Mama Robotnik
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bgassassin originally posted this in the megathread, but as I've seen it appear on a few other websites now, I thought a thread for the story might be appropriate.
The website Wiiugo claims to have been contacted by a source informing them of EA's attempts to "aggressively persuade" Nintendo to make the WiiU an Origin-exclusive system. The source says that one of the EA's reasons for this is to exclude Steam from the platform entirely, gaining the company's service a significant competitive advantage in the console space.
An excerpt:
Obviously, take it entirely as a rumour. It certainly would explain EA's unexpectedly-starring presence during Nintendo's E3 show.
I do know though that given a choice between these two online gaming platforms on WiiU, Origin isn't exactly the first pick.
The website Wiiugo claims to have been contacted by a source informing them of EA's attempts to "aggressively persuade" Nintendo to make the WiiU an Origin-exclusive system. The source says that one of the EA's reasons for this is to exclude Steam from the platform entirely, gaining the company's service a significant competitive advantage in the console space.
An excerpt:
But interestingly, EA are supposedly in talks with Nintendo to try and make Origin, their digital games distribution platform, a key element of Nintendos online strategy, too. EA would have the chance to bring Origin to the console space and win many new users while Nintendo see it as an opportunity to rebuild relationships with Western gamers because they feel that only a massive western company such as EA nderstands what is needed to make an online service attractive to western gamers.
According to our source, EA isnt the only company looking into bringing its digital distribution platform to the Wii U Valve, too, are interested in getting Steam onto it. But EA are aggressively persuading Nintendo to go Origins exclusive with Wii Us online so they can gain a competitive advantage over Steam.
Our informant doesnt know how Origin on the Wii U will differ from Origin on the PC, if at all. But if these talks about making it a fundamental part of the Wii U are really happening, its no surprise that Peter Moore is one of the most enthused Wii U developers out there.
Obviously, take it entirely as a rumour. It certainly would explain EA's unexpectedly-starring presence during Nintendo's E3 show.
I do know though that given a choice between these two online gaming platforms on WiiU, Origin isn't exactly the first pick.