Lord Death
Bichon Frise
- Joined
- Jan 1, 2011
- Location
- Chicago, IL
I thought this story was hilarious and shows how immature EA is as a company.
So apparently, Nintendo was in talks with a few third party developers to help improve the Wii U's online capabilities, one of which was EA. The negotiations continued for a while until EA made an outrageous demand: all of Nintendo's online networks - including the Nintendo Network - would have to be run through Origin. That means servers and net code, people.
If you aren't familiar with Origin, just know that it works kind of like Steam. Kind of... It's not nearly as good. Origin is not a stable service and has been criticized left and right for reasons such as invasion of user privacy, removing users’ legal rights, and false user bans.
No way would Nintendo would let their entire online network be run through Origin, and at such a critical point in the company's future, too! So what does EA say about this? Well the rumor states that EA has 'no intention of really supporting the Wii U in the future,' and will only release ports of games with no real budget behind them. This is easy to believe with EA only bringing three games to the Wii U party: FIFA 13, MADDEN 13, and Mass Effect 3. And to top it all off, Yuri Bialoskursky, a MADDEN producer, recently said to ESPN that MADDEN 13 on the Wii U would "be missing key features," including (but not limited to) the all-important Infinity Engine! You know, the engine that makes the players run and tackle each other like real football players? Yeah, you can forget about that. Supposedly EA didn't have time to put it in on the new hardware, but I'm not sure if I buy that.
(Authentic Madden NFL Football... Apparently not...)
So is EA really giving the Wii U no love because Nintendo didn't want to run their online through EA's crappy server? Who knows. But if this is true (and it sounds true), it just shows how far from grace EA has fallen as a company...
So apparently, Nintendo was in talks with a few third party developers to help improve the Wii U's online capabilities, one of which was EA. The negotiations continued for a while until EA made an outrageous demand: all of Nintendo's online networks - including the Nintendo Network - would have to be run through Origin. That means servers and net code, people.
If you aren't familiar with Origin, just know that it works kind of like Steam. Kind of... It's not nearly as good. Origin is not a stable service and has been criticized left and right for reasons such as invasion of user privacy, removing users’ legal rights, and false user bans.
No way would Nintendo would let their entire online network be run through Origin, and at such a critical point in the company's future, too! So what does EA say about this? Well the rumor states that EA has 'no intention of really supporting the Wii U in the future,' and will only release ports of games with no real budget behind them. This is easy to believe with EA only bringing three games to the Wii U party: FIFA 13, MADDEN 13, and Mass Effect 3. And to top it all off, Yuri Bialoskursky, a MADDEN producer, recently said to ESPN that MADDEN 13 on the Wii U would "be missing key features," including (but not limited to) the all-important Infinity Engine! You know, the engine that makes the players run and tackle each other like real football players? Yeah, you can forget about that. Supposedly EA didn't have time to put it in on the new hardware, but I'm not sure if I buy that.
So is EA really giving the Wii U no love because Nintendo didn't want to run their online through EA's crappy server? Who knows. But if this is true (and it sounds true), it just shows how far from grace EA has fallen as a company...
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