Equipment Licenses

[breakfastcat]

In the Fact Sheet thread, someone asked if the LED ribbons were updated, to which Ramone replied to wait for the stadium twitch stream. That leads me to believe that they might start putting ads there like in a real stadium. I think that would be fantastic and add to the realism.

[CubFan23]

I really don't get why these licenses are so important to some people. I could care less what shoe any player wears, or gloves etc.. It's cool that the devs listened to what some people wanted and got them in the game, but for me it's just nonsense.

[Cowboy008]

Licensed equipment wasn't big on my list of things but I'm glad they were able to get it in there. Should add to the immersion. Can't wait for the stream tomorrow.

[breakfastcat]

Quote: Originally Posted by CubFan23

I really don't get why these licenses are so important to some people. I could care less what shoe any player wears, or gloves etc.. It's cool that the devs listened to what some people wanted and got them in the game, but for me it's just nonsense.

I just like anything that adds to the authenticity. Besides, every other sports games has official equipment licenses, its about time the best one did!

[CubFan23]

Quote: Originally Posted by breakfastcat

I just like anything that adds to the authenticity. Besides, every other sports games has official equipment licenses, its about time the best one did!

Maybe I'm just old school, but from what baseball games used to be to what they are today is just incredible. To me something like a logo on a bat or glove is just not that high on my list of what to add. I get that it makes it more authentic and I'm all for that. But some people act like it's a game breaker if it's not being added!

[breakfastcat]

Quote: Originally Posted by CubFan23

But some people act like it's a game breaker if it's not being added!

I haven't seen that for equipment. Maybe for something retractable roofs, which is a little ridiculous, but I can still see the point. If my team was the D-Backs example, a stadium that has a closed roof for 90% of all games, I'd be pretty upset about having to play every single game with an open roof. It just kills the immersion for some people. You could say the same for people that need authentic equipment or anything that would be considered miniscule to some.

[Perfect Zero]

I would be weary about wanting different advertisements in stadia. I know that there were a couple of NHL games where they would put in real ads, and they actually took away from the authenticity (not to mention that they weren't rasterized property).

[seanjeezy]

Quote: Originally Posted by CubFan23

I really don't get why these licenses are so important to some people. I could care less what shoe any player wears, or gloves etc.. It's cool that the devs listened to what some people wanted and got them in the game, but for me it's just nonsense.

But seriously, there are multiple people working on multiple aspects of the game, so the person doing the licensed equipment art was probably already doing art (but for generic equipment since that is updated every few years anyway). Plus, just because something isn't important to you doesn't mean it isn't important to other people! Opinions and all that