SlipperySlope
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Just an idea. If the PS4 also requires a fee for used games, this could be why EA ditched Nintendo. Nintendo not playing ball with it. Emphasis on the word if.
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Used games... maybe why EA ditched Nintendo?
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frankie_baby
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i suggested this idea a few weeks ago, i'm 99% convinced this is fact now
ChosenPredator
Banned
Nintendo Wii U will probably be the last bastion of hope for gamers and in the end of the day will win the gamers heart
Crumpet Trumpet
Banned
or because Wii U is not selling well
VGChampion
Member
I really hope this isn't why EA ditched the passes. If so, I just see something similar happening with PS4 which is my last hope for the big tech.
AHA-Lambda
Member
No, but probably why EA and MS got this new "unprecedented partnership" 
Impeccable
Member
What if the new Ignite Engine and Frostbite were not able to be tailored to such extremely weak specifications?
Makes more sense.
Makes more sense.
theviolenthero
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fabricated backlash
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Just go PC then.
We still need word on what the PS4 is doing on the used game front but Sony has been unwilling to go into more detail. If they do require a fee of some kind then I think we might have found out the real reason why EA abandoned Nintendo before the Wii U launched. Let's be honest here people. Things went south long before the Wii U released.
i suggested it as a possibility awhile ago, but i doubt nintendo restricted that option from EA. it's possible that they wanted to ease gamers into it by removing the game from nintendo's platforms at first and then easing them into it after the other 2 consoles launch
it's primarily EA
it's primarily EA
GoddyofAus
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I said something along these lines in a thread and it got locked lol
No. Things with EA went negative long before the Wii U launched. Bad sales are fairly recent in the grand scheme of things. They walked away long before that became an issue and it can be argued it became an issue because they walked away and made the system's outlook look bad.
frankie_baby
Member
its pretty obvious EA had decided to shaft the wii u before it wasn't selling, yeah they might have bothered to throw it a few bones had it sold better
Mihael Mello Keehl
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Has sony denied this yet?
Keyser Soze
Member
It selling selling more that the PS4 and the Xbox One.
EA (and others) are betting on future things to decide to drop something they could make money on currently
The supremely scalable Frostbite engine that will soon launch on mobile platforms?
Anyway, I think it's the number of users/buyers of the first few EA games mostly. I don't think the status quo would be that big a dealbreaker for EA, given that they could've just stuck to OnlinePasses for the Wii U.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Sony haven't commented on it.
frankie_baby
Member
something something frostbite something ps360 something something
ii Stryker
Banned
Right now the WiiU is all the more attractive to me because of todays reveal
Jawmuncher
Member
That's definitely how I'm feeling now.
Especially as more and more info comes out from MS and Sony.
EA canned Crysis 3 on Wii U before launch, I don't think sales were the main reason for it.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
Lets not create vengeful rhetoric just because it fits a narrative.
EA ditched Nintendo because their new games weren't selling shit, before they could even get to the concern of used games.
EA ditched Nintendo because their new games weren't selling shit, before they could even get to the concern of used games.
THey said it will play used games..... they did not say there wouldnt be a fee attached...and honestly...I dont see a problem with used game fee as long as its like $10.... its pretty shitty devs get cut out of the deal
Remember, because Microsoft does not have a "playschool like peripheral".
<Proceeds to watch someone talk to their console to open a web browser while watching a movie>
All honesty, it makes a lot of sense. But EA didn't really show (yet) what they are bringing specifically to Xbox One.
<Proceeds to watch someone talk to their console to open a web browser while watching a movie>
All honesty, it makes a lot of sense. But EA didn't really show (yet) what they are bringing specifically to Xbox One.
metalslimer
Member
Hard to do with the rest of the industry doesn't care.
X-Box One allows used games, with a fee of course.
Duane Cunningham
Member
If that's the case, Nintendo should be shouting it from the rooftops. And should've been for weeks now.
So is Microsoft. But you have to pay a fee.
Sony didn't say anything about potential fees or online passes.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was the reason. EA clearly made their decision before the WiiU even launched, so I doubt sales were the reason behind it. However, I do believe that the WiiU's poor sales have meant that there isn't an incentive for EA to restart supporting the WiiU.
Chû Totoro
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Wouldn't be that surprising. They are the only one who can risk not to have some big third party partnership.
This is the reason I'm still very very sceptical about this. EA ditching Nintendo makes Nintendo look really bad. If they did it because of the used game stuff, why doesn't Nintendo clear that up? That would win them a lot of points.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
ohh..ok we'll see soon
According to microsoft to pay the fee is to have the game since it must be installed. I dont think the fee will be small.
Gonzo The Great
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Games don't take three months to develop. These are decisions they made before the console launched.
Linkstrikesback
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My major problem with it isn't the price (though it is still an issue). Once microsoft shuts down those servers in the future, you can never buy a used xbox one game again. Ever.
In ~10 years when the next next xbox has been out for a while, and the servers are turned off, thats it.
Chû Totoro
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I just won't buy any EA games. I've played the Fifa 13 demo the whole year. I can do that for Fifa 14.
Are you using "new" ironically?
yea for sure. they should get a cut every time you loan your copy out. maybe they can use their market weight to push this onto DVDs and blu-rays as well, movie creators deserve it. maybe use Kinect and PS Eye to charge an extra fee for every head in the room for movie rentals as well
what? Authors don't get "cuts" of used book sales. movies studios either. So why should gaming be different? Its that kind of mentality that is why MS and others can screw gamers every chance they get.