[DorianDonP]

Quote: Originally Posted by rspencer86

Perhaps more importantly for EA is the added opportunities to sell advertising space. Look at the larger feature graphics from the Auburn-Clemson game DorianDon posted. Pacific Life game summary. Chick-Fil-A impact players. Not only will more stat overlays and banners make the community happy by providing a more immersive and authentic presentation, it gives them a chance to make more money by selling more in-game advertisement opportunities. Plus, technically this really shouldn't be too tough to implement in the grand scheme of things that the community has been demanding. All the statistics that drive these overlays are already kept by the game. All that needs to be done is to port over the graphical templates provided by ESPN's actual broadcast, then write the code linking which statistics should go into what overlays, and when it is appropriate for them to appear. My hope is that next year we are begging EA to reduce the number of stat overlays. Because sports video games lack the "human interest" stories that the real sports feature so prominently, the stats need to be played up even more by EA.

Excellent point.