EA No Longer supporting Wii U

[rizzod]

Plain and simple: EA isn't working on any Wii U games following the delayed released of last month.

Following the departure of CEO John Riccitiello, COO Peter Moore told GameSpot: “We still have thousands of people focused on developing current-generation Xbox 360 and PS3 games, as well as people focused now on the next generation when that finally arrives.”
EA doesn't consider the Wii U to be next-generation or, but the sounds of things, current-generation as does not have a dedicated team working on any Wii U games.
Over six months before release, EA has already ruled out a Wii U release of Battlefield 4.

Source

EDIT by raulpica: News source isn't reliable. Thread locked.

 

[Pong20302000]

no EA games I play so fine with me



maybe nintendo said no to allowing some sort of cloud DRM on there system

 

[TyBlood13]

I approve. The only EA game I still play is SimCity 4 since the fuck-up that has been that company since then (the Mass Effect series being the ONLY exception)
Also, NIN10DUH IS DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMZ!!!!1!!!!1! Pretty much sums up most of the comments on that article. Also who called EA, "Wii U's largest 3rd Party dev"?

 

[beta4attack]

Good, they can keep their crap.

 

[Eerpow]

Like this would hurt sales in the slightest, if Wii U sales pick up they'll be porting games in any case. As it is right now it's not profitable enough to invest in Wii U development as it's not as easy as "port code, call it a day".

Working on the other next gen systems is a huge gamble on their part, they're a little too confident next gen will turn out like this one I think. It most likely will but even then I haven't heard anything but negative things about next gen from anyone where I live.

 

[Bladexdsl]

oh noz ea not supporting the wii u civilization is DOOMED!!!

 

[heartgold]

There will be FIFA. lol

Shitty port or not.

 

[KingBlank]

oh well, I would not buy a EA game for Wii U anyway.
I miss the old EA games

 

[Pong20302000]

Wooo means less Shovel ware
they probably got to make Wii/DS games cheap due to the piracy problems

 

[Seraph]

And where is the actual source for this? People can say "keep their crap" but it still hurts Wii U (whether minor or not). I personally don't care for any EA game on consoles when the PC version would likely be superior(mainly just BF).

This is literally just troll bait without a valid source. In fact it just reads like speculation from this "source".

 

[p1ngpong]

I like how people are so entrenched in their blind fanboyism that they celebrate this news as some sort of good thing.

"Wooo yeah major publisher has no interest at all in our struggling console!"
"No Battlefield 4 on wii u, but it will be on every other platform! How fantastic!"

So much hypocrisy, I remember everyone salivating over need for speed on the Wii U because it was "The best version" but the mental illness is so strong and the doublethink so constant even bad news must be turned to good.

But it's ok, I am just hating. I am sure that all the bosses over at Nintendo HQ are celebrating just as much as you children are upon hearing this news.

 

[Gahars]

The mental gymnastics here are so impressive I think we should start handing out medals.

 

[Seraph]

I like how people are so entrenched in their blind fanboyism that they celebrate this news as some sort of good thing.

"Wooo yeah major publisher has no interest at all in our struggling console!"
"No Battlefield 4 on wii u, but it will be on every other platform! How fantastic!"

So much hypocrisy, I remember everyone salivating over need for speed on the Wii U because it was "The best version" but the mental illness is so strong and the doublethink so constant even bad news must be turned to good.

But it's ok, I am just hating. I am sure that all the bosses over at Nintendo HQ are celebrating just as much as you children are upon hearing this news.

And here we gooooooo! (not saying this isn't true but this is what the thread will consist of)

(also LOL @ BF4 on consoles)

This isn't news and is just speculation based on some month old quotes. This is about no known titles being developed from EA and a source which makes it sound like they have cut off support completely. Move this out of USN.

 

[Eerpow]

I'm only saying that if the Wii U turns out to be a commercial failure it will be Nintendo's fault for not supporting it, the lack of EA software wouldn't be a factor.

People are just pissed about the Simcity thing and EA's general attitude which is why they're acting as "good riddance".

 

[Bladexdsl]

they're not supporting it because they can't get their online all the time DRM on the wiiu

 

[Dimensional]

Damn. Now I can't play SimCity on the Wii U I don't own. Looks like I'm going back to my trusty old Commodore 64.

 

[shakirmoledina]

after unreal engine and EA, nintendo have announced they won't be making games for the wii u.

 

[Snailface]

The source of this news was extracted from this interview:
http://www.bloomberg.com/video/ea-s...ook-battlefield-4-3tJXjo9xRFascQx5a1~1pg.html

EA hasn't announced it isn't supporting WiiU -- mywiiu just went to the liberty to deduce that claim based on Peter Moore not mentioning WiiU in the Bloomberg interview.

Keep in mind also that even if EA doesn't have any titles in development now, they could resume at any time.
(their site states that only 6 games are 'coming soon' -- you know there is more than that)

 

[PolloDiablo]

I don't give a rats shaved ass

 

[Pong20302000]

saw this and thought it was relevant