17th year without a PC release

Not enough players for pc version. Also pc version would just atract cheaters on. Hockey is just marginal sport that's it. 

Hockey is obviously missing from pc and pc has only gotten more popular, I think it is time we get it on steam.

can we please get a release for pc you know pc players use controllers for it anyways and there's no real advantage i have a huge love for hockey as i am Canadian and many Americans love it too as there is American teams i do believe you guys will see profit on pc for sales i beg of you bring it to pc pleaseee

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Why is nhl games not on pc ea?

septicon. EA is about to be under new ownership. Two things stick out for me regarding this move. Will new ownership take an indepth evaluation, of the games that are financially stable. And pass on the ones that are not. Secondly. The NHL franchise is currently produced in BC Canada. Will they move it to the States. If they do. That would mean a new developement crew. The question then is. How much of the game will change. And should a move take place. Will a PC version be in the works. As it stands now. The only thing holding this franchise back from creating that PC version, is financial. The NHL franchise right now is in the bottom tier of sports games. Meaning sales are not robust enough to quantify spending money on any additional formats. But with a new owner, hopefully more money can be injected into the franchise, allowing for expansion to a PC version. Can only hope!

EA could just do a presale that have to reach the break even financially and we were good to go. I buy it if I get the money back when they do not deliver it. Easy peasy.

While it may be speculation, there can be only a few reasons, why EA is not wanting to bring a PC version back, even when so many folks tell you that they would love to buy one. It can only be money or development complexity. You are EA, development is your thing. You cannot tell me, that you could not do it, if you would get enough money back from it. So it must be the financial aspect. Since you do not release any figures (what is understandable and legitimate imho) there can be nothing else than speculation. I bet you underestimate the market on PC. A Steam release would be an almost secure success.

This makes sense. But I do not find a reason, why not bringing it to GameCloud at the very first day it comes out on the two consoles. They could even sell it separately from the GamePass Ultimate as a standalone cloud version. The infrastructure for this is already there and would not need to be built separately. I just think they have given up on this great NHL game at all. So sad.

Totally agree. It is a matter of doing market research. I doubt that looking at the potential loss of some console players when a PC version will bring thousands of new customers is the right way of seeing it. And if you consider the modern options of cross platform development which makes the porting of a codebase to another platform way easier than it once was, this could be financially beneficial for EA, even when it for sure has some risks. I wish they would see the potential instead of only the risks. But shareholders are to be pleased today or you lose your jobs in a company. Risk takers are a dying species, unfortunately.

It is not even sure if NHL 26 will be available as CloudGaming option at all. Maybe we won't even have this expensive option on PC. It is sad, but I don't think this NHL series will die if EA is not willing to brush it up and bring it back to the level it had back in 2014. I know so many folks who would pay for it when it would come back to PC.