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  • mlbtheshowfan7
    Rookie
    • Jun 2014
    • 85

    #31
    One of the worst executed game releases in a long while. Not sure I'll ever buy another NHL game, I dodged a bullet by skipping this one.

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    • nategilbert
      Just started!
      • Dec 2014
      • 2

      #32
      What an absolute dumpster fire this game has been. Their latest "roster update" didn't even include all the players on teams. The best part of the whole thing was that their producer Sean Rfrhgbfehdhsdhwbd blocked me on twitter after i criticized him for the lackluster game (no bad words or anything pure feedback). They pump us HUT which maybe a 1/5 of the gambles plays, and don't have simple things like edit player. EA has had no real development while 2K did well with NBA 2K15. The worst part is you know EA doesn't care, and will still keep the same team to make the game. Their producer is arrogant, and is what is holding the series back. As a die hard, life long, season ticket holding hockey fan I gotta say I won't buy the game next year unless there is massive improvement.

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      • nategilbert
        Just started!
        • Dec 2014
        • 2

        #33
        The other great part is their "content" updates don't even work. And I have now been for a month trying to get answers from EA and they keep saying its "escalated to the developer" but never hear anything. What a joke.

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        • dubeau
          Rookie
          • Mar 2005
          • 96

          #34
          I don't think the team should be blamed. It is most surely a decision of EA management to rush this game, an unfinished product. They should have skip a year, but they prefer to fraud peoples of their money. This isn't surprising from EA, and you should always wait before buying their product, to be sure it isn't another greedy release on their parts
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          • brandon27
            MVP
            • Aug 2008
            • 1986

            #35
            Re: NHL 15 Leaves Fans Disappointed Again with Overhyped 'New Era' Announcement

            Wow, you really have to wonder if they even want to earn any trust back from the fanbase of this series. The decisions that have been made regarding NHL 15 next gen are just... crazy. There's no other way to describe it. I'm not sure why I still have this game in my collection really. I enjoy hockey, and enjoy hockey games. I had fun playing the game when I only basically thought of it as just that... a video game to kill time. It leaves alot to be desired though, especially when you compare it to past versions.

            Just really surprised that after the disaster the release was, they can just carry on with their marketing and hype of insignificant things like this, when they sure as well know that fans are upset over the product itself. Pretty crazy of them to do something like this, knowing full well how upset people still are with the game itself.

            They're going to have to prove alot with NHL16 if they even want to consider the thought of having good sales numbers.
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            • csamuelsvt
              Pro
              • Mar 2012
              • 500

              #36
              Re: NHL 15 Leaves Fans Disappointed Again with Overhyped 'New Era' Announcement

              What happened to the 3 man celebrations that were supposed to be in the game that they were working on?

              What happened to the ease with which Ray Ferraro could come in and record some updated commentary that they could put into the game?

              The list goes on and on of nothing but empty promises. They need to overhaul the team immediately. Focusing on HUT is not the way to go.

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              • bigwill33
                MVP
                • Jul 2002
                • 2266

                #37
                Re: NHL 15 Leaves Fans Disappointed Again with Overhyped 'New Era' Announcement

                Originally posted by dubeau
                I don't think the team should be blamed. It is most surely a decision of EA management to rush this game, an unfinished product. They should have skip a year, but they prefer to fraud peoples of their money. This isn't surprising from EA, and you should always wait before buying their product, to be sure it isn't another greedy release on their parts
                They did skip a year and this is what we got.

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                • half-fast
                  Rookie
                  • Sep 2011
                  • 859

                  #38
                  Re: NHL 15 Leaves Fans Disappointed Again with Overhyped 'New Era' Announcement

                  Originally posted by Morkle
                  Unfortunately, the reality I fear is that EA assumes that because it did so bad they no longer feel they need to dedicate time to it.

                  Also considering there's no rival game at the moment, there's no real need to improve upon anything at a fast rate.
                  I couldnt be happier that I skipped buying this game. What a complete dud. I dont care if they ever release a hockey game again. Someone eventually will. No band-aid fixes wanted here, I'd rather wait it out until another company does it right. I highly doubt 16 will be good.
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                  • Diehardfan
                    Rookie
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 157

                    #39
                    It's always been the same with EA Sports. A line of broken promises that goes from New York to EA Canada in Vancouver. Every year they try to pump up their fan base with promises that they never deliver on and it's not just this current group of programmers...it goes back....WAY back to SEGA and PC hockey games.Don't know what the numbers are for this year's sales but it can't be good. That and only that is what catches their eye.....anyone who has played their games for any length of time knows that they are not quality driven. The only thing that ever moves them is the bottom line.

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                    • ballymenasteve
                      Rookie
                      • Jul 2009
                      • 143

                      #40
                      All EA care about is money, so all this Ultimate Team crap is obviously a priority for them. If suckers with more money than sense stopped paying for UT then EA might get the message, but because it's a cash bonanza for them, why should they bother.

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                      • Zer0 C00lness
                        Rookie
                        • Feb 2009
                        • 6

                        #41
                        According to vgchartz,com, as of 11/22/14 NHL 15 has sold 590,000 copies worldwide on the 4 platforms combined. NHL 14 sold 880,000 copies on 2 platforms. NHL 13 sold 1.2 million copies on 2 platforms. In 2 years, sales have been cut in half. Good for us for telling EA in the most direct way possible that this series has gone to ****. For comparison, Fifa 15 has sold 10.02 million copies, just on the 4 platforms NHL 15 was released on. Clearly, EA will prioritize FIFA over NHL. My question is, with the downward trend in sales, what is the breaking point? At what point does EA say it is not profitable to make this game anymore?

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                        • rushinplayallgame
                          Rookie
                          • Aug 2014
                          • 255

                          #42
                          love hockey, my favorite sport, but I'm glad I waited. I probably would have been happy with the game play but the missing features make it a miss, happy to say I saved money on this.. if only I could have been as smart with LBP3...
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                          • milkman2121
                            Just started!
                            • Dec 2014
                            • 1

                            #43
                            As a loyal BeAGm guy, im dissapointed in the effort...how hard is it to patch in the ability to edit my players during beagm...It cant be that bleeping hard..huge letdown EA...cmon EA, at this point i hope 2k makes a hockey game and they blew at that before.

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                            • Pezell04x
                              MVP
                              • Apr 2010
                              • 2909

                              #44
                              Re: NHL 15 Leaves Fans Disappointed Again with Overhyped 'New Era' Announcement

                              Originally posted by dubeau
                              I don't think the team should be blamed. It is most surely a decision of EA management to rush this game, an unfinished product. They should have skip a year, but they prefer to fraud peoples of their money. This isn't surprising from EA, and you should always wait before buying their product, to be sure it isn't another greedy release on their parts
                              But they skipped a year so they basically had a 2 year cycle to make this game and what customers got was a pretty ****ty product.
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                              • Pezell04x
                                MVP
                                • Apr 2010
                                • 2909

                                #45
                                Re: NHL 15 Leaves Fans Disappointed Again with Overhyped 'New Era' Announcement

                                Originally posted by Zer0 C00lness
                                According to vgchartz,com, as of 11/22/14 NHL 15 has sold 590,000 copies worldwide on the 4 platforms combined. NHL 14 sold 880,000 copies on 2 platforms. NHL 13 sold 1.2 million copies on 2 platforms. In 2 years, sales have been cut in half. Good for us for telling EA in the most direct way possible that this series has gone to ****. For comparison, Fifa 15 has sold 10.02 million copies, just on the 4 platforms NHL 15 was released on. Clearly, EA will prioritize FIFA over NHL. My question is, with the downward trend in sales, what is the breaking point? At what point does EA say it is not profitable to make this game anymore?
                                It will have to depend on how many sales are considered a profit. I am happy that sales bottomed out though, hopefully it wake up EA and their development team.
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