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FIFA 14 On The Wii U Could Have Been The Best

Eskimo Press: "When I first read that EA were not going to be releasing FIFA 14 on the Nintendo Wii U I didn't really care. I've always played the FIFA series on my PlayStation video-game console. However, recently I was gifted with a Nintendo Wii U and, naturally, the first thing I did was check the eShop to try some demos. I quickly spotted FIFA 13 and downloaded it; very eager to see how this Nintendo Gamepad ultimately changes the game."

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Neonridr3913d ago

assuming the Wii U sales start to take off this fall/holiday season now that we are starting to see the heavy hitters start trickling in, I wouldn't be surprised to see a FIFA 15 version show up next year.

EA may have abandoned Nintendo for now, but I guarantee you they will be back if the Wii U starts moving units.

mcstorm3913d ago

I agree but EA should not of expected massive sales of there games on the WiiU anyway as they were released before the WiiU hit the market and games like fifa are not what people buy new consoles for. I think they should update the Squads to say think you to the people who picked up fifa on the Wiiu though as it cant take much time to do this and this is what 2K did with there last 360 and PS3 NHL games.

I picked up fifa 13 on the Wiiu as I am selling my PS3 and 360 due to getting a one in November and wanted a football game to play when friends and family come round and even though it is missing some things the PS3 and 360 versions had its is not a bad games and it looks better then them as well.

Im sure the WiiU sales will be a lot better come the end of this year and the start of next year because games like Pikmin 3, Wonderful101, Mario3D, DK, Sonic and WiiU fit all before the end of the year should pickup good sales and then early next year we have Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros which again will boots the WiiU sales.

xYLeinen3913d ago

could've, would've, should've.......

Baka-akaB3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

Not really , not at all even . There are more powerful machines on the direct horizon , and everything the wiiu pad proposes is possible and more (dont forget it's not even multitouch) with a console+tablet combo

Neonridr3913d ago

since when has Multi-touch been useful for a smartphone or tablet game? Oh right, when you needed a virtual joystick and buttons on the screen. The Gamepad has physical buttons and sticks, thus removing 99% need for multi-touch.

What do you use your multi-touch for in games? Pinch-zooming on a map? Exciting stuff.

Baka-akaB3913d ago (Edited 3913d ago )

Like hell i'd know . I dont care at all for mobile/tablet gaming , as my post history will shows . I'm just saying that regular tablet can do the same things and more than a wiiu pad , on the touch side .

gedden73913d ago

COULD HAVE EASILY been the best! The controller (gamepad) is PERFECT for sports games... PERFECT!!!!

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EA Hopes to Use Generative AI to Drive Monetization and Make Development 30% More Efficient

Today Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson provided a look into his ideas for the use of generative AI in the company's development processes.

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thorstein55d ago

I wonder what the next buzz word they'll slap in front of AI to make it sound exciting next? "Generative" as if it's creating its own content. Lol.

Cacabunga54d ago

EA is already dying a painful death..

peppeaccardo54d ago

i have a better idea .. why the whole exec team doesn't get replaced by chat bots ?

just_looken54d ago

Though i agree the ai thing is already in other forms of media there have been ai translations/scripts/voice over and even full ai commercials aired on tv. Ubisoft has created a ai game creator story/vo/music except the building of the game

The new unreal engine has auto terrain creation tools

In the world of greed in which it is winning without any major blow back ai is our future.

everyone want's biden dead on the mic or a criminal instead of a woman and now we are getting ai everything because no one will stop watching/playing ai created media.

GamerRN54d ago

Maybe they should just focus on making good games?

Just a thought...

Kiryu199254d ago

Exactly EA are just pure evil. When they are beating Bank of America to be voted the worst company to work for that’s saying a lot

Good thing I don’t buy their games day one and wait for deep deep sale years after launch (the select few games I am actually interested in)

Gaming is making so much money yet the greed of these companies is never ending

CEO’s and people on board making millions yet cutting jobs to those who are actually making the products

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Knightofelemia55d ago (Edited 55d ago )

EA is still a shady shitty company even with or without the help of Skynet. All they will use AI for is new ways to milk loot boxes and come up with the same sports title with a different year on the label. They are one company I truly do hate with a passion. They single handedly ruined some great franchise with their death touch. ME, Dead Space, Alice Returns, Dante's Inferno.

Stuart575654d ago

EA layoffs followed by 'Generative AI to Drive Monetization'

I knew it. Wonder what AI salary looks like? Nothing.

ChasterMies54d ago

I having a feeling that most of the layoffs in the industry are based on the idea that AI will do the same job for less.

DarXyde53d ago

Very likely, yes.

Made worse by the fact that the execs aren't changing their compensations.

My deepest fear at this point is that we are now in the capitalism endgame.

At this point, we really should just burn AI to the ground. Executives cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
How are those people expected to support families if everything gets automated?

Barlos54d ago (Edited 54d ago )

And take away creativity, and people's jobs as we've been seeing. Got it.

No thanks. I want my games created by people, not AI.

CobraKai54d ago

Exactly. If or when games start becoming more AI than people, im done with gaming. AI and companies like EA can suck donkey d***k.

just_looken54d ago

Though i agree remember this is no ps3/360 era were we got up to 3 games in one generation from on developer like gears/halo/bioware/sony/ms

The people today are pro esg/sweet baby for the most part AAA gaming is imploding right now.

We should be stepping back re evaluate everything as a whole this year xmen 97 written/directed by a woman that is nuts and its also being made by a group reshaping bodies to be less sexual like wtf. A dam famous cartoon from the 90's is being rebuilt with millions spent to be worse in everyway.

Gaming/movies/tv shows made today are worse than what we had 7years ago ai won't change this but that ai is also being made by these groups so either way we are screwed.
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Eonjay54d ago

Don't be of afraid of women. Sexy characters in games and movies still exist. Got my Stellar Blade on preorder!!! Everything all the time doesn't need to be sexual...that's stupid, childish and dull.

Chocoburger54d ago (Edited 54d ago )

EA doesn't want to lose their title of worst gaming company ever, always trying their best to remain the champs!
What's sad is that they have so much potential to be a decent publisher.

SSX Tricky / SSX 3
Def Jam Vendetta / Fight for New York
NBA Street
NFL Steet
Mirror's Edge
Bad Company
Burnout 3 / 4 / 5

Remember when EA used to be awesome? It's all over with now. Unpolished, if not out-right broken games these days. Endless monetization and gambling in their sports games, and let's not forget wasting hours of your life trying to unlock characters or equipment using "surprise boxes!"

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EA And Sony Layoffs, Entertainment News And More Skewedcast

Gareth, Justin, and JoeyZ look at Layoff news for EA and Sony and reasons behind the downturn in the industry and more.

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EA - Continuing to evolve our business and teams

EA CEO Andrew Wilson writes: "In this time of change, we expect these decisions to impact approximately 5 percent of our workforce. I understand this will create uncertainty and be challenging for many who have worked with such dedication and passion and have made important contributions to our company. While not every team will be impacted, this is the hardest part of these changes, and we have deeply considered every option to try and limit impacts to our teams. Our primary goal is to provide team members with opportunities to find new roles and paths to transition onto other projects. Where that’s not possible, we will support and work with each colleague with the utmost attention, care, and respect. Communicating these impacts has already begun and will be largely completed by early next quarter."

LG_Fox_Brazil62d ago

All the big ones doing the same stuff. Terrible. I just hope that all these people are able to get a new job as soon as possible, God know that it is horrible to be left jobless when you have your kids or your parents depending on your financial help

Jin_Sakai62d ago (Edited 62d ago )

2024 so far.

Feb ’28 Electronic Arts (EA) 670 (5%)
Feb ’24 PlayStation 900 (8%)
Feb ’24 Vice Media Group Several hundred
Feb ’24 Buzzfeed 16%
Feb ’24 NowThis 26 (50%)
Feb ’24 Paramount Global 800 (3%)
Feb ’24 SiriusXM 160 (3%)
Feb ’24 Snapchat 10%
Jan ’24 TechCrunch 8 + subscription product
Jan ’24 U.K.’s Channel 4 200
Jan ’24 Business Insider 8%
Jan ’24 Microsoft Gaming 1,900
Jan ’24 Riot Games 530
Jan ’24 Sports Illustrated Possibly all
Jan ’24 YouTube 100
Jan ’24 Pitchfork (Conde Nast) Undisclosed
Jan ’24 Universal Music Group Hundreds
Jan ’24 Discord 17%
Jan ’24 NBC News 50-100
Jan ’24 Audible 5%
Jan ’24 Google Hundreds
Jan ’24 Amazon Hundreds
Jan ’24 Duolingo 10%
Jan ’24 VideoAmp 20%

DATA AS OF FEB. 28, 2024

outsider162462d ago

Is it possible maybe this whole ai thing is in play?

just_looken61d ago

Another long list that skips over UPS cutting 12,000 jobs those workers as we know work without ac low pay and old box trucks but that company had to cut 12k jobs do too loosing billions of dollars year 2 year.

https://edition.cnn.com/202...

The greed and lack of transparency/oversight is disgusting.

Ups are still making bang but not enough for a golden boat fleet.

Remember we all use ups at some time even stuff in our stores this is going to be a huge issue gong forward i know in my area they removed half the state ups stores northern half least population got some 3rd party running packages now from minivans.

Sonic188161d ago

When I explan this I get called a troll 🤔 like wtf

thorstein61d ago

@just_looken

UPS is a different story altogether.

They are paying the people doing the actual work/ earning the money more and eliminating management.

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CrimsonWing6962d ago (Edited 62d ago )

You do realize around this time this happens all throughout many industries (not just the game industry), right? It has to do with taxes for these major companies, like tax subsidies for downsizing. You want to know a little secret? Around May or so you’ll see a spike in hiring…

It blows my mind that people are oblivious to corporate workings.

Andrew33662d ago

So over 25 huge companies cut jobs every year like this and it only got noticed this time?

CrimsonWing6962d ago (Edited 62d ago )

@Andrew336

Yes, that’s exactly what I’m saying. Google it up if you’re uninformed of how corporations work. Only gamers seem to live in a bubble and when they see things like crunch, acquisitions, and lay-offs they act like this is the only industry it happens to and how shocked they are about it.

Welcome to the real world, kid.

thorstein61d ago (Edited 61d ago )

EA CEO Wilson's total compensation was 20 million. Let's take away 19 million (I'm sure he can survive on 1 million.... somehow).

1 million is the salary of an in the chair developer @100,000 for 10 years.

He could earn 1 million a year.

And save the jobs of 15 in the chair devs for A DECADE (plus benefits) with ONE YEAR'S compensation.

RhinoGamer8862d ago

No Executive accountability or firings I see...

just_looken61d ago

Do not worry they will take over 40mill say sorry then get hired by playstation or xbox

blackblades61d ago

I heard Japan does it better, they do layoffs like what's happening with companies in the west. The higher ups also being agreeing to to lower there own salary. These MFs like jim and Phil isnt gonna do that they want that $

Sonic188162d ago

Like I said earlier, this is happening all around the gaming industry.

Petebloodyonion62d ago

The point I feel is problematic about all of this is that focusing on Owned Ip means more sequels, remasters and more of what was selling last year.

TheColbertinator62d ago

EA is certainly among the worst,if not the worst

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