games and platform and want them to succeed. I think they treat their customers the best among the big three - and Is still see them as producing primarily a "games" machine.

EA is not really a meaningful publisher for Nintendo platforms. Can anyone here name a must have EA game that came out for the Wii?

 

[lagokc]

Ea has no games in the works for Wii U

Wii U owners breathe collective sigh of relief.

 

[Carmen813]

Wii U owners breathe collective sigh of relief.

Quite true, if I recall correctly EA was one of the publishers flooding the Wii with low quality games.

 

[Tom]

Just have to say how every thread about Nintendo failing, since before the Gamecube and maybe even farther back..

is peppered with people saying Nintendo should just make software.

Which would leave gamers two choices..

a. Microsoft, the company that charges fees for online services that every other gaming source provides for free. And the company that released the terribly unreliable, original xbox 360.

b. Sony, which makes good stuff, but thinks because its Sony, its stuff is worth more and therefore they put upward pressure on the cost of gaming.

 

[zerocool84]

A fair point, but it's worth noting that those systems launched in different economic times as well. I remain hopeful and confident that the Wii U will do well overall, starting with this holiday season. That said, I'll happily admit to my bias that Nintendo does well. I enjoy their games and platform and want them to succeed. I think they treat their customers the best among the big three - and Is still see them as producing primarily a "games" machine.

EA is not really a meaningful publisher for Nintendo platforms. Can anyone here name a must have EA game that came out for the Wii?

FIFA and Madden are insanely popular, specifically FIFA. People all over the world play that game. Not being able to play the video game for the world's #1 sport is a huge negative.

I'm definitely going to get a WiiU once the anticipated games finally start coming out but I'm also going to get other systems as well. Having it as your only system is looking more and more like a bad idea.

 

[HeXen]

Wii U has turned profit, it just didn't meet sales expectations. There is a difference but how long it can continue to turn a profit will be key, however Nintendo is a proud and rich company, they can hold out and lose a console war or as it really is, just remain the 3rd guy, the gameboy's alone has served them well financially and since after the Snes, they never been #1 but I agree certainly that Nintendo needs to stop trying to reinvent the wheel all the time.
However the problem with going all software is of course they do lose any control of how they wish players to play, such as the tablet idea or any future conception cause at least they did make analogue sticks and gyro motion popular, both of which translated to the other consoles. Something we possibly may not have if Nintendo went software after Snes. Also it would devalue their franchises a little, like it would if Apple made OSX for PC hardware.

Nintendo will ride this one out just like MS did with Xbox, they can afford to. Throw money until it succeeds does seem to work in the long run, at least for MS. Nintendo may decide it's future is in gameboy stuff, ya never know.

 

[cmdrdredd]

This is likely not the best thread for this part, but while we're discussing engines, I've read that Epic tested Unreal Engine on the Wii U as well. UE4 was out of the question officially, and UE3 can barely run. When one of most ported engines is a no-show for a platform, as developers transition to UE4 only, what is really left for third-parties besides Unity?

Cryengine 3 runs fine on it. Crytek CEO said as much and he even mentioned there's a game coming using it on the WiiU. As for UE3 barely running, I haven't heard any complaints about Batman and for what it's worth, UE3 engine sucks and runs like crap even on my PC. Yeah the fps is ok but it's a stutterfest and all the games using the engine kind of have the same look save a few. Only a few titles even used the engine to good effect IMO.

In the other thread he stated "imagine playing Sonic Adventure at the quality of Mario Galaxy." I am offended someone would want to degrade Sonic Adventure's quality to that of Mario Galaxy. =(

Cause I hated Sonic Adventure 2. It got universally poor reviews as well when it was released on PSN and XBLA. I never played it back when it was brand new so I can only base my opinion on what I played after the re-release and it wasn't that great.

 

[cplusplus]

Cryengine 3 runs fine on it. Crytek CEO said as much and he even mentioned there's a game coming using it on the WiiU. As for UE3 barely running, I haven't heard any complaints about Batman and for what it's worth, UE3 engine sucks and runs like crap even on my PC. Yeah the fps is ok but it's a stutterfest and all the games using the engine kind of have the same look save a few. Only a few titles even used the engine to good effect IMO.

I believe the actual quote about Unreal Engine was that the Wii U wouldn't run UE4, and Epic was basically saying that people who were developing for Wii U still had UE3 to use instead.

 

[HeXen]

Financially i'm sure it would be a waste to license UE4 for a WiiU game. Epic said the same thing about using UE2 instead of UE3 on the Wii.

 

[cmdrdredd]

I believe the actual quote about Unreal Engine was that the Wii U wouldn't run UE4, and Epic was basically saying that people who were developing for Wii U still had UE3 to use instead.

When from the videos I've seen, CryEngine 3 looks better than UE4 and CryEngine can scale down to run on the WiiU I have to say that in my mind at this point Epic doesn't build as good an engine. They just market it more heavily. That is of course just based on watching a couple videos and playing Crysis 3.

 

[dagamer34]

A fair point, but it's worth noting that those systems launched in different economic times as well. I remain hopeful and confident that the Wii U will do well overall, starting with this holiday season. That said, I'll happily admit to my bias that Nintendo does well. I enjoy their games and platform and want them to succeed. I think they treat their customers the best among the big three - and Is still see them as producing primarily a "games" machine.

EA is not really a meaningful publisher for Nintendo platforms. Can anyone here name a must have EA game that came out for the Wii?

That actually makes my point stronger. A $600 system outsold a $350 system by a significant margin. And the games available for the PS3 weren't that terrific either. Plus, the Xbox 360 was well within reach at $400 too.

Also, just being a "games machine" was been a poor idea for Nintendo ever since the PS2 came out. And I'm a strong believer that Nintendo traded their good will to go after casuals with the Wii, only to have no one support them with the Wii U.

 

[cmdrdredd]

That actually makes my point stronger. A $600 system outsold a $350 system by a significant margin. And the games available for the PS3 weren't that terrific either. Plus, the Xbox 360 was well within reach at $400 too.

Also, just being a "games machine" was been a poor idea for Nintendo ever since the PS2 came out. And I'm a strong believer that Nintendo traded their good will to go after casuals with the Wii, only to have no one support them with the Wii U.

The ps3 primarily sold because it was the only blu ray player less than $800 and it loaded the fastest and got all the updates that other players would never get. As the specs changed the ps3 got the updates.

 

[mizzou]

NES - Hey pretty neat!
SNES - Cool!
N64 - Ok...this is pretty awesome
Gamecube - What? Mmmm Some gems there. Why is playstation getting better development?
Wii - MOTION CONTROL! Wait...WTF is this piece of gamecube refurbished shit?
Wii U - What....this thing appears slower then a xbox360?

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My reaction to Nintendo's consoles.

I think they got burned on the gamecube by developers because they are, well, nintendo. The gamecube could have been GREAT. Just look at what RE4 was like at the end of its life, it was like, where the fuck has this console been???

Then Nintendo had this "never again" policy with having something built with even modern or current hardware.

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If Wii U was more "indie" friendly, I would jump on it. This remains to be seen.

 

[Aikouka]

I think a more accurate depiction of the N64 would be...

N64 - Oh, look at these crisp 3D graphics! ...wait, Final Fantasy is coming out on what!?

For the longest time, I wondered why I never played any Zelda games past Link to the Past, and I finally realized why a few months back. My brother and I sold our Nintendo 64 to buy a PlayStation so we could play Final Fantasy VII, and Final Fantasy VII came out before any of the Zelda games.

 

[Golgatha]

EA is not really a meaningful publisher for Nintendo platforms. Can anyone here name a must have EA game that came out for the Wii?

Boom Blox

 

[Dumac]

BEING A KID
NES - Hey pretty neat!
SNES - Cool!
N64 - Ok...this is pretty awesome
Gamecube - What? Mmmm Some gems there. Why is playstation getting better development?
Wii - MOTION CONTROL! Wait...WTF is this piece of gamecube refurbished shit?
Wii U - What....this thing appears slower then a xbox360?
TURNING INTO A CYNICAL ADULT

Fixed that for you ;P

 

[cmdrdredd]

NES - Hey pretty neat!
SNES - Cool!
N64 - Ok...this is pretty awesome
Gamecube - What? Mmmm Some gems there. Why is playstation getting better development?
Wii - MOTION CONTROL! Wait...WTF is this piece of gamecube refurbished shit?
Wii U - What....this thing appears slower then a xbox360?

---------------

My reaction to Nintendo's consoles.

I think they got burned on the gamecube by developers because they are, well, nintendo. The gamecube could have been GREAT. Just look at what RE4 was like at the end of its life, it was like, where the fuck has this console been???

Then Nintendo had this "never again" policy with having something built with even modern or current hardware.

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If Wii U was more "indie" friendly, I would jump on it. This remains to be seen.

They got burned because they soured their relationship with major developers and publishers. It's their fault, they admitted as much before. They are trying to remedy things but since their console is too dissimilar to the others and it's unique features require more specialized developer focus to make use of, they play second fiddle. That's just the way of it.

Thinking back on history, playing the "what if?" game...imagine if Nintendo hadn't told Sony they didn't want their CD drive add-on for the SNES. That eventually became the Playstation. All the PSOne games could have been Nintendo titles and we'd be looking at Zelda on PS4 perhaps.

Ahh...possibilities.

 

[Silver Prime]

I think a more accurate depiction of the N64 would be...

N64 - Oh, look at these crisp 3D graphics! ...wait, Final Fantasy is coming out on what!?

For the longest time, I wondered why I never played any Zelda games past Link to the Past, and I finally realized why a few months back. My brother and I sold our Nintendo 64 to buy a PlayStation so we could play Final Fantasy VII, and Final Fantasy VII came out before any of the Zelda games.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-o2SV6ynJYQ

 

[Nintendesert]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/ea-developing-wii-u-games-after-all


Not sure if this was posted, so I guess EA is backing off.

 

[ImpulsE69]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/ea-developing-wii-u-games-after-all


Not sure if this was posted, so I guess EA is backing off.

LMAO, EA you make me laugh. Such a silly megamonopoly.