The company will focus on developing games on next-gen consoles

Jul 4, 2013 06:39 GMT  ·  By

Andre Wilson, the leader of the EA Sports division, says that his team’s simulation mechanics and the social game space are incompatible and that there are no further plans to create content for Facebook.

He tells MCV that, “We didn’t do great there. I am not sure if that was because we built the wrong game or if because Facebook gamers were looking for a different kind of experience, or some combination of those things.”

Traditionally, sports sims like Madden and FIFA have attracted a hardcore following, but the social titles based on the franchises have failed to impress those who are attracted to realism and solid game engine.

For the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4, EA Sports is using an entirely new engine called Ignite that will upgrade the graphics, the gameplay and the Artificial Intelligence.