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EA Confirms Major Wii Support
Electronic Arts has confirmed they are 100% committed to the Nintendo Wii, reports Gamasutra. The largest game publisher in the U.S. has revealed six games currently in production for the console, which is scheduled to launch sometime in the Fall. From the article: "The EA statement on the matter comments: 'Each title will remain true to the hallmarks of its franchise but is being designed to maximize the power of the Wii hardware and take full advantage of the uniqueness and innovation of its one-of-a-kind controller.'"
My friend who worked on the Godfather game and many other EA games used to be really up on the Wii(or Revolution earlier this year). As an engineer he was absolutely fawning at getting to work with the PS3 hardware - he says he's never worked on a system as cool and crazy powerful compared to everything else like the PS3 before. And as a gamer he was excited about the Revolution and all sorts of crazy game ideas to go with the controller.
However, now that he has had a chance to work with the system and use the controller he has become a lot less enthusiastic. His attitude about the Wii is now closer to 'it's ok' Nothing really that revolutionary after the initial excitement about using the controller. He says the controller now is about as exciting as analog joypad input - can't really imagine going without it but nothing you really are thinking about when you use it everyday.
I won't go into what he says about the 360...But I am surprised EA is still giving token support to the console. The 360 is doing worse than the Dreamcast and EA didn't bother to port any of their games to the system.
Saying the Wii is innovative, is like saying cutting apples sideways is innovative: "there's a new way of doing it, but either way you're still just doing the same old thing!". A console with a new controller, using decades old technology, to replicate 20 year old games, is not innovative. EA has never made an original game, and never will, because they know they're big, they've got expensive games no one else can make, and they've got millions of stupid fans who like to play crappy games! The amount of bugs, and glitches in a game, is directly proportional to the amount of pissed off at being treated like dirt employees in a company. It is not suprising that they are going with the Wii, having a market that knows virtually nothing about EA, that will play any sports game, is EA's wet dream. Seriously, since when is standing in one place, moving a controller around shooting baddies, a new idea? Sounds like an old arcade machine to me.
It seems to me that the design process for the next nintendo system went something like this: Stand and shoot->needs something other than a joystick controller to look good->gyroscope feedback input technology .
And to all you fanboi's posting on your Wii60 bullshit, please do not play any game I am playing, because you're so stupid I don't want to speak to you.