NFL 2K15 (Coming Soon?) Mobile Phone Game

[Steve_OS]

Nail in the coffin.

https://twitter.com/Ronnie2K/status/526857942570520576

[tjspeaks]

Quote: Originally Posted by Steve_OS

Nail in the coffin. https://twitter.com/Ronnie2K/status/526857942570520576

Thanks Steve!

lesson: if it's not from hiphopgamer - don't believe it.

[burnt_secondary]

Quote: Originally Posted by CM Hooe

Two thoughts: 1 - here we go again. 2 - a successful mobile football video game isn't going to play anything like a successful console football video game. The touch interface and effective requirement of a freemium release (the app is given away for free, but it pushes the hell out of in-app purchases and expects to make its money through users making lots of them) mandates a different sort of game design than a typical boxed release. Translation - in the hypothetical world where 2K ports NFL 2K5 / APF 2K8 and calls it a day without any consideration for the advantages and disadvantages of the mobile platform - which really, is what most console sports game developers have done to this point on mobile - the game will bomb and it will not be an enjoyable experience.

This is not a real game so no need to get excited but I'm still going to disagree you on number 2. A mobile football game can play as good as a a console football game. Don't get hung up on touch controls, game pads are becoming the norm for complex tablet games along with various android TV offerings . . . (think Kindle TV). I think there is an android/iOS gaming revolution coming. Look at what they did with tablets and the latest Skylanders (Yeah not a sports game but still . . . http://kotaku.com/the-next-skylander...-da-1620003586).

It is just going to take someone to make the first leap. Sell the game at a NBA2k mobile price point and see what happens. Or sell it at full price with controller. (I don't think this is the optimal way though but as the link above shows, it has been done.)

Now all that said, I think for now 2k needs to play nice with the NFL to try and get on consoles. No need to tick them off with a tablet game fighting Madden. They have already proven that they can take an NBA game expand the user base and out sell Madden by a million copies or two(2k14 sales versus Madden 25), the NFL is probably taking a serious look at them in the next couple of years.

If EA signs another long exclusive, screw it and go tablet/mobile, that gives a few more years of continued improved tablet specs. (These things are upgraded every year as opposed to consoles.) I'm impressed with what my Nexus can do now, a Nexus in 4 years might be pretty amazing.

[mestevo]

Skylanders already had an established mobile presence and is a multi-billion dollar franchise. Mobile has a long way to go before anything that plays like a sports console game can be reasonably expected. If anything I'd expect 'console exclusivity' to cover things like a FireTV-style device as they get more and more powerful well before anything you're hoping happens.

The potential is there by virtue of the ever increasing horsepower, sure. I jst don't think the ROI or business model is, though. You can download Skylanders for free, an NFL game isn't going to get people to buy a $75 starter pack and potentially hundreds of dollars in accessories every year to subsidize the development.

[bigbob]

Quote: Originally Posted by tjspeaks

Thanks Steve! lesson: if it's not from hiphopgamer - don't believe it.

If it was from hiphopgamer, it would've been a reason to close it immediately and assume it was fake.

The first thing I checked was to see if it was from hiphopgamer. Had it been, I wouldn't have watched the video.