dark_prinny
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EA Sports Engineer: Wii U is crap, < powerful than 360. No $ 3party. [Tweets Deleted]
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Yeah me too. As a voayeur.
Visualante2
Member
Reminds me, Chris Hecker was actually at EA's Maxis when he made the classic duct tape comments.
It's almost like a time warp of 6 years.
he compared the Wii to an anorexic and malnourished man. At the end Hecker had two demands of Nintendo: "Recognize and push games as a serious art form" and "Make a console that doesn't suck ass!"Chris Hecker said:
It's almost like a time warp of 6 years.
Did you buy a Wii U so that you could get angry? I don't remember positivity from you in the threads pre-launch.
Projectjustice
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Thats how it seems.
xxbrothawizxx63
Member
This is completely antithetical to what we've been hearing from indie devs for the past few months...
Baconsammy
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I know you desperately want to believe that, but it's not true. It's more along the lines of Nintendo not creating competitive hardware and services that suit the business needs of third parties. To assume these companies have petty vendettas against Nintendo when they themselves are struggling to survive is silly. It's about making money and remaining viable. It's not about settling a score.
Yep thats what it is, has nothing to do with them losing money developing for a console thats not selling.
90TilInfinity
Member
Emotional investment. Sony/Nintendo/MS are genuinely treated like sports teams by some people on here.
Makes for great reading though, lol.
hmm well i know it's rare but... Nintendo fans can own other consoles, and other console owners can be Nintendo fans.
StriKeVillain
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BlazingDarkness
Member
Definitely not, I expect the majority of western third party developers feel the same way.
OrangeJulius
Member
Anyone notice how all the people spewing the venom at this guy all have nintendo avatars.
I don't think 3rd party developers are bitter about the Wii, they were too busy making money on the 360 and PS3 to care about a system that people only bought to play mario or zelda on, only to let it collect dust after they played those games.
Nah i dont wish anything. Just seeing a pattern. someone says something completely unprofessional and stupid, and they are either canned or severely reprimanded.
As others have said, this IS EA, so no fucks may be given by them and it will be business as usual.
Basically, yes.
Kiraly
Member
Yes, he represents the whole industry.
Coloress_Kafka
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Holy shit is this Magic Johnson? He looks beefy as fuck.
kobashi100
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not really dude.
EA just like other western publishers are just not touching handhelds. Its not like they are supporting the Vita either.
EA and the rest are on the smartphone/tablet craze.
polyh3dron
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maquiladora
Member
Nirolak nails it.
Vermillion
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Well, it's not weaker than a 360.
And something something Twitter.
And something something Twitter.
TalesOfWin
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And I gladly take an origin OS over Wii U's slowpoke environment.
Given that he's an engineer and the Wii U's specs, his harshness is likely validated. The system is simply not powerful in any way and the controller is a joke at this point.
This and all the other Nintendo threads today are so salty and delicious. Nintendo really needs to figure something out.
This and all the other Nintendo threads today are so salty and delicious. Nintendo really needs to figure something out.
I think you missed quite a few financial reports and slew of layoffs...
CassidyIzABeast
Member
EA canned the Wii U version of Crysis 3 before it even released.
The only way to fix Nintendo and EA's relationship is if they went on full protocol.
Mithos
Member
They probably didn't get that 3rd core running ;p
You don't. Their current circumstances are due to their own lack of vision in their hardware design. They designed a machine for Japan instead of designing one that would be appealing to audiences world wide.
AnbaLeumas
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People thinking highly of Nintendo games don't agree with some EA dude that acts like Nintendo ran over his cat? Not very strange is it?
You missed the sometimes in my post.
OrangeJulius
Member
It's a cut throat business. How is Nintendo looking financially these days? How is that Nintendo stock doing?
Outtrigger888
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You should tweet him that, lol.
Waylon Drums
Member
He's entitled to his opinion, but it's very strange that someone so high up in a gaming company would be so *honest* in such a public way. When was the last time you saw a Pepsi executive ranting about Coke?
You don't feel bad for multinational corporations, especially when they release bad products.
Beermeister
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EA said:
I knew it.
Exterminieren
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This is amazing. All of it.
The fact that he's recommending that Nintendo "do a Sega" (Sega being the company that has to partner up with Nintendo for Sonic games nowadays) is simply the icing.
The fact that he's recommending that Nintendo "do a Sega" (Sega being the company that has to partner up with Nintendo for Sonic games nowadays) is simply the icing.
BruiserBear
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I'm almost inclined to agree with him about Nintendo going third party at this point. At least in terms of home consoles.
Continue to offer handhelds, as there is still money to be made there, but the U has already shown they're gonna have some problems making money on home consoles going forward.
Microsoft or Sony would offer them an absolute sweetheart deal to have a Mario or Zelda game, and it would be a nice boost for either console.
Continue to offer handhelds, as there is still money to be made there, but the U has already shown they're gonna have some problems making money on home consoles going forward.
Microsoft or Sony would offer them an absolute sweetheart deal to have a Mario or Zelda game, and it would be a nice boost for either console.
Hmm they haven't had to close any studios or fire a ton of people and considering they just launched a major platform... not too bad.
I know its off topic but isnt the Wii attach rate actually pretty good.
Pseudo_Sam
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The saddest part of the modern games industry is how many people think that graphical capabilities == system quality. God forbid a company try something new instead of pumping out a third identical CoD machine. It's like everyone wants complete and utter parity amongst everything.
Nooo! He should ask how much money they made on WiiU.