Boxing Games: Why aren't there more?

[SHAKYR]

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Boxing Games: Why aren't there more?
Posted on March 12, 2009 at 10:46 AM.(14)

Fight Night Round 4 is coming later this year, which should be very exciting news for boxing fans the world over. Unfortunately, in a sport where exclusivity doesn't make sense, where is the competition?

That is a question that was recently posed to me and as I started to look, I began to draw a few conclusions of my own. Why aren't there more boxing games? Here are a two very good, practical, and very related reasons I could come up with:

1)The sport itself is in a severe downturn and has no marketable names. Since the interest in boxing overall has waned significantly across America, and since there isn't anyone worthy of marketing the game around (at least a current star) many companies probably balk at the ideal of making a boxing game with no real current interest in the sport.

2)Licensing the old names is costly. And if the lack of a modern set of stars wasn't enough, licensing former greats such as Tyson, Ali, Foreman, etc. is not a cheap task. Only the biggest of the big in the sports gaming universe (EA) has been willing to pony up the money for so many former greats. It also doesn't bode well for the sport that all of the most marketable names in boxing are either retired (Ali/Tyson), dead (Joe Louis, James Braddock) or fictional (Rocky Balboa).

So what can companies do to make a boxing game that is marketable, profitable and realistic enough to compete with Fight Night? Let's hear your thoughts!

[Relentless]

Who knows the boxing industry is so big as far as the different fighters.. it shouldnt be a thing to make a another competing boxing game


What they can and should do is pick upthe pieces Ea left on the floor

Think 2k basketball..

-Realism
-Presentation
-Individualism
-Customization
-Attention to detail

And have a robust and varied physics system.. with realistic and life like body reactions/punch impact reactions

[mesk]

i would literally pay out of pocket to have someone like mike wang develop the next boxing game.he oozes authenticity.i wish 2k hadnt messed up so badly with prizefighter

[jbels08]

I need to see who Mike Wang is. 2K still has all the fighters under contract so a sequel could be well underway.

[mesk]

welcome jbels!!glad to have u here.while it is slow now,im hoping by months end i will have all the best of the ea forums here.i mean look at the topic in the ea forum right now.it is who is the best hyper puncher\cheater\moron

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by mesk

i would literally pay out of pocket to have someone like mike wang develop the next boxing game.he oozes authenticity.i wish 2k hadnt messed up so badly with prizefighter

2K messed up by letting Venoms Games(Rocky series) make the Prizefighter. 2K should have use their in-house Developers, Visual Concepts!

[CountryBoy74]

Quote: Originally Posted by SHAKYR

2K messed up by letting Venoms Games(Rocky series) make the Prizefighter. 2K should have use their in-house Developers, Visual Concepts!

Prizefighter had a nice Career Mode. But the Gameplay was not polished at all.

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by jbels08

I need to see who Mike Wang is. 2K still has all the fighters under contract so a sequel could be well underway.

http://www.operationsports.com/Beluba/

This is Mike Wang.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6249192.html