Online Franchise mode
Online Franchise mode.
What used to be called GM Connected and lasted for ONLY 1 year (2013 I believe) is still today THE ONLY game mode that allow you to play with your friends in a simulation style of hockey.
With that said, EA had the WORST opinion of this game mode: We weren't making enough money from it! I understood the cost of servers for this. But EA did not ask us anything about it. They just scrapped it.
Now, I wish to see this game mode come back. CHEL has become more arcade than 80s game! so fast that you can't control your player properly. Luckily for me and my friend, we have a PS5 and can shareplay a Franchise together. That is the closest to simulation there is and this is the most fun we had playing this game (250+ of CHEL, 200+ games of Online versus, 50+ games of offline be a pro and about 20 games of Franchise mode in Share play)
I would LOVE for EA to allow us to rent a server and create our own franchise. You see EA, this would have been the right question to ask: Would you be willing to pay a monthly fee to have your game install on a dedicated server?
I would have. without a doubt. I love to play with my friends, but a very close to real game! Let us rent a server please! Drop the BS about CHEL because this is by far the worst arcade game mode ever created!
And no, selling this to southerner is not gonna make your board of director or shareholder happy. you will loose northerner who enjoy a good game of hockey!
Anyone here can help me find out if it is possible to install NHL 23 on a dedicated server? PS5 with its share play option does it beautifully... or almost it only last for 1 hour and then cut you off, you have to restart the share play.
Merci, Thank you,
P.S. I wish EA would stop listening to content creators, this fellow are not representative of the general population. I had 8 teammates to play with on NHL 22, 12 on NHL 21. I'm down to 1.... Seriously! I played hockey games since 1989, I know what I'm talking about, or at least, much more than ANY 25 yrs old content creators!