EA might have sold more PC copies of sports games, if they ported versions other the playstation 2.

Madden 07 & 08 were PS2 ports! And, the PS2 versions were already stripped down versions of the x360 & PS3.

Wouldn't it make more since to port the xbox 360 versions? Seeing how it already runs DirectX?

...NVidia, Intel and Microsoft, whose confuse, flawed, hyped and extremely expensive products always had a hard time interacting with each other, the PC as a gaming platform is becoming less and less interesting for everyone, specially developers.

So much potential is being more and more wasted by misused and rushed hardware running untested and bloated software, let alone the thousands of possible combinations, viciously pushing each other to stimulate maniac consumerism, all in name of the hungry american capitalism model.

The "art" of finding a sweet spot in the myriad of things that you must micromanage in a PC - to compensate for the above mentioned flaws - so you can play every game as better as possible is something that requires more time than gaming itself. And this is not a thing that the typical gamer is necessarily fond of.

I was, but now I'm too old for this $h!t. Now all I want is to sit in my couch, touch a button and play my games. This is how easy it should have always been with so much technology involved. Who cares about virtual foliage waving realistically with the wind in the middle of a blood lust firefight!

Now have a popcorn and watch how a huge and promising market niche kills itself.


Perhaps EA has concluded that there's not good money to be had writing games for a chrome plated turd?

ScottJ

So EA wants proper games for the PC.

I think BF2142, The Sims 2 and all of it's add-ons as well as Need for Speed; underground, overground, carbon, steel, cobalt, lead etc attest otherwise.

I always played Fifa on the pc using 2 logitech controllers. I hope they don't cancel it on pc. I'm not going to spend 400$ on a console to play fifa.

EA is well known for producing mediochre titles capitalizing on what used to be splendiferous franchises anyway. C&C, wing commander, ultima, and sim city were all once beacons of their genres. Now they are shadows of their former selves, and EA is to blame/thank, depending on your perspective. EA is wonderful at turning a profit for its stockholders, but at what price?