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EA Sports' Peter Moore On The Struggle Of Selling Sports Games To Wii Owners (News)

Nov 25, 2008

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.

EA Sports: Athletes Must Smile On Wii Game Boxes (News)

Nov 22, 2008

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."

NBA Live 09 All-Play (Review)

Nov 4, 2008

When we see one of these All-Play sports games, we don’t know whether to applaud EA’s attempt to embrace the Wii’s family-friendly image or groan at the thought of having to play something that would barely tax the motor skills of a corpse. This is point ’n’ click basketball, where you aim the cursor at a player and press a button to pass to him. ...

NBA Live 09 (Screenshots)

Nov 4, 2008

NBA Live 09 - Signature shots (Video)

Oct 27, 2008

As part of their All Play initiative, EA puts out this too simple game that may entertain a mother or younger sibling, but will leave regular players at a loss.

New Game Releases for the Week of October 4, 2008 (News)

Oct 4, 2008

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!"

Developers Fight Used Game Sales via New-only DLC for Gears of War 2, NBA Live and Rock Band (News)

Oct 3, 2008

"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."

NBA Live 09 - trailer (Video)

Sep 16, 2008

As part of their All Play initiative, EA puts out this too simple game that may entertain a mother or younger sibling, but will leave regular players at a loss.

NBA Live 09 - Sizzle (Video)

Sep 10, 2008

As part of their All Play initiative, EA puts out this too simple game that may entertain a mother or younger sibling, but will leave regular players at a loss.