EA COO explains why it makes more games for iOS and Android than 3DS and Vita

Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore has explained why his company doesn’t bring as many games to the 3DS and Vita as it does to mobile giants iOS and Android. He believes that even software giants like his company still have finite resources and that the 3DS and Vita only have a few more years ahead of them, while the games on mobile will be playable for a very long time.

“We were supportive of both of those platforms, but then you’ve got finite resources and you’ve got teams that say, ‘We really think that two or three years from now, these are the platforms that people are going to be consuming games on.’ And you look at the quality of what you can do on phones and tablets… Sometimes strategy is not about what you do but what you don’t do, and you have to make some hard calls when you’ve got only so many people. To my point, we’ve got to be planning for FY 17 and 18. Do you think the Vita and 3DS are going to be around in some shape or fashion by then on a scale level?”