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@FellsPointGuy said in The Show 24 is in Trouble with NCAA 25 Dropping:
@doobiebross66-72
Any conversation centered around a football game being the demise of a baseball game is not something I can take seriously. If a rival competitor was dropping an awesome baseball release, I could see it being an issue. But this is like me being an apple lover and saying that I am skipping apples while grocery shopping this week because the peaches look good.
More like you won’t eat apples from March through July because you heard peaches might be good in July.
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Not to beat a dead horse but I think it 100% depends on how sets are handled. If they double down on sets then yes, I believe ALOT more people will bolt for NCAA.
And the people saying that it’s apples & oranges…No it’s not. Most people that like baseball also like football. And football is BY FAR the most popular sport in the USA.
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I'm going to get NCAA. that doesn't mean I'll stop playing MLBTS, or Skull and Bones, or Assasins Creed, or Cities 2, or Hogwarts, or whatever new game sounds good to me. I hope you enjoy your time--between March and July--not playing a sports game. That is, unless you pay to win in Madden 24.
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How is the NCAA football game going to be different than Madden with an NCAA skin? Is there something that makes it stand out. I just googled and did not see many concrete details about the game at all.
Either way, I doubt it will have a major impact. Most MLB sales, I would guess come at the beginning of the game, not 3 month later. Many sports gamers jump between the different games when they are released.
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@Dolenz I’m certainly not going to vouch for EA lol…But they did say that it will be a completely different game & none of the developers of Madden are involved. We’ll see…I do remember back in the day they did play differently, It was most noticeable in player movements. We’ll see.
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@IrishFist412 said in The Show 24 is in Trouble with NCAA 25 Dropping:
@Dolenz I’m certainly not going to vouch for EA lol…But they did say that it will be a completely different game & none of the developers of Madden are involved. We’ll see…I do remember back in the day they did play differently, It was most noticeable in player movements. We’ll see.
I agree, it was different. Can't tell you how, but I had and played both. I miss the recruiting aspect.
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2 different games, 2 different fan basses. I will be playing both.
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@doobiebross66-72 I am currently so much in your thinking. I hope I get changed.
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My point was I got overly hyped for the return of NBA Live. That game was by far the best NBA game for a decade before they lost their license and it was a massive dud. My expectations for anything coming from EA regarding sports games are lower than low. Including a baseball game if that ever comes to fruition. I was obsessed with NCAA football back in the day but I’m gonna wait until it launches myself personally.
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C'mon, everyone. The truth is clearly in the middle on this. YOU might be a "baseball" fan, but lots of sports gamers play several of the major sports games. So, yes, there will be an effect on The Show's user base when NCAA drops, probably a big one.
EA disgusts me, though, so I don't love the idea of it getting unearned love just because the game's returning. And I'm skeptical, bordering on negative, about how NIL will work in the game...
NCAA 02 (?, with Weinke on the cover) was the most fun I had ever had with a sports game. I know other NCAA's were better, but that game represented the biggest jump in franchise/dynasty/career mode from one year to the next that I've ever seen. I still don't know who the super-high rated true frosh was on Tennessee that year...lol...maybe Munoz's son???
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No bigger than when Madden comes out and like @broken_toy1_PSN said most people can play more than 1 game at a time.
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Madden & FC show that SDS is not "in trouble." They put out garbage annually and are among the top-5 most sold games in the US. Again, they are marketing to the casuals, not us.
It sucks they aren't upgrading the game more, but hundreds of thousands of players are fine shelling out $70 for a copy & paste, and SDS knows that.
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@TheGoaler You sorry sadsack...I'm in the same friggin' boat. What a shambles NHL is in this year huh?
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@Dolenz
CFB has a completely different dev team. The CFB '25 team are mostly the same ones from NCAA 14, not Madden. When these devs left NCAA FB after '14, they created the highly respected Madden '16 mobile game. From what I have heard, many of those devs (who love CFB) are back completing this game. CFB '25 should be excellent. -
@Sarge1387 said in The Show 24 is in Trouble with NCAA 25 Dropping:
@TheGoaler You sorry sadsack...I'm in the same friggin' boat. What a shambles NHL is in this year huh?
I mainly have been a solo EASHL player, but have gotten into HUT more than ever.
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@doobiebross66-72
100% agree, my friend.
This game (though good) is essentially a copy and paste job every year.
Some new bells and whistles, but rarely anything functionally different.
The hitting interface is tired.
I find it boring and didn't play hardcore in '23.
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@SuntLacrimae50 said in The Show 24 is in Trouble with NCAA 25 Dropping:
I still don't know who the super-high rated true frosh was on Tennessee that year...lol...maybe Munoz's son???
Might’ve been Kelly Washington. We had Witten back then too. He and Muñoz would’ve been upper classmen by then
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Alright so after reading the blog update regarding DD, I want to retract part of my OP.
From what I’ve read (still want to see it play out) the changes they have outlined seem like a great improvement derived from the feedback regarding 23
I’m no longer in the “definitely not buying” camp.
My love of baseball does this to me every year lol
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It's competition in the same way any other AAA Title (Call of Duty, Madden, Final Fantasy, Spider-Man) or other entertainment options (Netflix, Hulu, Broadcast TV, actual MLB games) is.
If I had to guess, initial elation that it even exists will eventually give way to all the naysayer complaints (why wasn't such & such included?, why are you charging me extra for Oregon's one-off unis?, why didn't you use Bevo or UGA or Mike the Tiger more?, why didn't you include the Milk Can Rivalry? ) that we typically see around here.
Wait for Year 2.
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A lot of great points made in the thread. My OP was definitely short sighted
Looking forward to hearing from those who have early access how the content structure looks
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