Absolutely agree about that! Competition is always a good thing. Imagine if we lived in a world with only Call of Duty and no Battlefield-- wouldn't that be a sad place. Unfortunately, the football video game world is like that right now. That said, I still would like to see a CFL NFL 2K, too!
As an Argo's fan, I couldn't agree more. ;)
Couldn't agree more! Thanks for the comment. The stats at the end of each game (the stats the game keeps track of) don't make any sense or don't reflect anything of significance. EA can do better.
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I am not talking about an "economic" crash only. Maybe a crash of "identity." I think the industry is just fine, but I do think that there are a few things that need to be worked out here and there. The title of the piece is a bit hyperbolic. :S
Hey, thanks for the comment. I agree that the inclusion of stats will not make the game more realistic and I kind of admit that at the end of the piece. Having more in-depth stats may make the game more unrealistic and prove to be counter-intuitive to my point. That said, I think that if EA were to include those new stats in their game it would probably force them to tighten up the relatively weak computer A.I. as they would have better stats to gauge what they are doing wrong.
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I said I wasn't "only" talking about an economic crash. What I am trying to say in the opinion piece is that the video game industry doesn't really know what do next and I go in to detail about how and why that could have many effects on the industry at large. The thumbnail captures the sense of diminishing returns-- it's meant to invoke an industry that can't keep doing what it is doing and expect the same results. I don't know what flame "bate" is--...