Now it seems EA is doing a little bit of back tracking — finding a way to keep the loyal Nintendo fan base on their side while still pushing a next-gen agenda. In fact, as it turns out, claims that the company doesn’t have any Wii U games in development are untrue.
To be fair, the number of Wii U games Electronic Arts is working on pales in comparison to the number of PS4 and Xbox One titles the publisher has in development. This is according to EA’s CFO Blake Jorgensen, who said the Wii U isn’t so much a next-gen console, as it is an extension of what Nintendo was doing with the Wii.
Clearly, Jorgensen is more intrigued by the PS4 and Xbox One’s potential, but his company is not giving up on the Wii U just yet. EA Sports, on the other hand, appears to be pulling Wii U support altogether, as they recently announced Madden NFL 25 would be skipping Nintendo’s new console.
With EA no longer playing next-gen favorites, we have to wonder why the mixed signals? Why did EA spokesman Jeff Brown say his company currently has no Wii U games in development?
Whether or not Brown misspoke is something we will likely never discover, but either way Electronic Arts appears to be doing some damage control post-Xbox One reveal. They may not have any Wii U exclusives in development, but perhaps EA is planning Wii U ports of their upcoming games. They would have to be non-Frostbite 3 games, of course, as DICE’s engine does not run on Nintendo’s hardware.
Even so, Nintendo fans didn’t seem all that bothered by EA’s lack of support. In fact, most fans are laser-focused on discovering what Nintendo has cooking for the next year.
Are you happy to learn Electronic Arts actually has some Wii U games in development? Why do you think EA was sending out mixed messages?
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Source: IGN
