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Nintendo Life Rumor: EA and Nintendo to have meetings in March regarding NX.
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SmokedMeat
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Why are they even wasting their time?
zelhawks37
Member
This isn't even worth it for Nintendo. Its clear the two companies won't work well together.
Think they did the same with need for speed too with some graffiti gimmick added.
DragonKnight
Member
When your home console sells 10 milliom units you leave no stones unturned.
They really didn't do their audience any favors. It was just a bad move and made it hard to build a real audience on the platform.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Turning dead space into a rail shooter still has me scratching my head after RE4's success .
Vital Tundra
Member
Nintendo really needs to play ball with what these publishers want. In the end it does nothing but help consumers.
It doesn't bother me at all.
Here's my issue, I'd rather EA not try to market their sports games on a system whose fanbase continuously shuns.
Try and put out the other games on it and not a late port of a 3rd game in the series when a collection comes out mere months later for other systems. Then have the nerve to say the fans of said systems don't buy your software.
Say I'm whining, that's really not what I'm doing. I'm simply stating that a company shouldn't do what they've always done and expect different results.
If the NX isn't as powerful as PS4/XBO EA shouldn't bother.
If they are only in with their sports games at first I'd also rather they not bother. Because we know how that'll go in the grand scheme of things.
What are these juicy rumours all about? Would anybody care to fill me in?
DaSorcerer7
Member
Only to be outdone by capcom by releasing the umbrella chronicles games.
Hopefully that comes up during their discussion.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
Funny though...I can see Nintendo being up for EA access, if it leads to more ports to their system.
exmachina64
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I can see your point, however, we'll see what happens.
TreasureHunterG
Banned
Dude, you said games like Dead Space, Battlefield etc. never managed to sell historically on Nintendo platforms and they actually did, as the numbers yourself provided indicates that and you also confirmed the N64 days situation. Sure, Wii version were not on par with PS3/360, which were the definitive versions of those games, but actually did solid numbers. This is pretty much Steam-level sales nowadays and you can't hear anyone screaming "Steam games can't sell!!!!". There was an audience on Wii, better sales on rival platforms aren't a valid argument to dismiss that. That's something Nintendo needs to bring it back on NX and educate their userbase to buy those games.
Disaster Nebraska
Banned
EA always betrays Nintendo. That's how this works.
Break the cycle, Nintendo.
Break the cycle, Nintendo.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Damn man, the moment you see a new Ninty thread and hoping it's something really interesting, but it really isn't. The thirst is real for some actual NX news. The question remains, will Ninty spill any beans or keep it all for E3?
DragonKnight
Member
Im sorry (not really) but i see this as a nintendo problem. At least a 60/40 split with nintendo being responsible for the bigger chunk.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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one thing this does tell you though is the NX is not releasing this year. No way.
DragonKnight
Member
Lol. You already have confirmation that it is. A poster confirmed that much for us recently. It is in some capacity be it handheld or console. Console seems the most likely based on this posters information.
Vital Tundra
Member
How so? Most of the current info kinda points to it releasing this year.
TheBaldEmperor
Member
This coming from the same guy (Liam) who was so sure Shovel Knight was going to be In Smash Bros. per his "sources". Don't take anything this guy says seriously.
CertifiedFP
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No. It was entirely on EA.
They pulled any real support before the WiiU came out, and what little they released was half-hearted shite, because Nintendo didn't give in to EA trying to strongarm them into making the WiiU the Origin console.
Disaster Nebraska
Banned
Nintendo's most successful console of all time had plenty of EA games in a wide variety of genres, and many of them sold well. I think the Wii has the most EA exclusives out of the last-gen consoles. Nintendo's second-best-selling console was the same way.
But SNES? GameCube? And most recently, the Wii U? EA ducked when the profits were even somewhat not totally lucrative in EA's favor.
EA is a fair-weather friend to the other console manufacturers too, but they are especially bad with Nintendo.
No it doesn't and it still can be released this year. I dont know why thats so hard to believe for some people.
Seriously. Just so many baffling decisions during that time. I hope they handle it better this time.
Diddy Kong
Banned
I think having an EA bundle would be a GOOD thing for Nintendo. Bundle a Nintendo game and an EA sports title. Win win.
Money...
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Deleted member 752119
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1. Those are terrible sales numbers given the 100 million base. If I counted right the best selling of those, RE4 was number 30 most sold list. So those type of games just ate t big with Nintendo's base.
2. Most of the few million that bought those on Wii probably aren't current Nintendo system owners, given the lack of those type of games on Wii U or 3DS.
So if I was a third party publisher I wouldn't give the NX a second thought for those type of games unless it both sells super well and shows there's a market for those types of games (by Nintendo getting some exclusives that do well by funding development or doing them in house).
I love Nintendo. Have a Wii U, 3DS and 23 Amiibo, yet I don't care about those types of games coming to Nintendo consoles. I'm going to play them on PS4 or X1 where they look better, I prefer the controllers and where my friends are playing online (for games that matter). I buy Nintendo consoles for their games, and the odd third party game in that style that's not in the other platforms.
A lot of Nintendo's base is that way, or die hards that only like Nintendo's style of games and don't like shooters, GTA/AC types of games, sports sims etc. Nintendo has a tough road to hoe to change that vs. just finding ways to profit off their base and as a secondary platform for core gamers. Only time will tell of course.
Glad everything checked out.
EndlessFloydian
Member
I thought he and Emily Rogers were pretty reliable?
Emily leaked the Paper Mario U rumor last month and Liam backed her up with a couple others.
I hope that Paper Mario Wii U is true.
Serenitynow
Member
I'll buy Chel and Mass Effect: Andromeda for my Nintendo console, EA. But actually wait, what EA sports titles typically release in the Fall?
Goes well beyond any online dispute. Nintendo released a console that could not handle the engine EA bet their entire future on. Wii U in reality was not the awesome device that Nintendo had hyped up to developers
I will never not be salty about that. ME3's Wii U version is why I don't trust much to come out of this deal.
The Wii U had no future with the Frostbite engine which EA's placed the entirety of their non-sports library on.
Prevolition
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I was bummed to see the other (only) NX thread was closed. At least we now know Trev/SMD64's source is legit.
As for EA meeting with Nintendo... this is good news. If they have had devkits since mid-2015 and this meeting is for marketing, then perhaps they already have a few titles or ports in development?
As for EA meeting with Nintendo... this is good news. If they have had devkits since mid-2015 and this meeting is for marketing, then perhaps they already have a few titles or ports in development?
I would be all over a Mass Effect game that supported the remote and nunchuck. I would be there day one. Normally, I buy Mass Effect on my PC, but I'd make an exception this time.
With all due respect, I don't know where you're getting this idea that EA ducked on GameCube.
James Bond, The Simpsons, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Def Jam, Medal of Honor, Burnout, Need for Speed, SSX, Madden, NBA Street Volume 1 - 3, FIFA, NBA Live, MVP Baseball, Tiger Woods, NHL, Nascar, The Sims, TimeSplitters 3, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, Freedom Fighters.
All of those franchises were published by EA for GameCube.
Nintendo should not ignore EA who is one of the biggest publishers in the world.
Would you still get it 8 months later at full price after the game initially releases on x1/ps4/pc?
Wasn't it that he learned of the existence of the Shovel Knight Amiibo and took that to mean he was getting in Smash?
Between EA (and most big Western companies) and Nintendo I think it's important to ask ourselves: was the Wii U's hardware, documentation, and developer support conducive to the ongoing- or any support from companies using the Frostbite, Ignite, UE4, AnvilNext, or SnowDrop engines? Frankly, I think the answer is no. While sure, I think the Wii U's hardware was at least as good if not better than the 360 and PS3, that only helps at least for the first what- 6-18 months, if that? This doesn't even take into consideration what Nintendo's documentation, and developer tools/support would have looked like for the system too.
I buy all of my games at full price at launch at 30% off. Either way, if it had pointer controls, sure.
I buy all of my games at full price at launch at 30% off. Either way, if it had pointer controls, sure.
Great to know! I never doubted you, Trev. You did well and took the appropriate steps. You treaded carefully and made it a top priority to get yourself and your source verified. Looking forward to more info when and if it becomes available(and if you decide if it's appropriate to share, of course
) I also subscribed to your channel on YouTube. Keep it up!I just think that accepting that kind of stuff is encouraging bad behavior by these pubs. Getting full priced late ports that is.
Hopefully with the NX, porting is not a big issue and there shouldn't be an excuse for late ports being a thing.
Here's the thing. If theoretically, Frostbite and future iterations of Frostbite are the core of EA's business plans moving forward in terms of product releases and the NX can run the engine at least as well as its contemporaries, and Nintendo offers robust developer tools and support then yes, I think we would see EA games on the system. The problem with the Wii U is that it was none of these things.
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