Madden May Return To Nintendo With Switch 2, EA CEO Hints

Are you prepared for some soccer on Switch 2? After skipping the whole Switch technology, EA CEO Andrew Wilson has hinted that the Madden NFL sequence might return to Nintendo for the upcoming console. The final time an entry within the sports activities franchise launched on a Nintendo platform was Madden NFL 13 on Wii and Wii U in 2012.

Wilson was discovered name-dropping the Madden and EA Sports activities FC franchises for Switch 2 during an earnings call earlier this week. “… Any time a brand new console comes into {the marketplace}, that is of a profit to us,” mentioned Wilson. “It provides us the flexibility to entry and purchase new gamers. Sometimes, we have had franchises carry out very properly on Nintendo platforms. Actually, our expectation is that merchandise like [EA Sports] FC and Madden and others may discover actual power on the platform as they’ve completed prior to now.”

The EA Sports activities FC franchise–formerly bearing the FIFA title–has been a mainstay on Switch. The most recent launch was EA Sports activities FC 25 this previous September. Nevertheless, the soccer video games launched on Switch have been closely criticized. In the meantime, Madden has been a whole no-show. Total, EA has been selective with assist for Switch, with video games like My Sims: Cozy Bundle, It Takes Two, and Apex Legends coming to the console over time. Trying forward, EA simply teased the subsequent entry within the Battlefield sequence whereas additionally introducing the community-testing program Battlefield Labs. There’s been no point out of a Switch 2 launch for it, although.

Nintendo lastly unveiled Switch 2 final month, displaying off magnetic Pleasure-Cons and an apparently new Mario Kart sport. A extra in-depth have a look at the upcoming hybrid system is ready for April with a Nintendo Direct.