Will not purchase next year...
To whom it may concern, I have owned every NHL games since NHL 94 and I actually even had NHLPA 93 before the rights to players association and were acquired and NHL 23 will be my last one. I have ...
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@frenchie5280 Yeah, HUT challenges are boring and career mode in 2K is at least 30 year ahead of anything EA is doing.. a new story every year, last gen and new gen even have different worlds (at least last year they did, only know ps5 this year) full voice acting, walk around the arena and the whole city. I have no idea how the 2k devs do it. The game is actually unreal. The fact I can just see other real life people playing on the blacktop while I walk into the store to buy clothes??? Meanwhile, in NHL we hope to get into a lobby together then hope we all make it into the game together. Character creation and the rpg elements in 2k are a ton of fun. I hate the NBA but the 2K game is so good and so far ahead.every year 2k updates how players create their players and the boosts and changes to balance and builds. Playing career games are a ton of fun and so much going on between games. NHL just feels like an unfun grind.. and a grind to get the same stuff unlocked that I've unlocked the last 5 years.. fun.. they also completely patch/ fix and may QOL changes every year. I dunno if their devs are just much better or their direction/ business strategy is better? It's just unreal to me how far ahead 2K is.. look at the trailer for an nhl game from 10 years ago and the latest one. Then look at a trailer for NBA 2k from 10 years ago and one from now.. the game is SO deep. There is SO much to do.. I get there is only 1 year between games but maybe EA needs to hire more devs and one team starts making updates that may not go into the game for 2-3 years so they don't feel rushed? Idk.. it's just sad how far behind this has gotten. Years ago this series was thought to be ahead of a lot of other sports titles.
The one thing that helps 2k is the esports league that generates millions in revenue which the NBA sponsors and players can be drafted and be paid to play wich often adds to the number of people who buy the guy and play regularly something NHL games desperately needs
- @frenchie5280 Some of the NHL teams actually do some sponsored esport events. Most notably the Columbus Blue Jackets are probably the most into it. But for something like what 2K has the NHL would need to get on board with EA for something like that. The 6s community would instantly turn way more competitive.
@KlariskraysNHL wrote:
@frenchie5280Some of the NHL teams actually do some sponsored esport events. Most notably the Columbus Blue Jackets are probably the most into it. But for something like what 2K has the NHL would need to get on board with EA for something like that. The 6s community would instantly turn way more competitive.I find the current landscape very "clique-y".
An official path to gaining a spot on an esports team would be awesome. Right now, you have to buddy-up with whoever 'runs' these teams to try and crack a roster spot, which is typically impossible unless you're personally known.
It would be cool if people were put in place to manage a team much like in real life with coaches holding try-outs, maybe even a draft, etc.
- @KidShowtime1867 I've seen several where any team could join their setup. But most teams were just fodder for the giants but you could find a few that surprised and made names for themselves. I was a part of 2 of them. We got creamed but it was an experience.
Obviously the NHL and EA would need to be all in for it to expand and become like the NBA 2K League.
- @frenchie5280 I respectfully disagree. The NBA 2k e-sports league is a relatively new thing and I feel like pointing to an e-sports league (an industry which is actually in DECLINE) as the "one thing" (I know you didn't mean that literally but you're saying it's the most IMPORTANT thing) that helps 2k is short-sighted and incorrect.
The "one thing" (if you want to boil it down) that makes 2k so much BETTER than Chel is the fact that Take Two is willing to invest so much money/resources into it because so many people play it BECAUSE basketball is an infinitely more popular sport than hockey.
