Next-Gen and the ability to do things not possible before.

[Spanky]

Quote: Originally Posted by silver540i

3. I see sports games hurting the most creatively. New IPs have the advantage of being built ground-up and getting cool physics, AI, and graphics. Sports publishers (EA and 2K) dont have the luxury of taking 2-3 yrs to develop a new engine/game. Its more economical to do what they can with the existing games' engines, and do what they can with AI, graphics, etc.

Excellent point. It's unfortunate, but true.

[TheGamingChef]

Just think, with the 360's power... we'll maybe get... this is a maybe...

AD MODE!!!!

I'm pumped for '08 or '09 already

[TarHeelMan]

.......... or in game saves.....

[RubenDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by TarHeelMan

.......... or in game saves.....

its all about time and what sells. does in game saves have a selling point or drills and taking tests?

[Gagnon39]

I don't mean to seem like I'm setting my sights real high. I'm simply reiterating what producers have said in interviews. Like I said before, I know I've read countless times how the 360 will be able to do things that were never possible before and in these interviews they are not just talking about graphics. I just want to know what in the crap they were talking about.

[TheGamingChef]

Eh, we'll get both in-game and AD Modes eventually. But it better be in this gen (meaning 360).

Just think, if the NCAA wasn't an exclusive license, and 2K could actually produce a quality college football game, we'd probably already have both of those things, from one company or the other (or, more than likely, both).

[Cebby]

Quote: Originally Posted by TheGamingChef

Just think, with the 360's power... we'll maybe get... this is a maybe... AD MODE!!!! I'm pumped for '08 or '09 already

AD Mode would be lame as hell. Not very exciting starting a dynasty and imediately seeing "Sorry, your Title IX sports lost us millions of dollars. To make up the costs, your game against Ohio St has been rescheduled to Southern Alabama A&M. Other than scheduling and hiring head coaches, the AD doesn't do anything related to what goes on in NCAA. I don't see why some want it so bad.

[The GIGGAS]

The issue with improvement for next-gen formats is that it takes time. You can't just snap your fingers and say "Ta-da! Physics is in the game!". There is a ton of coding and manipulation of code in order to make anything work. Anything that seems simple is probably not all that simple as it seems.