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EA wants to 'take some risks' on Wii

by Xav de Matos on May 21st 2009 2:00AM

According to EA's Joe Booth, plans for the Nintendo Wii are "long-term" at EA, as the company tries to strike a good balance of titles for the popular platform in 2009. In an interview with the Official Nintendo Magazine, the senior producer for Electronic Arts' Nintendo group said the company wants to "take some risks" with Nintendo's home console.

"The industry has woken up to the Wii," Booth told the mag. In his own estimation, Booth -- who is overseeing Need for Speed Nitro for Wii -- feels the Wii has a lot of "new energy," which drives his group's passion. Perhaps Nintendo's energy stems from sailing high above the competition in hardware sales.

Electronic Arts has a slew of Wii exclusive software planned for 2009, including EA Sports Active and Dead Space: Extraction, along with special Wii versions of its annual sports franchises.

[Via Edge]

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Tags: business, ea, electronic-arts, need-for-speed-nitro, nintendo, platform, risks, Wii

Reader Comments (29)

risks?
but the wii is a best seller console

How, make good games for it? zing. (i kid)

Aww you beat me to it. I was gonna say, "By making a decent game?"

No! Please no more decent games. I havent got enough time to play the games i want, nevermind the other dozen i'll buy before years end and half-dozen i haven't bought yet!

No, i wasn't being sarcastic.

We know. Because you remind us every day.

So, what flavor is your Kool Aid again? Cause the one most of us tried back in November '06 still tastes like shit.

who the fuck drinks 3 year old Kool-Aid??

Why is the Ford badge/logo oversized on that Ford GT? O.o

Because you touch yourself at night.

Those are Wii Graphics nobody care's.

@ BUGz,

+1, and well deserved old chap !!

Wow, a comment about the Wii's graphics.... that's common.
Seriously? Most games on the Wii run @ >30fps. My Xbox 360 runs GTA IV @ 20FPS in crowded places. They shouldn't use more than the console can handle.
Anyway, EA just port everything to the Wii, PLEASE >

EA? TAKE RISKS? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHA

Played Dead Space or Mirror's Edge yet?

mirrors edge blew, dead space is hardly risk taking.

" feels the Wii has a lot of new energy which drives his group's passion " Translates to :
" The WII sells like crazy and we want some of that cash pile "
You got to love marketing speak .

Wow...... I can't believe how bad Wii owners are getting raped !!

Oh well I guess that's what you get when you choose to spend your hard earned cash on a toy/novelty instead of a real next-gen system !!

You'll have to excuse my confusion. Personally i will buy Dead Space: Extraction and NFS:Nitro, looking forward to both immensely, AND my anus is still in-tact. No raping going on here!

What game system isn't a "toy"? They're all entertainment systems. Which game system do you use for work and make money from? Only a PC/Mac has ever been a money generating tool.

be sure to keep copypastaing that comment or else Reggie will sneak into your house and kill your family while you sleep

@ Mophead, (see what I did there),

1) It's, "copy and pasting", (for the spelling challenged).

2) Why would I be scared of a guy named Reggie, (next you'll tell me his wife's name is Veronica).

3) You can tell Reggie and the gang that I said, "Bring It", I'll meet them behind Pop Tate's at 3:30 pm !!

4) Oh and by the way I know who Reggie is.

EA wants to 'waggle some risks' on Wii

DONT DO IT EA, TOO MANY COMPANIES HAVE SACRIFIED THEMSELVES IN VAIN OF FINDING THIS LEGENDARY 'SUCCESS', DONT LET THEM DIE IN VAIN!

Free Radical and Factor 5 might disagree with that...

So...EA's new version of 'taking risks' seems an awful lot like their old version, which involved making sequels, ports, and offshoots of already established franchises on a popularly selling console. Risky!

If EA really wanted to take a risk, they would cut their deal with the NFL and let Sega back in the game. Now THAT would be a risk.

Also, stop making crappy Wii games that involve performing mindless tasks in the game. There's no reason to implement graffiti into a racing game. NONE.

but its so hip and funky fresh!

They need to make profit. Wii will give it to them. It's very cut-and-dry

FINALLY, SOME SENSE!!!

Looks like the purple car was added there by a Photoshop amateur. There's no shadow under it, unlike the yellow car.

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