EA Sports Will Not Publish College Football Game Next Year, Future Plans in Doubt

[goillini03]

Quote: Originally Posted by Trojan Man

Ha! Well, irony is one of life's genuine joys. I like that line because it's vapid--an entire line made up of one word. So it's not really a ringing endorsement for Mr. Kelly.

LOL! I disagree with your view but had to call you out!

[R.Moncrief]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingkilla56

It was inevitable. Hold onto your NCAA14s. They will be worth a decent penny in a few years.

lol, wut?

NCAA 14 sold what? Maybe a million copies combined between X360 and PS3. The game will never be rare enough or sought after enough to be worth anything to anyone.

Now, take for instance the prototype catridge to Legend of Zelda for NES. That thing had rarity and commanded attention, sold for a bit over $50k at an auction IIRC.

Anyway, my two cents on this... EA Sports should make the next 365 days a great experience for the NCAA fans they hold with such high regard.. release some patches that build upon the product. Give back to your gaming community by building on your latest and ultimately final release.

Through patches, + many more releases to the uniform store, this game can live on for a very long time, at least as long as current gen consoles are relevant. If EA abandons it completely (which I'm leaning to bet they will) then whatever.. their statement to the public was a waste of time and energy.

Thanks for the good times. I guess it's all over.

[kingkilla56]

lol, wut?

I said decent penny. I didnt say it would buy you a house. I just sold an old College hoops game for 50 bucks. It was decent.

[cliffgator]

are you scared that you will get away with the BS that you have been getting away with in NCAA ?

[mjavon]

I don't see them keeping up with patches in the extended future. From a business perspective, they don't stand to gain anything by developing anything that isn't paid-for DLC.

[jeremym480]

Quote: Originally Posted by T-Moar

Oh, you mean like College Hoops 2k8 is now?

I picked up CH2K8 out of the $5 bin about 2-3 years ago. I sold it this past April for $45. That's what I can turning a profit.

Just check out CH2k8 on Ebay right now. Some sellers have them listed for $60-$85. I'd be willing to bet that that price is only going to increase, well as long as we don't have a CH game. You're certainly not going to get rich off of selling it, but it's nice to get a little extra $$$ for a new game or something every now and then.

[mjarz02]

This was bound to happen, the relationship between college athlete and college institution is full of exploitation , on both sides. I can see the argument from both sides, it's just sad to see the game end.

[xirdneh132]

Then they should make a few patches. Improve pass coverage as much as possible, make the game more customizable (if possible). For me my dream in this game is to be able to use duplicate numbers. I know there are editors that do that but they haven't worked for me and EA should just create a patch so that we can edit numbers. There has to be a way to do it, you can do it with Teambuilder, some numbers are already duplicated in the game, we know it's possible. Sucks that it's gone but this was coming, NCAA has gotten away with too much for too long and eventually their greed would come back to get them. Goodbye to my favorite franchise.