EA: We “backed the wrong horse” by focusing on PS3, 360

mistermostyn | July 26, 2007 | News | Playstation 3 Wii

It seems the Nintendo Wii 'nay-sayers' who stomped on the Wii as being little more than a passing gimmick when it launched in Nov 06 (did they learn NOTHING from the success of the DS?) are now back-peddling like crazy.

EA joins the list this week by revealing that it "backed the wrong horse" by focusing so strongly on PS3 and Xbox 360. Surely that should be "horses"?

Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello has confessed that the company had been "on the wrong horse" when it chose to focus its development efforts on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, and admitted that "not a lot of people anticipated the success of Nintendo."

EA, which recently lost its biggest third-party publisher status to Activision, opted to side primarily with Sony and Microsoft’s platforms during the transition period between consoles, instead of Nintendo’s unproven Wii.

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xsynergyx | July 27, 2007

Aren't there a few EA games on the Wii?
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ssbm freak | July 27, 2007

"not a lot of people anticipated the success of Nintendo."
This has to be the quote of the year. XD
After considering their constant success they suddenly think.
"da wii is for n00b lawl."
Make no sense if you ask me.
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Storm | July 27, 2007

Haha, I agree, ssbm freak. How stupid is EA? Anyone can guess that Nintendo's Wii would be doing well. Meh, I've always had my fair share of problems with EA games, anyways, tend to steer clear of them.
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EdwardTheBard | July 27, 2007

Well EA is greedy. So whatever EA would do it won't be enough.. money,money.. more money!
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FRoGBuster | July 27, 2007

you backed the wrong animal.. Shouldn't have backed the horses, back the small pony with the small wii..
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Sonic Flash | July 27, 2007

<...then the General Wii mod showed up to impart a gentle smile and walk along. Though warm and caring, all who saw it knew he was thinking "HAHAHAHAHA, I told you so!">
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Insanity Prevails | July 27, 2007

I think you've misunderstood the comments. That statement was not made by EA. That statement is referring to the publishers who doubted the success of the Wii and are now back-peddling.

At no point do EA ever refer to PS3 or 360 fans.
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Vampire Lord Alucard | July 28, 2007

Huh? What are you talking about IP?

I think he's referring to before launch, when Nintendo first announced the new controller, and everyone doubted that it would turn out very well..
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  Insanity Prevails | July 28, 2007
  
  lol. I was replying to a comment by finalblade. Since his comment was deleted my comment's been shoved down here where it makes no sense anymore. XD
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tidus04 | July 29, 2007

EA products I have never really been a fan of, but yeh they kinda did but in time im sure the Wii will be behind the Ps3 and if 360 has something more to offer then Halo and Fable they might also do the same.