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4 years ago

nhl 23 on pc

hello dear developers. I know that NHL is not released on PC. you said that if there is demand, you will return the series to the PC. so I know a lot of people who would like to play this wonderful...

neo_dakin

4 years ago

I don't want to offend anyone at EA but the least we could do is to have an official statement from EA about why NHL will not be released on PC. Because the answers of the Community Managers for years, at best, do not satisfy us ...
We want with numbers WHY it cant happened, at this point we never had a CLEAR answer, just some "we think the market is to little", well we don't think that and we are tired to wait for nothing...

And no, we will not buy 1 console for 1 game. It's not just a question of money or performance, the pc is more convenient, that's all.

EA_Aljo

Community Manager

4 years ago

Hey, @neo_dakin

The details that have been provided in this thread, and here in an older, lengthy thread are being relayed from talks with the dev team. These reasons have been discussed at very great length so I won't go into them again. It really does come down to a small PC market for hockey games.

SirKnightDragoo
4 years ago
"Small PC market for hockey games" ? Really, How do you calculate your stats?

It's not like the last NHL on PC was recent. You have no idea of the demand for this game on PC. Surveys? Petitions? You know very well that doesn't mean anything, most players like me won't even vote. Your stats are based on old NHL 09 datas, and your mod and hack reasons are based on old mentality.

Seriously, you are completely overwhelmed. As a developer are making yourself look incompetent by not porting the game to PC.
You are still not going to make me believe that the game is developed on console XD
And with your latest engine, it would be simply stupid not to take the opportunity to release the game on PC.
- EA_Aljo
  Community Manager
  4 years ago
  @SirKnightDragoon
  
  Again, it's not that the game can't be ported to PC, but that's not all there is. This has been explained many times in the various threads regarding this issue. You're welcome to read back through those threads to get the whole story.
  - nekitkrekit
    4 years ago
    you said that you communicate with developers. Can you answer a simple question? Will nhl 23 be released on PC? every year, the NHL theme is supported only by PC fans, and you ignore them. please answer us. if it doesn't come out on PC, we will forget this topic for another year and will not maintain interest in the NHL this year. just answer yes or no, it's so simple, you're communicating with developers.
- Sun_OpN
  4 years ago
  @SirKnightDragoonHit the nail on the head with this one. Still wonder if theyre going off 2009 numbers lol. The amount of house hold computers has tripled since then. Really they have no numbers to back up their claims. Again these devs are making whataboutism statements and ignoring the facts while trying to inject 13 year old stats. Its to the point that they want us to give up because EA doesnt actually care about its customer.
  - KlariskraysNHL
    Hero+
    4 years ago
    @Sun_OpN It doesn't come to PC because they simply aren't given the budget from the higher ups. They don't have faith that enough sales will counter it and also without crossplay it would hinder things a bit more too.
    But most of all they fear how good people are with modding on PC. They could put some cheat detect in but people always find ways around it.