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Why can't NHL22 be on pc?
Why can't NHL22 be on pc? yet other products like FIFA and Madden get their yearly releases on pc so why can't NHL22 be pc? As somebody who plays a lot of sports games on pc I would like this questi...
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Just as expected EA does literally nothing but gives us a link to a stupid website that says "The American hockey fans aren't as big as other sports" Well who said only Americans play NHL22 Like look at FIFA a lot of people outside of the US play FIFA and they get a pc installment. Great Company.
EA_Aljo
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Community ManagerI don't believe I said it's an issue with a lack of American fans. I'm talking about the overall fanbase. FIFA gets a PC version because the sport has the community to support it. This really shouldn't be a surprise with just how big that sport is. It can be played anywhere and requires minimal equipment. Hockey, even when ice isn't involved, tends to be a sport that you can't just pick up and play without having specialized equipment.
We would truly love to have a PC version. It just runs the very high potential to be a lot of work with not a lot of return as well as stalling progress on the much more popular, console version of the game.
- EA should buy OOTP and use their engine and EA's graphics. That's ultimately what we want. Realism with graphics and currently that doesn't exist.
The only reason it's more popular on consoles is because that's the only way we can play. I have never once seen an official poll or anything from EA about bringing NHL back to PC. Make a prompt on the game as soon as you open it asking if players would switch to PC if it were to be released. Then, once you have your answer, make it cross play between PC and consoles. EA is a billion dollar company, just spend the money on resources to do it. It really shouldn't be that hard to actually cater to what the fans want for once.
Don't bother, I have disc version of NHL 07 and it doesnt even work because kept asking DirectX9.0c even though I have it. Setup ends suddenly. My discs are useless now.
Perhaps stop rereleasing same FIFA every year and focus on fixing these ancient issues with your legacy games. EA did bring Simcity 3000 to Steam along with some other legacy titles recently. PERHAPS bring older NHL games as well?
It's actually BECAUSE of this (lack of access to real hockey) that the game should be available on pc. I used to play hockey when i was younger but moved to an area where the nearest rink is 2 hours away and would cost me over £30 to get there and back. I miss skating and nhl is the closest i can now get. I'm a pc gamer and can't even play virtual ice hockey. Ice hockey is more popular outside the US than american football with european leagues and even a uk league (i'm from uk). So to say it's due to lack of access to real ice hockey ispart of the reason it is not on pc is rubbish.
As for developing for pc, it's made on pc, literally NOTHING would need changing, make controller mandatory. i know this as i am in game development (though i use unity and obviously not frostbite) and the coding for console and pc is the same, it's just the exporting/package format that changes. we don't need better graphics, lock it to 60fps and almost all but the cheapest pc could run it.
Well thanks everyone for this and how this is still an alive thread hopefully nhl gets a pc installment in the near future. its just if the admins are lack of access and not a big american fanbase of hockey well yes that is a kind of valid point but if you play something like street hockey it does not require as much equipment than ice hockey all you need is a stick and you could have a friend have a net or your own and street hockey pucks are like 1:00 $ each and not big American fanbase as an american myself soccer or football is not as popular in america as it is in other places yet fifa gets on steam every year it comes out. And the third point is what does this have to nhl coming on pc like PlayStation and xbox get nhl and those points can go very well with the consoles to and pc gaming is contuning to grow this is a great chance to make extra money for ea just sayin -bruhmoment289
Let's not forget that some of the PC versions aren't even up to date with the next-gen console versions. When FIFA can't even get the updates it should have there is no hope for NHL. Thing is with NHL they just need to make a really great PC game with mod options for updating players and such and then they wouldn't need to make another for another 4-5 years.
"FIFA 22’s PC version will not feature next-gen improvements seen on PS5 and Xbox Series X, including its new animation tech. The PC edition of FIFA 22 will instead be comparable to the last-gen version, to the dismay of its small but vocal core of fans."
If Madden can arrive on PC the eyar after Frostbite, then NHL can, as well.
- @EA_Aljo Now read that statement out loud again - "Hockey, even when ice isn't involved, tends to be a sport that you can't just pick up and play without having specialized equipment"
Seriously?? Millions of people would play NHL simply because of the reason that they can't afford the sport in real life etc. And don't get me started on ice hockey support in northern hemisphere, it's a known fact it's the most popular winter sports. This just proves how little EA actually care or even listen to their community.- EA_Aljo
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@EA_Aljo Now read that statement out loud again - "Hockey, even when ice isn't involved, tends to be a sport that you can't just pick up and play without having specialized equipment"
Seriously?? Millions of people would play NHL simply because of the reason that they can't afford the sport in real life etc. And don't get me started on ice hockey support in northern hemisphere, it's a known fact it's the most popular winter sports. This just proves how little EA actually care or even listen to their community.I'm talking about why hockey isn't as popular worldwide as other more accessible sports.
As far as the game being built on PC, but not released on that platform goes, almost every single game is made on a PC. There are games made on Linux and Mac machines that don't release on those consoles. So, the game needs drastic changes to play on PC, Not to mention the infrastructure and support. I realize you feel this is as simple as flipping a switch, but if it were that easy, it would have been done by now.
To the question of more popular sports games than hockey. That is, in your opinion, AMERICAN football is more popular ALL OVER THE WORLD than hockey, and therefore it has been released on PC for several years in a row?
Another point about the fact that hockey requires a lot of money. So maybe that's why people are looking for opportunities to play hockey for just $50+? The argument is pretty bad. In addition, you do not pay attention to the part of the people who watch sports on TV. Yes, more people play football, because, apart from the ball and clothes, nothing is needed, but there are many countries where hockey is watched more on TV than football (simply because at the world level in Russia they don’t know how to play football, in different from hockey). A huge number of people will buy NHL on PC if it is a quality product and not just a copy of an old game with minor tweaks. Even if the keyboard controls are extremely bad, to hell with it, buying an gamepad is not a problem. Moreover, more than 10 years have passed since the last release of the NHL on the PC. Maybe it's worth at least 1 time in all these years to release a game on a PC to check if it's worth it or not? I don't believe EA doesn't have the funds to release a one-time game on PC to see if it's worth releasing in the future or not. The game will definitely pay off in part, so if it fails, EA won't lose much. And if the game still does not pay off. then the players themselves will be to blame and EA will already have undeniable arguments in favor of not releasing the game on the PC in the future, instead of throwing empty words at the fans. 95% of people do not understand anything about your marketing schemes and other things for business, for them all your arguments "it's not profitable because ..." are just empty words. Yes, in fact, the same funds for the development of NHL 23 could be spent on the PC version, and instead of copy-pasting version 22 (let's be honest, there is very little difference), it would be possible not to release the game for 1 year, but to do much more new content and roll out the PC version.
And a small digression from the topic, since I wrote about Russia. I'll tell you a secret: in Russia they still continue to buy your games. Not so active, but they are buying. And you will do nothing about it, except to disconnect all of Russia from the Internet.
Also why is there no Russian language in NHL 23? It is spoken not only in Russia, even in
The United States has entire Russian quarters in cities. Why bring the conflicts of the world into the world of games? This is not our war. And anyway, if EA left the Russian market, why the hell are there still articles in Russian about games that are not available for sale in Russia??? You decide whether you make content for the Russian-speaking audience (like news about games) or do nothing at all for the Russian-speaking audience (lack of language in the game). Logic has left the chat.
Sorry in advance if my words seem rude, I'm just a player, I play games and I want to continue playing games like everyone else.
