When the Wii was released super-publisher EA caught a bit of flak for not giving the format the respect it deserved. Thankfully the company has changed its attitude and has been duly rewarded with a massive jump in sales.
According to EA's financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2009, 14% of its overall revenue was generated by titles on the Nintendo Wii. The previous year, it was just 8%.
While this obviously represents a big jump, some perspective is probably in order; the Wii is still the console on which EA makes the least amount of money - both the PS3 (16%) and 360 (24%) bag EA more moolah.
Still, it's good to see that the Wii is getting some love, anyway.
[source kotaku.com]
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Ah well, hopefully we get another Tiger Woods Golf game soon, now that he's back.
Edit1: FIRST!!!!!!!
Great. Now how about a Sims game that isn't a spinoff?
Well, maybe by next year with another possible 6% jump, the Wii will be competing more evenly with the other systems!
Money-saving idea for the site:
Result: little need to keep Damien on staff
As always stated on kotaku.com's comments section:
I SEE WHAT YOU DID THAR!
50% of what I see hear is on kotaku and other gaming sites. But I love this site for its staff (CORBIE FTW) and their honesty.....I think.
But last I checked I thought they did this for free...now if it involves MONAY I'll copy and paste from N4G if I have to.
time to make a cricket game
Not surprising. EA make more games for hardcore gamers (nothing wrong with that by the way, just speculation) so the fact that more is made from hard-core-gamer platforms comes as no surprise
I'd have thought PS3 and 360 would have higher figures in comparison though
ya ea shud do medal of honor heroes 3 or sumthing cool
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