EA officially backs off of Mac releases

Did any of us really think that EA was dedicated to the Mac for a minute?

Scuze me? Battlefield 2142 is in Apple's online store with a shipping time of 7-10 days.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID

I'd put my money with Joystiq on this one.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/08/17/hoor-ea-mac-games-hit-apple-store-today/

@#22: 500 Schrutebucks to you, sir.

EA needs to go jump in a fire.

Jon is right on the money. EA is definitely the Microsoft of video games. Literally. The leader of the Xbox division just went over to EA. Is anyone surprised that EA doesn't care about Macs when they clearly have Microsoft in their bloodline?
And who cares anyway. Madden blows. It's been junk since the SNES. I'd rather Macs get really outstanding games like Blizzard releases, not crappy ports. Also, PPC support please. G5 owners exist.

iMovie has a new icon?

Oh no, I won't be able to play the trillionth sequel in a sports franchise so tired they had to BUY exclusivity to make it worth anyone's time... one that is also available on the three games consoles I own. What will I do?

In a related story, the company's Wikipedia article makes no mention of their Mac development...

I don't think EA is ever going to release these Mac games. I think they already tossed these games and we may see a few coming to the Mac with the help of Aspyr. I don't think Battlefield 2142, Command and Conquer 3, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and Need for Speed Carbon are breaking titles for Mac gamers. Even Mac gamers already played games in 3/4 series. And the games are just a followup on old series. Maybe EA could do something like Blizzard is doing now. They make games that are followups but they always have a lot of new gameplay and content. EA released 4 or 5 NFS as of today and they are almost all the same. I wonder why there are still people that are buying these games.

Madden 08 on the PC isn't the next-gen game it is on the 360 anyway. It's a carry-over older version.

"I'll tell you why, Mac owners tend to have a life! Compared to the fat lazy pimpled PC gamers. "

Says the guy who spends all day going to Mac sites creaming himself over the new icon for iMovie.

I love OS X and Macs, but some Mac fans are a tad silly. As soon as Apple and Mr. Jobs comes out with a killer gaming Mac, you'll instantly love computers that play games and go on and on how great Apple's is.

Apple has a huge whole in its lineup. The computer between the Mac Mini and the Mac Pro. The iMac only works for those who need no upgradability and doesn't already have a nice monitor (meaning very few people). Acting like this whole doesn't exist is pure fan-boyism.

You can still love Macs, and be a supporter of Apple, without thinking that 100% of everything they do is just perfect.

Plenty of people are asking for it Apple, give us a Core Duo desktop computer in a case like the Mac Pro has, that is upgradable, for $1000 to $1500. Most people don't need a Mac Pro that can have 4 video cards, 16gigs of ram, and 99 terabytes of space (that last one was a dramatization of course, but you get my point) for $3000.