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KidShowtime1867 these are from a post by Aljo
He argued that Madden and FC are more popular than hockey, yes this is true. And a PC version of NHL is not worth the investment.
Madden and FC are on PC because those sports are way more popular than hockey. We would love to have a native PC version of NHL someday. At the moment, it's not worth the investment it would take to make it happen.
Then he added that the NHL audience would need to grow in order for them to invest in a PC release
Hopefully the audience grows in the future so we can invest in a PC release.
What people are arguing is the fact that Madden has not faired very well on steam with NFL 24 being the most successful with just under 10000 players and a near 4000 player drop with the latest rendition (NFL25).
EA’s argument that NHL on PC is not worthy of investment because its audience is not large enough, yet an online petition with “verified signatures” previously showed it would of had sales comparable to madden or even slightly higher.
So with a potential playerbase that could possibly rival another EA sports title on PC numbers wise we are asking why is NHL being denied a PC release given the potential for a playerbase that is possibly larger than the average playerbase of the entire madden series on PC.
The average peak playerbase across all madden games on PC is 6030 players