Topic: EA doesn't count Nintendo as next gen

I don't count EA a good developer company, so does it really matter?

...I get the feeling EA just made a graphics whore comment.
...That said I don't care...stopped caring for EA.

@Shrapmo - Something I have learned throughout my life is that insulting or talking down to someone when you are trying to make a point is one of the best ways to make that person lose interest in what you are saying. I've had people give excellent points that I have agreed with, but they presented them in an obnoxious way that made me lose respect for what they were saying. Foul language doesn't make any argument more valid or convincing. If you want someone to listen to what you are saying, do it in a thoughtful and respectful manner.

According to the wall street journal I borrowed from my friend this morning EA is failing to make enough profit and is getting close to going bankrupt. They really should think of their overall situation before they state things like this.

@Waveboy
Yes. I understand the limits of applying Kinect, and I recall Sony's hypocritical statement, too.
As for the 3D converter... I'm not sure which ones you were looking at, but I saw a pretty good one for $99 on Amazon, that converts 3D content to ge played real-time on non-3D displays. Alot of the complaints were about color loss and such, but that was in existence anyways. People expected alot more from 3D in the first place, so it's no surprise that there's some complaints on an entirely different box altogether. It can convert 2D to 3D, too, which is literally what the Jak & Dexter HD Collection did, and I know because I saw it myself, so it's worth looking into IMO. The one I saw was from ipp. Just search ipp 3d converter, and it'll show up. I think it uses passive glasses, but I don't remember... I'll take another look, but you should check it out.

@Waveboy
Also, it knocks the framerate down by half for each eye, which is standard anyways. I heard that some 3D displays have this same technology in them, too, at least for higher end 3D displays. If Wii U games start having 3D options in games, I might have to buy one to keep my setup up date. $100+tax+shipping beats $200 for it built in if you ask me. I thought the same thing when seeing compatibility between the 3DS and Wii U, too. The platforms aren't well matched enough to make the combining of them that seemless in content.

Your point is very valid and I respect that. This is also the reason I got kicked off the debate team in high school. It's just the whole assuming attitude that the thread started with, he assumed we would go off our rocker and that is a terrible way to start an argument, although I can't say I'm much better. I will try to control myself in the future.

@Shrapmo - I completely understand.

If EA wants to mostly sever themselves from an already 3.06 million-strong userbase established in the span of a month and a half, then let them. If they can afford to simply write off millions and millions of core gamers, then let them. If they wish to polarize their fanbase even further, then let them.

On another level and looking at this as a public relations issue, whoever gave that statement from EA should be immediately fired. If I held a high-level position in such a large company, I would want to know who in the world authorized that thing to hit the net. Most companies are careful with their wording, and will simply issue statements akin to "having no plans to develop for the platform at this time." EA already has a bad enough image amongst many gamers, and now you let some desk jockey in your company issue a passive agressive statement questioning the Wii U's status as "next gen," which has quite obviously been the hot topic of the internets over the past couple months. It's like tossing gasoline on the fire, and even in Nintendo forums you have people like Bankai who immediately take the flame bait, post it up along with his or her own passive aggressive statements, and then watch it burn. I mean, seriously. Come on. The first time I read the thing I briefly questioned its authenticity, because it actually seemed too idiotic for EA to take such a back-handed, wet-noodle slap at a console that is performing quite well in a weak global economy in only 6-7 weeks' time. Has nobody else looked at it this way? We all just accept that EA is that moronic?

As Bankai said in one of his posts, at least Nintendo fans follow through with their misgivings and have tended to not support EA games that much in the past. Something like this cements that feeling for me even moreso.

I assumed that people would go on about how EA is crap, EA doesn't know what it's talking about, etc etc.

I ended up having a debate with people about how EA is not crap and how EA knows what it is doing.

So....

L. O. L!

This thread fails to capture any fragment of my attention. TO THE YOUFOE THREAD!

not a League of Legends fan, no

I retract my statement then u___u merely complimenting your comment, but now you reveal yourself to be a noob too u___n

As some people have tried to say, I don't think EA is making any kind of slight against the Wii U here. It's probably just not capable of running the games they're going to be making for the Sony and Microsoft consoles, so they'll have to make games that specifically for it. That's a good thing?

I find it interesting how everyone has a different understanding of "next generation." My mind always instantly went to "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Now that was titled that not because it had "better graphics," "more processing power," or "the ability to take a dump and play mario at the same time." It was titled that because it simply was the generation after the one that came before it. Think of it this way, you are a different generation from your father. But wait you don't have wings, x-ray vision, or accelerated regeneration to make you clearly better than your father, so therefore you aren't part of the next generation.(DISCLAIMER: You might have these super powers, in that case just pay attention to the Star Trek analogy) That's not true, or else there would be very few generational gaps. Of course all this is void if there is some different definition of "generation" when it comes to video games.

EA is full of dunces if they think they have the right to say that.The Wii U has more power,and don't get me started on MySims.

@WavesofSteel: Pretty much the best sports game ever made. As a kid I kept hitting reset on the NES just to hear the chiptune voice saying Blades of Steel!

Thing is, there is a different definition of "generation" when it comes to video games, but the definition has become a bit blurred over time. Originally, gaming generations were established during the bit wars, meaning that 8-bit consoles were a generation, 16-bit consoles were another... But after the Nintendo 64 (or possibly by the N64), bits became irrelevant. As such, current generations cannot be easily defined. Defining it in the order the consoles are released isn't always enough, because systems from the same generation aren't necessarily released the same year, so there can be overlaps. Also, it might be hard to determine at what point it's a new generation and not just a revision. As such, it's hard to determine if the Wii U is "next gen", It depends what the speaker means by "next gen" and is possibly an arguable point, especially when specs might be so drastically different.