Peter Moore Blog: Is Boxing Dead?

[LingeringRegime]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vast

"can't add too much depth, it'll scare away the casuals."

Holy ****, he actually said that?!?!? Nevermind doesn't surprise me.

[GamerzIgnite]

no idea why there is so much hate for the story mode. personally i loved the Road to Wrestlemania mode...which is basically the same thing. Plus in SvR theres still the normal CAW career and they are fine as 2 different things.

looking forward to this story mode thing, for sure.

[TheCreep]

Quote: Originally Posted by DEFTFUNDAMENTALZ

Holy ****, he actually said that?!?!? Nevermind doesn't surprise me.

Lets stop it before it starts lol. No he didn't say that.

[BlueNGold]

Quote: Originally Posted by GamerzIgnite

no idea why there is so much hate for the story mode. personally i loved the Road to Wrestlemania mode...which is basically the same thing. Plus in SvR theres still the normal CAW career and they are fine as 2 different things. looking forward to this story mode thing, for sure.

I don't hate the idea of adding a Story Mode. To be honest it looks pretty decent and is a nice new addition to the game.

I do however hate the idea of adding it when there is still so much left to add to the Legacy Mode. I just feel they could have spent all that time they put towards Champion Mode into Legacy Mode, so that we could get a Legacy Mode like some of those older (I think) Japanese boxing games.

[Dazraz]

Quote: Originally Posted by eye guy

I didn't read the article but instead decided to answer the question in the title... Is boxing dead? No. It is very much alive in the lighter weights, but it's struggling mostly in the HW division. Any boxing follower/supporter would've said the same thing.

The Heavyweight division has been dead since the fall of Mike Tyson. Unfortunately it's at this weight that boxing in general is judged. If the HW division is on a downer then so is boxing.

[DaveDQ]

This blog is an example of how video games work. Here we have an executive of EA Sports telling us why they went with this version of Fight Night, and if you read everything in its context, it's not a bad move at all.

A for-profit company is going to always be challenged with increasing revenue. Moore's question, "Is boxing dead," tells us that they can't trust the sport itself to sell the game. That's completely understandable. We aren't here on the release of a new system, where FN3 was, showing us graphics we've never seen before and that alone being the foundation of a big seller. Now EA is challenged with a less popular sport (among gamers) and they have to do something to catch the eye of the consumer.

I think the Champion Mode is a step in the right direction. It's also nice to see Moore comment on the broken stamina system that hurt FN4's online mode. At first I read the blog as an obvious PR stunt to promote FNC in a positive light, but in its context, what he writes shows us what probably goes on from the top down. The pressures are there to seel the game, while the developers try to make the game a solid representation of the sport.

[Phobia]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveDQ

This blog is an example of how video games work. Here we have an executive of EA Sports telling us why they went with this version of Fight Night, and if you read everything in its context, it's not a bad move at all. A for-profit company is going to always be challenged with increasing revenue. Moore's question, "Is boxing dead," tells us that they can't trust the sport itself to sell the game. That's completely understandable. We aren't here on the release of a new system, where FN3 was, showing us graphics we've never seen before and that alone being the foundation of a big seller. Now EA is challenged with a less popular sport (among gamers) and they have to do something to catch the eye of the consumer. I think the Champion Mode is a step in the right direction. It's also nice to see Moore comment on the broken stamina system that hurt FN4's online mode. At first I read the blog as an obvious PR stunt to promote FNC in a positive light, but in its context, what he writes shows us what probably goes on from the top down. The pressures are there to seel the game, while the developers try to make the game a solid representation of the sport.

Always love your writings Dave, our outlook on the gaming industry always have been pretty similar.

[ChampN252]

I can only hope boxing isn't dead. It's my favorite sport...well, tied with baseball. Little things need to be done to bring the popularity back up. More national TV matches, much attention getters, lot what Paccy and Floyd are doing. We need a new Roy Jones Jr. A boxer than is great and backs it up week after week. That guy was mad popular. I saw him in an old episode of Married with Children. I'd imagine he had a lot of TV time.