EA not interested on making sports games for Wii U

LOL no Madden, Tiger Woods, NBA Live or Fifa on WiiU. LOL Wtf WiiU is almost dead already. Its kind of sad though.

Mrmedia01

Not good, Nintendo need to sort this relationship. They can't keep pissing off publishers and developers.

Remember when they had problems with Square soft when Square were still important.

I'm starting to think maybe it's Nintendos fault 3rd parties aren't interested. 3rd parties don't have a problem with anyone else.

Then again, why is their 3rd party support good on handhelds. It's a little confusing.

Not good, Nintendo need to sort this relationship. They can't keep pissing off publishers and developers.

Remember when they had problems with Square soft when Square were still important.

I'm starting to think maybe it's Nintendos fault 3rd parties aren't interested. 3rd parties don't have a problem with anyone else.

Then again, why is their 3rd party support good on handhelds. It's a little confusing.

HalcyonScarlet

They're third party support is only good in japan. Western developers don't care at all about the 3ds.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

[QUOTE="StaticOnTV"] How about publish a game people actually wanted to play, only to announce it and that same game is now wanted dead?

[QUOTE="DarkLink77"]

All of your posts are about poor Nintendo and how everyone hates on them for everything, no matter what they do.

Get a grip on reality, dude.

locopatho

Even I don't defend Nintendo on everything. In fact, didn't you criticize me for calling the Pandora's Tower release "too little, too late"? I'm sorry to get on you like this, but...

[QUOTE="JustPlainLucas"] To my knowledge, no game supports more than one tablet.trollop_scat

That's what I remember reading too. If that is the case, it makes perfect sense not to make sports games for Wii U because playing your friends in one place is what makes them fun. Playing people on-line is cool too, but playing your buddies at your house with a case of beer and non-stop smack talk is what makes sports games fun. Third party co-op action games will also skip the Wii U. What a disaster of a system... 

Nobody wants those garbage sports games anyway. YoshiYogurt

[QUOTE="HalcyonScarlet"]

Not good, Nintendo need to sort this relationship. They can't keep pissing off publishers and developers.

Remember when they had problems with Square soft when Square were still important.

I'm starting to think maybe it's Nintendos fault 3rd parties aren't interested. 3rd parties don't have a problem with anyone else.

Then again, why is their 3rd party support good on handhelds. It's a little confusing.

Wild_man_22

They're third party support is only good in japan. Western developers don't care at all about the 3ds.

ahh good point.

Who cares? Madden sucks now anyway. Not having EA isn't system killer. Hopefully EA goes bankrupt soon.TheWalkingGhost

Nobody wants those garbage sports games anyway. YoshiYogurt

Sports games on a console who's best racing sim is mario kart? What will happen when the next gen consoles come out? Even gets worse in the future. Might as well pukll the wiiuniversity from the Western market, we clearly have no interest.

[QUOTE="YoshiYogurt"]Nobody wants those garbage sports games anyway. DivineSword

NHL 13 is out of this world!!!!!!!! A masterpiece!!!!!!

The Wii U is a cruel joke. I admit. I did somewhat enjoy it when I did have it but the only thing I played for it was games that were already out on the other systems. Now Rayman Legends is multiplat so there is NO SENSE having a Wii U. lOOK AT THIS LIST.

EA Sports

Metro Last Light

Tomb Raider

Bioshock Infinite

DMC Devil May Cry

Resident Evil 6

GTA 5

Borderlands 2

South Park RPG

Grid 2

Crysis 3

Splinter Cell

All recently released or set to be released and all skipping the Wii U. And the only sequals announced or out on the Wii U are more Mario and Zelda, lame ass Pikmin, The cool looking Lego game, The Wonderful 101 which will be a sales disaster and looks pretty lame anyways, and Mario Kart and Smash Brothers which I love both but can live without.

This isn't even all of the games not coming to the Wi U not to mention the new systems from Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo needs to just say "Yup....we ****** up and release a newer system and let Wii U owners trade up for cheap or the Wii U will be a bigger disaster than the Gamecube.

[QUOTE="PurpleMan5000"][QUOTE="locopatho"] Cos storage is dirt cheap, and last gen consoles come with hundreds on board. Not to mention WiiU has USB 2.0, which isn't very good for streaming games/data off.locopatho

USB 2.0 is too slow to transfer huge data loads. When I have to move 100GB it can take around 1hr. But when USB 2.0 switches from bulk transfer mode to streaming mode (isochronous mode), it's actually really capable. Especially when the host controller doesn't have to share with many other devices.

I'm streaming Crysis on the 360 over USB 2.0 Patriot XT USB stick. Also the Wii U is designed to play games off the disc, you don't install them as far as I know. And the disc drive streams no where near as well as USB 2.0 in streaming mode.

USB 2.0 is fine for the Wii U, apart from the times when you'll be moving bulk data such as a big game bought from the e shop or whatever it's called, from the system storage to USB storage. But that might not be a problem if it downloads directly to the USB storage.

The only reason i'd like USB 3.0 is to save me time when i'm moving massive files over USB, otherwise i'm happy with USB 2.0.

Technically, Firewire 400 would be suitable for the Wii U, as it would stay at it's higher speed consistently of nearly 50MB/sec. It's good for streaming and decent at transfer. It's just not supported well.

Nobody wants those garbage sports games anyway. YoshiYogurt

The Wii U is a cruel joke. I admit. I did somewhat enjoy it when I did have it but the only thing I played for it was games that were already out on the other systems. Now Rayamn Legends is multiplat so there is NO SENSE having a Wii U. lOOK AT THIS LIST.

EA Sports

Metro Last Light

Tomb Raider

Bioshock Infinite

DMC Devil May Cry

Resident Evil 6

GTA 5

Borderlands 2

South Park RPG

Grid 2

Crysis 3

Splinter Cell

All recently released or set to be released and all skipping the Wii U. And the only sequals announced or out on the Wii U are more Mario and Zelda, lame ass Pikmin, The cool looking Lego game, The Wonderful 101 which will be a sales disaster and looks pretty lame anyways, and Mario Kart and Smash Brothers which I love both but can live without.

This isn't even all of the games not coming to the Wi U not to mention the new systems from Sony and Microsoft. Nintendo needs to just say "Yup....we ****** up and release a newer system and let Wii U owners trade up for cheap or the Wii U will be a bigger disaster than the Gamecube.

timbers_WSU

NHL 13 is out of this world!!!!!!!! A masterpiece!!!!!!

percuvius2

MLB2k13 is also skipping the U.fernandmondego_

[QUOTE="fernandmondego_"]MLB2k13 is also skipping the U.PurpleMan5000

[QUOTE="percuvius2"]

NHL 13 is out of this world!!!!!!!! A masterpiece!!!!!!

DivineSword

I wouldn't be able to tear my friends away from that. I imagine it would be a game changer for them on what console they own.

Meh sport games.

[QUOTE="DivineSword"]

[QUOTE="percuvius2"]

NHL 13 is out of this world!!!!!!!! A masterpiece!!!!!!

HalcyonScarlet

I wouldn't be able to tear my friends away from that. I imagine it would be a game changer for them on what console they own.

No gaems.

Sagem28

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"][QUOTE="trollop_scat"]

That's what I remember reading too. If that is the case, it makes perfect sense not to make sports games for Wii U

trollop_scat

So local multi-player is possible, but only one guy gets to use a tablet controller?

Like I said earlier, I don't have a Wii U so I'm not sure about this - I was asking sheep for confirmation. Is there a current Wii U game with local multi-player?

SUPER MARIO BROS U, 4xWiimote 1x tablet

Meh sport games.

timmy00

Like it or not this news effects the Wii U way more than JRPG's or RTS games will.

You know, I don't think EA being hesitant with Nintendo is that big of a deal because EA never had that big of a base on Nintendo consoles unlike SEGA did on the Genesis. Looking in past history, the SNES (which everyone is said to love mind you) didn't have that many Madden players, while the SEGA Genesis did, so it's a bigger loss for SEGA during the Dreamcast era, unlike Nintendo here.

And again, in the GameCube era, EA (as well as Nintendo) tried a similar practice to Namco (I know it's a different game in a different genre, but bear with me) with not one, but two of their arcade sports games and the payback did not work out for them. Heck, I even remember seeing the GameCube versions of those games being advertised on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

Nintendo Land and ZombiU also support local multiplayer. Probably other games as well.PurpleMan5000

Oh yeah CoD got it to

You know, I don't think EA being hesitant with Nintendo is that big of a deal because EA never had that big of a base on Nintendo consoles unlike SEGA did on the Genesis. Looking in past history, the SNES (which everyone is said to love mind you) didn't have that many Madden players, while the SEGA Genesis did, so it's a bigger loss for SEGA during the Dreamcast era, unlike Nintendo here.

And again, in the GameCube era, EA (as well as Nintendo) tried a similar practice to Namco (I know it's a different game in a different genre, but bear with me) with not one, but two of their arcade sports games and the payback did not work out for them. Heck, I even remember seeing the GameCube versions of those games being advertised on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

nintendoboy16

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

You know, I don't think EA being hesitant with Nintendo is that big of a deal because EA never had that big of a base on Nintendo consoles unlike SEGA did on the Genesis. Looking in past history, the SNES (which everyone is said to love mind you) didn't have that many Madden players, while the SEGA Genesis did, so it's a bigger loss for SEGA during the Dreamcast era, unlike Nintendo here.

And again, in the GameCube era, EA (as well as Nintendo) tried a similar practice to Namco (I know it's a different game in a different genre, but bear with me) with not one, but two of their arcade sports games and the payback did not work out for them. Heck, I even remember seeing the GameCube versions of those games being advertised on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

fernandmondego_

[QUOTE="fernandmondego_"]

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

You know, I don't think EA being hesitant with Nintendo is that big of a deal because EA never had that big of a base on Nintendo consoles unlike SEGA did on the Genesis. Looking in past history, the SNES (which everyone is said to love mind you) didn't have that many Madden players, while the SEGA Genesis did, so it's a bigger loss for SEGA during the Dreamcast era, unlike Nintendo here.

And again, in the GameCube era, EA (as well as Nintendo) tried a similar practice to Namco (I know it's a different game in a different genre, but bear with me) with not one, but two of their arcade sports games and the payback did not work out for them. Heck, I even remember seeing the GameCube versions of those games being advertised on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network.

nintendoboy16

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

[QUOTE="fernandmondego_"]You wouldn't think it's a big deal.

fernandmondego_

[QUOTE="fernandmondego_"][QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]It depends on the circumstances with the companies.nintendoboy16

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"][QUOTE="fernandmondego_"] Go back to the GC days, there was long periods of time when all it would get is EA games and nothing else. Now without EA could get pretty ugly.fernandmondego_

The only EA games that I recall that were popular among GameCube owners were James Bond and Lord of the Rings.

[QUOTE="fernandmondego_"][QUOTE="nintendoboy16"] And how many GameCube owners bought those EA games?nintendoboy16

The only EA games that I recall that were popular among GameCube owners were James Bond and Lord of the Rings.

Who plays sports games anyway?King_Dodongo

[QUOTE="percuvius2"]

NHL 13 is out of this world!!!!!!!! A masterpiece!!!!!!

DivineSword

Might have to play it, now that my Whitecaps are in there!

[QUOTE="fernandmondego_"]MLB2k13 is also skipping the U.PurpleMan5000

I'll bring my quarters!

Meh sport games.

timmy00

Sports aren't for anime fans, that's for sure! Not many emo's at hockey games.

[QUOTE="locopatho"][QUOTE="PurpleMan5000"] Storage is dirt cheap. You can find a 500 GB external hard drive for about $50. Instead, you can purchase a proprietary Xbox 360 250 GB hard drive for $70. 32 GB for the Playstation Vita runs $100. A non-proprietary 32 GB SD card runs $20. The proprietary storage sold by Microsoft and Sony runs 2-5x the cost on the open market. Why shouldn't we be praising companies for putting out systems that can use non-proprietary storage, do not require installations, do not support online passes, and present good to God honest business practices in an age where everyone else in this industry does not? I would be more likely to purchase the next X-Box for $100 less than it ends up being if it came with no hard drive and let me use the hard drive of my choice to store my games.HalcyonScarlet

USB 2.0 is too slow to transfer huge data loads. When I have to move 100GB it can take around 1hr. But when USB 2.0 switches from bulk transfer mode to streaming mode (isochronous mode), it's actually really capable. Especially when the host controller doesn't have to share with many other devices.

I'm streaming Crysis on the 360 over USB 2.0 Patriot XT USB stick. Also the Wii U is designed to play games off the disc, you don't install them as far as I know. And the disc drive streams no where near as well as USB 2.0 in streaming mode.

USB 2.0 is fine for the Wii U, apart from the times when you'll be moving bulk data such as a big game bought from the e shop or whatever it's called, from the system storage to USB storage. But that might not be a problem if it downloads directly to the USB storage.

The only reason i'd like USB 3.0 is to save me time when i'm moving massive files over USB, otherwise i'm happy with USB 2.0.

Technically, Firewire 400 would be suitable for the Wii U, as it would stay at it's higher speed consistently of nearly 50MB/sec. It's good for streaming and decent at transfer. It's just not supported well.

[QUOTE="locopatho"]The doom and gloom articles are based on solid facts and evidence tho. Say that guy losing all his VC games cos the massive update bricked his console. That's not bias or hate, that's reporting the facts of how far behind Nintendo are in those respects. That couldn't and wouldn't happen on a 360 or PS3. It's reality, not conspiracy. If their dam system worked, there'd be no negative article.nintendoboy16

[QUOTE="trollop_scat"]

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]Because local multiplayer is impossible on the system right? :roll:aroxx_ab

So local multi-player is possible, but only one guy gets to use a tablet controller?

Like I said earlier, I don't have a Wii U so I'm not sure about this - I was asking sheep for confirmation. Is there a current Wii U game with local multi-player?

SUPER MARIO BROS U, 4xWiimote 1x tablet

[QUOTE="timmy00"]

Meh sport games.

timbers_WSU

Like it or not this news effects the Wii U way more than JRPG's or RTS games will.

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

[QUOTE="locopatho"]The doom and gloom articles are based on solid facts and evidence tho. Say that guy losing all his VC games cos the massive update bricked his console. That's not bias or hate, that's reporting the facts of how far behind Nintendo are in those respects. That couldn't and wouldn't happen on a 360 or PS3. It's reality, not conspiracy. If their dam system worked, there'd be no negative article.locopatho

[QUOTE="nintendoboy16"]

[QUOTE="locopatho"]The doom and gloom articles are based on solid facts and evidence tho. Say that guy losing all his VC games cos the massive update bricked his console. That's not bias or hate, that's reporting the facts of how far behind Nintendo are in those respects. That couldn't and wouldn't happen on a 360 or PS3. It's reality, not conspiracy. If their dam system worked, there'd be no negative article.locopatho

Huge blow. The Wii U just finds more and more way to get less appealing.