Some say boxing is dead and some of these game producers(EA) are contributing to the hype because their lack of passion and knowledge of boxing translate into the product(Fight Night). Boxing is still making money and has million of fans worldwide. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the highest paid athlete two years in a row.
EA needs to stop blaming the sport of boxing and give the fans what they want and not what they think they need. Fans want the game to be similar to what they see on TV or a live match. The fans want a deep game with depth in various areas like the customization, controls, career, features, and things that apply to the sport in general.
If boxing was dead why are sites like these flooded with fans and posts everyday.
BoxRec: Total members 42649
East Side Boxing: Total Members 30,969
BoxingScene : Total Members 162273
SaddoBoxing: Total Members21,697
MaxBoxing: Total Members 19,439
And a large number of other boxing sites exist.
If boxing is dead how can a text-sim site exist after years without a new game? They just produced another game under new creators( P.I.S.D. Ltd.) only because the original game owner(Andreas Raht) kept getting side tracked with other priority projects and the demand for another game was high.... For a Text-Sim game?!? Yes!
I started a Title Bout Champion Boxing Twitter that I just relinquished to the new owners/creators because the guy in charge of
PR couldn't believe how many followers I had. The point I'm trying to make is that a game that has realism and depth of a sim, but no graphics like that of console game has a following. So, why can't a company like EA take a chance and give fans the realism and depth of a Text-Sim. The Champion Mode was a waste of resources and turned the hardcore fans off.
Fight Night can be a major seller if the producers stop trying to be so casual friendly...No, too casual friendly and ignore the overall mechanics of boxing. If boxing is dead let the fans have overall control and freedom to create the boxing universe they want in a game.
I'm pushing them. I have had contact with a few representatives and producers from various companies and 2KSports.
This time EA's Fight Night team is taking off for the UFC game is leaving room for other companies to walk on the scene.
The arcade approach with tiny bits of sim/realism is what hurt the current game. Fans want Fight Night to be more of a boxing game and not an arcade fighter.
EA can't own boxing because it's not like football and other organized sports.
Big demand?!? There is a huge demand! Boxing didn't start with Floyd Mayweather Jr. nor will it end with him. A boxing game with more freedom to customize how you want it to play out is the key. I have a Facebook group with fans and boxers who will support a boxing game if it showed the realism and excitement the sport can give you.
Old, historic, and Hall of Fame boxers have nothing to do with EA's Fight Night Champion or any of the games failing.
Fans love the what if scenarios in sports games. I know for a fact these boxers don't take space from adding another boxer fans want in the game. So, what's the problem with them being in the game? No one is forced to use them and they give you the option to remove them from a list in career mode.
I think EA's producers should stick with boxing and not gimmicks. I have heard the complaints from various sports gaming sites and their own sites. Fans want to have an experience with the tools that each boxer is know for bringing to fights; nothing more nothing less.