EA Sports’ Peter Moore On The Struggle Of Selling Sports Games To Wii Owners

[Steve_OS]

MTV has the scoop.

Quote:

"The challenge we face is that that consumer gets ‘Wii Sports‘ right out of the box and that’s a sports experience that’s good enough for a lot of people. That is a challenge for us at times. “Secondly, we’re doing very well with the core consumer, migrating them to the Xbox 360 and PS3 and, quite frankly, if they’re looking for that hardcore experience that’s where they’re buying that … We are seeing multiple copy purchases in the home. As you well know, I was the proponent of the Wii60 in the early days. I think there’s going to be a very strong multi-console ownership in homes. And I think that’s bearing out. We are starting to see, anecdotally, two copies of ‘Madden’ — one for the 360 or PS3 — and another copy for the younger kids or even for the wife or girlfriend on the Wii. “We’re going to keep pounding away. We know what we were doing wrong. ‘Tiger‘ is EA’s number one selling game on the Wii period. Period!"

[Lynsanity]

Both Madden 08 and NBA Live 08 were flawed products with less modes and features than any of the other versions, PSP and PS2 included.

That is why they didn't sell well.

[mgoblue]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lynsanity

Both Madden 08 and NBA Live 08 were flawed products with less modes and features than any of the other versions, PSP and PS2 included. That is why they didn't sell well.

You won't ever see a Wii game competitive in modes and features because it's underpowered and not really meant to compete like that. But look, wooooo, we have motion controls. Wii ports of all games tend to suck compared to the alternative.