Riccitiello upbeat about MotionPlus

by JC Fletcher { Jul 22nd 2008 at 9:00PM }

Of course, EA CEO John Riccitiello's job is to make every decision his company makes sound both well-considered and awesome, even when he's backhandedly saying that some things didn't work out. In an interview with VentureBeat's Dean Takahashi, he managed to both dismiss their past games and sound optimistic, thanks to the enhanced spin tracking found in the Wii MotionPlus device.

"The Wii MotionPlus is going to be good. If I had to pick one thing we suffered from, it was imprecise control on the Wii. That meant certain genres were never going to perform as well on the Wii." The MotionPlus, according to Riccitiello, is "an opportunity for third parties to be more successful."

The new peripheral, along with Nintendo's now-famously "weak" E3 lineup, means that this is a good year for companies like EA to put out Wii software. "Frankly, if you look at Nintendo, it's obvious there is a chance for third-party success. They didn't show a lot of content from Nintendo's first-party group. They got a lot of that out last year. So third-party games will likely do better."

Tags: ea, motionplus, riccitiello, third-party

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Ianiscool @ Jul 22nd 2008 9:09PM

how many posts have they used that picture for ? lol.

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:01AM

Do you have a better one?

Max Headroom @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:03PM

Well, this is better news than what we've been hearing. In fact, if other third parties start thinking along the same lines ("Nintendo's line-up is weak, so let's put our stuff on Wii."), then we might end up having a great line-up for late 2008/2009 as third parties bring their best (hopefully!) stuff to the system. Here's hoping.

YAGGERMR @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:13PM

Have you seen college football 09 the controls are not the biggest problem the graphics are horrible nice ps2 first gen game look and feel. EA makes horrible games for the wii that hasn't changed so far.

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:01AM

Paging Madden 09, Tiger Woods 09, and Boom Blox to the front desk.

Paging Madden 09, Tiger Woods 09, and Boom Blox to the front desk

PlasticZombie @ Jul 22nd 2008 10:53PM

"Frankly, if you look at Nintendo, it's obvious there is a chance for third-party success. They didn't show a lot of content from Nintendo's first-party group. They got a lot of that out last year. So third-party games will likely do better."

Once again this moron is completely off the spot. Just like most of the rest of the video game industry he goes by the logical fallacy that 3rd party Wii games don't sell well because of Nintendo. Because, of course, it's so easy to blame Nintendo for your garbage games not selling.

Translation of quote above:
"Wahhh! Waaaaaah! It's not fair, our games have to compete with Nintendo's! It's got to be Nintendo's fault, because this certainly has nothing to do with the horrible quality of our games!"

Abscissa @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:22AM

"If I had to pick one thing we suffered from, it was imprecise control on the Wii. That meant certain genres were never going to perform as well on the Wii."

So, what, he's never heard of the Classic Controller or GC controller? If something doesn't work as well with wiimote + nunchuck, the developers don't have to use it. Sheesh.