Cool, and if that number were 500k? 5 million? Do you know what it needs to be to be considered successful? I don't, so let's not worry about the number that I just made up.
Thwy haven't even done that for the PS4/XBO so I am noy sure why you would expect that.
Nope, I don't. I just know that comparing Madden to a NIS rpg is not even remotely realistic.
What genre diversity would EA bring exactly that isn't already on the platform?
I agree with you but that's been a nintendo problem for generations.
That's not a genre. Switch gets mediocre annualized sports games already thanks.
I would argue that Madden is a radically different experience compared to FIFA or NBA2K.
They have announced to bring some remasters to consoles, so maybe a Switch version is in the cards too.
Really? If that's the case then I hope they remaster Dead Space 1 and 2.
An investor even asked for The Sims 4. Also, the Switch is no strange of getting ports of freemium mobile games, so titles like PvZ3 or Apex Legends (mobile) would also work. A reworked version of last gen Madden like they did for FIFA, perhaps? And those are the low hanging fruits. If they want to do some real investment, Switch just got Overwatch, so Garden Warfare would be akin to it.
Of course they could. But their active hate towards Nintendo shows they would not.
Sure but is it a genre diverging experience?
Anyway, the original intent of my post was in response to the one that said that plenty of other games sold well on Switch and to point out that "sold well" is relative. I specifically chose an egregious example to illustrate that, and that's all.
Still, by all metrics the switch is a healthy system with good software sales. We are not talking about the 3DS here, let alone the Wii U.
This. Their analytics probably show its not worth it.
Interesting that every other major publisher seems to have a differing set of analytics. Like Activision (Overwatch, Crash, Spyro, Diablo), Bethesda (Doom, Elder Scrolls, Wolfenstein), Take 2 (NBA2K, Civilization, Outer Worlds), Ubisoft (Rayman, Just Dance, Assassin's Creed, Rabbids), Microsoft (Minecraft, Ori), Epic (Fortnite, Rocket League), THQ, 505, CDPR and so on. I wonder what EA sees that basically no one else does?
All the public data shows that Switch is selling software on comparable rate to the other consoles. Again, the Switch is not the 3DS.
Trust me, I would absolutely love to eat my words if they turned around tomorrow and said, "Hah, we've been working on PvZ and SSX for the Switch all along!" But the likelihood ain't looking too great.
EA has seen poor sales for the biggest game on the planet on the device and decided it's just not worth it. They literally said we'll put Fifa on it and then decide about other game.
They said the opposite about FIFA to investors and it's results being positive. Also 19 apparently outsold 18 so it was rising in sales, 20 will almost certainly plummet thanks to being prematurely Legacied.
I mean, okay, but Switch is also the best selling console in EA's largest market right now. This isn't like Dreamcast, Vita or Wii U here.
