CEO Yves Guillemot says zombie game for Wii U did not pay off; EA COO Peter Moore believes Nintendo's latest console has been a "disappointment."
Wii U launch title that "betting big" on the Wii U did not pay off for the company.
Guillemot also said it was ZombiU's underwhelming performance that led the publisher to decide to .
In May, Ubisoft Montpellier creative director Jean-Philippe Caro said the studio was , though firm details were not disclosed.
GameSpot has reached out to Ubisoft for additional comment or clarification on Guillemot's remarks and the status of the ZombiU franchise moving forward.
Electronic Arts chief operating officer Peter Moore is also quoted in the GamesIndustry International report, saying the Wii U has been a "disappointment" thus far. No new titles are in development for the system, he confirmed.
"We were there with four games for them [at launch]," he says. "It's been a disappointment when you look at sell-through and, as a company, we have to be very judicious where we deploy our resources."
By comparison, EA supported the original Wii with 78 titles through the system's lifespan. Moore also pointed out that a lack of interest in online functionality among Wii U users is a reason EA is staying away from the platform.
"The lack of online engagement that we see on Wii U [is troubling]," Moore said. "It's so integral to what we do. They're so small it's hardly worth running the servers. It seems like a box that's out of sync with the future of EA - which is one that gives a real social feel to our games. The Wii U feels like an offline experience right now."
The Wii U has officially sold " for poor Wii U sales, noting marketing efforts have not done enough to explain why the system is compelling.
Electronic Arts Chief Operating Officer is disappointed with the performance of the companys games on the Wii U, and doesnt exactly hide behind smoke and mirrors in saying it.
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There were only two Vox Pop entries this past month. That makes this ninja cat sad. But it could be because the new entries this week were so strong that they intimidated everyone.
Whatever the case, both entries had one core message: Don't be a dick, developers! It was difficult to choose a winner because oblivion437 and wildmario both make great points. While oblivion437 lambastes Peter Moore for defending always-on DRM, Origin, and micro-transactions, wildmario tears apart Adam Orth and TheRedner Group for being far too smug. Thanks for writing!
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Monday Muse: PS4 and Xbox strategies will closely reflect the commercial fitness of Sony and Microsoft
By Rob Crossley
What can we learn from that remarkable day in March 2001, when Sega killed off the Dreamcast?
Sony chief executive Kaz Hirai In an interview with The Guardian (published in 2008 but still illuminating in 2013), the former Sega of America chief Peter Moore gives insight into, among many matters, the difficulties in being beholden to a parent company.
"We [Sega of America] knew we could win," he said.
"We had a tremendous 18 months. The Dreamcast was on fire [in the US]. We really thought that we could do it. But then we had a target from Japan that said - and I can't remember the exact figures - but we had to make N hundreds of millions of dollars by the holiday season and shift N millions of units of hardware, otherwise we just couldn't sustain the business."
