EA Backing Away From Wii Development
- Scribbled on November 25th, 2009 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Industry News, Interviews, Nintendo Wii
The inability of the Wii to sell third party titles has led EA Montreal, Electronic Arts’ chief Wii developer, to announce that they were reducing development for Nintendo’s console.
“The Wii market is a little bit unpredictable these days.” EA Montreal’s GM Alain Tascan told Edge. “We’re going to see how Christmas is going to do and while with the Wii we have had very successful titles, we are going to focus on big, blockbuster-type titles. It doesn’t mean that we are going to abandon the Wii, but as a studio we want to be ready for new challenges.”
The announcement comes only a couple of weeks after EA boss John Riccitiello voiced his displeasure at recent third-party Wii software sales. So, no, Tascan’s comments are not a coincidence.
EA Montreal had developed Skate It, Boogie, Need for Speed: NITRO and Spore Hero for the Wii -all of which had received good reviews but poor sales.
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