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EA has a love affair with arcadey sports gaming

Posted on January 9, 2012 at 11:21 AM.

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EA has a huge love affair with arcadey sports gaming. EA seems to think sim/realistic sports games don't sell. They have been showing their true colors lately by buying or re-introducing arcade style sports games. They have really been pushing these types of games.

I'm starting to think the near future games they say will be sim/realistic will be nothing but hybrid sim/arcade games. EA never made a sim/realistic sports game so how can they fear making one. I can't see Madden or even EA Highly-Anticipated basketball game breaking the arcade shadow EA love.

Comments

# 1 rudyjuly2 @ Jan 9

I do think they need to introduce a sim/arcade option where the game plays differently.

# 2 mirrored32 @ Jan 9

i am sure their idea is that 'casual gaming' is the key due to these iPhone gimmick stuff. So they want in. It is apparently their approach to get a arcade like name. I wonder how long before the deadline money pinchers of the corporation part of EA says the money isn't in sim anymore.

# 3 SHAKYR @ Jan 10

Options for both modes should be priority, but EA won't do it.

# 4 sactown_13 @ Jan 11

I am no fan of EA sports but maybe, just maybe they are releasing these titles for the casual/arcade fans and going to make madden and nba live for the simulation lovers.

# 5 SHAKYR @ Jan 12

Madden is a hybrid sim/arcadey game too. I doubt that NBA Elite/Live 2012 will break the mold that EA has shaped.