EA's departure from the Wii U fold signaled and portended a larger exodus of third parties from the Nintendo camp- something from which the Wii U never quite recovered. It is why the prospect of EA actually being on board with the Switch was a little encouraging for the system's prospects before its launch when its fate in the market was uncertain.
EA has been partnered with Nintendo in regards to the Nintendo Switch since the system was in some early development stages. However, the only title EA had actually committed to appear on the system was their upcoming FIFA game. Most of the reasons spewed out there was a bunch of marketing talk in the past, but it boiled down to the fact that EA wanted to see what sort of market, if any, the Switch had before committing more games.
Speaking to investors during a financial call, EA CEO Andrew Wilson noted that the company is now very bullish on the Nintendo Switch, expressing excitement for it bringing an entirely new ecosystem into the fold. He noted that EA is considering bringing more of its games to the system, in addition to the previously announced FIFA 18. He also reiterated EA's relationship with Nintendo.
Not done there, Wilson went on to confirm that the 105 million units planned to be sold by the company on current generation consoles by the end of 2017 do not include any potential games released on Nintendo Switch. In that light, any additional sales from EA games on the Nintendo platform do not count towards current projections - making way for potentially larger profit margins. Since fans have may be the only title in the pipeline for now.
Gamers haven't been given much in the way of details for the next iteration of the longstanding soccer franchise, but former EA CCO Peter Moore promised that FIFA 18 will be built from the ground up for Nintendo Switch. If the company maintains that philosophy for other games on the system then development could get quite expensive, but it remains to be seen just what Electronic Arts has up its sleeve for Nintendo fans.