EA CEO Provides Latest Update on EA Sports College Football

[Steve_OS]

EA CEO Andrew Wilson provided the latest update on EA Sports College Football during their Q1...

Written By: Steve Noah

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[sherrane]

" As of now, we’ve got, you know, many if not most of the schools licensed as part of our licensing platform..."

This statement is not encouraging. Most of the schools could be as little as 67 (of 133 FBS Schools in 2023) schools. Had he said, "We've got most of the schools..." I would think they maybe had 100 or more.

[tjung0831]

As of right now, i'm more excited about King Javo's College Bowl release

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by sherrane

" As of now, we’ve got, you know, many if not most of the schools licensed as part of our licensing platform..." This statement is not encouraging. Most of the schools could be as little as 67 (of 133 FBS Schools in 2023) schools. Had he said, "We've got most of the schools..." I would think they maybe had 100 or more.

This is going to get ugly for EA. I know the popular opinion is players will just want to be in this game for thw legacy of being in a video game, no matter how little the monetary gain. But like they say, " it's always about the money, especially when it's not about the money ".

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ghost Of The Year

This is going to get ugly for EA. I know the popular opinion is players will just want to be in this game for thw legacy of being in a video game, no matter how little the monetary gain. But like they say, " it's always about the money, especially when it's not about the money ".

I disagree. Posturing is easy now, as the deadline approaches players will sign up as they won't want to be left behind and not in the game.

Much ado about nothing IMO. Glad to hear EA has said the game is coming out, with or without names. That's the right attitude to take.

[Ghost Of The Year]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

I disagree. Posturing is easy now, as the deadline approaches players will sign up as they won't want to be left behind and not in the game. Much ado about nothing IMO. Glad to hear EA has said the game is coming out, with or without names. That's the right attitude to take.

I do hope you are right. The best thing that could happen is the game is released with all fake players, and then let the players see that what sells the game is the names on the jersey front, and not the jersey back. But I still figure haters gonna hate, and critic EA for not ponying up the dough to get the players license. IF they don"t in fact get it.

[ODogg]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ghost Of The Year

I do hope you are right. The best thing that could happen is the game is released with all fake players, and then let the players see that what sells the game is the names on the jersey front, and not the jersey back. But I still figure haters gonna hate, and critic EA for not ponying up the dough to get the players license. IF they don"t in fact get it.

Yeah, the reason I say this is if you could look back at my old posts I was always saying the game had to have real player names. HAD TO!

But at this point I'm just happy to have the game back. I mean I do want names and likenesses but like others have said, just sim a few years and it doesn't matter anyways.

And unlike before, EA can always roll out updates. Them signing everyone by such and such a date is just what the game will ship with is all. EA knows this and will use it as leverage...

"Hey we hope you sign, but if not the game will go forward without you" is the right attitude for them to take.
Now next year and year after, once we are "spoiled" by having a college football game, maybe not so much.

But right now people just want the darned game and I think EA knows this.

[beau21]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

... But right now people just want the darned game and I think EA knows this.

It's this for me. And I agree, likely many others. As much as I love and appreciate the CFB Revamped folks and output, not having a CFB game on the (now) last two gens makes it feel dated to me. Though I don't need the absolute best graphics over everything, I can't help but want a game that generally looks of modern times and while NCAA 14 isn't a bad looking game - it is certainly not going to be mistaken as a modern game. And while Madden has caused a lot of frustration over the past decade, they've also made some improvements in other gameplay areas that I would love to see brought to (and expanded on!) in a modern CFB game.