Is the PC Community being Ignored By EA?
Every year the amount of people who want NHL on PC grows and every year its disappointment. Is the PC Community being Ignored By EA? as a person who moved fully to PC this year and as part of the PC ...
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Comparing two completely different sports and then using the sales performance of one to justify never releasing the other is completely flawed logic.
Madden and NHL are not interchangeable. They have different audiences, different regional strengths, and completely different engagement patterns. Just because Madden underperforms on PC does not automatically mean NHL would do the same. That’s like saying "Baseball games don’t sell well, so basketball games shouldn’t be released either."
One sport's weak numbers are not a universal market signal.
They’re simply a reflection of that franchise, and in Madden’s case, the decline is arguably EA’s own doing — from years of neglected PC versions and feature-limited ports.
Meanwhile, NHL has never even been given a proper shot. No test release. No demo. No modern PC version — for 17 years. There is zero data to support the idea that “NHL would fail too.” All that exists is assumption, built on the performance of a completely different product.
That’s not business logic. That’s just lazy thinking.
Please stop with the GPT responses. They're nonsensical and you're just copying what people say and asking GPT for a response.
Your one post showed that GPT was trying to tell you Madden sales were bad on PC, so you just instructed it to say that NHL not being on PC made no sense.
So the logic is - Madden (biggest NA sports franchise) had poor sales on PC, therefore, NHL not being on PC makes no sense.
Please - make that make sense.
You’re misrepresenting the argument entirely.
I never said “Madden sold badly, so NHL should too.”
What I said — and I quote myself — was:“Madden’s PC run hasn’t delivered major results. NHL could easily match or surpass it if given the opportunity. But that opportunity is constantly denied — based on outdated assumptions, not facts.”
That’s not flawed logic. That’s calling out the inconsistency in how EA applies standards.
Madden gets continued support despite weak performance. NHL doesn’t get a single test.
So if we’re basing decisions on performance — then why is Madden still here?If you’re going to call out logic, at least read what was actually said.
Also — “you used GPT” isn’t a valid argument. I could write my post in Notepad, Google Docs, or with a stick in the sand — the numbers and logic stay the same.
Try harder.
Madden’s PC run hasn’t delivered major results. NHL could easily match or surpass it if given the opportunity
based on what logic.
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