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Originally Posted by Joborule

I disagree that this work on the entrances is truly taking away from work on fundamental parts of the game. Sure NHL has to be more 'priority-based' when select what stuff to work on for the year since their budget is much lowers than Madden and FIFA development, but the amount of upgrades to the pre-game introductions (which basically was just adding props for NHL teams) honestly isn't all that much work in the grand scheme of things, thus it can't really be hindering development on other parts of the game all that much. Something like the Winter Classic however, could be.

I dunno man. Gameplay is the key. You look at a franchise like Pro Evolution Soccer several years ago that made itself a household name due to the great gameplay. No one really cared that the presentation was slightly behind FIFA..the gameplay killed. FIFA had to completely reinvent itself to get back on top in terms of gameplay. And when you look at all of FIFA's new features -- its all gameplay stuff. Stuff that matters. There is no new animation of Liverpool fans holding up their scarves. Its new physics, new AI features, etc. No one really cares about the fluff.

NHL has done some great things this generation but they are starting to tail off again. I got bored to tears of NHL11 and so far there is nothing that makes me want NHL 12. I wish there was some competition, but 2k is no longer around because they started focusing too much on intros and cutscenes.