Where Is A New Fight Night Game?

[RaychelSnr]

With Mayweather vs. Pacquiao coming up in May, it struck me as rather sad that gamers have no real way to enjoy boxing in this next generation. To be sure, it’s been a painful sabbatical for fans of the Fight Night series, as EA has switched gears into the MMA world with EA Sports UFC. The business decision certainly made sense for the UFC at the time, as they got to partner up with a bigger brand in EA. For EA, they got to give the Fight Night license a rest while riding the rocket that was the UFC. With only just over a million units sold on Xbox One and PS4 for EA Sports UFC, according to VGChartz, one has to wonder if this was a bet worth taking.

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[rkocjay]

I would take fight night over ufc any day.

[JKSportsGamer1984]

Please bring back Fight Night!

[Dazraz]

Excellent article.
Fight Night was a far more accurate simulation of the sport than EA's UFC game is. I really hope Fight Night returns albeit with a far better emphasis on capturing the fanfare & atmosphere of a big fight match-up. I would like to see a Boxing game that includes all the Pre-Fight elements (Weigh-Ins, Press Conferences...) to give you a sense of building up to a big bout rather than just getting straight into the fight.

[Yaari]

I think MMA, and specifically the UFC, is a much safer bet right now. In boxing all fighters have to be licensed individually, making it difficult to put together a roster. Has Mayweather even made an appearance in any of the games? At the end of the day MMA is still on the rise while boxing currently has to be carrier by a handful of names.

EA UFC could have sold better, but it was a beginning console generation, and it did not score too well either. It was lacking in depth and modes. But its a game with a very solid foundation.

Switching to boxing won't really get them anywhere. It's not really a safe bet either. They have to make EA UFC a solid foundation first. I won't be surprised if they start exploring options once EA UFC 2 and the sales numbers are out though. The current install base for this gen is rapidly growing, and if the game still does not manage to do the numbers, they might partially switch their efforts towards boxing. Who knows.

[JayBee74]

Re: Where Is A New Fight Night Game?

I think MMA, and specifically the UFC, is a much safer bet right now. In boxing all fighters have to be licensed individually, making it difficult to put together a roster. Has Mayweather even made an appearance in any of the games? At the end of the day MMA is still on the rise while boxing currently has to be carrier by a handful of names.

Premiere Boxing Champions is giving boxing a new look, and Fight Night Champions wasn't totally lacking in signed boxers. Give the boxers more face time on national TV, improve the game considerably, and you'll have a winner.

Of course I'm a huge boxing fan, who doesn't care about MMA in the least.

[Dazraz]

Fight games, irrespective of their genre, have the potential to grow their sales by appealing to the more casual gamer. However to do this they need to make a much more accessible control system. EA's UFC has a ridiculously complicated control system, in particular the ground game. Sure dedicated fans will take the time to master them, but a casual player will soon tire of the effort required. I enjoy UFC's stand up game but once the action goes to ground it becomes a stick twiddling button flicking extravaganza whereby I do all I can to get to a stand up position. Boxing of course doesn't have this ground game element & therefore removed the necessity of such control schemes. Another reason why I find it the better option.

[santa7999]

Fight night aside, which was a great series and it should not have been put aside, EA UFC probably only did a million units because the game lacks any real content. Sure they have been one of the better games with updates and giving free fighters but who is going to play the same game for 2 years only playing exhibition matches and some online fights. There is nothing to do in the game once you finish career mode, which was somewhat boring and predictable.

I am not an online gamer, I could care less about playing people online, I would rather play my own "Universe" mode like the WWE games have, that way, its never ending and you create the storylines, and you can use which ever fighter you want for any event. There needs to be a lot of customizability with the fighting games because there is only so much you can do with it. I'm not a fan of WWE but there are so many things they got right up until this year and maybe last year, but you could customize almost anything, I know UFC isnt like the WWE in terms of creating belts and factions, but you could set up rivalries and have the rematches and it will actually feel like it counts, keep the standings, have new fighters emerge. You should have PPVs every month and build everything from there. This is what should have been in the UFC game in my opinion, well, I would have liked to see it. Dont write off a game because it sold poorly, look at why it sold poorly and rectify that in the next release.
And put another team on creating a new Fight Night....(win, win situation) stop being cheap, you have the money EA. The people could buy two organized fighting games. Id buy a UFC and Fight Night game, as long as it is good and has the content to keep me busy and happy for more than a week.

[SHAKYR]

Excellent article and thank you very much for writing this because I was really frustrate that a site like Operation Sports wasn't doing anything about boxing when there are developers who watch this site and listen(read) to what is being said. Your articles do make noise in the sports gaming industry.

[DJ]

What's also hurting the Fight Night series is that boxing's most marketable star, Floyd Mayweather Jr., is likely going to retire after this year. Outside of Canelo Alvarez, I don't see a lot of fighters brimming with star potential.

The UFC has marketable fighters like Ronda Rousey, Jon Jones, Connor McGregor, etc., that carry more name recognition that 99% of today's current boxers.

[JayBee74]

Re: Where Is A New Fight Night Game?

What's also hurting the Fight Night series is that boxing's most marketable star, Floyd Mayweather Jr., is likely going to retire after this year. Outside of Canelo Alvarez, I don't see a lot of fighters brimming with star potential.

The UFC has marketable fighters like Ronda Rousey, Jon Jones, Connor McGregor, etc., that carry more name recognition that 99% of today's current boxers.

I've never heard of any of them. Guess I need to hang out at the MMA forum to learn some of them.

So much for name recognition.

[fistofrage]

Re: Where Is A New Fight Night Game?

I never heard of any of them. Guess I need to hang out at the MMA forum to learn some of them.

So much for name recognition.

I think I heard of Ronda Rousy because she was posing for some swimsuit magazine. Not sure who the other people are. Ken Shamrock? Was he MMA or WWE? I can't remember.

I would have to bet that Boxing is much more popular on a world stage than MMA. And given what Pac/Mayweather will draw, I can't imagine MMA is more popular than boxing in the US even though people have been saying boxing is dead for 30 years.

[SHAKYR]

I think I heard of Ronda Rousy because she was posing for some swimsuit magazine. Not sure who the other people are. Ken Shamrock? Was he MMA or WWE? I can't remember.

I would have to bet that Boxing is much more popular on a world stage than MMA. And given what Pac/Mayweather will draw, I can't imagine MMA is more popular than boxing in the US even though people have been saying boxing is dead for 30 years.

Exactly! A great game will sell regardless of the stars. I keep telling EA they need to market the boxing game more globally. I'm not an MMA fan; I wouldn't even say casual either. Boxing has a very huge fan-base but people try to overshadow it with MMA.
If you go to any of the major boxing websites they have many fans on them sites daily. Boxing isn't dead but casual fans will make you believe it is.

[Boxers and Boxing community need to support another boxing game]

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.


Read more: http://boxinggamewishlist.proboards.com/thread/66/boxing-dead-easports#ixzz3UaIh56l4

[JKSportsGamer1984]

Re: Where Is A New Fight Night Game?

Exactly! A great game will sell regardless of the stars. I keep telling EA they need to market the boxing game more globally. I'm not an MMA fan; I wouldn't even say casual either. Boxing has a very huge fan-base but people try to overshadow it with MMA.
If you go to any of the major boxing websites they have many fans on them sites daily. Boxing isn't dead but casual fans will make you believe it is.

[Boxers and Boxing community need to support another boxing game]

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.


Read more: http://boxinggamewishlist.proboards....#ixzz3UaIh56l4

Well said man. Totally agree!

[JayBee74]

Re: Where Is A New Fight Night Game?

What's also hurting the Fight Night series is that boxing's most marketable star, Floyd Mayweather Jr., is likely going to retire after this year.

Floyd hasn't been in the last three Fight Nights, and if he retired tomorrow five years from now you could have a "Floyd Mayweather" boxing game. That's how marketable he is.