There seems to be a problem when the latest Madden sells more than two million copies on PS3, Xbox 360 and PS2 combined in the U.S. in August this year - and just a little over 100,000 on the Wii according to sales-tracker NPD. A few years ago, that kind of sales misery on a Nintendo console would be okay. For a long time, sports games on Nintendo consoles just didn't sell. But given that Wii Sports sparked Nintendo's GameCube-to-Wii console resurrection, it seems like sports games can sell on the Wii. So why isn't EA Sports having an easier go of it on the Wii? MTV Multiplayer recently asked EA Sports chief Peter Moore to tell them what EA was doing right and wrong with sports games on Nintendo's console.
Tracey John writes: In reviewing the box art of new game releases every week, we noticed that every EA Sports All-Play cover for the Wii features a smiling athlete. It's even more noticeable if you compare them to the covers of the same titles released on other platforms. When we sat down with EA Sports chief Peter Moore last week, we asked him why there are grinning athletes on the box art of their Wii-only sports titles.
GamerDeals.net writes: The highlights this week include NBA 2K9 (Xbox 360/PS3/PS2) and NBA Live 2009 (360/PS3/Wii/PS2/PSP). Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of October 5, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!
After years of lamenting that they see no kickback from the extremely lucrative used game market, game makers have launched a counter-attack by packing new games with one-use codes for extra content.
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