OS Roundtable: How Long Do Sports Games Last for You?

[Steve_OS]

We've reached the halfway point of the NFL season, and we're still coming off the high...

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[Therebelyell626]

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Back in the day almost 6 months per cycle. Nowadays I am lucky if I am not sick of a game after 2 weekends. I am strictly an office player and sports games are just not engaging like they used to be. Combined with the fact that game get absolutely butchered by patches to accommodate the online crowd, I just don’t have the stomach for these games anymore

[Eyeman79]

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Depends on the game of course -the current yearly release major sports titles are usually good for the length of the actual season. On the other hand I still play Earl Weaver Baseball on my Amiga so go figure.

[tril]

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I agree with Matthew Ederer.
-Im still playing CH2k8, NCAA11 ps2, NCAA 14 ps3-occasionally, NBA2k15.
MLB THE SHOW 15 still playing my season modes 29 game. MLB2k12, and Ill get in 1 season of NFL2k5 every year.

in the last 3 years with the newer titles, Ive yet to get a full season on any. might be because of the releases dates being so close together, that I cant get immersed in any one. Im speaking of Madden, NBA2k, and the soccer titles.

havent played a full season of any madden game since maybe MAdden12 on the ps3.

[underdog13]

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Assuming I get it on or near the release date:

The Show: Allstar break/ 4th of July
Madden: Sometime in January.

[mpklub]

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I agree with Matthew Ederer.
-Im still playing CH2k8, NCAA11 ps2, NCAA 14 ps3-occasionally, NBA2k15.
MLB THE SHOW 15 still playing my season modes 29 game. MLB2k12, and Ill get in 1 season of NFL2k5 every year.

in the last 3 years with the newer titles, Ive yet to get a full season on any. might be because of the releases dates being so close together, that I cant get immersed in any one. Im speaking of Madden, NBA2k, and the soccer titles.

havent played a full season of any madden game since maybe MAdden12 on the ps3.

This is me as well with sports games and all other games too. My backlog is so massive that I never buy games day 1. The exception will be NCAA football if it comes back.

On the sports front I am playing through seasons/Dynasties in NCAA 12 and 14, MLB The Show 17, NBA 2K17, and WWE 2K19. No intention of upgrading these any time soon.

At this point I'll just wait for next gen and see what the new consoles have to offer. Sports games, to me, often feel like a roster refresh that isn't worth it annually.

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[24kGame]

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Usually get a year out of 2k but this year I stopped playing entirely after a few weeks. Too many fun stopping bugs, money grabs, VC pits, updates and lack of accountability by Devs spoiled it for me.

[TarHeelPhenom]

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Back in the day almost 6 months per cycle. Nowadays I am lucky if I am not sick of a game after 2 weekends. I am strictly an office player and sports games are just not engaging like they used to be. Combined with the fact that game get absolutely butchered by patches to accommodate the online crowd, I just don’t have the stomach for these games anymore

This pretty much sums up where I am. I think the NCAA Football series getting cut short took a lot of the fun of gaming out of me. I pretty much still play NCAA 14 more than any other title...and now as the years go on even that is becoming sporadic. I don't have the same amount of time as I used to being 44 with my wife and family. So, my gaming time has pretty much been cut to weekends at night when everyone is asleep. That's not enough time to really do anything other than play now games.

I've been on a retro binge lately so right now I've dug back into Fight Night Champion and NBA Live 10. I also purchased me an OG XBOX and modded it and bought several of the best sports games from 2004-2007. My goal is to try and get a Dynasty in on MVP NCAA Baseball 06 starting around the holidays when I have a few days off. I also have ESPN College Hoops that I wanna do a Legacy mode in. It's just hit or miss.

[Gramps91]

I agree with Matthew to an extent. 80-90 % of my sports gaming is either the current NBA 2K  or a very recent The Show as I buy that every other year. However, I tend to still hang on to all my sports games  because sometimes you just get an inkling to play an older engine. I’ve put hundreds of hours into NBA Jam  2000, NBA Live 2004, and CH 2K8 and still play them from time to time. 

[ToughJuice]

2-3 years. As a franchise guy, only significant gameplay changes can move me to make a purchase, and those are few and far between.  If College Hoops 2k8 was backward compatible on my PS4 Id still be playing that. 

[Tom0307]

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With MLB The Show being free on PS Plus last month I feel like I might've got into too many sports now but typically I'll buy the new Madden or NBA every couple of years because you can download the next season's roster and the uniforms don't really change. There's unlimited play with those to be honest because you can download different rosters historically and draft classes to keep it fresh.

PES I've bought every couple of years and FIFA every year (apart from this year) and I usually stop playing those once the season ends and the transfers start happening in real life.

[drugsbunny]

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To be honest, The moment the last whistle sounds usually marks the end of that gaming cycle for most pro sport video games. The knowledge of new, upcoming talent entering the league usually leaves a void. College sports games usually had a longer life span due to the fact that players come and go and new undiscovered talent is on its way. The NCAA to Madden formula certainly made the life cycle longer. I actually still play Madden 25 in conjunction with NCAA Football 2014, as well as College Hoops 2k8 in conjuction with NBA 2k8 for the same reason. I would actually prefer sports games with fictional teams and players so I can write my own story. The fact that Madden has relocation prolongs things for me, but I still lose interest once the season winds down.

[PacMan44]

I'm still playing  NCAA Football 14 and given Phillip Lindsay being a rookie in Madden 19, I'm playing Madden 19 for a long time.  I'm starting to realize the appeal of EA Access given that I love Need For Speed as well.  Those services are the future because some of us are not willing to deal with broken games at launch.

[Marvad91]

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I Still Play NCAA Football 14, and MLB 14 the Show every single day from the day they launched

[oldmanonsilvercreek]

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As an older gamer that used to play everything, now I only just play the sports games and that helps a lot time wise but even still i jump from sport to sport and can take a few years just to finish a season in each sport.