18th year without a PC Release

Another year of disappointment.  Been here for over a decade now asking for this.  Getting old.

Yah. 

I mean, I have no intent to buy the game because its just not worth buying every year for a small patch at premium price but ill just say, if they ever want to sell me a game again, they better figure it out for PC soon because once this xbox is outdated, im never buying a console again.   I only bought this xbox for NHL and I feel guilt about it every day.   

I can understand maybe why they originally stopped.  But they made it for 15 years prior and in the 18 years since so much has changed that it seems EA has just  happily left a lot of older gamers to wander the dessert forever...and are leaving many more news with their money out there in the dust.  

Since they stopped producing a PC version the NHL has added:
Vegas
Seattle 
Over tripled the league revenue
Record setting attendances and TV ratings

Since then the NHL and its teams have:
Drafted many high talent, high profile American players
Built huge online presences
Started holding overseas exhibition matches

You already got the PWHL (which again wasn't around in 2008) so now you can actively target the female audience on an another platform that might not necessarily game too much but has a laptop/pc for school and wants to play some hockey.  And that can go for anyone in general: not everyone has/wants a console—but they just might wanna play a game!

And with the US teams winning the Olympics, and the NHL bringing back its own best on best World Cup....

Oh, and let's not forget since then DRM has gotten way stronger (not that I necessarily like that ;)) and distribution platforms like Steam and the PC based mobile gaming devices....there are several out there and an obvious market for them!

Not sure what the EA execs are thinking for not ordering a PC version....even if it is a 3-5 year trial test the modern waters and try and regain users to the platform and franchise.

I've said it many of times. If it's going to happen expect it around the time the next gen consoles would arrive. So my guess would be NHL 29 at the earliest 

No one cares. 

Maybe it will be back for PC eventually, but I'm not convinced. I know they have other sport game series that are on PC, but I don't know how good it is for buisness with NHL.

I can only speak for myself, and as someone who has bought every game since 99 (and 95 and 97 for SNES), I played on PC from 99 to 07, and bought 08, but realized it lacked many of the new key features and got myself a PS3 and never looked back.

The reason I buy it every year is that I want the latest rosters and usually some new feature that interest me.

If it came to PC I would be a lot more tentative about buying it every year, that's for sure. With people making mods and stuff, maybe it will take years before I feel the need to upgrade again. Great for me, but not good for EA's business. Of course I'm only one player, but with a game that sell less than their other sports games, it's possible their overall sales drop, because people don't actually need to buy the latest game every year if they get the PC release.