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EA Sports Rugby 14 - A Glimmer of Light?
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<blockquote data-quote="RoosTah" data-source="post: 608555" data-attributes="member: 12207"><p>Don't take it the wrong way mate, I would love more work into Rugby video games. I just think that an awful lot of people suffer from a continuing misconception regarding the type of company EA is. This line in particular was what my post was about:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It represents a very superficial understanding of the industry and disregards some truly awful efforts that have been put forward by EA for Rugby. As I said in my original post, EA - primarily a publisher and not a developer themselves - may have massive resources, but they simply will not use them for a sport like Rugby, because the economics just don't stack up. Sure, they could invest US$20 million in making a seriously world class rugby game by utilising their Madden and FIFA dev teams or giving the project to another extremely talented developer with nothing else on their plate. The reality is they never have though, and it will take a significant shift in market sentiment (and global rugby popularity among gaming males) to change it. </p><p></p><p>EA decided to give Rugby to HB Studios back in '02 and then rushed them brutally, provided them with **** all resources and forced an early release of the game to capitalise on the Rugby World Cup. The result? EA Rugby 2004 - possibly one of the worst (if not THE worst) sports games ever produced (and it had "EA Sports" right there on the front). The next two efforts from HB were considerable improvements on this (but still no where near Madden or FIFA), but then they had to be after the awful effort that preceded it. Ultimately though, they just didn't sell well enough for EA to continue providing any investment in the series, and HB were left to ponder their next ***le themselves (which they acted on with their official Rugby World Cup game).</p><p></p><p>In my view, what you're better off doing is trying to build support for Sidhe's "Rugby Challenge" series. If that game starts pulling in millions, then EA will sit up and take notice again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RoosTah, post: 608555, member: 12207"] Don't take it the wrong way mate, I would love more work into Rugby video games. I just think that an awful lot of people suffer from a continuing misconception regarding the type of company EA is. This line in particular was what my post was about: It represents a very superficial understanding of the industry and disregards some truly awful efforts that have been put forward by EA for Rugby. As I said in my original post, EA - primarily a publisher and not a developer themselves - may have massive resources, but they simply will not use them for a sport like Rugby, because the economics just don't stack up. Sure, they could invest US$20 million in making a seriously world class rugby game by utilising their Madden and FIFA dev teams or giving the project to another extremely talented developer with nothing else on their plate. The reality is they never have though, and it will take a significant shift in market sentiment (and global rugby popularity among gaming males) to change it. EA decided to give Rugby to HB Studios back in '02 and then rushed them brutally, provided them with **** all resources and forced an early release of the game to capitalise on the Rugby World Cup. The result? EA Rugby 2004 - possibly one of the worst (if not THE worst) sports games ever produced (and it had "EA Sports" right there on the front). The next two efforts from HB were considerable improvements on this (but still no where near Madden or FIFA), but then they had to be after the awful effort that preceded it. Ultimately though, they just didn't sell well enough for EA to continue providing any investment in the series, and HB were left to ponder their next ***le themselves (which they acted on with their official Rugby World Cup game). In my view, what you're better off doing is trying to build support for Sidhe's "Rugby Challenge" series. If that game starts pulling in millions, then EA will sit up and take notice again. [/QUOTE]
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