This game is the same game the last 6 years
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Its a baseball game what you want zombie mode?
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@buddyhightower_xbl said in This game is the same game the last 6 years:
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@buddyhightower_xbl said in This game is the same game the last 6 years:
@djeternal2_psn said in This game is the same game the last 6 years:
@buddyhightower_xbl said in This game is the same game the last 6 years:
I too despise how yearly released sports games work. I think they would actually make more money by not having yearly releases and just allow players to buy the game once and then buy upgraded features if they choose to over a 4 year period minimum.
For example: if you like DD, next march you can buy the new DD package to continue to compete. More of a franchise guy? OK here is a package of custom rosters you can buy to add to your game. Want new announcers, cool we have that too.
My point is it would be easier for them and just as profitable to sell the individual pieces of the game and just keep the base game for a few years instead of replacing the base game every year.I doubt they'd make more money. For one the way you are suggesting with different smaller packages would definitely be a loser. Let's say they sell 100,000 copies each year @ $60 each that equals 6 million. Now your way let's say they split up franchise & DD (we won't break it down further altho I'm sure some could) at $30 each. I play DD exclusively so they lose $30 from me each year. I'm sure there are some that only play DD like me, only play franchise, & some that would buy both. So conservatively let's say it's 20% for just DD, 20% for just franchise, & the other 60% buy both. With that model and those conservative #s they effectively lose 20% gross compared to releasing a game each year.
This does not even take into account carrying DD teams forward. in order to have the carrot chase each year for DD players we would have cards with 200-300 stats on them by now or 3-4 whole new tiers above diamond further diluting the pool cards you can pull in packs
What you are not considering though is people who don't play DD and just play the same game for 4 or 5 years until they decide to upgrade.
I know a guy who plays madden 18 and says he won't buy a new game until he is forced to because of next gen only situation that will eventually happen.
Also, why would your card carry over to the new DD season? They would be only usable in offline modes and you will need to get all new cards for 22, just like you do now.
I'm pretty sure the Korean market already works like this.
I didn't include them because if they are already playing the same game without paying for roster updates it's unlikely they would pay for just roster updates.
As for DD your idea of the old cards not being eligible for online there would be a huge backlash for that because in that scenario it's not a new game you are adding onto the existing one. Players who spent $1000s the previous year would be up in arms because they couldn't use the cards in online modes that they spent $1000s on. We see this pop on the forums as it is with people wanting there to be a carryover system from game to game.
Like you just said, they cannot carry them over now so it would be no different. Also the people who only play franchise could get update rosters for $15 instead of paying $60 for a whole new game.
I think you would be surprised...
It would also allow them to spend more time and resources developing the game.Talk about server issues with the room they would need for all the previous years cards and trying to integrate/update new players and going through to update older cards, then having to alter the gameplay etc etc.... it would be way worse. Not to mention we would be stuck with this physics engine when it clearly needs to be redone or refined. A perfect perfect with 110 power should not be a warning track hit. Just early seems to be the goal of your swing and not good or even perfect.
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well it's fresh for xbox users!
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