 Alright, you know it's serious now. We're talking about EA. We're talking about EA's attitude about Nintendo Switch Because they had their recent quarterly Financial briefing and in an earnings call forward and did a Q&A during that earnings call and thanks to a place called seeking alpha.com We have a translation of that earnings call However, they also linked the full audio in there Which I did listen to to confirm the translation or really transcribing I should say But before I get to that I want to talk about why we're talking about this because EA has not been a very ardent supporter of Nintendo for many years They did do some efforts on Wii. I gotta give them some credit for that They had tried making these arcade editions of Things like Madden and stuff like that. They were none of them really ever sold that well And it never really piqued people's interest. They were just wondering why couldn't we just get normal Madden? Just not in HD. Why do we need all these arcadey style games that just aren't very good? I mean we'd rather have NFL Blitz if I'm being honest the old-school NFL Blitz And then yes, they did efforts on DS and 3ds But they've been basically targeting Nintendo platforms less and less and less over the years This is not the heyday of the NES and 64 SNES Gameboy where we were getting pretty much everything from EA Those days are long gone EA has stopped treating Nintendo as an equal platform basically around the time we came out and it's never turned back We you they supported early in its life. We got a port of Madden However, it was basically a legacy edition of Madden that they didn't say was a legacy edition of Madden at the time and That was the year that introduced the physics engine into the game which is one of the biggest changes ever done to Madden and the history of Madden and This game didn't have it despite being basically the same power as the other platforms that had That so it really didn't make any sense that we were getting some older version of this Isn't like the switch compared to PlayStation 4 or something This was literally a platform that was more powerful than some of its contemporaries at that time And we got a really crappy thing of that. We got Mass Effect, Mass Effect Trilogy was ported For the most part it was a decent port The best port from EA was a Need for Speed game that came out Many many months you almost I think it was close to a year into the life of Wii U And that was a very well done port The online was paired back from eight racers to six, but that was just because of the CPU Otherwise it was pretty much the exact same experience and it was actually a lot of fun And that was probably the last great effort we saw out of EA There's been other games of course that come along the way switch as an example We've been getting FIFA every single year This year they're finally calling it a legacy edition news flash It's been a legacy edition the entire time what a legacy edition basically means is it's an older version of Madden with updated rosters That's what it's been this whole time despite them denying and saying they're making a completely unique experience for switch That was never the case People figured it out a long time ago. It was just like Madden from PlayStation 3 or Madden FIFA from PlayStation 3 ported over So yeah, anyways, that's neither here nor there. There's a lot of missing features They won't use any of the new engine from Frostbite all that stuff the best game we've gotten from From EA has basically been Faye or Fee however you want to pronounce it in indie title Obviously runs fantastic. I think we're getting unraveled too as well And that's a very very good game as well But again, those are indie games and obviously they're going to be a fit on a Nintendo platform Because switches become the Indie go to but EA does not support Nintendo platforms at all There's no not I mean what we get legacy editions of FIFA We don't even get a legacy edition of Madden. This is assuming that we even should be getting legacy editions and not newer versions in the first place I don't like that. We're seeing other companies out there with games much bigger than these Able to do wonderful things Hellblade Sony was sacrificed the Witcher 3 Wild Hunt is coming You know, we got games like Mortal Kombat 11 Diablo 3 The list is kind of going on and on Nintendo starting to build up a nice little library for itself of our games from third parties But EA's name is basically not on that list beyond FIFA well, I Have said back in June After experiencing EA play and see in zero switches at the EA play event for FIFA unlike the prior two years when they did have switches that I felt that EA had basically given up on switch although it kind of never really gave switch a chance and EA should just admit then that they just don't like the platform. They hate the platform whatever I'm here today to tell you that EA It's time to just openly admit that you just don't like Nintendo because the statement that came out of Andrew Wilson's mouth Does not Does not make a lot of sense So let's get to the earnings call and see exactly what was said so as you see here The operator says your next question comes from the line of Jeff Cohen from Stevin because this this was the earnings call So, you know, there was a basically an operator, you know Connecting people Jeffrey Cohen says thanks for the incremental color of the Sims It feels like the franchise would be one that would do really well on the Nintendo switch. I Mean, I think that's a pretty good take right there The Sims has traditionally done well on Nintendo platforms in the past including a Wii and DS and three 3ds So I don't I don't know why it's literally always been a good fit It's the kind of game that Nintendo fans would eat up. Hello animal crossing. Anyways, so I'm curious How do you guys determine which platforms you'd bring the game to or games to and is there any reason Why you won't want to bring that one on there? So he's asking Is there any reason that the Sims is not being considered for switch and in particular any other games Being considered from EA as well as basically asking EA. Why aren't you bringing games to switch? What are your thought process? Andrew Wilson the CEO the head honcho the man who runs all of electronic arts Chimes in with a very lengthy response here So let's let's just read the entire response and then I I will I will react Anytime we're evaluating platform conversations. We are really looking at a couple of things One, does the game really fit the profile of that platform in terms of the control or community ecosystem? Two, do we think the community playing on that platform would appreciate the game to go there? Or would they prefer to play it somewhere else? We have a lot of data that would suggest a great many switch owners also own a PlayStation 4 or an xbox one Or a pc and very often choose to play the games that we make on those platforms Even though they have a switch and they enjoy a lot of great content on the switch And so there's always an evaluation process that goes on a case-by-case basis And I wouldn't say that the sims would never go to switch But I think we're doing really really well attracting sims players As we said we did the promotion in the last couple months and brought in 7 million new sims players That we expect will engage in the community on a platform that is really tailored to user-generated content creativity and customization It's all bullshit Think about some of the things he's saying here You know, we have a lot of data that would suggest that that great many switch owners also own a PlayStation 4 xbox one or a pc And that is very true I have a gaming pc did have an xbox one before PlayStation 4 a lot of people own switch also own PlayStation 4 that that data point is fine. That is actually true That's been published and thrown around on the internet for a long time Yes, a lot of people that own switch also own other platforms the game on All right That point isn't what bothers me. It's what follows after that They choose to play the games that we make on those platforms even though they have a switch There is no choice. Yeah Yeah, you can't talk about how people that own a switch and own a piece gaming pc like I do I'll just use me as an example. I own a gaming pc I also own a nintendo switch You know why i'm playing madden on my pc because it's not on switch There isn't a choice you cannot talk about how people are choosing to play your games on other platforms Despite the fact that they own a switch when your games aren't on switch What what are you talking Andrew Wilson? You're talking into one ear and it's just flying out the other You're so full of bullshit That's what this is. It is a bullshit statement All you have to say And people already know this all you have to say Andrew Wilson Is we don't view switch as a viable platform for our games and leave it at that You don't need to get into specific reasons, but the reasons given they can't even be proven true Think about it. What did he say? Let's look at this one more time. Let me show you guys Many switch owners also own a PlayStation 4 or an Xbox 100 pc And very often choose to play the games that we make on those platforms even though they have a switch There is no choice The only game you've given a choice on is fifa And you know what's funny about fifa You are still bringing it to switch every single year. So the sales data on it must be pretty decent Since you're bringing it to switch every single year if it wasn't selling well enough, we know you would stop doing it You stopped it on we you you gave we you one fifa and that was it Switch it's obviously selling well enough to keep making it and keep releasing it so The logic's not adding up here then is it the one game you brought over that is on other platforms Sold well enough to keep it coming so again They chose To play another platform instead of switch Then you get to the next part. They enjoy a lot of great content on switch. Sure That's that's them trying to be complementary. So they're telling you people are choosing to play on other platforms Uh, even though they don't have a choice because there is no game on switch Uh, and then they're saying oh, but switch does have a lot of great content. I was always in a valuation process Let me see he's not going to rule out the sims ever going to switch because they never do that You know, they don't want to close the doors entirely slamming in people's face They pretty this statement pretty much does that but uh ea can walk it back because nintendo is not going to You know tell ye not to bring games over Uh, so he talks about how well sims is doing that really is unrelated to the question by the way The question has nothing to do with how healthy sims is the question is why isn't it on switch? So he goes into this long-winded explanation about how well it is How well sims is doing and then he talks about this they will engage the community on a platform See the fact this is brought up as a suggestion that switch is not such a platform On a platform that is really tailored to user-generated content Oh, you mean like minecraft? How about supermine maker 2? What about dragon quest builders 2? Oh wait all three of those games are doing record numbers on switch. I what? So user-generated content is not something that works on switch right it's best on other systems Creativity again that goes into user-generated content customization again Micro transactions in dlc to tell me that doesn't exist on games on switch of course it does It's bullshit the the the entire explanation is bullshit I am tired of hearing the excuses from ea. They finally Someone in an investor is called just directly asked. Thank you. Jeffrey Cohen who directly asked the ceo of ea Why the hell aren't these games on switch? He couldn't just say because they don't want to put them on switch and don't feel the platform's a good fit No They had to go into deep deep explanations about how well, I mean they have other platforms, so they just choose to play There's no choice my heart rate's just Right now i'm i'm so angry because here's the thing A lot of you are gonna say good riddance. We don't need ea. We don't need their games But here's the thing. I really enjoy some of the ea's games I kind of want to play the next dragon age on switch and you're like, oh, it's not possible Shut up the witcher threes on switch. It's possible. It's just they don't want to do it Okay, frostbite runs on phones. They could make it run on switch if they wanted to they just don't want to do it I am tired of excuses from one of the major Massive AAA. I mean, they're basically the only ones that aren't playing along I mean even at least ubisoft right who You know isn't exactly bringing all of their big games over at least they're porting some older stuff, right? Like we got assassin's creed three this year. Yeah, it's not great It would have been nice to get you know odyssey or something else, which they do have streaming on switch at least in japan So at least they're doing that But we get nothing from ea, but a legacy version of fifa That's it every year just a legacy and it must again It must be selling well enough The only game you have on the platform that you can compare to other systems is obviously selling well enough to keep making it so By that logic doing the same for like if you did a legacy mad and it would probably sell well enough to keep making it I Think is I don't really want these legacy editions anyways, you know the the we were able to get mass fat trilogy I'm freaking we you we can't get that on switch And drama to bomb them everywhere else. Maybe it'll do well on switch And this is in wake of the fact that switch is getting more and more through party So I think what's happening is this investor jeffrey cohen looked at the landscape of games and realized well There's one platform ea is not taken advantage of Like how come but thez does bringing doom eternal to switch and wolfenstein youngblood And we're not bringing anything but fifa. Why that seems like a lost opportunity at these other companies square enix outspread traveler They see the sales data. They see the 1.5 2.5 million in sales on that game Well, and they're wondering why isn't ea getting their slice of the pie on an install base That's only 37 million strong. Why are they not getting the slice of that pie? Why is ea just disinterested the sims a game that perfectly fits on a nintendo platform Perfectly. There's nothing happening in the sims that is not doable on switch Nope can't have it Not doing it Not the right audience. We target platforms that have the best audience for um user created content Again mario maker 2 is one of the biggest games on switch right now and it's completely user generated content Minecraft has been huge on switch every single month Dragon Quest builders 2 dragon quest builders itself the original both were huge on switch third party games Animal crossing is about to come out next year. It's a pretty pretty good comparison to something like sims That's going to be one of the biggest sellers on switch EA just said just admit it Andrew wilson. I am pleading with you. Just admit that you guys just don't like nintendo Okay It's pretty simple. You don't like nintendo. You don't want to put your games on nintendo You don't want to put the effort into them even though other studios are proving that it's worth putting effort into and that the games sell We don't care and that's what's so frustrating in having this conversation and trying to make sense out of what EA is saying and The logic with it the logic can only exist if you put in the effort and have the actual data to prove it There is no logical conclusion that if people had an option to buy a game on PlayStation 4 or buy it on switch That they would just buy it on PlayStation 4 There is not a logical conclusion for EA games to prove that and if you want to say well, look at the third party games Yeah, look at them Okay, we're getting doom and we're getting Wolfenstein young blood. We already got that We got Wolfenstein 2 the new Colossus. Obviously those games sold well enough to get the next ones I mean, yeah, you shouldn't be looking at switch and expecting PlayStation 4 sales But I mean half of those sales. I think that's a relatively Safe bet if you actually put in a good effort on the platform The Witcher 3 don't be shocked if the Witcher 3 moves a couple million on switch A late port to switch because you know, what's funny about owning all those other platforms If people own a PlayStation 4 X with one in a gaming PC, but they also own a switch. What does that tell you EA? What's the other data point you're ignoring? It tells you that PlayStation 4 PC and Xbox are not fully satisfying their gaming needs that they felt like they needed to buy a switch So they could play games on the go Which means if you offered your games to those exact same consumers that The only thing those other platforms are missing for them is the ability to the game on the go They might double dip. They might triple dip and get the game and take it on the go. So EA you're full of shit and I'm so tired of your nonchalant BS excuses for not supporting Nintendo platforms just I'm I have defended you a little bit in the past EA. I think I'm done. I'm there's no defense anymore Yes, I'm still playing Madden on my on my PC because I had a free month of origin premiere but I highly don't I'm re-upping after that because I kind of don't want to support your company with my money anymore I know some of you guys are already at that point with EA. I still have games of yours. I'm looking forward to EA, but How can you openly sit there and just lie out of both sides of your mouth about switch When you don't have the data to prove the points you're stating and the companies that are bringing games to switch Keep bringing more games to switch Basically disproving the entire point you're making. Heck your own game FIFA 18 19 and 20 All on switch Clearly people are buying your game too. So I'm done Thank you guys for tuning in. If you enjoyed the video drop a like subscribe for more content Share it around sure some of you guys already knew a bunch of this news But I had to get this rant out of the way. It's been bugging me. Um I'm I'm just I'm done EA just done. See you guys in the next video