An EA rep has revealed that as a release date nears for a game, the company sometimes shifts its resources to get the Xbox 360 version complete first. As Microsoft's system has the largest installed base, it makes 'financial sense' to get a version of the game out on the Xbox 360 in order to try and maximize sales. The same rep also drew comparisons to last generations when the team focused on PS2 games over the original Xbox as the system had a huge installed base.

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Richtel revisited the topic after hearing back from EA about the issue. A representative with the publisher told the writer that as a release date nears, the company sometimes readjusts the manpower on the projects to complete the Xbox 360 version first.

With a larger installed base for Microsoft's console, the rep said it makes financial sense to get that version of a game out first and maximize potential sales. The representative also noted that in the last generation, it made more sense for the publisher to focus on PlayStation 2 versions of games over those on the Xbox because of the platform's massive installed user base.