{"id":41639,"date":"2013-05-17T20:12:19","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T18:12:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=41639"},"modified":"2025-07-02T01:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:26:02","slug":"electronic-arts-abandons-wii-u-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/electronic-arts-abandons-wii-u-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Electronic Arts abandons Wii U development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo fans have a bit of bad news today as <a title=\"Electronic Arts\" href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/author\/electronicarts\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EA<\/a> has said it&#8217;s not currently developing any games for the Wii U, though the company is open to developing for the console in the future. The latest console from Nintendo has been struggling to sell, especially with the lack of games. Now that EA, one of the biggest video game publishers, is abandoning development for the console, the future of the Wii U is uncertain.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41644\" title=\"Wii U will work for games\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/Wii-U-will-work-for-games-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Wii U will work for games\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/Wii-U-will-work-for-games-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/Wii-U-will-work-for-games-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/Wii-U-will-work-for-games-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/Wii-U-will-work-for-games-664x373.png 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/Wii-U-will-work-for-games-238x133.png 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2013\/05\/Wii-U-will-work-for-games.png 1313w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This news is in stark contrast to E3&#8217;s partnership with Nintendo at E3 2011. CEO of EA John Riccitiello took to the stage and spoke enthusiastically about the Wii U.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;What Nintendo&#8217;s new console delivers speaks directly to the players of EA Sports and EA Games. Nintendo&#8217;s new console will produce brilliant high-definition graphics and new gameplay opportunities. We look forward to seeing great EA content on this new platform.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With EA abandoning development for the Wii U, major titles like <em>Madden<\/em> and <em>FIFA<\/em> won&#8217;t be coming to the console. The Wii U isn&#8217;t even listed for the upcoming <a title=\"grand theft auto V\" href=\"http:\/\/features.en.softonic.com\/t\/gta-v\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Grand Theft Auto V<\/em><\/a> game, which only supports PS3 and Xbox 360 for now.<\/p>\n<p>Still, not all hope is lost. The upcoming futuristic open-world game, <a title=\"watch dogs trailer\" href=\"http:\/\/news.en.softonic.com\/watch-dogs-release-date-announced-new-gameplay-trailer\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Watch Dogs<\/em><\/a>, is still heading to the Wii U.<\/p>\n<p>[Source: <a title=\"kotaku\" href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/ea-has-no-games-in-development-for-nintendos-wii-u-507588994\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kotaku<\/a> | Image: Lewis Leong]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo fans have a bit of bad news today as EA has said it&#8217;s not currently developing any games for the Wii U, though the company is open to developing for the console in the future. The latest console from Nintendo has been struggling to sell, especially with the lack of games. Now that EA, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/electronic-arts-abandons-wii-u-development\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Electronic Arts abandons Wii U development&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2033,"featured_media":41644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-41639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2033"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332900,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41639\/revisions\/332900"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41639"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=41639"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=41639"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=41639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}