Moribund Wii console sales and a lessening third-party software market will not have much of a crash on Electronic Arts, says CEO John Riccitiello, who indicates EA is the number two publisher on the console after Nintendo itself.

"I believe there's no distrust that [Nintendo] enjoyed stunning achievement a year ago and it's been softer since then," he tells Gama sutra.

"[The Wii is] obviously not going to sell as many units this year as it did last year," he says, addition that EA looks at market share as a significant metric: "We have a low-20 [percent] split on the Xbox 360, a high 20 [percent] split on the PS3 and a 19-20 [percent] split on the Wii."