{"id":153216,"date":"2019-08-01T02:53:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T18:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1798276\/"},"modified":"2019-08-01T02:53:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T18:53:23","slug":"eas-excuse-for-ignoring-nintendo-switch-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/01\/eas-excuse-for-ignoring-nintendo-switch-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"EA\u2019s Excuse For Ignoring Nintendo Switch Sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fifa-switch-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<p>Back in January 2017 Nintendo hosted a live event to share more details on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-nintendo-switch-1685280\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Switch<\/a>\u00a0just before its launch later that March. They brought several third party partners on stage to pledge their support for the system. One of those partners was Patrick S\u00f6derlund, formerly of EA, who claimed he loved Nintendo so much he gave his child the middle name of Luigi. He then promised that <em>FIFA<\/em> would come to the Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Fast-forward to now and <em>FIFA<\/em>\u00a0games are the only EA games on the Nintendo Switch (outside of two indie EA Partners games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/hands-on-fes-fantasy-forest-lets-you-speak-to-the-trees-1730143\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Fe<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and <em>Unravel 2<\/em>). And even those portable versions of the soccer sim have failed to keep up with the rest of the franchise, leaving out huge features like the single-player story mode and street soccer spin-off. We understood why EA called off its \u201cunprecedented partnership\u201d after the Wii U didn\u2019t use Origin in its online system and ended up being a failure anyway. But the Nintendo Switch is the current hottest thing in gaming. So what gives?<\/p>\n<p>EA\u2019s investors apparently feel the same way. While shareholders typically demand dumb things that would hurt game companies in the long-term for short-term gains, at EA\u2019s first quarter earnings call an analyst actually made a pretty savvy suggestion EA\u2019s CEO Andrew Wilson glibly ignored. The analyst asked why hit casual games in <em>The Sims<\/em> franchise weren\u2019t on Nintendo\u2019s family friendly machine. Wilson claimed Switch owners just play those games on other platforms so there\u2019s no reason to increase support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HPBcyYD2XgE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>First off, if a game isn\u2019t on Switch, then yeah Switch owners have no choice but to buy it on other platforms. They can\u2019t buy a version that doesn\u2019t exist. But beyond that I think it\u2019s been proven that there\u2019s demand for a wide variety of games on the console\/handheld hybrid not just from Nintendo but from third parties as well. This is a console with successful <em>Mario<\/em> and <em>Zelda<\/em> games but also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/doom-skyrim-and-l-a-noire-nintendo-switchs-hardcore-holiday-hitters-1723146\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Doom<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/diablo-iii-and-other-m-rated-nintendo-crossovers-1758926\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Diablo<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and soon <em>The Witcher 3<\/em>. Clearly those publishers think Switch owners didn\u2019t just buy those games on other platforms.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a shame too because there are a bunch of EA games we\u2019d love to see on Switch. Better versions of <em>FIFA<\/em> for sure but also other sports games like <em>Madden <\/em>and <em>NHL<\/em>. It\u2019s absolutely criminal that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/after-rocket-league-and-gear-club-unlimited-wheres-my-open-world-racing-game-for-nintendo-switch-1723489\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Burnout Paradise<\/em><\/a>\u00a0remaster didn\u2019t show up on Switch. <em>Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare<\/em> would feel right at home alongside <em>Splatoon<\/em>. There are still rumors of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/respawn-wont-comment-on-apex-legends-for-nintendo-switch-1782730\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><em>Apex Legends<\/em> Switch port<\/a>. No EA supports right now means no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/watch-star-wars-jedi-fallen-order-full-gameplay-demo-1793334\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars games<\/a>\u00a0for Switch. And even if the machine can\u2019t run the modern demanding Frostbite engine (currently ruining EA\u2019s developers) last-gen ports of <em>Dead Space<\/em> or<em> Dragon Age <\/em>or<em> Mass Effect<\/em> would clean up on Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully as the Switch sells more EA realizes how dumb this excuse is and catches up quickly. For more on Nintendo Switch here are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/play-these-nintendo-switch-games-before-pokemon-sword-and-shield-1793443\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">cool games to play right now<\/a>\u00a0and pre-order the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-lite-is-your-next-nintendo-handheld-1795121\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">Nintendo Switch Lite<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/fifa-switch-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/figure>\n<p>Back in January 2017 Nintendo hosted a live event to share more details on the Switch&nbsp;just before its launch later that March. They brought several third party partners on stage to pledge their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/games\/eas-excuse-for-ignoring-nintendo-switch-sucks-1798276\/\">EA&rsquo;s Excuse For Ignoring Nintendo Switch Sucks<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/\">Geek.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/01\/eas-excuse-for-ignoring-nintendo-switch-sucks\/\">\u95b1\u8b80\u5168\u6587 <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"slim_seo":[],"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[2297,2054,2,2047,2205,2206,16,7],"tags":[398,402,397,414,413,410,409,407,478,481,482,480,479,408,406,399,400,394,10,401,396,403,412,411,395,405,404,477],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7prtj-DRe","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153216"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153216"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153217,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153216\/revisions\/153217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}