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Nintendo Life Rumor: EA and Nintendo to have meetings in March regarding NX.
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These are businesses. No one likes each other.
I honestly believe that without EA sports, a console cannot become a massive succes in Europe.
People underestimate how important games like Fifa are for casual gamers.
Wii didn't need it and EA adapted its tune accordingly.
Nintendo isn't trying to recreate the Wii I think so a more traditional approach may work better for them.
Without an alternative Fifa is alone in its segment and same goes for Madden.
EA can produce pretty much any kind of sports game with varying degree of success (wtf nba live?) so if you want sports fans it's not a bad idea to have them.
It's not like Nintendo is interested in making the goods themselves after all.
Congrats mang.
3DS is gonna have one hell of a final year with the coming lineup and price drop...based on Trev's now verified source.
Pokemaniac
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Now you're just twisting the meanings of words.
These are businesses. No one likes each other.
I honestly believe that without EA sports, a console cannot become a massive succes in Europe.
People underestimate how important games like Fifa are for casual gamers. Nintendo fans don't care about Fifa, but that's not the point.
EA (and EA sports in particular) has continually shown that, even when Nintendo is on top, they're not willing to give Nintendo systems proper support. Unless there's been a major leadership change since then, trying to get their support would be throwing good money after bad.
I'm not big into sports games, but if this meeting results in EA's other games getting ported to NX that would be fantastic. One of the big problems I have with ps4 is that the online isn't free. If online stays free on NX, I would definitely buy all my 3rd party games there and I wouldn't have to worry about that yearly renewal to play my games.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I always have my doubts.. if you cant talk of source then it means little. Especially if you are popular you can say whatever. I remember that one famousmortier or whatever getting a big head during them xbone ps4 days and exhausted himself
If EA games are bundled with the platform, EA kinda has to support it with non BS titles.
After all the platform will be tied to their names then.
While you push under the rug some low quality effort like the BS they gave Wii and WiiU you can't distance yourself from a product that's going to be front and center.
It would be bad for EA if their products where to be tied with shitty games with no marketing from them.
Also EA Sports gave years of support to Wii. they changed to kiddy BS midway but still they gave proper support especially compared to the BS the rest of the company was making.
The fact that part of NX will be a handheld should mean that Capcom, Atlus, Square Enix, and all the smaller Japanese third party pubs/devs will be carrying their 3DS support over. As for the big western AAA publishers...different story.
Roberto Larcos
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I bought an Xbox One + FIFA 14 bundle on launch (UK).
Nice to know, thanks
That's why track record is important. We know enough about Tamaki to say that he knows some things and isn't just a crazy twitter guy.
Obliterator
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Thats the key though really. If they want to make any waves at all in NA and Europe they need some good 3rd party Western suport. The Nintendo core fanbase is not enough to carry them on their own, hence Wii U and GameCube sales.
_Spr_Drnk
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Yeah, of course EA have dev kits to evaluate, and of course both parties are talking. In terms of business opportunity for both EA and Nintendo it's best if they hedge their bets and perform 'due diligence', otherwise EA shareholders would have a field day if NX was a huge hit out of nowhere. Nintendo also realise they need 3rd party support nowadays as they simply cannot develop enough in-house to cover all genres/markets.
Doesn't necessarily mean anything fruitful will come of it.
Doesn't necessarily mean anything fruitful will come of it.
freethoughtbubble
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Hopefully Nintendo manages to remove its head from its habitual resting place in the sand in time for these meetings with EA. A modern console cannot succeed in the west without yearly Madden and FIFA entries. Fingers crossed they can finally make it happen.
This made me think of something crazy. Nintendo has sports IPs they don't use. EA makes lots of sports games but usually of the simulation variety. Nintendo wants EA games. EA wants Nintendo to nurture a market for their games on their consoles.
What if Nintendo and EA collaborated on one of Nintendo's forgotten sports IPs? What would an EA developed and Nintendo produced Wave Race, 1080, or even F-Zero look like? /crazy thought.
Basically this.
This made me think of something crazy. Nintendo has sports IPs they don't use. EA makes lots of sports games but usually of the simulation variety. Nintendo wants EA games. EA wants Nintendo to nurture a market for their games on their consoles.
What if Nintendo and EA collaborated on one of Nintendo's forgotten sports IPs? What would an EA developed and Nintendo produced Wave Race, 1080, or even F-Zero look like? /crazy thought.
Basically this.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Depends who you ask.. just crazy to me
lolexmachina64
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These all seem like reasonable demands on EA's part and I hope Tatsumi Kimishima is up to the challenge.
It's not about getting people excited for an NX port, it's about developing a stable/sustainable/competitive user base -- making a Nintendo console attractive for the kind of people that buy CoD and FIFA/Madden every year.
The kind of things outlined in the OP and make inroads with the kind of people that buy EA titles in NA, EU, etc.
Serenitynow
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Like Wii Sports, right?
Out of all of Nintendo's IP, 1080 is the closest to what EA does.
It's certainly the closest to simulation that they have.
I mean jetski could work but Fzero is everything but a simulation.
The issue now being that maybe people at EA don't want to work on a snowboarding game or a jetski game.
Seriously when was the last one from these types released?
Unfortunately, I don't really see any solution to Nintendo having healthy third party sports games sales on its home console no matter what console bundle incentives, greater marketing collaboration efforts Nintendo tries to have with EA. It doesn't have the target audience that Sony and Microsoft's respective home consoles do, so the software sales will never be considered important to EA. It won't matter how powerful NX will be. Why would a lot of people chose to buy it on NX when they already own a PS4 ? Potential free online multiplayer and whatever new gimmicks Nintendo has to offer is not going to convince many sports gamers and their friends to want to play them on NX.
And Nintendo Land.
Plinko
Wildcard berths that can't beat teams without a winning record should have homefield advantage
A dev on GAF mentioned this a year or so ago.
nephilimdj
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Nintendo really dropped the ball with bundles with wiiu
zombiu with pro controller was the only one they actually put effort into
zombiu with pro controller was the only one they actually put effort into
Obliterator
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The easiest method would be to have hardware in the same power realm as current gen and easy and cheap to port to.
GustyGardens
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It's not really about convincing them that it's worthwhile, but more convincing them that they've got a decent plan that makes it seem worthwhile. It's important for potential partners to understand that Nintendo are doing work to make sure that the console is more of a success than the Wii U.
Nintendo's issue is that they rely on a certain demographic, but that demographic often doesn't pick up Nintendo consoles because their friends are playing Xbox or Playstation. They need to show that they're marketing to younger audiences, as well as older gamers that they don't normally play up. At the moment, Nintendo only really markets on Nickelodeon and similar channels. Beyond that, we don't really see them anywhere else. EA is correct in saying that they should marketing during big sports events, but I think they should be pushing TV premiers and pre-movie trailers.
If potential partners see that they have a solid roadmap and are willing to take advice in places where they're not particularly savvy, they'll bite. After that, it's up to Nintendo to keep their word.
TreasureHunterG
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This a good sign. Nintendo needs to amend relations with western third-parties and the EA split was a major hit to it's already shaken relationship, everyone left afterwards. The more and consistent third-party support the better.
Hmm... this?
Hmm... this?
NOLA_Gaffer
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EA and Nintendo should have had meetings about the Wii U and 3DS a long time ago.
KratosEnergyDrink
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EA sold millions of sports games on the Wii. Of course they are interested in Nintendos new console.
They did on the Wii U, hence that "Unprecedented Partnership" thing. Just after the Wii U was not selling good, especially EA games (though alot of that is on them, most of what they shipped was very late ass ports), so it wasn't surprising to see them leave. And I doubt EA wants anything to do with dedicated handhelds.
Aren't those always subject to change?
They just want to know if it's a possibility. Like NX in 2019, can it be bundled with madden?
TreasureHunterG
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EA decision to left and whatever happened to cause the decision was prior to Wii U's release, there was nothing to do with sales. The departure sparked a chain reaction in the western community and everyone else left Nintendo, similar to the Square departure situation in Japan during the N64 era.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Yes which is why this rumor is Bologna..
NOLA_Gaffer
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Can't imagine why their NX support will be any different then.
Pokemaniac
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EA definitely didn't make their decision based on sales data. They started cancelling games before the system even released, and they had clearly already bailed by the time launch came around.
I agree with this. I have been playing SSX 3 on the Cube and the Wii version as well just to get my SSX fix. I wish SSX for the 360 was actually a real SSX game, but hopefully they'll try again. If its like the old SSX games, I'll be there day one.
AcademicSaucer
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I can't imagine that these exclusive marketing deals last more than a year.
Sony has been getting some EA Sports bundles.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
yes but the point is, MS and PS4 spend millions against this audience already.
So the way I read this, it's not 'give us money and we'll do it," more like 'we want to sell on your platform, but we need to know some things first: you're willing to invest in the content, or you're willing to invest in the audience, or some kind of combination of the two'
Basically, a plan. A plan to set up EA Sports titles for success on Nintendo systems.
That's the question, the strategies and tactics are up to Nintendo to put together, and convince EA to give them a go.
LordBaztion
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The big N doesn't need shallow annual roster updated in its system.
Actually, if Nintendo wants to compete with MS and Sony better have EA in their side, otherwise better call it's console, the new WiiU.
Actually, if Nintendo wants to compete with MS and Sony better have EA in their side, otherwise better call it's console, the new WiiU.
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