October 25, 2004
2004.10.25 Time for Sports Game Publishers to Take a Break
Sid Meier's Pirates, NHL 2005, Tak II and more!
Laura Foy and Tina Wood (of G4TV.com) once mentioned that sports game publishers should simply take a break and not release a game back to back from year to year. Are they introducing anything whoppingly new that requires another release with the next year?
This applies to: NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB, T.H.U.G, etc.
Unless you REALLY have the need to release the game because of some innovative new technology that would make game play 150% much better, all you're doing is milking your customer base for money and releasing CRAPPY-arse games. Oh wait, that's what you wanted to do in the first place.
In that case, keep on what you're doing. At $49.99 a pop, I'm sure ESPN wouldn't mind looking to taking your customers for only $19.99; lower price, better features!
| Sid Meier's Pirates | PC | preivew (Nov 22) |
| Star Ocean: Till the End of Time | PS2 |  |
| NHL 2005 | PS2, PC, XBox & GCN |  |
| Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams | GCN, PS2 & GBA | |
| Donkey Konga | GCN | |
I completely agree. Though I don't think it applies to every sports game, such as the MVP Baseball and Madden NFL Football franchises. Those two games always seem to take a step forward no matter what. NHL went way backwards this year (ESPN is way more realistic, and, of course, 20 bucks :)).
I heard that today was suppose to be GTA Day on G4TechTV, but I got home at 4 PM to see Mo beating on Adam (kinda funny how that happened). Was it only until 3 CST?
yes, i agree also, but some games that have released every year like the tony hawk series have gotten better. i havent played thug 2 yet though.