General Gaming EA Explains Why It Offers Limited Nintendo Switch Support

[Pikachu]

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/07/31/ea-explains-why-it-offers-limited-nintendo-switch-support

 

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A CEO Andrew Wilson has opened up on why the publisher offers limited support for Nintendo Switch, saying it's because people prefer to play EA games on other platforms.

During EA's first quarter earnings call this week an analyst floated the idea for The Sims on Switch, but EA's head honcho disagreed.

“Any time we’re evaluating platform conversations we’re really looking at a couple of things,” said Wilson. “One, does the game really fit the profile of that platform in terms of the control or the community ecosystem? Two, do we think the community playing on that platform would appreciate the game and go there, or would they prefer to play it somewhere else?

 

“We have a lot of data that would suggest a great many Switch owners also own a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox One or a PC and very often choose to play the games that we make on those platforms, even though they have a Switch and they enjoy a lot of great content on the Switch."

 

[Biggie]

He’s right 

[GameDadGrant]

Makes sense. A lot of their games have online communities, and players tend to stick to the ecosystems they are already entrenched in, and/or play consistently with their friends.

 

And yeah,  anecdotally, I own a LOT of Switch games...none of them are published by EA. 

 

That would change I think, if EA dropped an exclusive on the system. One that can’t be played anywhere else but Switch. Maybe a new SSX would do the trick. Or Road Rash? And oh man, maybe they wouldn’t be down for an exclusive Need for Speed (like they did on Wii) but I know several Nintendo fans that would go bonkers if a new Beetle Adventure Racing game came out, only on Switch.

 

...I’m just spit-balling here, EA. You can take the proverbial ball and run with it from here, if you want.

[Mercury33]

Makes sense why they don’t port games to the Switch. But yeah, they have a bunch of cool IPs that would do well on it if they bothered to bring them back. But EA sucks so they won’t. 

[Keyser_Soze]

Nintendo kids are the perfect audience for surprise gameplay mechanics

[AbsolutSurgen]

7 hours ago, GameDadGrant said:

Makes sense. A lot of their games have online communities, and players tend to stick to the ecosystems they are already entrenched in, and/or play consistently with their friends.

 

And yeah,  anecdotally, I own a LOT of Switch games...none of them are published by EA. 

 

That would change I think, if EA dropped an exclusive on the system. One that can’t be played anywhere else but Switch. Maybe a new SSX would do the trick. Or Road Rash? And oh man, maybe they wouldn’t be down for an exclusive Need for Speed (like they did on Wii) but I know several Nintendo fans that would go bonkers if a new Beetle Adventure Racing game came out, only on Switch.

 

...I’m just spit-balling here, EA. You can take the proverbial ball and run with it from here, if you want.

EA doesn’t do exclusives.  They do GaaS. 

[Rodimus]

Just like EA to blame their customers.

[XxEvil AshxX]

Bite-sized games do well. Games that could be picked up and played for a few minutes at a time.

 

...but those games don't fit into EA's GaaS model.

[Keyser_Soze]

9 hours ago, GameDadGrant said:

That would change I think, if EA dropped an exclusive on the system. One that can’t be played anywhere else but Switch. Maybe a new SSX would do the trick. Or Road Rash? And oh man, maybe they wouldn’t be down for an exclusive Need for Speed (like they did on Wii) but I know several Nintendo fans that would go bonkers if a new Beetle Adventure Racing game came out, only on Switch.

 

[AbsolutSurgen]

How many (not FTP) games on Switch that WEREN'T published by Nintendo have sold more than a million copies?  Not many (and fewer that cost $60.)

[GameDadGrant]

2 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said:

EA doesn’t do exclusives.  They do GaaS. 

If that’s true, EA can keep their games off of Switch. Playstation and Xbox fans may eat that stuff up, but Nintendo fans ain’t falling for that garbage.

[stepee]

Actually, the Sims is the one thing that would for sure sell on switch.

[Biggie]

55 minutes ago, stepee said:

Actually, the Sims is the one thing that would for sure sell on switch.

I’d buy it

[Dre801]

No Frostbite for Switch.