It's been well documented that there's currently no EA games in development for Wii U, after the publisher pulled support following the console's sluggish start to life.
Speaking with Joystiq, EA Labels President Frank Gibeau has spoken about what the platform holders need to do in order to get EA making games for Wii U once again:
"Look, the only thing they can do to fix it is to sell more boxes. We're a rational company, we go where the audience is. We publish games where we think we can make a great game and hit a big audience, and make money. That's why we're here, that's why we have an industry."
"The Wii U, we shipped four games," he added, to demonstrate that the company had initially supported the console. "We shipped Madden, FIFA, Need for Speed and Mass Effect. In fact, the last Need for Speed shipped 60 days ago had a pretty good Metacritic. It was a good game. It wasn't a schlocky port, we actually put extra effort into getting everything to work. And it's just not selling because there's no boxes."
It's not the end of the road for the two companies, and Gibeau was keen to point out exactly what needs to be done in order to bring EA back into the fold: "Nintendo is a good partner and never count 'em out and all that. Never count them out, but right now we're focused on PS4 and Xbox One, and from our perspective we'll look at the Wii U, we'll continue to observe it. If it becomes a viable platform from an audience standpoint, we'll jump back in."