85 is not average

In a move that will come as a suprise to nobody at all, EA have announced their first wave of uninspiring titles for the forthcoming Nintendo Wii. Have a good hard think about what some of them might be, then click through to the rest of the article…

Give yourself a point for each of these that you came up with - Madden, Tiger Woods, SSX, NFS, The Godfather, and Harry sodding Potter. Got a lot of points? Welkom Zu EA. The I4U post covering the announcement rambles on thusly: “It seems that EA is more excited with the Wii than they were the Gamecube.” Let’s face it, isolated ancient Brazillian rainforest tribes with no trousers and no electricity got more excited about the Gamecube than EA did. What did our friends in Mountain View come up with for the launch of the Gamecube? Anyone heard of some guy who likes American football called John? How about a snowboarding game with an unpronouncable acronym for a title? Chalk up those points - we’ll be into triple figures by the time the PS3 lineup goes public.

EA GM John Schappert is quoted as saying “the game play possibilities are staggering and endless”. Although you not incorrect about the potential of the Wii, John, I contest that when you say the words ‘game play’, a thousand little demons that constitute what used to be your soul all cackle heartily in raptuous glee. Substitute ‘game play’ in that quote with ‘commercial possibilities arising from you guys buying the same games year on year’, and we’re much closer to the mark.

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