Won't be coming to PC
very disappoited.
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerI've said it many times. This isn't about the number of PC players growing. It's about how many of them want to play a sim-style hockey game. The reality is that it's going to be a lot less than what everyone seems to be thinking. Take the number of FIFA players on PC. Now, subtract that by 10x. That's a more realistic number and it's not enough to support a PC release.
I truly hope a PC version comes out someday or at a minimum, cloud gaming supports it so it can be played on a PC.
@EA_Aljo Where do you get these statistics from, that there "isn't enough players interested in sim-style hockey game"? I think that there is many users here whom would like to know that. I know you can not share private information but some statistics / numbers would be fantastic to know.
Football Manager for football, a sim-style football game came out of nowhere, from few thousands of active users to couple of ten thousands in just matter of years. Spreadsheet type of football manager-ing was a strange game for me to play when I was way younger, but now as an grown adult it fascinates me. Sim-style games have grown so much in past few years and just looking at the reddit posts about asking NHL for PC is enormous.
Tape-to-tape just came this year, on may. Not NHL licensed.
What about a hockey game made by EA that isn't NHL licensed? I think that area of interested players would be way lower than licensed.
EA, the biggest game company known to man thinks that NHL isn't profitable for PC - well why then there is PGA Tour purchaseable for PC? They have around 150-300 active users per day - bet that number would be way higher for NHL.
I live in Finland where that demand is pretty big for NHL port to PC. I get that hockey isn't that popular sport like football (which is my main sport) but still. Most of my friends plays or have played NHL in their younger era and most of them still wonder why there is.no.NHL.for.PC.
We need one. Make one. Community is asking for it. Make the good deed that EA fans want. Okay, the game is not profitable by your stats? Maybe port the game to PC just for the good old reputation +.
Football Manager for football, a sim-style football game came out of nowhere, from few thousands of active users to couple of ten thousands in just matter of years. Spreadsheet type of football manager-ing was a strange game for me to play when I was way younger, but now as an grown adult it fascinates me. Sim-style games have grown so much in past few years and just looking at the reddit posts about asking NHL for PC is enormous.
Tape-to-tape just came this year, on may. Not NHL licensed.
What about a hockey game made by EA that isn't NHL licensed? I think that area of interested players would be way lower than licensed.
EA, the biggest game company known to man thinks that NHL isn't profitable for PC - well why then there is PGA Tour purchaseable for PC? They have around 150-300 active users per day - bet that number would be way higher for NHL.
I live in Finland where that demand is pretty big for NHL port to PC. I get that hockey isn't that popular sport like football (which is my main sport) but still. Most of my friends plays or have played NHL in their younger era and most of them still wonder why there is.no.NHL.for.PC.
We need one. Make one. Community is asking for it. Make the good deed that EA fans want. Okay, the game is not profitable by your stats? Maybe port the game to PC just for the good old reputation +.
@Interchangeabl3 wrote:
@EA_AljoWhere do you get these statistics from, that there "isn't enough players interested in sim-style hockey game"? I think that there is many users here whom would like to know that. I know you can not share private information but some statistics / numbers would be fantastic to know.
Football Manager for football, a sim-style football game came out of nowhere, from few thousands of active users to couple of ten thousands in just matter of years. Spreadsheet type of football manager-ing was a strange game for me to play when I was way younger, but now as an grown adult it fascinates me. Sim-style games have grown so much in past few years and just looking at the reddit posts about asking NHL for PC is enormous.
Tape-to-tape just came this year, on may. Not NHL licensed.
What about a hockey game made by EA that isn't NHL licensed? I think that area of interested players would be way lower than licensed.
EA, the biggest game company known to man thinks that NHL isn't profitable for PC - well why then there is PGA Tour purchaseable for PC? They have around 150-300 active users per day - bet that number would be way higher for NHL.
I live in Finland where that demand is pretty big for NHL port to PC. I get that hockey isn't that popular sport like football (which is my main sport) but still. Most of my friends plays or have played NHL in their younger era and most of them still wonder why there is.no.NHL.for.PC.
We need one. Make one. Community is asking for it. Make the good deed that EA fans want. Okay, the game is not profitable by your stats? Maybe port the game to PC just for the good old reputation +.theres hardley a market for nhl on console let alone pc. just look at nhls tv ratings compared to every other sport, including college leagues . its a minor fraction. hockey more so nhl is a niche spprt for a niche audiance.
