@rsandersr47Well the NHL license can be had by anyone. I believe 2K when they changed their hockey game are the ones that put themselves out of the market losing too much of a share. Even if NHL was at its peak it would sell around 2mil copies.
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world, with an estimated following of 3.5 to 5 billion fans.
They estimate ice hockey around 2 billion fans.
FIFA sells over 10mil copies a year and it's not all that great of a game from year to year improvements.
Even in the state that NHL is in it should be selling around 3mil if we going by numbers, but it is nowhere close.
So EA has to invest in FIFA to control that market from competition with exclusive deals like crazy.
NHL doesn't do that exclusive stuff so until competition arises there isn't a need from a business standpoint imo to splurge.
2K put the NBA Live series out to pasture. They tried to comeback with NBA Live again but it was a case of wasted money cause you aren't gonna topple a giant. Now 2K is back to coasting in the fans eyes. You can see all the lovely posts https://www.reddit.com/r/NBA2k/
All of this just my opinions on how I see things.
let's add an entry threshold to this high one. It is difficult and incomprehensible for beginners. I started playing a few years ago, it's really a challenge.
to start playing in the NHL, you have to really want to
