An exploration into American sports video games (such as NBA2K, MADDEN and NHL) and what makes them soooooo great!
Electronic Arts has used its Madden NFL franchise to simulate the winner of each Super Bowl every year since 2004. This year, Madden NFL 17 predicts the Patriots will beat the Falcons with a score of 27-24.
Now, a CPU vs. CPU game is not the most scientific way to place bets on a team, but the series’ predictions have been proven more correct than wrong. Starting with Super Bowl XXXVIII in 2004, let’s look back at every prediction to see how accurate of a sim Madden truly is.
So NBA 2K14 won’t be joining us in 2016
Its ok I hated 2k14 it was complete ass. 2k16 is miles better you'd be doing yourself a disservice sticking with that old shit.
I think it's pretty sad when they do this to a two year game. But I suppose, when they make yearly releases it's to be expected. But, there are games that still have servers up. I know it's not nearly the same, but I can still play Call of Duty 2 on the 360 online and there is still some people playing. That came out in 2005. A 10 year old game is still active with the sequels also active.
I would welcome a future where sports games just released new updates/add-ons instead of releasing new games each year. Just upgrade the graphics and so on and release a new game every few years maybe.
Realistically, there probably were not enough people playing 2k14 to justify keeping the servers running. It's more practical to repurpose those servers for the newer games that more people play. I'm sure the vast majority of sports gamers moved on to 2k15 or 2k16.
NHL hockey video games have come a long way. Grandpa Heath takes a look at just how long in the 3rd and final NHL hockey games retrospective. There's also a whole lot of griping about NHL 15.
At least NHL 16 shipped as a complete product. Still waiting on goalies and d-men that act real. I have a feeling I'll be waiting several more years.
I went back and watched the whole series. And I don't even like hockey or hockey games lol Guy is real funny
Hmmmm, not sure I entirely agree but great article nonetheless.
"Aside from the actual sports themselves being bloody brilliant (and shut up if you don’t agree)"
Journalism.
Also, just noted it says "A GAME BLOG" at the top right.
I thought Blogs werent allowed?
-Personal blogs do not qualify as a legit source for opinion pieces unless the author is an industry professional.-
lmaoooo @ the title.
yeh i love american sports but there is a reason they are american sports, because we suck at international sports
soccer the you know real football
cricket
Rugby
field hockey
anything? anything at all?
you know how NFL touts we had 100 million people watch the superbowl, that's nothing compared to what a cricket match in India does ratings wise.
national sports but when they win call them self world champs lol. Pats vs Giants but world champs
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