Why didn't ea just skip this year.

[longhead]

I do love some of the gameplay, but when you score in overtime and the screen blanks out. Plus so many other gameplay issues like 5 min penalty and game misconduct for a shoulder to shoulder hits .I really think ea should let anyone who bought this years game can trade it towards next years game for a good trade value to save some face. Because we know next year will be the real next gen game. I do love to see 2k series company hanging around....

[speels]

To answer your question, they are in business to make money and they already missed a year of income form the new consoles, they weren't about to lose another.

[birthday_massacre]

The reason question is whey didn't they start working on the game two years ago, instead of just a year ago.

[Majingir]

Why? Because.....




That really is why. For example, lets say you're a business who was offered 2 scenarios and you have to choose 1, which would you choose.

Scenario A:
2014=100k copies sold(people just buying NHL14 a year late)
2015=1.5M copies sold(people buying NHL16)

Scenario B:
2014=900k copies sold(buying NHL 15)
2015=900k copies sold(buying NHL 16)

Answer is obvious, you'd take scenario B. Fans would obviously prefer scenario A because of what it means for NHL16, but scenario B is what all companies would choose because you obviously want to make money, and even if it's a tiny bit more, you'd still take that option.