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

[WeFireThoseCannons]

NCAA Football was the only sports game I could play after the season was done. Mainly because the rosters constantly change with recruiting so you don't get locked in to how a team should be. I bought Madden for the 1st time in years and am pretty much done with it. The franchise isn't that much fun to build teams on, they also don't allow you to control teams like NBA 2k Myleague. Sometimes I want to help out the CPU since they seem lost on who to keep. NBA 2k I play usually up to the finals and some off season.

[canucksss]

I used to play every year's release but became stale when NHL 2K tanked and EA's very unrealistic and focused more on stupid online games. Now, my last NHL was 19 but before that was 17. NBA 2k 16 was my last. Every year i buy the MLBTS i alternate being a pitcher or batter. 
But the one that really "stole my hours" was CH2k8...man that was a deep game...how i wish the current gen sports games could be like this deep.

[bacon96]

MLB The Show...every day

[ClassActFan]

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I become more and more disinterested in gaming year by year. I don't know if I have grown out of them or if the quality just isn't the same. The graphics sure are cute, but I just see less value these days for the initial money one lays down on a game.

Maybe it is the microtransactions that have made me lose interest.

Overall, I just feel like more developers pump more time into modes that will make them money, featuring microtransactions, and I suppose I can't blame them. They are trying to maximize profits.

I just miss games of old. The last NBA 2K video game that I truly loved, the one that I think is the all-time greatest basketball game ever made, is NBA 2K11.

I thought 2K20 could overtake it. How wrong I was.

Madden feels so stale to me.

Sorry, I'm long-winded. I lose interest in modern sports games so quickly because I wind up wondering where all the depth is. They don't feel as immersive as they once did.

I still can't believe, over fifteen years later, Madden's presentation isn't anywhere close to NFL 2K5.

[William9holla]

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You can add a new dimension to Madden 16-20 changing the view to sideline aka Tecmo Bowl. I feel you run better in that perspective. Put it on practice mode and train running one play over and over again.

[Brooklyn_Beast]

Ok, I am currently playing NCAA FB 12, Madden NFL 12, College Hoops 2k8, NBA 2k18(and up until the summer I had been playing 2k13) all on the 360. And for context, I played Madden NFL 06 and NCAA FB 06 for about 4 calender years until I got a 360 in 2010.

For me, I can recycle sports games because of dynasty mode. and I extend the life by only playing the game when the real season is ongoing. So each offseason, I try my best to edit NCAA FB to get a good projected draft class, and to get a fair real roster for the upcoming season. I take the draft class into madden and try to atleast manipulate trades so that atleast the top draft picks end up on their real teams. When I was playing 2k13, I would create draft classes and then force trades to get the rosters realistic. Thats the same thing I am doing with 2k18. Now for college hoops it has been atleast 2 or 3 yrs since I was able to download a roster file. Prior to that I was all over the forums here when the fellas were cranking out amazing CH2k8 rosters year after year.

[sheredia]

right now, i'm starting to keep the better playing sports games since they really don't change all that much from year to year......with roster sharing, you can keep a game alive for some time with some great up-to-date rosters (and classic rosters). mlb the show 17 and nba 2k19 right now for me.....the show 17 for the editable season mode/retro mode and 2k19 still works for me for the time being. madden 20 for me now but man,  it is horrible at changing anything from year to year....we FINALLY have roster sharing with it but nothing new other than that. no historic teams, no create-a-team,  no arcade style mode (tecmo bowl mode, please), nothing. they added pro bowl teams (about time) but they aren't editable at all. 

[sheredia]

on a side note, just thinking that madden 20 can really capitalize on the NFL 100 year celebration by adding the NFL 100 all-time team to the game as dlc.....(and NOT just to madden ultimate team). would be great to add these legends to the game to use as we want. maybe divide them into two separate teams (of 50 each) with some throwback pro bowl uniforms or something like that. maybe red/blue unis with the NFL 100 logo on the helmets.

[GisherJohn24]

the old games had offline modes you caould play forever and never get old. The Jordan Challenge, The Lebron Greatest mode and the NBA Greatest, create a legend etc... The modes now are boring and just looting your wallet.  So to answer the question, I'd say, I play these games in quick spurts now with friends, that's about it. Maybe on the weekend. I get bored wiht most sports games within a few weeks time. That was unheard of back in the day. 

[Caulfield]

currently playing in Caulfield's console: MLB the Show 14. Now, I've also played Show 15-19 also, but 14 is the sports game on ps4 that has lasted me the longest. The only real reason my old sports games still appeal to me is rooted in their rosters. It also helps if the game is enjoyable to play, which they still are. I still have Show's 06-13 on ps3 but it's awful hard for me to regress to ps3 games. Need to fire 'em up and give those years another once over though. 

[barbaramc]

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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. auto clicker