How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

[Trillz]

There has always been speculation that the current owners of the UFC wants full control of the decision of the fighter ratings, Also numerous other things. I just wonder what type of things can the devs do now compared to before the sell?

Or does this sell mean the end of this game series??

[fishingtime]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

There has always been speculation that the current owners of the UFC wants full control of the decision of the fighter ratings, Also numerous other things. I just wonder what type of things can the devs do now compared to before the sell?

If Sean Shelby and Joe Silva stay on as well, I'm wondering what will change. The new company might see making the game more of a game and let the open weight and other things go to try and bring in more players. That is the type of thing that I want to know. Would help to know who was saying what, and their justifications. If the new company wants to keep the UFC the way it is, nothing might change.

There is always hope though.

[Boiler569]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

Hopefully they'll let EA have equal or *more* say in future games

The franchise has some momentum now --- the next game will make or break the entire future of EA UFC --- let's hope new owners either let it be; or better yet; double the resources available for UFC 3

[fishingtime]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

Hopefully they'll let EA have equal or *more* say in future games

The franchise has some momentum now --- the next game will make or break the entire future of EA UFC --- let's hope new owners either let it be; or better yet; double the resources available for UFC 3

The resources would likely be determined by this game's sales still. They know this is a niche market. UFC 2 sold much better, but is still not producing like it had. Could be though. Don't know the figures. Just know Undisputed 3 was the best game, and worst sales for the THQ franchise.

[aholbert32]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

There has always been speculation that the current owners of the UFC wants full control of the decision of the fighter ratings, Also numerous other things. I just wonder what type of things can the devs do now compared to before the sell?

My hope is that the new owners wont care about things like attributes or player editing. Hopefully it will be like any other game and we can edit everything.

[fishingtime]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

Just read an old article that said THQ had to sell 2,000,000 copies of UFC 3 just to break even on it. Yikes!

[chia]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

The resources would likely be determined by this game's sales still. They know this is a niche market. UFC 2 sold much better, but is still not producing like it had. Could be though. Don't know the figures. Just know Undisputed 3 was the best game, and worst sales for the THQ franchise.

UFC 2 has sold right over 1mil copies worldwide for PS4 and XB1 combined per vgchartz.

[aholbert32]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

Just read an old article that said THQ had to sell 2,000,000 copies of UFC 3 just to break even on it. Yikes!

Thats THQ's fault. The licensing of Pride fighters likely cost them a ton.

[fishingtime]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

UFC 2 has sold right over 1mil copies worldwide for PS4 and XB1 combined per vgchartz.

We can likely assume close to 2,000,000 then because digital sales are almost half now. VG doesn't get those stats. Only EA, Zuffa, and their shareholders know the sales likely. I wonder how profitable it is, and if the sale isn't a way for EA to get out. They likely have a profit margin it must make to keep it going. Especially if they only had a two game mandatory deal. We don't know the details. This sale actually kind of worries me.

[fishingtime]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

Thats THQ's fault. The licensing of Pride fighters likely cost them a ton.

Unlikely. Gary Goodridge had said he would do it for free. They likely paid him though. Pride Mode alone though could have been why it was so high for breaking even. Still though, these games don't seem to be cash cows.

[chia]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

We can likely assume close to 2,000,000 then because digital sales are almost half now. VG doesn't get those stats. Only EA, Zuffa, and their shareholders know the sales likely. I wonder how profitable it is, and if the sale isn't a way for EA to get out. They likely have a profit margin it must make to keep it going. Especially if they only had a two game mandatory deal. We don't know the details. This sale actually kind of worries me.

I guess it really depends on the deal in place and how that will be transferred. WME is all about marketing and products so losing even 1.5-2m units of marketing might not be good for them to lose out on. Even 1.5m units at $60/piece is $90m and then you start cutting up the pie from there. That's not small money. I believe WME will see the power of marketing better than Zuffa did which could be good and bad for the sport.

[Morgan Monkman]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

Unlikely. Gary Goodridge had said he would do it for free. They likely paid him though. Pride Mode alone though could have been why it was so high for breaking even. Still though, these games don't seem to be cash cows.

Pride is owned by the UFC as well as fighter likeness.

They wouldn't have to pay a extra fee for them.

[aholbert32]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

Pride is owned by the UFC as well as fighter likeness.

They wouldn't have to pay a extra fee for them.

Thats not true for Pride. THQ wouldve hard to pay fighters that appeared in UFC 3 and were not currently under UFC/Zuffa contract. That includes:

Randleman
Herring
Frye
Goodridge
Yvel
Sapp
Severn
Soko
Baroni
Ninja Rua
Nakamura
Gracie
Gono
Kang
Filho
Newton
Bustamante
Pulver
Aureillo

Thats 20 fighters and I promise you a fighter like Gracie/Severn/Sapp didnt come cheap.

[Morgan Monkman]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

Thats not true for Pride. THQ wouldve hard to pay fighters that appeared in UFC 3 and were not currently under UFC/Zuffa contract. That includes:

Randleman
Herring
Frye
Goodridge
Yvel
Sapp
Severn
Soko
Baroni
Ninja Rua
Nakamura
Gracie
Gono
Kang
Filho
Newton
Bustamante
Pulver
Aureillo

Thats 20 fighters and I promise you a fighter like Gracie/Severn/Sapp didnt come cheap.

Ok so if the UFC doesn't own their likeness (is that 100% sure?) They do own Pride, so why would THQ had to have paid extra for it?

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[aholbert32]

Re: How will the sale of the UFC to the new owners affect EA UFC 3?

We can likely assume close to 2,000,000 then because digital sales are almost half now. VG doesn't get those stats. Only EA, Zuffa, and their shareholders know the sales likely. I wonder how profitable it is, and if the sale isn't a way for EA to get out. They likely have a profit margin it must make to keep it going. Especially if they only had a two game mandatory deal. We don't know the details. This sale actually kind of worries me.

Everything I've heard indicates that EA is happy with the sales of UFC 2. I've heard nothing to indicate that they want out. I could be wrong but I dont think EA is looking to leave.