EA engineer says 'the Wii U is crap'

[God Itachi]

Before deleting tweets, senior engineer at Electronic Arts blasts struggling platform, saying "Nintendo are still operating like it's 1990.​

ne Electronic Arts developer has taken to Twitter to sound off on the struggling Wii U. As spotted by IGN, EA senior software engineer and architect Bob Summerwill did not hold back when expressing his feelings for the platform.


"The Wii U is crap," Summerwill said, before deleting that tweet and all others. "Less powerful than an Xbox 360. Poor online/store. Weird tablet. Nintendo are walking dead at this point."

"Sony, MS, Apple, Google all following the same playbook," he added. "Standard, powerful, hardware, with focus on software and services."

Summerwill suggested that Nintendo should have exited the hardware business and instead shopped around its major titles to Microsoft and Sony.

"Nintendo are still operating like it's 1990," he said. "They should have 'done a Sega' and offered Mario/Zelda as PS4/Durango exclusives. Instead they make this awful console. Just stop it! Just make great games!"

Summerwill has worked at EA in a number of technical roles since 1999.

His comments came a day after EA confirmed that after releasing four games for Wii U, the publisher has no new titles in development for the system. By comparison EA supported the original Wii throughout its lifespan with 78 total games.

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[Fodder#5]

It doesn't take an engineer to know that that thing is crap haha

 

[HashiramaDescendant]

It's not crap, but Nintendo should've really thought ahead. They're terrible of thinking ahead. :|

 

[Hypemaster]

Haha a crappy company saying a crappy console is crap.
Guess they need the self esteem boost.

 

[Scarecrow.]

He doesn't know what he's talking about... I don't know why Nintendo gets so much hate

 

[Forget Me Not]

Haha a crappy company saying a crappy console is crap.
Guess they need the self esteem boost.

+1

10char

 

[juankimari]

He doesn't know what he's talking about... I don't know why Nintendo gets so much hate

Hm let´s see, no real online community or support, practically no games compared to any other system,no first party games, really dated hardware and components that have been available for more than 6 years.Sure fanboys will defend Nintendo BUt truth is it has been dead for a while now and only exists to satisfy casual gamers, no way a true gamer would be satisfied with what Nintendo has become...PC,PS3,XBox 360 that´s where all the hardcore gamers look for challenging gaming experiences,well developed stories, best graphics and active online communities....Enough said.

 

[AP2k]

EA says something is bad? EA is the definition of bad.

 

[Fountain]

All of this pisses me off.

I'm pissed.

 

[NoMoreLove]

this is foolishness... When Mario Kart and Smash bros come out for Wii U, watch how the sales will skyrocket. There is a new Zelda coming out for the Wii U as well. All of these brand names will take time. I mean for Gods sake how long are we still waiting for FF XIII Versus, that was the reason I got a PS3 and its been 7 years since it was announced.