Yes or no: will NCAA make the jump to next gen consoles?

[BA2929]

I believe it'll be on next gen. Any official ruling from this lawsuit will probably take years and years to actually come to fruition due to all the appeals and other things that will hang it up.

I expect it to be on the PS4/NeXBox.

[Razorback73]

Quote: Originally Posted by BA2929

I believe it'll be on next gen. Any official ruling from this lawsuit will probably take years and years to actually come to fruition due to all the appeals and other things that will hang it up. I expect it to be on the PS4/NeXBox.

I agree. Pasta Padre reported last week that the trial is not scheduled to begin until June 2014. You have to imagine that means there won't be any disruption to the development and release of NCAA 15, and even if EA loses the lawsuit there's probably a good chance they could receive an injunction that would allow them to continue making the game until an appeal is complete. I fully expect to see NCAA 15 on next gen; hopefully we'll get enough releases on next gen to see improvements from year to year if the worst happens and the series ultimately ends up getting shelved.

Here's the link to the article from last week: http://www.pastapadre.com/2013/05/04...keness-lawsuit

[bad_philanthropy]

Thinking positively, if all the lawsuit rules is that EA can no longer provide semi-accurate rosters, the incentive might be to create a more compelling product that overcomes the loss of such a feature.

I believe the game still sells over a million copies each year across both consoles. That's probably not revenue EA would just cut out.

[Swamp Swagger]

Quote: Originally Posted by bad_philanthropy

Thinking positively, if all the lawsuit rules is that EA can no longer provide semi-accurate rosters, the incentive might be to create a more compelling product that overcomes the loss of such a feature. I believe the game still sells over a million copies each year across both consoles. That's probably not revenue EA would just cut out.

Saying it does how will teams be rated? Will the players just all be random an people who play online will just have to deal with it?

Sure you can edit stuff but again it ruins online matches an would ruin it for people who couldn't get online an get updated rosters an such

[seasprite]

Quote: Originally Posted by Swamp Swagger

Saying it does how will teams be rated an how? Will the players just all be random an people who play online will just have to deal with it? Sure you can edit stuff but again it ruins online matches an would ruin it for people who couldn't get online an get updated rosters an such

Someone would have to eat the bullet, and it would be this group of gamers. Unfortunate, but I fully believe that the franchise will go on

[BenGerman]

They likely won't stop making it until it stops making them money. I'm not sure I see that happening any time soon, lawsuit or not.

[Pokes404]

Quote: Originally Posted by Swamp Swagger

Saying it does how will teams be rated? Will the players just all be random an people who play online will just have to deal with it? Sure you can edit stuff but again it ruins online matches an would ruin it for people who couldn't get online an get updated rosters an such

I would imagine, if the ruling goes against them and they decide to continue the series, they would simply decide a team's rating based on how good they are supposed to be that coming season, and then just randomize the player ratings so that they work out to those Offense, Defense, Overall team ratings.

Kind of like in FIFA's Creation Centre. You can simply say "Make this created player 86 OVR" and the computer will randomize the attributes so that they work out to an 86 OVR. Their roster guy will probably just say, "OK their defense is a B+, so let's give them 2 starters in the 90s, 4 guys in the 80s, and 5 guys in the 70s" and then just randomize the attributes (and appearances) of each player along these guidelines.

Which really would be a downer for online gamers, but would allow the series to continue (given they don't have to take roster sharing and/or player editing out too).

[Quint75]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pokes404

I would imagine, if the ruling goes against them and they decide to continue the series, they would simply decide a team's rating based on how good they are supposed to be that coming season, and then just randomize the player ratings so that they work out to those Offense, Defense, Overall team ratings. Kind of like in FIFA's Creation Centre. You can simply say "Make this created player 86 OVR" and the computer will randomize the attributes so that they work out to an 86 OVR. Their roster guy will probably just say, "OK their defense is a B+, so let's give them 2 starters in the 90s, 4 guys in the 80s, and 5 guys in the 70s" and then just randomize the attributes (and appearances) of each player along these guidelines. Which really would be a downer for online gamers, but would allow the series to continue (given they don't have to take roster sharing and/or player editing out too).

That would not be ideal but I would take it in a heartbeat if that's the only way the series would continue.