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Originally Posted by TjRhythmic
The thing with hockey is that's it's not that big of a title outside of Canada. A few places in the US, maybe a small market in Europe. What's the incentive for a company like 2k to put money and development hours into a game that will at best - break even. As a company, the risks FAR OUTWEIGH the gains that would come from it.
I admit, I jumped on the emotional bandwagon like everyone else when I heard the news, but I remember when NHL 07, the first one on the new systems, and it looked great, but compared to the ps2/xbox version it just wasn't as refined and as deep. I think all they really had was pretty much a season mode. And as Russic alluded to, this version is no different. They did pretty much build this game from the ground up, regardless of what people think. It's a little more then wavey jerseys and arenas. It's a brand new engine... we got spoiled with game modes and features in the last iterations that now we all feel entitled to have them in the this one, myself included. And after reading Russic's calm posts on the subject I realized that this is not nhl 14, or 13, or 12. This is a brand new game... I'm treating it as such, and, I'm ok with it.
Still, no EASHL sucks, but life goes on...
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A little while ago I was cycling through the NHL 14 modes. Because I only play GM mode, I kinda forgot the volume of modes that the series has churned out. By the end of the last console life cycle they had that thing packed with modes for many different types of player.
I like competition, but I'd be concerned that it would split the market and EA would decide to pull back on the budget instead of push it forward. Regardless, if 2K came in tomorrow and built a new game, it could potentially be years behind what EA has. As mentioned, crazy risk there.