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You remember pga tour? It's a game you made. And it is greatly being neglected by you. This game is far from good. And where are the updates? Do you think you can quit updating the game. And ten just...
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When some of the top designers, including the lead designer, left EA to work on other golf games, the writing was on the wall the game was going to be abandoned due to lack of interest and poor sales. Golf has become too niche for a big company like EA with shareholders, they want millions users, just not a few thousands.
@Wildesie wrote:… Golf has become too niche for a big company like EA with shareholders, they want millions users, just not a few thousands.
This quote really stands out. I remembered some Simmers who claimed that golf is a niche sport to justify the game getting more difficult after the Notorious Update 3 got implemented. They even used that argument to request more elements of difficulty to the game such as nerfing the flop shot or making bunkers/rough highly punishing. Some arcade players including me argued that making the current game too niche and more difficult would turn off the casual fanbase; I also mentioned that Simmers would also be turned off if game is not difficult enough. Let’s fast forward about 1.5 years later; the game becomes too niche to be abandoned.To act on every Simmers’ request is not a good idea if getting millions of users is the goal.
golf is not a niche sport. It’s the most played game I the world and participation has also grown significantly since Covid. Combine that with the fact that digital golf games have been around forever including some very popular iterations - notably this very games predecessor and the failure lands squarely on the gameplay of any particular game. Hockey is niche but NHL series has continually been well done and received where golf should have a larger following and fan base with a good game.
Golf is not the most played game or sport in the world.
He forgot to say by rich people and their children, because it's certainly not a sport for poor people. Those are playing sports where all is needed is a ball.
And those rich people playing golf are certainly not buying golf games. The CEO at 2K was all excited after 2M copies sold for 2K21, and many of those copies were given for free, just like mine as Playstation game of the month.
