EA has already got on board with the Switch, as FIFA 18 will be released on the console alongside other platforms next month, and now Edge magazine has spoken to executive vice president Patrick Söderlund (via Nintendo Everything), saying that more support should be coming from EA, if the numbers are right.
"I've made people repeatedly, publicly aware that I'm a gigantic Nintendo fanboy. Nintendo was what got me into this industry in the first place. I take my Switch with me everywhere," he explained. "What I will say is, we will appear on any platform where there are consumers, and players. We believe that we want to be a part of the Switch, and help Nintendo grow that installed base; that's why you'll see FIFA, which by the way is really good this year. It's a full-fledged FIFA game, for the first time to be honest, on a portable device."
"But at the same time we have to look at it from a resource standpoint and, at some point, the numbers become a factor. So for us it's about supporting the platform, building technology for the platform, testing it out with big things like FIFA - and maybe a couple of others, we'll see - and if they go well, I see no reason why we shouldn't have as much of our portfolio on that platform as possible. I hope we get there, that would be my personal ambition."
So for now it seems as if it's an open question - not a definite no, nor a definite yes - but it does seem positive. We can't blame him for keeping an eye on the numbers before committing though. Will FIFA 18 be a hit on Switch?