Maybe it’s time to rethink yearly releases
So for years I’ve been a believer in sports games needing more than a 9 month dev cycle. This year though, with the smaller dev team for nhl, it’s obvious there just isn’t enough time to actually mak...
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@TITAN_NHL wrote:Would be no different than fortnite or other free to play online models. You sell the single player/offline stuff separately. This would force EA to make those modes actually good for a change and spend more than 5 minutes making it.
The problem is a free to play with a season pass style of play benefits the consumers too much and EA isn’t about that. It would hold the devs too accountable to where if they weren’t delivering, people wouldn’t be spending the money on it. EA would much rather the business model they have now, where they can release bug filled messes, with no accountability because they already have your money. Then proceed to copy and paste the next game, and have the same bugs plus more in it and cash in again.
Our community is honestly one of the worst in gaming for allowing this stuff, so unfortunately we will just continue to get taken advantage of. No accountability needed with EA on this series
I honestly don't think it does suit the consumer again look at Apex Legends season passes way more fails then passes not to mention the complacency that's taken place.
It is good for the consumer. I don’t get how it would even make sense that a free to play game where you’re given the option to make the decision whether it’s worth your money to sub for the season, could ever be a bad thing.
You think they have gotten complacent? Don’t pay for the season then, it’s no loss to you. If they want your money they have to at least put enough of an effort in that the playerbase is willing to pay for it
That’s like saying when you go to a restaurant, it would be better to be forced to give a tip regardless of the service you have received. I think we can all agree that would lead to less service from the waiter/waitress, as opposed to them working for it
@TITAN_NHL wrote:It is good for the consumer. I don’t get how it would even make sense that a free to play game where you’re given the option to make the decision whether it’s worth your money to sub for the season, could ever be a bad thing.
You think they have gotten complacent? Don’t pay for the season then, it’s no loss to you. If they want your money they have to at least put enough of an effort in that the playerbase is willing to pay for it
That’s like saying when you go to a restaurant, it would be better to be forced to give a tip regardless of the service you have received. I think we can all agree that would lead to less service from the waiter/waitress, as opposed to them working for it
With apex they have one thing and sometimes its pay to win.
Either way if they made a secondary game where all the offline modes separate they'll make it then leave it, it'll get less attention then it does now
Well if that’s the case then it’s a 1 time buy for the offline modes anyways which works out cheaper for offline players when compared to them spending $80+ a year for a mode that doesn’t change for 5+ years at a time.
If EA wants to sell their offline modes each year, then they would have no choice but to put time and effort into it, or why would you pay it again?
Like common, if EA released Be a Pro, next year, the exact same as it’s been the previous 2-3 years, would you buy it? No there would be no point, because it’s literally identical
@TITAN_NHL wrote:Well if that’s the case then it’s a 1 time buy for the offline modes anyways which works out cheaper for offline players when compared to them spending $80+ a year for a mode that doesn’t change for 5+ years at a time.
If EA wants to sell their offline modes each year, then they would have no choice but to put time and effort into it, or why would you pay it again?
Like common, if EA released Be a Pro, next year, the exact same as it’s been the previous 2-3 years, would you buy it? No there would be no point, because it’s literally identical
Going by that theory why do people buy it now? The subtractions and additions each year doesn't balance the books at all.
- @DeMiGoD1988 well they don’t. Sales are steadily declining every year since NHL 15.
@Greyinsi wrote:
@DeMiGoD1988well they don’t. Sales are steadily declining every year since NHL 15.And unfortunately there's a direct correlation to the subtractions to the game. If it makes less money and less revenue then there will be less resources are given to the development team and therefore the product won't stand up to expectations every year as a result.
- @DeMiGoD1988 yes that’s true. But you can also look it other way around; less focus on delivering quality game = smaller sales. The lazy copy-paste cycle started after horrible release of next gen NHL 15.
@Greyinsi wrote:
@DeMiGoD1988yes that’s true. But you can also look it other way around; less focus on delivering quality game = smaller sales. The lazy copy-paste cycle started after horrible release of next gen NHL 15.Well NHL 15 was a legacy edition of NHL 14, on ps3 and xbox 360 it was literally called NHL Legacy but it was the same game as 15 just leas graphics and such. If any game was a copy/paste it was 14 to 15. They literally didn't upgrade a thing.
The rest have had subtractions and additions done to them so although similar they're not a copy/paste
