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This is related to yesterday’s post about how Electronic Arts now is backing away from their support of the PS3, and are moving towards the Nintendo Wii and Xbox 360.

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In the wake of my somewhat incendiary post on EA, I discovered an interesting comment on the blog FreeRepublic.com from Dr. Andrew Garrett, a game developer for EA. By way of background, Dr. Garrett is a major dude, having joined EA in early 2003 as part of a major hiring spree.

So, here is the comment Dr. Garrett made this afternoon (it is comment #12):

I make video games, currently working for Electronic Arts on the latest Command & Conquer. Last year, the prediction was that Sony would win the next-gen war, that the PS3 would be the dominant console, just like the PS2 was.

That is no longer the case. The extremely strong performance of the Wii, combined with the miserable performance of Sony has revised pretty much everyone’s expectations. Right now, most of us here think the 360 will be on top for this generation, with the battle for second place between Sony and Nintendo (and that’s a major shock, as we’d nearly written Nintendo off for the non-handheld market.) Most of us still think Sony will beat off Nintendo, simply due to the older graphics on the Wii, but it’s not a sure thing.

My opinion - get the 360 and/or the Wii. Skip the PS3 unless there’s a big change in the near future.

Drew Garrett

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