My nhl friends ask me, what is the selling point? Does anyone have any idea? Ice Q? Better AI positioning, the ability to open up your hips while using vision control? With the news of no GM Connected, because clearly 11 years of development time isn't enough , (yet somehow hut continues to get nonstop resources) during that time , what exactly is the selling point. I can't understand any reason to buy this game. The game releases in 2 weeks, ea keeps pushing preorders, and all they've done is released a 4 min video "deep dive" (last year's was over 15 minutes!) , and a blog post that took 5 minutes to write regarding minor presentation adjustments. Let's not forget about the revolutionary score bug update, sorry I forgot. This game has no identity, no life, no hype a mere 2 weeks before launch. At this point we have revamped franchise mode, which I guess will be another 5 minute blog post? Why even highlight revamped franchise mode if getting connected franchise wasn't going to happen? How do the other ea titles have it? Ea keeps asking saying they need to look into what fans want, just copy the other ea games! We just want an online franchise mode that isn't buggy with many commissioner settings to tinker with. NHL 25 is honestly appearing to be the most minimal effort, disappointing NHL game since NHL 15. Utterly disappointed

It’s staggering but well earned by EA after at least 3-4 years of incomplete, buggy, and frustrating NHL releases.

I think that you cant make everyone happy with the game, because for example online HUT/EASHL players wants and needs different things than the offline play now/Franchise/season players wants.But it would help to have options of things instead of forcing the online improvement on offline players or the offline improvement on online players.For exampel removing the Full Broadcast was good for HUT players that wants to get into games fast, but for the offline players that wants every game to mater it was a really bad decision.EA did the same for FC24 when they removed lineup intro before games, good for online, bad for offline.Let us have options to choose from.For example:Full Broadcast - 4 min intro with pretalk. grudge stats, goalie stats etc...Normal Broadcast - 1,5 min with grudge stats, goalie stats etc.No Broadcast - No intro - just jump into the faceoff of the game.

To be fair - the community has been asking for TV Style presentation, Online Franchise/GM Connected and some kind of revamp to Be A Pro for over a decade now.In the context of OP's original question - "what exactly is NHL25's selling point" - it's hard to conjure up an answer that would justify people dropping yet another $80-$120, the same price for games that release brand new game engines. Don't get me wrong, AI improvements are great and the change to vision control combined with reaction animations will likely result in seeing some refreshing player interactions at different vantage points with the 'infinite camera system'. But we've yet to see if there have been any quality-of-life improvements to WoC. There was brief mention in a video of rebuilt offensive zone strategies 'from the ground up' - but has the issue been fixed in OVP where we still can't save lines and strategies?You've got a player-base that's been loyal for 30+ years and has been begging for some kind of online season mode to play with friends after it was removed during the transition to console exclusivity . It was re-branded as GM Connected for 2 years but suffered terribly from cumbersome league administration tools and a mobile app that was ahead of its time, only to suffer from limited usability due to poor performance.EA incorrectly assessed data on their end and concluded GM Connected was a mode that was 'never played' and under utilized, thus resulting in it getting the chop from future versions. In my opinion, there was a push for HUT and it took priority because there was no way to shoehorn in microtransactions to a franchise mode that made sense.

The selling point is the same as it is every year: everyone's moving to the new game, so you better buy NHL XX if you wanna continue playing HUT/WoC.

EA did this to themself. I suspect the reason there is no beta this year is because you know it would generate poor PR and would hurt on the preorder side of things.

What exactly is NHL 25s selling point?

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NeonSkyline21
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
It's tough but they HAVE to playtest their game in some way. They should have long-time players of the game sign NDAs and test the game.
I know an NDA can't stop every leak but it should scare most people away. Also, put age restrictions on it. Not for nothing but younger adults and kids are much more likely to leak due to frustration.
NeonSkyline21
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
DUDE, you stole my comment lol. This is what I was going to write.
EA has a built-in incentive for people to move to the new game and that's exactly it: the majority of online players are going to move to the new game. If you want to continue finding online games (whether it's OVP, HUT, or EASHL), you are forced to buy the new version of the game. Very convenient for EA Sports.
NeonSkyline21
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
It ain't rocket science. You are correct.
NeonSkyline21
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
I'm a big fan of PlayStation as a product and have been since the PS1 but I agree I was a little disappointed by the announced price of the PS5 Pro. I look at it through the lens of someone who got his PS5 for $400 on launch day - which in retrospect is an insanely good deal for a decently powered PC/console - and paying $300 MORE for a mid-gen refresh is out of the question for me. It's almost double the price of the original console whereas the PS4 Pro was the SAME price that the PS4 was at launch.
At the same time, I realize that it's not a necessity for me at all and it's an "enthusiast's" product at the end of the day. It's only for the people who have an abundance of discretionary entertainment spending money and want to be on the cutting-edge. That ain't me. I still have an iPhone 12 Pro, after all.
NeonSkyline21
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
I can't believe people who play video games regularly are still playing on last-gen lol. I get using it as an entertainment system or whatever but sheesh. So many games run so much better on PS5.
NeonSkyline21
Seasoned Ace
11 months ago
To be fair that happens at around the NHL's trade deadline every year lol.

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