CHL to NCAA could be a problem for the game.
With nhl26 just coming around the corner which gets usually announced in August. Does EA have anytime in getting a licensing agreement with NCAA? I just view with the all these major NCAA contacts...
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EA_Aljo
Community Manager
Community ManagerWe don't hate that licensing is asked about. What is unfortunate is the idea that we're lazy or don't try hard enough. Adding leagues is an agreement between us and the leagues. If a deal can't be reached, we can't get the rights. As I've said many times, I'm not involved in licensing and can't go into the nitty gritty of securing those rights. I do know that they aren't the simple process that you all seem to think it is.
Something is that I do make a request in trying to grow the game is. Is have more of licensing rights to to audios to minor league teams and Canadian junior league teams to be represented in the game. - I feel like if you guys get those rights to those things, it will in fact grow the game in some way.
- EA_Aljo
Sure, that's always possible. It might grow the game some. Which of course we always want to do. But, there's always the chance it doesn't. So, that would be a big wasted investment of time and resources. For example, a ton of work went into adding the Winter Classic years ago. That's something most people played only a couple of times. So, is all the work really worth it? For some yes, overall, probably not. It takes away from working on other, more popular, areas of the game that really make it grow.
I think our main concern is the prospect issue with franchise mode as of now. I think with getting the NCAA in the game I think it would actually in fact cover majority of the game and increase users who are playing the game if it expands in that area. I think it would be super worth it put investment in getting that one specific league in the game.
100% NCAA is the big one that is needed, that is a no questions asked at this point. It HAS to get done. Losing all the top talent in prospects would not make it worth buying next year. KHL and the other leagues would be nice, but NCAA should be top priority, don't care about other updates, that one would make me buy next year.
What about a generic US University similar to the free agents sections in the transfer screen as a „league“ where you can preserve the CHL players lost to the NCAA? Would be a great way to keep atleast these or leave them on the CHL roster in the first roster update in september like you do it with the CHL to AHL guys?
- EA_Aljo
I will pass on the feedback. Thank you.
there are literally dozens of features that either other EA sports games have got, or have been taken away, that people have been screaming for for years. there’s no identity to NHL and everything anybody praises you for you get rid of. **bleep** makes no sense
