Quote: roofaldo2 "Well no. It'll only shift a few 100 units in the north of England. Maybe a few 1000 units down under.
Not worth the money it'd cost to make.'"
Pretty sure I've seen the RL game in the top 5 pre-ordered games. So think your units are way off.
However the guy in the article makes a fair point. EA Sports have an excellent reputation for making quality games. They spend millions on the development of the games because they will get millions back in revenue.
Although RL is having healthy sales in England, OZ & NZ, it's not going to bring in the money that the likes of FIFA , NFL will bring in.
Unfortunately that means less money spent on the development of an RL game which means a less quality product, which from EA's point of view affects their reputation.