Patrick Kane No Longer NHL 16 Cover Athlete - New Cover Revealed

[adayinthelife]

Probably a wise choice. They did the same thing with Heatley on the NHL 2004 cover. You want to sell games, not controversy.

Honestly, the cover itself looks a million times better like this vs. how it was, if we're gonna talk aesthetics.

[Pezell04x]

make it happen EA

[snc237]

Well the cover already looks better. The original cover look awful in my opinion.

[Cubfan]

As a Hawks fan I really disagree with changing the cover. However with the game due out next month I understand why the cover was changed. If EA had left the cover as it was and Kane was charged they would have looked really dumb and would have to pull the game off the shelf and release the game again with a new cover. So just best to avoid all of that now.

[Vikes1]

I like the new cover better. But what a sad turn of events to make it happen. At least possible rape....man, that's rotten stuff. Hopefully Kane isn't that rotten.

[The Social Assassin]

Needs more Keith.

[spidertour02]

Quote: Originally Posted by Dazraz

I would much rather developers stopped spending money on cover stars & invested more in the quality of the game. A game cover means nothing. Would you decide or not decide to buy a game based on a cover star? Surely not.

The point of choosing a cover athlete is that he/she will usually be involved in the promotion of the game somehow. Bergeron did a couple of commercials for NHL 15, made an appearance at the NHL Store here in New York City to play the game and sign autographs, etc. That's obviously rather valuable.

[Freakywwe]

Quote: Originally Posted by spidertour02

The point of choosing a cover athlete is that he/she will usually be involved in the promotion of the game somehow. Bergeron did a couple of commercials for NHL 15, made an appearance at the NHL Store here in New York City to play the game and sign autographs, etc. That's obviously rather valuable.

Not to mention developers and the marketing team are on two completely different levels. Neither have an affect on the productivity of one another