Why Fighting Games Should NOT be Considered Sports Games

[notoriouzwun]

I guess I should give my definition of sports. Sports are things that can be played in leisure as well as the professional and amateur counterparts. There is no predetermined outcome and are normally governed by a defined set of rules. I know this is still vague but thats pretty much my premise. I also understand this brings about the arguement "Is poker a sport then?". I'll leave that arguement for another day!

[jyoung]

Quote: Originally Posted by Layoneil

what MMA or boxing rules does Mortal Kombat comply by?

Fight your opponent until one of you is knocked out or time expires.

[EtheRed]

I'm with Notoriouz, I don't think I ever really thought of Mortal combat or other fighting games like that to be anywhere near sports gaming????? Fight Night, MMA, UFC , most definitely. Curious what got you off on this subject? did you and another gamer have a throwdown on what a real sports fighting game was?

[lnin0]

There is no debate. MK and SF are "Fighters". Plain and simple. They never pretend to be another genre or even a hybrid.

I think the better argument would be to ask fighter fans if MMA, UFC and Fight Night belong to the "Fighters" genre as well or if they should just be considered purely "Sports" games.

[SHAKYR]

Man, these are the fans that are keeping the Fight Night series from being a true sim because they feel Mortal Kombat and Tekken should be considered sports games. SMH!

I'm on a campaign to prove to the EA producers that a sim boxing game will sell well but saying Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter are sports games will make them keep making arcade/sim hybrid games.

[EtheRed]

I'm pretty sure that EA knows that a boxing sim would sell, but I also think they know that if they cheeze the game up a bit then they open it up to an expanded market. if they wanted to do it right they'd make aFight Night game for sim style fighters and a licensed FaceBreaker type game for those wanted to just turbo punch with their friends.

[mickliovek]

All gaming titles are greater compared to top, they all have factors in them that don't genuinely represent the sports sim. But fighting is and will invariably be considered a rivalry to decide who could be the strongest, fastest, and who can endure more, which tends to make fighting gaming titles sports activities gaming titles on two different quantities in gaming and out versus a gaming like NBA 2K, Madden, Tiger Woods etc...