On May 16, Electronic Arts made the surprising revelation that it has zero Nintendo Wii U games in development. Only a couple of days later, an EA Sports developer has forcefully criticized Nintendo, even saying Mario and Zelda should be PS4 / Xbox 720 exclusives.
As if the Nintendo Wii U comparisons to the Dreamcast weren't bad enough, EA Sports Canada's Bob Summerwill added fuel to the fire by ragging on the new system.
In response to a user asking whether the move signifies problems at EA or Nintendo, Summerwill called the Wii U "crap," adding that he thinks Nintendo's future in the console game is nearing an end.
"The Wii U is crap," he said. "Less powerful than an Xbox 360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet. Nintendo are walking dead at this point."
Aside from criticizing the Wii U itself, Summerwill took on Nintendo as a whole, saying the company should've followed what Sega had done after the Dreamcast, stop making hardware, and offer franchises like Mario and Zelda for its PS4 and Xbox 720 rivals.
"Nintendo are still operating like it's 1990," his tweet read, according to NeoGAF. "They should have 'done a Sega' and offered Mario/Zelda as PS4/Durango [Durango is the Xbox 720 codename] exclusives."
"Instead they make this awful console," he added, according to Go Nintendo.
Although these tweets have been deleted, this isn't the first time someone has voiced the opinion that Nintendo should get out of the hardware business altogether and shift their software to PS4 and Xbox 720. The Wii U's struggles have resulted in many calling for the same action from the company, but it's interesting that Summerwill thinks Nintendo should have called it quits right after the original Wii.
After all, the original Wii was more successful than both the PS3 and Xbox 360, and many thought Nintendo would have a chance to transfer that momentum with the Wii U.
As is obvious by now, that hasn't been the case. According to Summerwill's tweets, he thinks that despite the problems EA itself has, the casual player that the original Wii attracted has moved on to mobile platforms.
"Yep, we've got plenty of problems, but WiiU isn't where that family/casual market is," he said. "It's on mobile/tablet now!"
