NHL 23 Missing Players?
Why are there players missing from the game? For example, the Habs don't have Kaiden Guhle or Arber Xhekaj and they are not part of Laval or their OHL teams...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerSorry about that. The images we receive before the game is launched.
@EA_AljoBut nearly all pictures are from before the start of season 2021/22, sometimes even a season older and not from before the start of the season 2022/23. So this headshots are more than a year or even two years older and can not be the current sent. You also have the possibility to use HUT pictures as portraits for the missing important players till you get them. NHL 23 with old portraits from before season 2021/22 and older are not acceptable. No other sport game doing this. If means for example Sandersons picture will not be in NHL 24 earliest in NHL 25 cause is not at the NHL website now and you always use headshots which was sent a season before and no current sent. Other Sport games also add likenesses during the year in an update. From the NHL Team we got twentyfour this year and twenty are removed cause retirement or playing now in other not licensed leagues. No step forward, every year the same scheme.
This is probably the one time I will defend EA this year, because calling this years game and roster a disappointment would be way too generous.
Team head shots are done in camp at the beginning of the year. Due to licensing issues EA is stipulated to only use headshots sent to them by the respective league where the player plays.
More than likely EA is getting the current years headshots before players report to camp. That is probably why headshots tend to be outdated or not available
- @Caliboy6262_714 Ok and what speaks against to ask the leagues for missing headshots and to update later ? They updated Zegras in a Roster update later in NHL 22. Some years ago, guess it was the Rookie year of McAvoy there was a big headshot update in January or February. So it is possible. They also can use HUT Images from this players till they have ? By the way, the most headshot Images are made from Getty Images photographs. I think where is a will there is a way. I know for many this is not important, for some yes. But If you do not change the small things and details and ignore customers wishes since a decade the result you can read in this massive negative threads here and elsewhere in other forums and social media. Every company is as good as they listen to their customers wishes, also If its small one.
Hounding leagues for updated player portraits is probably very low priority for them after release. I mean they can’t even be bothered to add players who have already played in the AHL last year to the roster without a portrait. So they are more than likely not going to make it a priority to add player portraits for players in game. I am not trolling devs so please don’t ban me again. I am just trying to be honest with this user
@Caliboy6262_714No one will ban you for the truth. Since years I pray here, in other forums, social media about more player likenesses, headshot pictures.
