EA talks NFL woes, seems disinterested in 3D

“We like you are looking forward to the NFL and the [players] resolving their differences and starting the season on time this year, but in terms of a planning assumption … we’ve baked in the most conservative assumption, meaning no season. We’re optimistic it can be better than that, so there’s an upside.” - EA COO John Schappert

Moving on from the NFL talk, Mr. Schappert discussed 3D gaming, and didn’t seem all that into it.

“My personal view is the larger idea, at least for the present, would be the connected game. I’m more in the camp that IPTV is a bigger idea for gaming, at least in the near term, than 3D is. It just provides a better social experience and you know that consumers playing with one another is a very positive and powerful motivator. While there’s no doubt that our industry will have its ‘Avatar’, where 3D is a defining aspect of the game … I’m mostly interested, with all the mobile devices that are coming out, in how they’re being connected to one another and how the same IP is shared over the top,” he continued. “I think that’s actually a bigger driver for EA and the industry in the near term.”

Well, if gaming does get it’s Avatar, let’s hope that title lands on the 3DS!

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