EA Developing 3 on 3 NHL Arcade

[ohyeahbaby123]

Quote: Originally Posted by Roscosuper II

Wait......so now we have 2 arcade games??? I don't get it

[Roscosuper II]

I was starting to think this might be a good idea (despite my my utter disgust) because, I was hoping this would lead to a more realistic game in the future. That being, the arcade style players would have a game to themselves and EA could "get real" about the series. But now I'm starting to think if this becomes too popular, it could be the direction EA wants to go.

[JR360]

A full priced arcade sports title on a next gen platform doesn't seem likely to be a big hit -- that's why the 3on3 game is an XBLA title. I don't think EA is going to get away from sim and your first scenario (an arcade game allows the yearly NHL series to go more sim) seems more probable.